I used the search function and found one thread with a list of 20 games. Most people said it to be an outdated list. Does anybody have link to, or know what the CURRENT numbers would look like? Much appreciated.
So GTA San Andreas or Halo 2 are the best selling games for our generation. While Super Mario Bros 3 is still the best ever? Your a worthy bastard Mario, worthy indeed.
Super Mario Bros. (NES - 40 Million*)
Tetris (Game Boy - 33 Million*)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES - 18 Million)
Super Mario World (SNES - 17 Million)
Super Mario Land (Game Boy - 14 Million)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 - 12 Million)
The Sims (PC - 10 Million)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES - 10 Million)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2 - 8.5 Million)
Donkey Kong Country (SNES - 8 Million)
Super Mario Kart (SNES - 8 Million)
Half-Life (PC - 8 Million)
Starcraft (PC - 8 Million)
Tomb Raider II (PS1 - 8 Million)
Age of Empires II (PC - 8 million)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1 - 7.8 Million)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64 - 7.6 Million)
GoldenEye 007 (N64 - 7.4 Million)
Myst (PC - 7 Million)
Gran Turismo 3 (PS2 - 7 Million)
Halo 2 (Xbox - 6.3 Million)
Super Mario 64 (N64 - 6.3 Million)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES - 17.28 million)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 - 12 million) (is more now)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2 - 12 million)
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2 - 11 million)
Gran Turismo (PS1 - 10.5 million)
Grand Theft Auto III (PS2 - 10 million)
Final Fantasy VII (PS1 - 9.8 million)
Gran Turismo 2 (PS1 - 8.5 million)
GoldenEye 007 (N64 - 8 million)
Gran Turismo 4 (PS2 - 8 million)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES - 7.46 million)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2 - 7 million)
Final Fantasy X (PS2 - 6.6 million)
Metal Gear Solid (PS1 - 6.6 million)
Crash Bandicoot (PS1 - 6 million)
Final Fantasy VIII (PS1 - 6 million)
Crash Bandicoot 3 (PS1 - 5.7 million)
Super Smash Bros. (N64 - 5 million)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES - 4.61 million)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis - 4 million)
Bundled Games
Super Mario Bros. (NES - 40.24 million)
Super Mario World (SNES - 20.60 million)
Super Mario 64 (N64 - 11.62 million)
Donkey Kong Country (SNES - 8 million)
Super Mario Kart (SNES - 8 million)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64 - 7.6 million)
Mario Kart 64 (N64 - 7.04 million)
Halo 2 (Xbox - 7 million)
The Legend of Zelda (NES - 6.51 million)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox - 5 million)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC - 4 million)
Best Selling FRanchises
Mario series (184 million)
Pokémon (149 million)
Final Fantasy (60 million)
Tetris (50 million)
The Legend of Zelda series (47 million)
Donkey Kong (44 million)
Grand Theft Auto series (44 million)
Gran Turismo (40 million)
Sonic the Hedgehog series (38 million)
Dragon Quest (35 million)
Tomb Raider (30 million)
Madden NFL (30 million)
Crash Bandicoot (30 million)
The Sims (28 million)
Resident Evil (25 million)
Street Fighter (23 million)
Mega Man (22 million)
Harry Potter (20 million)
Metal Gear Solid (17 million)
Halo (12 million)
Pokemon Games
Pokémon Yellow (7.76 million)
Pokémon Blue (7.68 million)
Pokémon Red (7.49 million)
Pokémon Silver (7.36 million)
Pokémon Gold (7.15 million)
Pokémon Crystal (4.05 million)
Pokémon Ruby (4.7 million) [92]
Pokémon Sapphire (4.3 million) [93]
Pokémon LeafGreen (3 million) [94]
Pokémon FireRed (3 million) [95]