Top Video Game Franchise?

[TNT]

name the top 10 video game franchises without cheating.

the winner will get a prize.

[666fast]

Do I have to do it in order? Thats unpossible.

Halo
Gran Turismo
Final Fantasy
Super Mario Bros
Grand Theft Auto
Zelda

I can't think of anymore

[gis]

Resident evil
Halo
metal gear solid
final fantasy
Gran Turismo
Mario
zelda
GTA
Pokemon (those bastards are still bein released on the gameboys)

Thats 9

[novass]

Hmmm....

Star Wars
Halo
Mario
GTA
Tom Clancy
World of Warcraft
Final Fantasy
Madden
Gran Turismo
Metal Gear

[Minacious]

These are my pics in no particular order.

Super Mario
Sims
Final Fantasy
Tetris
Madden
Gran Turismo
Zelda
GTA
Street Fighter
Command & Conquer

[TNT]

you are all very close to the correct orders, and most of if not all the top tens are there.

well here is the list.

FRANCHIES:

1. Mario (193 million)
2. Pokémon (155 million)
3. Sim (85 million)
4. Final Fantasy (75 million)
5. Madden NFL (56 million approximately; 51 million, plus 5 million for Madden NFL 07)
6. Grand Theft Auto (50 million)
7. The Legend of Zelda (49.73 million approximately; 47 million, plus 2.73 million for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
8. Donkey Kong (48 million)
9. Gran Turismo (47 million)
10. Sonic the Hedgehog (44 million)
11. Lineage (43 million)
12. Dragon Quest (41 million)
13. Crash Bandicoot (34 million)
14. Resident Evil (31 million)
15.(tie) James Bond (30 million)
Tomb Raider (30 million)
17. Mega Man (27 million)
18.(tie) Command & Conquer (25 million)
Street Fighter (25 million)
20. Mortal Kombat (20 million)
21. Warcraft (19 million)
22. Rayman (18.5 million)
23. Metal Gear (18.3 million approximately)
24.(tie) Spyro the Dragon (17 million)
Winning Eleven (17 million)
Diablo (17 million)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (17 million)
28.(tie) Age of Empires (16 million)
Half-Life (16 million)
30. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (15 million)
31. Halo (14.7 million)
32. Nintendogs (13.6 million)
33. Disney series (13.2 million)
34. Metroid (13 million)
35.(tie) Driver (12 million)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (12 million)
37. Myst (11 million)
38.(tie) Dragon Ball Z (10 million)
Kingdom Hearts (10 million shipped)
40. Battlefield (9.9 million)

OF ALL TIME (console, not bundled):

1. Pokémon Red, Blue and Green (Game Boy - 20.08 million approximately, 10.23 million in Japan, 9.85 million in US)
2. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES - 18 million)
3. Pokémon Gold and Silver (Game Boy - 14.51 million approximately, 7.6 million in US, 6.91 million in Japan)
4. Super Mario Land (Game Boy - 14 million)
5. Nintendogs (DS - 13.6 million)
6.(tie) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2 - 13 million)
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Game Boy - 13 million)
8. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 - 12 million)
9.(tie) Super Mario 64 (N64 - 11 million)
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 - 11 million)
Grand Theft Auto III (PS2 - 11 million)
12. Gran Turismo (PS1 - 10.5 million)
13. Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES - 10 million)
14. Final Fantasy VII (PS1 - 9.8 million, includes Final Fantasy VII International)
15. New Super Mario Bros. (DS - 9.5 million)
16. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS - 8.51 million)
17. Gran Turismo 2 (PS1 - 8.5 million)
18. Mario Kart 64 (N64 - 8.47 million approximate, 6.23 million in US only, 2.24 million in Japan)
19. Donkey Kong Country (SNES - 8.30 million)
20. Pokémon Yellow (Game Boy - 8.26 million approximately, 5.10 million in US, 3.16 million in Japan)

[666fast]

Jeebus, Nintendo is really raking it in!

[gis]

Told you its those dam pokemon games,theres loads of them,lol you do have to catch them all you know,LOL

[MidEngine4Life]

Just wait till Halo 3, Halo: The Movie, and Halo Wars come out. It'll climb the rankings

[gucom]

GTA is definitely the biggest of the games for "grown up" modern consoles, and it's imo the best game series ever 8)

195 million mario games... thats 1 for every 30 ppl in the world :shock:

[acmarttin]

Originally Posted by gucom GTA is definitely the biggest of the games for "grown up" modern consoles, and it's imo the best game series ever 8)

I totally agree on the basis that makes most of these franchises totally successful - and that is the fact that each succeeding game they release is better than the last. (expansion games don't count)

I think Rockstar is one of the very rare software development companies that listens to its fanbase and develops new software based off of strong points from the last version.

GTA 4 is going to sterilize my grandchildren.

I can count on that.

[silentm]

i love GTA, have played it from GTA 2 up to today. it's really by far the best game franchise in the whole list. still enjoying SA with all the mods you can get for the PC version. so much fun

i also enjoyed playing Zelda a lot. probably te best RPG franchise there is. still FF7 is the best RPG of all times

Pokemon, well the games red blue ect were all fun, i think the idea of collecting monsters and the tactics involved are quite fun.

[gucom]

Originally Posted by acmarttin Originally Posted by gucom GTA is definitely the biggest of the games for "grown up" modern consoles, and it's imo the best game series ever 8) I totally agree on the basis that makes most of these franchises totally successful - and that is the fact that each succeeding game they release is better than the last. (expansion games don't count) I think Rockstar is one of the very rare software development companies that listens to its fanbase and develops new software based off of strong points from the last version. GTA 4 is going to sterilize my grandchildren. I can count on that.

is that a common expression? what does it mean, whats the "reasoning" behind it?? sound great

ps, GTA IV will probably be the game that gets me to buy a console, after having been a PC devotee for almost a decade... but i just cant imagine missing out on this game