Blizzard Company declared that the Diablo 4 game made $666 million five days after its release. The number of users who purchased the game was not specified. Diablo 4’s standard price is $70 with the Battle Pass, but that doesn’t include in-game purchases. Russian media talks about the top 5 best-selling games in the world.
It’s rare for studios and companies to release similar box office data for a movie. The popularity of a game is measured by the number of copies sold, as there are additional purchases inside games, and these are more difficult to count. The success indicator is also the number of hours users spend in the game. For these reasons, the performance of online games and story games cannot/cannot be compared. And due to ongoing maintenance, development and improvement, production budgets are not disclosed.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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Arcade racing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is another game about plumber brothers Mario and Luigi. It is the fifth best-selling game in the world, but it is also the most popular among games for the Switch console. Including sales of the game on Wii U, the total number of copies purchased is 62 million, reported at Nintendo on March 31, 2023.
PUBG: Battlegrounds (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds)
PUBG Studios/Krafton
Fourth place in the ranking goes to PUBG: Battlegrounds. This is an online battle royale game. Dave Kurd, Creative Director of Krafton informed The Verge that as of December 2021, PUBG has sold 75 million copies. At that time, it cost $12.99, excluding in-app purchases. In 2022, the game became free-to-play, but it has the option of purchasing a premium account and various bonuses.
Sports Wii
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On the third line – Wii Sports, created by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the best-selling proprietary platform of all time. The game is a simulation of various sports. Using a trademark controller, the player controls the character’s movements: hitting a baseball, spinning a bowling ball, or repeating boxing moves. Released in 2006, the game was bought 83 million times.
Grand Theft Auto V
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In second place is a relatively new game from the Rockstar studio, the continuation of the cult game of the 90s and the beginning of the two thousandths – Grand Theft Auto V. Users play as gang members in the fictional state of San Andreas and, opposing the police, complete tasks. In 2022, a long-awaited event took place: the release of the game on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Before that, it was released in 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and then for PC in 2015. According to The Scotsman, GTA 5 is the most expensive video game ever made, with a development and marketing budget of $265 million. . outmoded 170 million copies.
Minecraft
Mojang Studios
Minecraft is a game whose world is made of solid cubes and boxes, and the main task of the player is to build as many objects as possible. Minecraft hosts rallies and concerts, its popularity and impact on pop culture cannot be overstated. In the game’s endless open world, you can choose a creative mode and create buildings from cubes, or you can fight evil mobs. By data Microsoft, in April 2021, Minecraft sold 238 million copies. The company has not released more recent data.
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