Best selling games

Level 3 Games Design

Best selling games

1. Tetris

Platforms: IOS, Android, Blackberry and Play station Portable 

Price on Release:

Sales: 100 Mill

Why so successful: I think that this game was so popular because at the time it was made it was one of a kind because no other game had the same idea of Tetris and so people wanted to try it out and then word spread that it was

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2. Wii Sports

Platforms: Nintendo Wii

Price on Release:

Sales:

Why so successful: Wii sports could have got so popular because when the Wii was first released Wii Sports was the game that came with it and so when people bought the Nintendo Wii they also got Wii Sports.

3. Minecraft

Platforms: PC

Price on Release: $16.06

Sales: 82.69 Mill

Why so successful: Minecraft was so popular when it first came out and also to this day because of the open world that you can explore as much as you want and then when multiplayer came out more people got it so they could play with one an other.

4. GTA V

Platforms: PC, XBOX, Play Station

Price on Release: £39.99

Sales: 70 Mill

Why so successful: GTA V was successful because of its good campaign and also the online but one of the biggest reasons is because you can do anything you want in a world like the one you live in and so it can be a way of doing things that you can't do in the real world,

5. Super Mario Bros

Platforms: NES

Price on Release: 

Sales: 54 Mill

Why so successful: Super Mario Bros was successful because when it came out platforming games where quite popular and so this game took the platforming world into the next stage with some of the best graphics at the time and also many different levels with just one goal. 

6. Mario Cart Wii

Platforms: Nintendo Wii

Price on Release:

Sales: 40.24 Mill

Why so successful: Mario Cart Wii was popular because of the Mario franchise and also because games like Need for Speed and Burnout were getting quite popular so a racing game with Mario would hit the stores by storm.

7. Tetris (Game Boy)

Platforms: Game Boy

Price on Release:

Sales: 35 Mill

Why so successful: Tetris for the game boy was popular because of how popular the original and now that it is on a portable device then it would just sell more and more.

8.Wii Sports Resort

Platforms: Nintendo Wii

Price on Release:

Sales: 32.80 Mill

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9. New Super Mario Brothers

Platforms: Nintendo Wii

Price on Release:

Sales: 30.79 Mill

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10. Diablo 3

Platforms: PC, XBOX 360, PS3, MAC

Price on Release:

Sales: 30 Mill

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