Most Popular Video Games in The World

Jan 26th, 2011 by BrenNolasco

Here are some of the most popular and well-loved video games ever.

1.) Super Mario World

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Another blockbuster video game from Nintendo is the Super Mario World. This very popular game is also known by the subtitle Super Mario Bros. 4 in Japan. This platform video game, the 7th game in the Super Mario series, has sold 20 million copies worldwide.

2.) Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

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Pokémon Ruby Version and Sapphire Version is a popular video game with 13 million copies sold worldwide. This role playing game was developed by Game Freak and was published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance.  It was initially released in Japan in 2002 and to other parts of the world in 2003.

3.) Halo 2

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The video game Halo 2 is one of the bestselling videos of all-time. This Xbox by Microsoft is a first-person shooter video game which was released in 2004. By 2007, more than 505 million games of Halo 2 had been played and more than 710 million hours have been spent playing it on Xbox Live. By 2008, it was the bestselling first generation Xbox game with 8.46 million copies sold worldwide.

4.) Halo 3

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Another video game hit with 8.1 million copies sold worldwide is Halo 3. It was developed by Bungie foe Xbox360. This bestselling video game, a first-person shooter video game, was released in 2007. During the first week of its launching,Halo 3 grossed US$300 million and on its first 24 hours, more than 1M people played it on Xbox Live. By March 2009 more than 1B online matches had been played. The total Xbox 360 games sold as of December 2009 is a whooping 353.8 million.

5.) Pac-Man

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Well, it is without a doubt that one of the most popular and bestselling video game ever is –Pac-Man. This extremely popular video game which was developed by Atari Inc was released in March 1982.

See also

Top Ten Bestselling Mobile Phones in the World

Top Five Best Selling Video Game Franchises

Top Ten Best Selling Video Games in History

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