30th May 2008, 11:56 AM
I found a wiki article on the top selling franchises of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bes...franchises
As I had thought, Pokemon is bigger than most, with Sims right behind it. Mario however still tops it. However, that may be counting every single game that has Mario in it, like Mario Party and so on, and not the "proper" action series.
Final Fantasy outsells GTA, but to my surprise Zelda is below it. In fact way below, under Madden (which is tied with Tetris and GTA at 70 mil according to the chart), FIFA, and Tom Clancy games. After that comes Nickelodeon games (ugh) and Gran Turismo.
Zelda at least makes the top ten, and 52 million's pretty nice. It doesn't compare to Final Fantasy and nothing beats Pokemon except Mario.
At any rate, GTA is not the biggest selling franchise of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bes...franchises
As I had thought, Pokemon is bigger than most, with Sims right behind it. Mario however still tops it. However, that may be counting every single game that has Mario in it, like Mario Party and so on, and not the "proper" action series.
Final Fantasy outsells GTA, but to my surprise Zelda is below it. In fact way below, under Madden (which is tied with Tetris and GTA at 70 mil according to the chart), FIFA, and Tom Clancy games. After that comes Nickelodeon games (ugh) and Gran Turismo.
Zelda at least makes the top ten, and 52 million's pretty nice. It doesn't compare to Final Fantasy and nothing beats Pokemon except Mario.
At any rate, GTA is not the biggest selling franchise of all time.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)