Let’s be real here, the scale of which games sell has far surpassed the amount of units that any other medium sells, and are on equal footing with movies on how much money they both make and bring in upon release. That’s where the similarities in mediums end, and the sales of games have completely shattered the notion that this is ‘just a kids' thing’.

The profit and units sold for these games are a testament to how much the gaming industry could truly thrive once they quit laying off folks while making maximum profits. The games below 🎐are subject to change, but it’ll be hard to crack this top-ten 📖list for sure.

10 The Witcher 3: Wilꦬd Hunt

Estimated Profit: $50 Million

For a lot of people, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is their first foray into the series. The first two games sold 10 million copies combined, while the third game completely shattered that number, selling twice the amount all on its own. The game deserved every bit of praise it received for the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:world feeling alive and filled out and th💝e right balance between a good sto൲ry with decent combat.

The succesꦇs of the game ignited a worldwide phenomenon whose admiration only grew with the release of vari♛ous other projects:

• A Highly Successful Live Action Show
• A Not-So-Successful Live Action Prequel
• An Anime
• A Tangible Card Game Based On The In-Game Card Game, Gwent
• Two Spin-off games, expanding the world.

It doesn’t seem like the train is stopping for this series either, with more games rumored to come down the 🌱pipeline.

9 Overwatch

Estimated Profit: Over $1 Billion

Speaking of wild success, when 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Overwatch came out of the gate, it was quickly a hit amౠong fans. Whether you were someone who was into playing it, a fan of the characters and bits of lore you got 📖throughout, or a purveyor of fan-made content on (ahem) various platforms, there was something for anyone even the slightest bit interested.

Though the game and its ill-fated sequel are surrounded by various consequences, a lot of that love﷽ has been lost, and the player base has dwindled over time from its peak of 🐲10 million to roughly 1 million active players as of late 2023.

8 🐈 Red Dead Redemption 2 🍰

Estimated Profit: $1.38 Billion

Following the extremely successful 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto 5, fans of Rockstar were waiting with bated breath to see what happened to the Vande der Linde gang who you had to hunt down as John Marston in the previous game. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Red Dead Redemption 2 was highly praised for൩ its story and characters upon release and quickly became a source of memes.

The game’s only real drawback from seeing the same success as GTA5 was the severe lack of support for the Multiplayer at the same levels as its predecessor. This is a real𝕴 shame because traipsing around the Wild West with your posse is loads of fun.

7 Super﷽ Mario Bros.💟

Estimated Profit: $1.34 Billion, But Infinite Nostalgia

He isn’t the world’s most recognizable video game character for nothing! 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Super Mario has cemented itself into pop culture seemingly permanently with 16ౠ8澳洲幸运5开奖网:a legacy that’s spanned over 40 yearꦍs with no sign of stopping anytime soon. Super Mario Bros. Wonder continues to prove how much both the developers and the audience love Mario’s adven🙈tures.

Super Mari𓃲o Bros. sold over 40 million copies worldwide, and it’s also presumed to be the most emulated game of all time, though there’s no legal way to confirm that as of now. Still, it’s not hard to believe, considering there are knock-off systems filled with NES games available to pᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚurchase.

6 Mario Kart 8ꦐ/ Mario K🐈art 8 Deluxe

Estimated Profit: $3 Million

The Mario Train Continues! Mario has always been multi-talented, and the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mario Kart series is the best way for the plumber to 1ꦜ68澳洲幸运5开奖网:legally show off his not-so-hidden raceway skills. At first, the sales of the base game for the Wii U didn’t show the level of enthusiasm for previous entries for the game, but that all changed once Ninten🌼do released the Deluxe on the highly successful switch.

Overall, both versions sold well, with a combined total of over 62 million copies sold, with the majority being on the not-surprising switch. On a side note, it’s a shame that the WiiU didn&rsqu♑♉o;t pick up the traction that it could have. There was a lot of potential there!

5 PUBG: ꦫBattlegrounds ꦇ

Estimated Profit: $11.8 to $12.8 Billion

No one would have thought PUBG would blow up and become the catalyst for the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:onslaught of games on all platforms that would follo𒊎w and grow the Battle Royale genre to the mega-monolith that it is today. The game laid down the foundation that other games have built on or tried new ideas with: dozens of players on one map, the last one to survive wins.

There have been similar games with building mechanics, vampires with superpowers, and even using foam as a weapon instead of the more violent options. Say what you will abo🐻ut the game and the community, PUBG deserves its flowers for opening the floodgates for♑ the genre.

4 Wii Sports 𝔉 ꦐ

Estimated Profit: $5.19 Billion

Nintendo has had huge successes with most of its consoles, Virtual Boy and WiiU notwithstanding, but it was still largely a ‘toy’ for kids to waste a few hours. It wasn’t until the Wii that games were starting to change the narrative from 🃏a kids-only pastime to something fun the whole family can play and enjoyꦯ.

And which game was the one to lead the charge? Wii Sports, naturally. The controls were extremely easy to learn and, therefore, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:each sport felt more fun than if you were to try and use a traditional controller. Because of this, the game went on to sell nearly 83🅰 million copiesꦡ around the world.

3 Tetris

Estimated Profit: 1 Billion For The Original; +$2 Billion Overall

Tetris was the game that almost wasn’t, due to the former Soviet Union’s heavily restrictive copyright laws near the🦩 end of the Cold War. Between the tough negotiations and Nintendo’s hesitation to adapt something so niche, they considered turning the game down. Luckily for us and generations forward, Nintendo decided it was worth a shot and gave us the biggest puzzle game of all time.

All of its lifetime, Tetris has sold a tota❀l of 100 million both physical and digital copies around the world (or 520 million, depending on who you ask), and if there is a person interested in puzzle games, there’s no stopping the Tetris juggernaut from thriving for generations to come.

2 🎃 Grand Theft 🌊Auto 5

Estimated Profit: $7.7 Billion

Ah, so the list comes full circle as Rockstar returns. Grand Theft Auto couldn&rsquo🎀;t *not* be on the list, since to this day it’s *still* selling like wildfire 10 years after its release. This was the first game of the series to truly nurtur🌠e its MMO-like multiplayer instead of giving players single-player DLC bundles you’ve seen in Grand Theft Auto games past.

The biggest draw for the multiplayer aspect is the sheer amount of things you can do in it🐟. You can play the games and heists that Rockstar has launched, build your gang, or go wild and do your rolep♍lay with your friends. It’s no wonder they’ve sold over 190 million and counting worldwide. Grand Theft Auto 6 has some large shoes to fill.

1 Minecraft

Estimated Profit: $3 Billion

Whoꦚ knew that a Lego game gone digital would explode onto the scene the way it did? A simple concept: create things out of items found in the environment 🅷to explore deeper. However, once released to the public, it became so much more.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Minecraft was implemented in schools and other programs to teach school-age kids things like science, math, coding, and writing. It’s easy to see how it became larger than the𒐪 sum of its parts. Even after selling a whopping 300 million copies, the game is only going to get bigger with how much support it still gets from the developers to this day.