The 5 biggest video game launches to date

[TheAvenged87]

IMO I reckon the gaming industry is probably pulling it shitloads of money for the global economy, obviously not as high as many other things but I'd say as gamers we have to be at least sitting in top 5 when it comes to entertainment and the amount of money we make those companies with supporting their products.

I can agree with that. The gaming industry has surpassed the movie industry. It just has to surpass the music industry to become number 1.

[_Caboose_]

I used to like Call of Duty, then i took an arrow to the knee

[Smokeghost]

I used to like Call of Duty, then i took an arrow to the knee

I feel really dumb that even though I play Skyrim allot I still had to Google it to understand the reference

[PlainStack]

I would really like to see these stats for PC game sales only, would be interesting and think that it might just be a little different.
But there is no real surprise with this.

[bazzrr]

Aren't MMO's played more than FPS online?
I would have thought that something like WOW had a huge number of subscribers, or even Guild wars

[OmegaFenix]

Aren't MMO's played more than FPS online?
I would have thought that something like WOW had a huge number of subscribers, or even Guild wars

WOW didn't have a huge fan base back when it was released. Since this is a thread about the size of the game launch, ie how much £££ it made on launch, other games, like Halo and COD, take the lead. MMO's generate £££ over time, not right off the bat.

[steaksauce]

Agree, does not make sense, what about BF3, something like over 5 million sold, Skyrim, over 3.5 million sold...
Whose statistics are they using?

I think they take it based on release day sales or something to that effect.
If an old game like, lets say tomb raider 1 were to suddenly sell 20 million copies 15 years later it still wouldn't make this list.

[addam]

CoD's a good game, but it has no innovation that I'm looking for in a game. They know what sells well, and they're "sticking to their guns". The main differences between all the games is the storyline and graphics. But that's my personal opinion, I still love CoD, but I also want to get a game that's innovative.