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The best-selling video game of each year since 1993 (ftw.usatoday.com)
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[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

TLDR: Call of Duty.

[–] drcouzelis@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And Pokémon, holy crap. The same games were the best sellers multiple years in a row??

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Between the cards and games, Pokemon was all everyone would talk about for several years in a row

[–] Stoney_Logica1@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It's still the most profitable IP ever.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

We gamers like comfort zones ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Call of Duty... Call of Duty... Call of Duty... Animal Crossing

Did something happen in 2020?

[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Well, more like ...

Mario, Mario, Pokemon, Pokemon, GTA, CoD, wtf Animal Crossing?, CoD