GTA: San Andreas tops US all-time game sales

[brenner78]

But weren't those pack-in games with systems? It's hardly a fair comparison if you ask me.

Ok, I know what you mean. In my opinion it's fair to count e.g. Wii Sports sales because most of the people bought a Wii console due to this game (the Wii didn't have much else to offer in the first 12 month).

But nevertheless I get your point... somehow. But still the quotet numbers are crap. Why so?

As Darksaviour69 quotet according to Forbes the best selling game in the US of all times is GTA:IV with 9,43 million units.

Lets have a look which games sold more than that (numbers in million, US sales only):

Super Mario Bros (NES) 29.52
Duck Hunt (NES) 27.34
Tetris (GB) 23.55
Super Mario World (SNES) 12.97
Wii Sports (Wii) 11.92
Pokemon Red / Green / Blue (GB) 11.44
The Sims (PC) 11.39
Super Mario Land (GB) 10.99
Super Mario Bros 3 (NES) 9.69

So, since as I recall, neither Duck Hunt, The Sims Super Mario Land and Super Mario Bros 3 came bundled with a console... well, I have to repeat that Forbes' numbers are either made up for marketing reasons (or whatever reasons they have) or the person responsible finding those numbers did a really bad job.

Sunny greetings, Brenner

[Darksaviour69]

brenner78, where are you getting those numbers? forbes used data from NPD Group which are the official software sales trackers in the US. I think your numbers are "north American" including canada mexico etc sales, not just US sales, which forbes report is. But still you would think that Wii sports be up there.

[jamotto]

So, since as I recall, neither Duck Hunt... came bundled with a console

Duck Hunt actually was a pack-in title.

[Shuichi]

His numbers are accurate and Duck Hunt was bundled? It came with the gun?

[JKKDARK]

Yes.

Duck Hunt has been placed in several combination cartridges. In the original Action Set configuration of the NES in the late 1980s, Duck Hunt was included with Super Mario Bros..[13] This particular cartridge is found quite often in the United States, due to it being included with the purchase of a NES.[13] If one had purchased the NES system in a bundle with the Power Pad, then Duck Hunt was included on a 3-in-1 cartridge that also included World Class Track Meet and Super Mario Bros.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Hunt