they’re the biggest names in the
industry and have come to define gaming
as we know it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
video game franchises in order to
qualify for this list a franchise needs
to have at least 5 entries associated
with it and have started at least at the
6th gaming generation or earlier we’re
ranking the entries based on a
combination of their impact in the
industry how many copies they sold and
the overall quality I don’t know about
you but I usually like a little more
Intel with my Intel we’ll make it work
and just to quickly address the elephant
in the room
a while back we did include some of
these entries on our overrated list so
there’s that but you can argue that all
day long it doesn’t change what they’ve
achieved alpha team is flying around the
forest so situated in Northwest Raccoon
City where we are searching for the
helicopter of our compatriots Bravo
number 10 Resident Evil we’re starting
things off with the franchise that
popularized survival horror with 60
million copies sold Resident Evil not
only was able to spark a financially
successful film series but was also able
to reinvent itself in Resident Evil 4 it
almost didn’t make the list thanks to
the disastrous Resident Evil 6 but there
was some redemption with revelations
plus there’s always hope for the future
their outlandish reports of families
being attacked by a group of about 10
people victims were apparently beaten
number 9 sim wheelwright is pretty much
the godfather of PC simulation games
first starting off with SimCity the
series spawned a whole load of spin-off
games ranging from sim tower sim ant and
sim farm but it was the casual life sim
the Sims that became a phenomenon with
the second game in particular being the
best-selling PC game to date the 2013
entry SimCity may have bombed but the
legacy of 175 million sold is still hard
to argue
number eight EA Sports – Allen of
Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley
Cup and the compass back where it’s been
so many times before the brand with a
firm grip on almost all major sports
league licenses makes the list thanks to
two names that have sold over a hundred
million copies each in the USA
the Madden Series NFL keeps football
players coming back while FIFA is
uncontested in Europe and South America
plus with the addition of NBA Live and
NHL name the sport and it’s in the game
Mike Shaw shot scores number seven hello
though this franchise put the Xbox on
the gaming map believe it or not it was
originally unveiled by Steve Jobs as a
real-time strategy for Mac OS but after
Bungie was acquired by Microsoft it
became the juggernaut that it is now
with the second game in particular
cementing online multiplayer to consoles
it’s the least selling entry on the list
at around 50 million copies sold but if
it weren’t for Halo there’d be no Xbox
today halo it’s finished no I think
we’re just getting started number 6
Final Fantasy the title designed for NES
was intended to be the studio’s last
game after a string of failures prior
hence the ironic name but its success
led to many sequels to follow with its 7
entry on the ps1 being the franchise’s
high point
it also spawned a few spin-off
franchises from the mono series to the
Disney crossover Kingdom Hearts are you
okay it did hit hard times last
generation with the 13th and 14th
entries but the hundred and two million
sales are hard to argue with number five
the Legend of Zelda it brought the
ability to save your game to consoles
but it didn’t stop there even though it
carved itself out a neat little
sub-genre pretty much all of its titles
are considered royalty and among the
best games on their respective consoles
Link to the Past Ocarina of Time Wind
Waker name the Nintendo console and
there’s probably a must-have Zelda game
to go with it the series has sold are
relatively modest sixty-eight million
copies but the overall quality gets it
this high on the list
number four Call of Duty believe it or
not this franchise was originally
codenamed Medal of Honor killer and safe
to say it did what it was intended to do
with the first three game set in the
trenches of World War two the fourth
game not only revolutionized the modern
warfare genre but also dramatically
shifted the focus of the industry as a
whole it’s currently be franchised to
beat with its sales at just over a
hundred and twenty million some may be a
little bit tired of its yearly releases
but it was the defining franchise in the
seventh generation number three Pokemon
what do i do there Rick
it’s the series that single-handedly
revived the Game Boy in the 90s
hey little buddy want a ride yeah
whatever and started a cultural
phenomenon and shows no signs of slowing
down with a whopping 245 million copies
sold and over 60 games in the series
it’s also spawned a cartoon series that
has lasted over 800 episodes and still
going come on let’s go win a badge and
it’s now an eSport thanks to the
officially run Pokemon championship
league number two
Grand Theft Auto Josh your hand down on
your stomach
Hey
the open world franchise that is a
magnet for controversy with each release
GTA didn’t invent the sandbox but it
made it a jar of its own with an urban
setting in which you can release your
frustrations there’s a lot more where
that came from homes with gta3 setting
new standards for the genre and each
title onward being a best-seller Grand
Theft Auto is the fastest growing
franchise at 185 million sold with 32
million of those coffees coming from GTA
5 alone
before we get to the top spot let’s have
a look at some honorable mentions we’ve
loosened our guidelines here but they
still need to absorb well
huh
number one mario you revived the
videogame industry in the 80s you
revolutionized 3d platforming and almost
all of his platforming adventures are
considered timeless classics and yet
that’s only the tip of the iceberg of
what this Italian mustachioed plumber
has achieved as he spawned four sports
series two RPG series a party minigame
franchise two puzzle franchises and a
kart racing franchise to top off his
empire a 486 million copies sold no
other name in gaming even comes close to
the impact or success of the man in red
and blue overalls
do you agree with our list which
franchise are you gonna defend to the
death in the comments section for more
colossal top 10s published daily be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com you
disrespected the gods for the last time
Kratos
industry and have come to define gaming
as we know it
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
video game franchises in order to
qualify for this list a franchise needs
to have at least 5 entries associated
with it and have started at least at the
6th gaming generation or earlier we’re
ranking the entries based on a
combination of their impact in the
industry how many copies they sold and
the overall quality I don’t know about
you but I usually like a little more
Intel with my Intel we’ll make it work
and just to quickly address the elephant
in the room
a while back we did include some of
these entries on our overrated list so
there’s that but you can argue that all
day long it doesn’t change what they’ve
achieved alpha team is flying around the
forest so situated in Northwest Raccoon
City where we are searching for the
helicopter of our compatriots Bravo
number 10 Resident Evil we’re starting
things off with the franchise that
popularized survival horror with 60
million copies sold Resident Evil not
only was able to spark a financially
successful film series but was also able
to reinvent itself in Resident Evil 4 it
almost didn’t make the list thanks to
the disastrous Resident Evil 6 but there
was some redemption with revelations
plus there’s always hope for the future
their outlandish reports of families
being attacked by a group of about 10
people victims were apparently beaten
number 9 sim wheelwright is pretty much
the godfather of PC simulation games
first starting off with SimCity the
series spawned a whole load of spin-off
games ranging from sim tower sim ant and
sim farm but it was the casual life sim
the Sims that became a phenomenon with
the second game in particular being the
best-selling PC game to date the 2013
entry SimCity may have bombed but the
legacy of 175 million sold is still hard
to argue
number eight EA Sports – Allen of
Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley
Cup and the compass back where it’s been
so many times before the brand with a
firm grip on almost all major sports
league licenses makes the list thanks to
two names that have sold over a hundred
million copies each in the USA
the Madden Series NFL keeps football
players coming back while FIFA is
uncontested in Europe and South America
plus with the addition of NBA Live and
NHL name the sport and it’s in the game
Mike Shaw shot scores number seven hello
though this franchise put the Xbox on
the gaming map believe it or not it was
originally unveiled by Steve Jobs as a
real-time strategy for Mac OS but after
Bungie was acquired by Microsoft it
became the juggernaut that it is now
with the second game in particular
cementing online multiplayer to consoles
it’s the least selling entry on the list
at around 50 million copies sold but if
it weren’t for Halo there’d be no Xbox
today halo it’s finished no I think
we’re just getting started number 6
Final Fantasy the title designed for NES
was intended to be the studio’s last
game after a string of failures prior
hence the ironic name but its success
led to many sequels to follow with its 7
entry on the ps1 being the franchise’s
high point
it also spawned a few spin-off
franchises from the mono series to the
Disney crossover Kingdom Hearts are you
okay it did hit hard times last
generation with the 13th and 14th
entries but the hundred and two million
sales are hard to argue with number five
the Legend of Zelda it brought the
ability to save your game to consoles
but it didn’t stop there even though it
carved itself out a neat little
sub-genre pretty much all of its titles
are considered royalty and among the
best games on their respective consoles
Link to the Past Ocarina of Time Wind
Waker name the Nintendo console and
there’s probably a must-have Zelda game
to go with it the series has sold are
relatively modest sixty-eight million
copies but the overall quality gets it
this high on the list
number four Call of Duty believe it or
not this franchise was originally
codenamed Medal of Honor killer and safe
to say it did what it was intended to do
with the first three game set in the
trenches of World War two the fourth
game not only revolutionized the modern
warfare genre but also dramatically
shifted the focus of the industry as a
whole it’s currently be franchised to
beat with its sales at just over a
hundred and twenty million some may be a
little bit tired of its yearly releases
but it was the defining franchise in the
seventh generation number three Pokemon
what do i do there Rick
it’s the series that single-handedly
revived the Game Boy in the 90s
hey little buddy want a ride yeah
whatever and started a cultural
phenomenon and shows no signs of slowing
down with a whopping 245 million copies
sold and over 60 games in the series
it’s also spawned a cartoon series that
has lasted over 800 episodes and still
going come on let’s go win a badge and
it’s now an eSport thanks to the
officially run Pokemon championship
league number two
Grand Theft Auto Josh your hand down on
your stomach
Hey
the open world franchise that is a
magnet for controversy with each release
GTA didn’t invent the sandbox but it
made it a jar of its own with an urban
setting in which you can release your
frustrations there’s a lot more where
that came from homes with gta3 setting
new standards for the genre and each
title onward being a best-seller Grand
Theft Auto is the fastest growing
franchise at 185 million sold with 32
million of those coffees coming from GTA
5 alone
before we get to the top spot let’s have
a look at some honorable mentions we’ve
loosened our guidelines here but they
still need to absorb well
huh
number one mario you revived the
videogame industry in the 80s you
revolutionized 3d platforming and almost
all of his platforming adventures are
considered timeless classics and yet
that’s only the tip of the iceberg of
what this Italian mustachioed plumber
has achieved as he spawned four sports
series two RPG series a party minigame
franchise two puzzle franchises and a
kart racing franchise to top off his
empire a 486 million copies sold no
other name in gaming even comes close to
the impact or success of the man in red
and blue overalls
do you agree with our list which
franchise are you gonna defend to the
death in the comments section for more
colossal top 10s published daily be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com you
disrespected the gods for the last time
Kratos
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