Best-Selling Video Game Franchises by Units Sold
Key Findings
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Best-Selling Video Game Franchises by Units SoldNintendo's Mario franchise dominates with about 893.5 million units sold since 1983, nearly 375 million ahead of the next franchise. Tetris and Pokemon sit close together around 515-520 million, followed by Call of Duty at 500 million and Grand Theft Auto at 470 million. The presence of Call of Duty and GTA so high shows how a smaller number of high-selling modern titles can rival decades-old franchises with many entries. From FIFA at 325 million down to Wii at 204 million, the lower half reflects strong but more specialised series. The spread illustrates that longevity, frequent releases and cross-platform reach are the main drivers of franchise totals.
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia (List of best-selling video game franchises)
- Coverage
- 10 entities · 10 observations
- Measure
- Total Units Sold (Millions)
- Last updated
- 12 July 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
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