“Dragon Ball Fighter Z,” the latest fighting game based on the wildly popular anime series released across the three major consoles and PC, has sold 1.2 million units on the PS4 alone, and across all four consoles sales are close to 2 million. “FIFA 19," the latest in the highest-selling sports franchise of all time, has sold over 1.2 million units for the Xbox One in just three weeks of sales. FIFA 19 (Xbox One)ĮA’s “FIFA” series has been around for a quarter of a century. More: Study confirms link between violent video games and physical aggression 22. It remains to be seen if the Switch edition game will outsell its Wii U predecessor, which sold about 1.7 million copies worldwide. “Donkey Kong” has been one of Nintendo, most popular franchises. “Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze” was originally released for the Wii U in February 2014, but Nintendo released an updated port of the latest edition for the Switch in May 2018. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Switch) “Detroit: Become Human” was developed by French studio Quantic Games, which is responsible for other choice-driven interactive stories like “Heavy Rain” and “Beyond: Two Souls.” “Detroit” became the studio’s fastest title to sell 1 million units, but it remains unclear if it will surpass “Heavy Rain,” which has sold more than 3 million units total on the PS3. Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment.More: 'Fortnite,' 'Call of Duty' and other fall releases look to propel video games to record sales 24. The previous edition of the game, “Black Ops 3,” which was released about three years ago, sold about 7.3 million units worldwide since. The Xbox One release of the latest in Activision’s highly successful spinoff of the “Call of Duty” series has sold over 1 million units in its first week of sales. A number of titles on this list are franchises that have been around for decades, with dozens of releases.Ģ5. Every title on this list is part of a franchise with at least one release. It turns out that a well-known trend in the film industry – the rise in popularity of remakes and sequels – has become the standard in the video game industry as well. This is not surprising, given the fact that the Sony console has more the doubled Xbox’s global sales. In nearly every case, the PS4 versions of these titles do meaningfully better than the Xbox One equivalents. In some cases, the same game has more than one entry on this list. We looked at the sales of titles for individual consoles, rather than combined sales. reviewed the 25 best selling video games so far this year. So far in 2018, people around the world have purchased over 160 million copies of games.īased on video game sales statistics for 2018 from games statistics site VGChartz, 24/7 Wall St. In the last few decades video games have gone from a niche medium for nerds and arcade regulars to a multi-billion dollar industry. Watch Video: 'Gaming Disorder' is now an official mental health condition
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