Believe it or not, these are the 10 highest grossing video games of all time
When you think of the most popular video games, a few titles probably come to mind: Halo, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, The Legend of Zelda. Each of these franchises has millions of fans all over the globe, but not a single one even cracks the top 25 on the list of highest grossing video games of all time.
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Although many of those franchises are represented on the list of best-selling games in history, they just haven’t brought in as much cash as some all-time classics you’re sure to recognize. Upon discovering this list, I was taken aback by just how many arcade games had brought in billions for their publishers over the past few decades.
I was also surprised to see not one, but two Wii titles that aren’t even really games. One is basically a tech demo that shipped with the console (which, to be fair, inflates its number significantly), and the other is a workout companion.
Anyway, according to the latest figures compiled by Encyclopedia Gamia (and pulled from the Video Game Sales Wiki), these are the 10 video games that have generated the most revenue in the history of the medium, adjusted for inflation in 2015:
Space Invaders
Pac-Man
Street Fighter II
World of Warcraft
CrossFire
Wii Sports
Lineage
Wii Fit
Donkey Kong
Dungeon Fighter Online
Released: 1978
Released: 1980
Released: 1991
Released: 2004
Released: 2007
Released: 2006
Released: 1998
Released: 2007
Released: 1981
Released: 2005
Revenue: $13.9 billion
Revenue: $12.8 billion
Revenue: $10.6 billion
Revenue: $8.4 billion
Revenue: $6.3 billion
Revenue: $6.1 billion
Revenue: $5.7 billion
Revenue: $5.0 billion
Revenue: $4.4 billion
Revenue: $4.0 billion
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