I had no idea call of duty was such a big deal. It’s not my jam so I never notice it.
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I was thinking the same thing. I've never played a single one or even seen gameplay footage of them. Who is playing these games? I assumed they were just generic shooters.
Sure, but they're the generic shooter. And it had a big resurgence during COVID with everyone and their mothers playing Warzone. I hadn't touched CoD since MW3 in like 2012 and I put so many hours into the 2019 Modern Warfare game with Warzone.
I haven’t touched CoD since the Medal of Honor team made Call of Duty.
By virtue of them selling the best, they ARE generic shooters. It's just that the definition moves with them.
I mean they are, but they also kinda defined what a generic shooter is today, I haven’t picked one up in ages because I hate multiplayer these days, had a lot of fun playing them up until Black Ops. Kinda got stale for me after that
Someone should make Call of Pokemon
GRAND THEFT POKEMON OF DUTY
I made $100 million just from typing that out
I just threw my wallet at your comment
This is why Sony was making such a big deal about Call of Duty during the discussions about Microsoft acquiring Activision (owners of the Call of Duty franchise). Sony wanted reassurance that the Call of Duty games would still come out on the PlayStation consoles, and not be exclusive to Microsoft's platforms (Xbox and Windows). When you see that Call of Duty has been the best selling game nearly every year recently, you can understand Sony's plea.
TLDR: Call of Duty.
And Pokémon, holy crap. The same games were the best sellers multiple years in a row??
Between the cards and games, Pokemon was all everyone would talk about for several years in a row
It's still the most profitable IP ever.
We gamers like comfort zones ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Well, more like ...
Mario, Mario, Pokemon, Pokemon, GTA, CoD, wtf Animal Crossing?, CoD
Call of Duty... Call of Duty... Call of Duty... Animal Crossing
Did something happen in 2020?
Pandemic.
Very interesting how despite being the distant runner-up (and the 3rd place console in Japan) N64 games were consistant best sellers from 1996 to 1999. Either taking first, or several of the runner-up spots. Then in the 2000s, You don't see a single place from 2002 until 2006. I think this shows the real tragedy of the Gamecube. At least with the N64, games still sold numbers, but with the gamecube, Nintendo was struggling with consoles and software. Surprised not even any Gameboy Advance games made the list.
Mario Kart mechanics peaked in MK64
No way. The Wii version was wild, using gestures for actions like jumping.
disagree, Double Dash defined dynamic driving.
And kart mechanics peaked in Crash Team Racing...
So pretty much history of COD with some other games alongside
It’s funny because the best COD wasn’t even #1 when it came out
I'm surprised that Gran Turismo was number one is 2005. I remember Star Wars Battlefront II being the hot new game everyone was playing at the time, and Star Wars being huge in general due to Episode III releasing that year. Just the fact that a PS2 exclusive driving sim, beat out a multi-platform Star Wars game that was one of the most hyped releases at the time is insane to me.
Wow, the most recent GTA game is still ten years old?
Would be interesting to take this list all the way back to Pong in the 1970s.
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I read that tears of the kingdom is the best selling game of 2023 so far. I wonder where the author got their numbers from.
Yeah, no way Harry Potter is selling more copies than TotK.
Shout out to Elden Ring. It's the only non-sequel, non-ip based game to chart since Destiny and Watch Dogs in 2014.
Seems wrong to not consider it a sequel to the Dark Souls games though. I know it's not, but it's more than a spiritual successor IMO.
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Call of Duty: The list
COD, COD, COD, COD, Animal Crossing, COD, COD COD, COD
Lol.
Everyone here talking about CoD and all I want to know is how Star Fox on SNES beat out GoldenEye in 1997.
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Pretty sure if they updated this year's entry today that it'd be taken over by Baldur's Gate.
1995: Mortal Kombat 3
Console: Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, PC, Game Boy, Game Gear
I have Mortal Kombat 3 for Game Boy! Fun fact, it's the only original Game Boy game officially released rated M for Mature.
Also the Game Boy version is garbage. XD
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It's a shame that it doesn't go back far enough to include DooM.
That Pokemon run from 1998 to 2001. Wow.
eh, consoles maybe. Starcraft wasnt in that last though.
Nah, there is no way it outsold Pokemon Red/Blue.
PC gaming was a much smaller market in the 90's compared to today. 1998 was also an insane year for gaming. Starcraft wasn't even in the top 10 for the year.
I would not expect games on hand held consoles to reach best selling game of the year. I am shocked how Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare made the top spot in 2016. I remember that game getting booed before it was released.
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