Xbox 360's Million-Sellers

After researching the million-selling games available for PlayStation 3, Ripten thought it only fair to follow that up with the Xbox 360's million-sellers. Listed here are all of the Xbox 360 games that have to date sold over one million copies worldwide, based on the latest and greatest information they had available. Likewise with the PS3 list, there are some games (like Madden 09) that Ripten could not find current numbers on, but we all know Madden 09 sold more than a million copies (EA says they sold 4.5 million) and would likely be higher on this list.

[Twizlex]

I was wondering when this was coming.

LOL at The Simpson's selling a million. Who buys this stuff?

[techie]

Wondering? You knew.

[Anon1974]

Sure it wasn't great - but I had a blast with the last Simpson's game. The gameplay wasn't fantastic but it was more than made up for by the smart writing. A must play for every Simpsons fan. It made me laugh out loud on a few occasions. I mean, come on! You square off in a Dance, Dance Revolution contest against God.

[prowiew]

Viva pinata is on that list. Thats awesome. Loved the game.

[ambientFLIER]

Who bought the Simpsons game? Uh...Simpsons fans? Are you honestly surprised that the millions and millions of people who love that show bought the game?

[Legion]

PS3 has been humbled by the might that is 360. Just goes to prove that 360 sells games. PS3 has yet to live up to its hype. It is nothing but a Bluray seller. I'm bored already... with B3yond.

[kevnb]

its a budget title now, its funny, and is great co-op fun especially if your wife/girlfriend is normally a non-gamer but a Simpsons fan. GOTY? No, but fun yes.

[P4KY B]

I loved the game but I would never have guessed 4 million.

[Twizlex]

Haha, I got pissed off at Assassin's Creed because I kept trying to grab ledges before I got the "ledge-grabbing gloves" and I eventually moved on to another game.

[nice_cuppa]

47 million+ games !
Wow !
Give it a month and it will be over 50 easy !

[die_fiend]

Yeah that's about 2.5 times as many as PS3 has. How can people even claim there's a console war between PS3 and 360? 360 = 20 mill ps3 = 15 mill install base...47 to 17 platinum games. An attach rate which is much higher...All the 360 needs is Metal Gear, tho can live without it...Killzone 2 looks good...LOOKS good mind, not is good. If it's like the first then Sony should flush it

[Aclay]

You need to get your numbers right. The 360 is at around 22 million worldwide and the PS3 around the 17 million mark.

"All the 360 needs is Metal Gear"

The 360 needs more first party games, that's what it needs, not more Playstation franchise games that are still going to be on the PS3.

[Twizlex]

While your numbers are more accurate, there is still a 5 million difference between them in your numbers and die_fiend's, so I don't see why it matters THAT much.

[die_fiend]

Oh ok, least I got the 5 million gap correct so no matter. 360 doesn't need more first party games, Halo, Gears, Mass Effect, Fable, Ninja Gaiden 2 will all do fine thanks, since they're all AAA. No what it needs are the 'playstation franchises' (how are they playstation franchises? They're not made by Sony...) as quite a few of them are games I want, Devil may Cry, GTA 4 and FF13 would be a reason to get a PS3 but since they're coming to 360 I don't need 2. Y would I need more first party games when those third party games are essential? I'd rather have FF13 over most games. Also Microsoft profit majorly from having them as they all sell better on the 360 so those profits get passed on to us gamers...I didn't make a single penny? I don't normally expect to be paid for gaming, but Microsoft selling millions more is better for me as I own a 360 fool.

[N4PS3G]

@ aclayps3

i think you need to get your numbers right

may i ask

why is it that you use sony's sale numbers : ( 17 millions )

but you can't use Micosoft's sales number? ( near 25 millions )

[Diamondwolf]

I think, I think...I THINK..............it's because Microsoft's last posted Sales number is 22 million.

Unless you can provide another link besides the one where they are SHOOTING for 25 million then it's 22 pimp. Me personally I say 23 but they posted 22

and if you are being accurate and technical, sony's last posted was like 16.7 or 16.8 but who likes to play with decimals.

[N4PS3G]

" Xbox 360 poised to break 25 million barrier"

"by the end of this month we expect our global installed base to reach 25 million units, surpassing that of the first Xbox."

http://www.gamesindustry.bi...

If you want to believe it or not ..then its up to you ..its not like they are shooting for 25 in 2009 ...its supposed to happend at the end of the month ...thats why i said NEAR 25 million

So if he believes sony's numbers..i find no reason for him not to post MS's numbers

so if they are hittin 25 this month ..i don't see a reason for the sales to be at 22 right now

[Anon1974]

How many million plus sellers did the 360 have at the end of year 2? If you answered right around 15-17, you'd be correct. Actually, that's a little better than the PS3 when you consider that at the end of 2 years the 360 had just over 13 million consoles where the PS3 has 17 million at the 2 year mark. I'd be curious to see how much software sales for the PS3 stack up in total vs the 360 at the end of it's 2nd year.

Edit. As for the sales numbers, MS is using their shipped numbers. They last reported 22 million, but consider last year they sold 1 million in November and seem on track to do slightly below that this year, plus they're shipping consoles to stores in preparation for December - so that 25 million figure is factoring in Nov and Dec sales already.

[Sheddi]

360: 22*0,67 = 15 Million in 3 years (RROD).
PS3: 17 Million in 2 Years.
Ahhh now who's laughing, I can also play with numbers!

[xhairs9]

umm the number of software sold has absolutely nothing to do with AAA status.

Your comment is poor at best, your ideology is incredibly bogus as well. I actually chuckled when I found this because I was waiting for someone to claim all these games to be AAA, when in fact, they are NOT ALL AAA.

[SaberEdge]

darkride66, you're full of it.

The Xbox 360 actually has 38 games on that list that were million+ sellers from its first two years.

So the 360 has had more than twice the number of million+ sellers in its first two years as the PS3 has had in its first two years. 38 vs 17. Count it up for yourself if you don't believe me. 38 of those games on the 360 list are from the 360's first two years.

[kevnb]

third party games aren't playstation brand games, nintendo is just not all that great at attracting third parties. Sony already knows they can't rely on third parties anymore, this is why they bought up so many studios.

[PimpHandHappy]

from what i hear it also plays good

btw i enjoyed KZ1 and for a PS2 it looked awesome.

anyway your comment is meant for openzone!

You know why you sound stupid?!?!? Because you didnt make a single penny on allllll those million selling games!

[thenickel]

It's ok if you liked KZ1 but sorry that game was utter garbage in my opinion and didn't live up to any of the hype other then having a decent story.

[PimpHandHappy]

there lies the problem

HYPE

on its own merit it was one of the best FPS's on PS2! Why dont you try this

4get about the hype and just play games

[thenickel]

I did play it although not the entire game to give a fair and honest opinion I guess. Hype killed Halo for me as well so your definitely right about that. Part 2 looks like a really good game and I'm actually looking forwrad to it.

[kevnb]

but I hated it because it was complete trash. Killzone 2 looks to be really good though.

[Omega4]

47!!!!

No wonder the attach rate is so high, kinda puts the PS3's list to shame

And 16 (i think) arent playable on the PS3 thats practically the same amount of PS3 games which are over a million. They just need to add Fallout, Gears and Left 4 dead and that will make 50

I wonder what the Wii one looks like

[ceedubya9]

probably isn't anywhere close to that. I doubt it has that many games selling that much, but it probably has a handful or a bit more first party titles that have sold a crap load.

Some of the same Wii games are constantly in the top 10 every month. They make a killing off of 1st party software. Except for Wii music anyway...

[MiloGarret]

Some games are missing, I know for a fact that ninja gaiden 2 sold more than a mill, and I refuse to believe that the orange box sold less than 1000000.

[Anon1974]

Guess what? It's about what the PS3's attach rate is now at the 2 year mark.

[Gam71]

darkride,

buy a new record.

You don't seem to want to live in the today and now. Wonder why?
(cos the ps3 isn't just second but last and you can't handle that)
You seem obsessed with comparing the xbox a year ago with the ps3 today.
Why?

The article is about million sellers TO DATE. not at comparative points in their lifespan.

Tell me, when the wii million sellers are released what will you say then? What about the ps3's week head start?

[Fruit Loops]

the only thing you can do on a 360 is PLAY games.

[SaberEdge]

darkrider66, even comparing like for like (i.e. the first 23 months) the 360 still has a higher attach rate.

This from 1UP:
"As you can see above, the average Xbox 360 owner has 6.6 games for his or her console, while the average Wii gamer has 5.5, and the PlayStation 3 owner has 5.3. One important thing to keep in mind is that this chart shows attach rates for the first 23 months of each system's release, meaning the 360 numbers are only though September 2007, while the Wii and PS3 numbers are through September 2008 (if you add in the extra year the 360 has at retail, its total attach rate stands at 8.1)."
http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...

So please quit pulling things out of thin air to support your bias for the PS3. It's ok to have a preference for the PS3, but please support your claims with facts and not just random BS.

[Aquanox]

For that article against arstechnica NPD analysis. The Xbox 360 is definitely the best bet for 3rd party developers.

[Kleptic]

yeah...the 360 is a great system for 3rd party publishers to make samey annual sequels to extremely mediocre games...and still sell over a million of them...

seriously...the simpsons game?...Dead or Alive 4?...Fight Night round 3?...Need for speed: about 3 sold over a million on the 360, and all sucked worse than the last installment...

yeah...thats simply awesome for everyone...save maybe people that don't buy the same crap over and over...don't get me wrong, there are a lot of great games on that list...but also a lot of very average rentals at best...which reflects that this generation is hugely starved in terms of quality...

[Silogon]

More numbers from Ripten, directly copied from Vgchartz... we know how accurate they are afterall. These numbers are absurd. For both Ps3 and xbox 360 /end of the line.

[360 man]

ahh poor silogon have a tissue

[Excalibur]

The 360 sells a LOT of games.

[Algonath]

yea that is true, immature bias f*nboys can agree or disagree all they want. The 360 does sell ALOT of games. Even more than the PS3 and I AM a hardcore PS3 supporter too. So you other PS3 brothas out there can shove it on this one.

[thenickel]

It appears as if 360 has already won the software war this gen which is more important to developers and gamers then console sales. The difference is huge with 360 selling 104.1 million against the PS3 only selling 37.9 million wow. The whole Europe selling more software also fly's out the door based on these figures and can't be denied by anybody. I'm willing to bet that 360 sells more content over live as well and neither Nintendo or Sony will have an answer anytime soon for the software dominance of 360.

[fjtorres]

Not only are they missing a couple of big sellers, some of those numbers look low. Like Mass Effect hit 2.1 million *last* XMAS. Arewe to believe its sold nothing since then? Even though its currently running under $30?
But it gets worse, those are just disk-based sales.
So far, MS has sold over a Billion bucks worth of downloadable content via Live. And they've just about tripled the number of Movies on VM in two years, added TV content from pretty much every network, and now Netflix streaming.

And that's not the scary news; the scary news is XNA Community Games.
MS isn't just after the hearts and minds of fanboys or game publishers; they're going after the next generation of *developers*.

[Anon1974]

"It appears as if 360 has already won the software war this gen which is more important to developers and gamers then console sales. The difference is huge with 360 selling 104.1 million against the PS3 only selling 37.9 million."

Where are these numbers coming from? For 2007, Sony reported over 52 million software titles sold for the PS3. This one always makes me laugh when people claim the PS3 is only a Blu-Ray player. Worldwide Blu-Ray disk sales were just over 10 million for 2007, and not all to PS3 owners. Clearly more software is sold than Blu-Ray disks. In fact, look at PS3 sales charts and add them up. So far, going into the Christmas season the PS3 has moved about 83 million titles - so we're looking at an attach rate of 5. Guess what the 360's attach rate was approx 2 years in. 5.3, with 4 million less consoles sold than the PS3 has now.

[thenickel]

Xna is going to be one of those services that really set's 360 apart from anything Sony or Nintendo has to offer. When I think of hardcore I think of these guy's creating XNA games and devoting there time to this stuff. MS is making a killing and I look forward to seeing what these XNA developers come up with and just how cool Netflix and eventually IPTV will be.

Edit above: I was talking about games that sold in the millions. Of course PS3 is more then a bluray player but you can't deny that it's far far away from 360 numbers.

[Anon1974]

fjtorres said "Not only are they missing a couple of big sellers, some of those numbers look low. Like Mass Effect hit 2.1 million *last* XMAS."

No it didn't. I released Nov 30th and sold just about 900k in the first month. It has sold over 2 million now, a year later.
Also, movie content is nice on XBL, if you can get it. Most of the world has a very limited selection of titles on XBL, it's only the US that's really getting the full benefit of this, and that doesn't look like it's going to change with the Netflix deal. Again - only available for the US to start with and no time frame for anyone else. No wonder the 360 is losing the battle for hearts and minds everywhere but the United States.

[Anon1974]

thenickel said "Edit above: I was talking about games that sold in the millions. Of course PS3 is more then a bluray player but you can't deny that it's far far away from 360 numbers."

I can and I just did. Two years in the 360 has moved about 13 million units with an attach rate of 5.3, so that gives us just short of 69 million software titles sold. So, not only is the PS3 selling more consoles in it's first 2 years over what the 360 did, it's selling more software as well.

[Gam71]

Darkride its not selling more software.

The 360 and wii are.

360 4,414,782 (+48%) 165,003,939 7.32
wii 2,999,005 (-3%) 183,466,168 5.10
ps3 2,427,271 (+12%) 84,256,247 5.04

see, which has sold more.

I'm sure the people who track sales and publishers, devs etc look at the figures and say, well where was the xbox last year compared to the ps3 today?
nope they see the ACTUAL figures. They don't have to twist and adjust and spin the figures to suit their ego and to justify their purchase.

You argument is as lame as you.

[thenickel]

This isn't even an arguement lol. If you want to believe that PS3 is selling more then go ahead seriously. The only thing your proving is you can't deal with the fact that 360 is killing the PS3 all around. MS is making a killing and Sony isn't no matter how you spin it. I'm done talking with you because your one of those people that will twist it however they can and actually believe the stuff you type. Simply add up all software on 360 since it's launch and PS3 as well and quickley you will discover 360 is light years ahead of your forecast. Also it doesn't matter when the PS3 launched because this is this gen and it's Sony's fault for falling so far behind. Once MS launches it's services worldwide it will only get worst so please stop hating for no reason.

[Anon1974]

Gam71 said "Darkride its not selling more software."
Dude, did you not read my post? Of course the 360 has sold more software overall. I'm saying if you compare apples to apples here, take the PS3 now at 2 years in vs the 360 last November, 2 years in - the PS3 has had a better first 2 years than the 360 did with more software and more consoles moved - and that's with a higher price point and stiffer competition.
Nothing is being twisted here, that's just the facts. If developers simply looked at sales like you're implying - no one would have made a single game for the 360, we'd all be playing PS2 still (which actually, a lot of people are doing).

I'm a 360 and a PS3 owner. I don't need to justify either purchase. Playing both Gears 2 and Resistance 2 is justification enough for me.

[Gam71]

Hey darkride compare apples with apples then.

You want to take the total ps3 sales yet only the first 2 years of the 360.
Why don't you compare the total 360 sales with the total ps3 sales like everyone else is.

You want to twist it so that a whole years worth of sales are ignored.
Wonder why?

You can't say "look at total lifetime sales of brand B but only x amount of time sales for brand A"

You want to do it your way. OK compare the software sales for the 360 and ps3 for the total amount of time they have BOTH been on sale together.

That means you ignore the firstyear of the 360 and compare the last 2 years worth.
That's fairer as you want to include sales from when the 360 was the only next gen console and not sales made in this last year which have continued to rise and rise for the 360.

And someone want to discredit the 360's achievements does not own a 360.
Saying you own a 360 does not make you bile against it more credible.

[Anon1974]

thenickel said "If you want to believe that PS3 is selling more then go ahead seriously."
It is. I thought that was common knowledge. The PS3 has been chipping away at the 360's year head start for the last year. Oh..I know! You think it's still 2007, right?

"Simply add up all software on 360 since it's launch and PS3 as well and quickly you will discover 360 is light years ahead of your forecast."
What on earth would that show? I could do the same thing with the PS2 and say - oh..look. The PS2 killed the 360. I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything - as an owner of both consoles I could care less who sells more. But to say the 360 is killing the PS3, well that's just incorrect now, isn't it? If you're calling a marathon race and one contestant starts the race an hour early - the announces wouldn't say "Look at how phenomenal he's doing! He's miles ahead of everyone else!"

"Once MS launches it's services worldwide it will only get worst so please stop hating for no reason."
Netflix isn't going worldwide, just like Sony's movies probably won't be worldwide either. The only thing I'm hating is people who feel they must take to the internet to spread their misinformation, either on purpose or just out of general ignorance of what the reality is. Go 360/PS3! More games for me to play! I'm cheering both of them, but that doesn't mean I'm going to bury my head in the sand and ignore the facts when sales arguments crop up.

The idea some around here take 3 years of 360 sales, throw it up against 2 years of PS3 sales and then run around crowing about it just defies logic to me. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together will look at that and go "Well, duh. But how fast is the PS3 selling compared to what the 360 did? How do the attach rates compare? Oh, so the PS3 is selling faster, but the attach rates are the same as the 360 two years in? So, one would assume that 3 years in the PS3 would be in better shape than the 360 is now if growth remains constant. That's not rocket science."
Anyway, go ahead and call me a 360 hater all you want. It won't stop me from enjoying the hell outta Fable 2 and Gears 2.

Edit: Gam 71 asked "You want to take the total ps3 sales yet only the first 2 years of the 360. Why don't you compare the total 360 sales with the total ps3 sales."
I'm confused. What would that tell you? That a console that is out longer has a better chance of selling more than a console that hasn't been out for the same length of time? Why don't you compare 9 years of PS2 data to 3 years Xbox 360 data if that's the point you're trying to make? I'm not hating the 360, I'm just looking at sales numbers. They're just numbers - they don't hate one console or the other. Also, sales are slow the first year a console is on the market - why on earth would you compare year one sales of one console vs year 2 sales of another? Of course year 2 sales are better. That's not telling us anything we don't know.

[Gam71]

You keep harping on about this first 2 years of ps3 (going into this year) against first 2 years of 360 (ending last year) like it means something but when someone suggest you take total v total you say it doesn't mean anything.
That it's flawed then throw around ridiculous comments about comparing a last gen console with a current gen. Well a current gen of your choice.
I noticed you didn't want to compare the ps2 sales against you beloved ps3.

You even tried to twist the facts relating to the story to make your exalted ps3 come of better.

you question anyone using logic (by comparing like for like) then act like your twisted logic makes sense.

Since when has anyone ever compared sales between two different machines using the amount of time the last one released has been out and then only regarding the sales for that time frame for the machine that has been out the longest.

Something new ps fans have created to say we aren't last.
Sales have always been from when a console was released to today totted up against another console's sales from when that was released up to today.

"So, one would assume that 3 years in the PS3 would be in better shape than the 360 is now if growth remains constant"
no the 360 would be even farther ahead as it's been selling more and has outsold the ps3 ytd and sales have been rising.
Or is that another reason you want to ignore this years sales data for the 360.

go on look it up. the 360 is ahead. Doesn't matter by how many or for how long its been decreasing the lead the ps3 had for months.

And you can compare the ps2 lifetime sales with the 360. Or you could compare the sales starting from when the 360 was released. But you can't take the first 3 years of the 360's sales and compare them to the first 3 years of the ps2's sales and say see the 360 is selling more than the ps2 has to date like you want to with the ps3.

it doesn't make sense. Oh if your going to compare the ps2 with the 360 then you have to compare it to the ps3 as thats the console you've been so Vehemently defending.

[SaberEdge]

darkrider66, you keep posting the same BS over and over. You're completely wrong about the attach rate of the 360 after its first two years. In case anybody missed it I will say it again.
-Even comparing like for like (i.e. the first 23 months) the 360 still has a higher attach rate.-

This from 1UP:
"As you can see above, the average Xbox 360 owner has 6.6 games for his or her console, while the average Wii gamer has 5.5, and the PlayStation 3 owner has 5.3. One important thing to keep in mind is that this chart shows attach rates for the first 23 months of each system's release, meaning the 360 numbers are only though September 2007, while the Wii and PS3 numbers are through September 2008 (if you add in the extra year the 360 has at retail, its total attach rate stands at 8.1)."
http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...

So please quit pulling things out of thin air to support your bias for the PS3. It's ok to have a preference for the PS3, but please support your claims with facts and not just random BS.

[gametheory]

And millions of dollars in marketing per title.

[kewlkat007]

I'm sure a couple of games is left out..

[otherZinc]

The 360 is killin.

[air1]

if that's the case, then sony should have hoped for the same problem:)

[sak500]

Hahahh good one. 3-4 exclusives were being bundled free with ps3 and in some cases bravias were given free with ps3 and still it sucks at hardware/software sales. Only pathetic sales happening are due to movie watchers buying it.

[JokesOnYou]

say what you will about micro.....but I think they have done a great job this gen of delivering the best games + online to gamers. As a gamer who has seen this industry grow leaps and bounds since the days of my very first Atari, then eventually a NES for my best Birthday ever.....and now after all the countless hrs of my life spent gaming....its truly magnificent to see 3 great companies providing games that are just as great or better compared to those alltime favorites like SMB 3 damm I played that game to death everyday after school for months(ahhh the memories) which adds creditability to my beloved hobby being taken seriously by the mass media and public for more than just kiddie stuff made for 8 yr olds. 360 happens to be my favorite console of the 3, not because I have some foolish attatchmennt to micro but simply because it has more of the type of games I like and the online service has always been a big part of micro's focus/strategy with its games.

JOY

[Yamato]

I am a PS3 fan, I like 360 but is not a good hardware and MS dont like me, i dont like MS anyway, why are you talking about million sellers in that fighting way, forget about that, be happy with your consoles and play the games you like it enjoy it!!!

[jack who]

bu bu bu bu teh cell

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

360 owners love games

[captainjy]

POS3: The Home of the dying Bluray and only 14 titles to sale over 1 million! HAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA! Pathetic.

[Snake Raiser]

BIG BOSS congratulates this article for getting to 360 degrees. :)

[sparta76]

PS3 is doing BETTER then the 360. compare 360"s first two years to PS3... thats right, and wait till the price drops to 299.99.

[VforVideogames]

WHERE'S NINJA GAIDE II???????????????

[JokerSGS]

Hmm Simpsons sold 1 million?!? I guess this is only good for developers to know. 360 seems to be able to help sell titles but some of these was when:
1) The PS3 was struggling and barely had any traction in the market
2) Before any console was out

I'd like to see PS2's numbers around for the same amount of years as the 360 has been out to compare.

[Nicolator]

THE LIST ACTUALLY made me scroll down..! ps3 was like a neat page of a few good words

its true thou

[SaberEdge]

Wow! Those are some amazing numbers. Great job to MS and the 360. The 360 sells far more software than either the Wii or the PS3. And that is interesting too because the Wii has a greater installed base and the 360 still sells much more software. The 360 has only been out one-third longer than the PS3 (3 years vs 2 years) but it has over 2.5 times (actually closer to 3 times) the number of games that have sold more than a million copies.