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The Top 5 Best-Selling Video Games Ever

Brent Lee of The Koalition writes: The latest figures from SuperData Research, a provider of market intelligence covering the global markets for everything that has to do with gaming, shows that the interactive entertainment business generated a massive $91 billion in revenues in 2016. What’s noteworthy here is that consumers spent a colossal $41 billion on mobile gaming, driven mainly by the runaway success of Pokémon GO and Clash Royale. It was closely followed by PC gaming that made $34 billion thanks to the continued success of League of Legends and the recently released Overwatch. One more key takeaway from their stats shows that virtual reality (VR) gaming, still in its infancy, was able to generate $2.7 billion in buyer spending.

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rbailey2565d ago

Grand Theft Auto V and Minecraft are both still big sellers according to NPD numbers every month. I'll be very curious to see if Red Dead Redemption 2 either replaces GTA V or is listed alongside it once the game finally comes out.

UnSelf2565d ago

RDR 2 won't come within a mile of GTAV sales. GTAV has become synonymous with what many non-gamers consider "gaming"

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Geobros2565d ago (Edited 2565d ago )

Wii Sports is a surprise as it has been released only on Wii console. The rest are multiplatform.

Tigerblud2565d ago

That's because it came with every console and the console sold over a 100 million units.

Utalkin2me2565d ago

Yeah Wii Sports technically shouldn't count, its a packed in game with a console. This is best selling games not best selling packed in games.

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Tigerblud2565d ago

I have never purchased any of these games.

Krysis2565d ago

I feel like you are missing out if you haven't played gta5 Trevor is one of my top 5 characters of all time.

Skankinruby2565d ago

You didn't miss much, gta sold almost entirely on controversy it was crap.

Geraltowski2564d ago

Disagree. To me it was quite fun.

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GTA 5’s cut “James Bond Trevor” DLC was already part-shot, actor says

The GTA 5 Agent Trevor DLC episode could have been a real treat for fans on PlayStation and Xbox, before it was scrubbed sometime before 2017.

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Killer2020UK5d ago

More interested in money than giving fans what they want. Such a shame

CrimsonWing695d ago

With the amount of money they generated, I just don’t understand the scrubbing of this. It would’ve been fantastic for fans.

Profchaos4d ago

I really want to know who drove the decision to focus on multiplayer was it Rockstar or take two.

Because when online started taking off many of the studio leads began having falling outs and leading including a founder

Demetrius4d ago

Ikr mfs that greedy it's ridiculous

andy854d ago

This makes me sad. Trevor was one of my favourite characters in gaming

Demetrius4d ago

One of the reason I believe once gta 6 release, most of us thoroughly play it, enjoy the world they crafted then after that no offline support, no dlc at all

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Grand Theft Auto V PC Optimized: Best Graphics Settings in 2024

Grand Theft Auto V was released on PC on the 14th of April 2015. That means the game will be nine years old in four days, and it’s still among the most-played titles on Steam. With a 24-hour peak of 145K players, it’s as popular as Baldur’s Gate 3, Apex: Legends, and Destiny 2.

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The Best Open World Adventures In Gaming History

The freedom to explore large areas, approach objectives in multiple ways, and stumble across amusing distractions will always be an excellent format for video games, but some do it better than others. To celebrate the formula and parse the best from the best, have a look at the best open-world games of all time so far.

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