GTA: San Andreas tops US all-time game sales
According to updated NPD Group sales data, GTA: San Andreas is still the best-selling game in the US
Forbes recently ran a story focusing on the best-selling US games using updated NPD Group data.
Despite the fact that the data Forbes looked at went back 15 years, all of the titles on the list were released after 2001 - perhaps not so surprising when you consider that the best-selling console of all-time (the PS2) was released in 2000.
Three titles from last year - Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, both from Activision, and EA's Madden NFL 2008 - have now made the Top Ten list, no doubt bolstered by their release on multiple platforms.
The Top Ten best-selling titles in the US based upon units sold are:
- 1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (9.43 million)
- 2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (8.2 million)
- 3. Madden NFL 2007 (7.7 million)
- 4. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (7.3 million)
- 5. Madden NFL 2006 (6.65 million)*
- 6. Halo 2 (6.6 million)
- 7. Madden NFL 2008 (6.56 million)
- 8. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (6.25 million)
- 9. Grand Theft Auto III (6.2 million)
- 10. Madden NFL 2005 (6.1 million)
*Forbes incorrectly listed sales for Madden NFL 2006 at 7.7 million, but the NPD Group has confirmed that the actual number is 6.65 million.