What are the Biggest selling computer games?

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I was wondering if anyones bothered to compile a ranking list for home game sales, eg the boxed games people buy in shops like 'pc world', 'electronic boutique' an 'walmart' etc, from say since the early 1980s when home computer games took off, or say the mid 1970s when home video games appeared.

now stat wise, all i've heard are 2 things, ie -

on a tv promo it said that the 'final fantasy' game series is the worlds best selling game.
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on a website i read that 'tomb raider' games have sold > 30,000,000 copies...
hence, so where does that rank it, an how many has the former game sold for them to say that?

then of course, one can assume 'pacman' was widely bought in the past, as was 'elite' - but, the home game market was still smaller then, than now.

ps- i'm also talking about game series counting as 1 game, since sequels are just extensions of the first game, eg- doom 3 is just a slicker variation on the original concept, as just like 'james bond' films are moreover bigger-budget versions of a british secret agent saving the world all over again, roughly speaking.

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judas said:

Compared to consoles, PC games sales are miniscule.

- i dont think that can be true, for i came across an online survey on friday, an it said 60% of players prefer buying games for pc than a gamestation!

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FunkyNige said:

Wikipedia says - # Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES - 17.28 Million) # Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 - 12 Million) # Super Mario Land 2 (Game Boy - 11.09 Million) # Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 - 11 million) Biggest PC ones are # The Sims (10 million) # Half-Life (8 million) # Starcraft (8 million) # Age of Empires II (8 million) # Myst (7 million)

u know i dont think that the 'marios bros series' should count individualy as theyre just variations on the originals theme, nor would i count the gameboy entries as they're moreover a portable game, like old card games are.

as for the pc-game list, i do notice theyre largely RTS type games...funny that, for cant consoles process or display certain games types, as properly as pc's do?
or is the ms-xbox360 as good as a modern pc?

ps- i think 3 of the above games are british made.