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Who Makes The Most Money In Video Games

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This is a list of the highest-grossing video games of all time. The list includes games across all platforms (including arcades, consoles, computers, mobiles, and online) that have grossed at least $onebillion in revenue. This list includes coin-based sales, which are not added to the game's overall sales.

Title Gross
(million Usa$)
(no inflation) 		Release
year 		Gross
as of
(year) 		Ref Gross
(one thousand thousand US$)
(with inflation)[1] 		Genre
Japan Pac-Man 9745 1980 2012 [northward 4] 19,239 Maze
Japan Space Invaders 7751 1978 1990 [n 5] nineteen,045 Shmup
South Korea Dungeon Fighter Online 18,000 2005 2019 [24] 18,000 Crush 'em up
Japan Street Fighter II 10,610 1991 2017 [25] 17,040 Fighting
China Arena of Valor / Honor of Kings thirteen,384 2015 2018 [26] 13,384 MOBA
South Korea CrossFire 13,045 2007 2019 [27] thirteen,045 MMOFPS
United States League of Legends 10,116 2009 2019 [28] 10,116 MOBA
United States Globe of Warcraft 9702 2004 2017 [29] 9702 MMORPG
South Korea Lineage 6417 1998 2018 [thirty] 9635 MMORPG
United States Fortnite 9000 2017 2019 [31] 9000 Battle royale
South Korea PlayerUnknown'southward Battlegrounds 8228 2017 2018 [n 6] 8228 Battle royale
Japan Monster Strike 8106 2013 2018 [35] 8106 Puzzle
China Due west Journey 5797 2001 2017 [36] 8012 MMORPG
Japan Puzzle & Dragons 7000 2012 2018 [35] 7000 Puzzle RPG
Japan Wii Sports 5194.1 2006 2012 [n 7] 6305 Sports
Japan Donkey Kong 4400 1981 2017 [38] 6253 second platformer
Japan Super Mario Bros. 2673 1985 2017 [39] 6082 2D platformer
United Kingdom Chiliad Theft Automobile 5 6000 2013 2017 [40] 6000 Action take a chance
Japan Wii Fit 4427 2007 2013 [n 9] 5225 Fitness
Sweden Processed Vanquish Saga 5062 2012 2017 [43] 5062 Puzzle
Japan Super Mario Bros. 3 2385 1988 2017 [39] 4935 2D platformer
Japan Pokémon Get 4700 2016 2019 [north 10] 4793 Augmented reality
Japan Fate/M Order 4402 2015 2018 [n 11] 4545 RPG
Japan Sonic the Hedgehog 2395 1991 2016 [48] 4303 2d platformer
South Korea MapleStory 3151 2003 2017 [49] 4192 MMORPG
Finland Clash of Clans 4067 2012 2017 [n 12] 4067 Strategy
Japan Super Mario World 2143 1990 2011 [39] 4014 2D platformer
Japan Super Mario Bros. ii 1719 1986 2017 [39] 3838 2D platformer
Japan Pokémon Scarlet/Greenish/Bluish/Yellow 2384 1996 2016 [52] 3720 RPG
Japan World Guild Champion Football 2507 2002 2012 [n 14] 3411 Sports simulation
Japan Wii Sports Resort 2841.3 2009 2013 [n 16] 3241 Sports
Japan Mario Kart Wii 2833 2008 2013 [due north eighteen] 3232 Kart racing
United States Ms. Pac-Man 1200 1981 1987 [64] 2948 Maze
Japan Pokémon Aureate/Silver/Crystal 1990 1999 2011 [52] 2923 RPG
Japan Virtua Fighter 1680 1993 1996 [64] 2846 Fighting
Japan Wii Play 2216 2006 2012 [northward 19] 2690 Party
Japan Super Mario 64 1660 1996 2001 [39] 2590 3D platformer
Japan OutRun 1104 1986 1993 [64] 2465 Arcade racing
Japan New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2185 2009 2013 [39] 2492 second platformer
Japan Duck Hunt 1048 1984 1995 [n 20] 2469 Calorie-free gun shooter
United States Asteroids 800 1979 1982 [n 21] 2376 Shmup
Japan Pokémon Ruby-red/Sapphire/Emerald 1646 2002 2014 [52] 2240 RPG
Finland Clash Royale 2178 2016 2018 [n 22] 2178 Strategy
Japan New Super Mario Bros. 1785 2006 2013 [39] 2167 2d platformer
Japan Virtua Fighter two 1200 1994 2001 [64] 1981 Fighting
Japan Concluding Fantasy Fourteen 1714 2002 2017 [69] 1918 MMORPG
United States Call of Duty: Black Ops
(incl. map packs) 		1769.75 2010 2011 [north 23] 1925 FPS
Japan Virtua Fighter 3 1200 1996 2001 [64] 1872 Fighting
Japan Compilation of Final Fantasy Seven 1206.13 1997 2017 [69] 1839 RPG
Japan Final Fantasy 11 Online 1293.three 2002 2017 [69] 1760 MMORPG
Japan Final Fantasy X & X-ii 1258.4 2001 2017 [69] 1739 RPG
United States Phone call of Duty: Black Ops
(excl. map packs) 		1499.75 2010 2011 [due north 23] 1632 FPS
Japan Print Club 1000 1995 1997 [71] 1606 Purikura
Sweden Minecraft 1593 2011 2017 [north 24] 1593 Sandbox
Japan Pole Position (US gross) 579.6 1982 1984 [64] 1470 Racing
United States Defender yard 1980 2002 [64] 1469 Shmup
United States NBA Jam 1000 1993 2010 [64] 1421 Sports
South Korea TERA Online 1290 2011 2015 [74] 1403 MMO activeness RPG
Japan Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum 1150 2006 2014 [52] 1396 RPG
Japan Final Fantasy VII 903.thirteen 1997 2017 [69] 1377 RPG
Japan Tetris 699.65 1989 2009 [76] 1311 Puzzle
Japan Pokémon Sun & Moon 1247 2016 2018 [52] 1272 RPG
Japan Dragon Quest I & Ii 507 1986 2014 [77] 1132 RPG
Japan Dragon Quest V 646.04 1992 2015 [77] 1127 RPG
South Korea Summoners State of war chiliad 2013 2017 [78] 1051 Strategy
Japan Pokémon X & Y 953 2013 2016 [52] 1001 RPG
United States Call of Duty: WWII m 2017 2017 [79] one thousand FPS
United States Phone call of Duty: Black Ops 4 1000 2018 2018 [80] thousand FPS
United Kingdom Cherry-red Dead Redemption ii 1000 2018 2018 [81] one thousand Action adventure

See also

  • List of highest-grossing video game franchises
  • List of acknowledged video games
  • Arcade gaming
  • 2017 in video games
    • List of best-selling video games of 2017
  • Best selling game franchises
  • Best selling Nintendo games
  • All-time selling Microsoft games
  • Best selling Sony games

Notes

  1. ↑ Pac-Man arcade revenue:
    • Cabinet sales: $1.14 billion by 1982
      • $1 billion chiffonier sales by 1981.[ii]
        • $200 million[three] cabinet sales in 1981, therefore $800 meg cabinet sales in 1980.
      • 350,000 cabinets sold for $2800 each by 1981.[4] Out of total 400,000 sales past 1982,[5] remaining 50,000 for $2800 means $140 million boosted acquirement in cabinet sales in 1982.
    • Money revenues: $8.2 billion
      • 1980: $1 billion[6]
      • 1981: $i.2 billion[7] [3] [8]
      • 1982: $vi billion (in quarters)[9] [10] [11]
  2. ↑ 7.7 million cartridges[12] sold at $29.76 each
  3. ↑ Pac-Man, retail sales:
    • Atari 2600 version: $229.ii million in 1982[n two] [13]
    • Coleco Mini-Arcade version: $90 meg in 1982 (ane.5 million[14] [15] units at $59.97 each) [1]
  4. ↑ Pac-Human overall revenue:
    • Arcade: $ix.34 billion by 1982[n 1]
    • Console: $319.two million every bit of 1982[due north 3]
    • Mobile: $84 million as of 2012[16]
    • PC: $two one thousand thousand as of 1987[17]
  5. ↑ Space Invaders estimated acquirement:
    • Arcade – $7.5 billion (as of 1982)
      • Chiffonier sales: $3.i billion (750,000 cabinets by 1979[18])
        • Japan: $2.iv billion (400,000 cabinets by 1979[xviii])
          • 1978: $600 million earnings for Taito from 100,000 Japan cabinet sales in 1978.[19] This gives average Japan cabinet price of $6000 each.
        • Overseas: $700 one thousand thousand+
          • 350,000 cabinet sold exterior Nippon by 1979.[18] U.s.a. prices ranged from $ii,000 to $three,000 per cabinet.[20]
      • Coin drop revenue: $4.4 billion+ (equally of 1982)
        • Japan: At least more than $ii.iv billion as of 1979 (if 400,000 cabinets price about $2.4 billion, coin drop earnings would demand to be greater in club to be profitable for arcade operators).
        • United States: $ii billion from sixty,000 cabinets (as of 1982)[21]
    • Atari systems – $151meg in the US (as of 1990)
      • Atari 2600 – $150,595,407 (1980-1990)
        • 1980-1983 – $150million[22]
        • 1986-1990 – $595,407[23]
      • Atari 5200 – $208,780 (1986-1989)[23]
      • Atari XE (computer) – $1,612 (1986-1990)[23]
  6. ↑ PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)
    • PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PC)
      • 2017 - $900 million[32]
      • 2018 - $one.128 billion[33]
    • PUBG Mobile - $half-dozen.2 billion[34]
  7. ↑ Wii Sports revenue: 81.99 million units[37] at ¥4800 ($63.35) each = $5.1941 billion
  8. ↑ Wii Fit (original) sales revenue:
    • Prices:
      • EU price: €89.99[41] ($143)
      • JP cost: ¥8800 ($116)
      • UK price: £69.99[41] ($147)
      • United states price: $89.99
    • December 2007 to March 2010: 22.61 one thousand thousand units = $2813 million
      • Japan: 5.36 million units at $116 each = $622 1000000
        • December 2007 to March 2008: 1.85 meg
        • April 2008 to March 2009: ane.58 million
        • April 2009 to March 2010: one.93 1000000
      • Overseas: 17.25 1000000 units at $127 (hateful average EU/Uk/US toll) each = $2191 one thousand thousand
    • April 2010 to March 2012: 60,000 (22.67 million - 22.61 million) units at $124 (mean average EU/JP/UK/US cost) each = $7.44 million
  9. ↑ Wii Fit (original and Plus) sales revenue:
    • Wii Fit (original) revenue: $2820.44 million[n 8]
    • Wii Fit Plus revenue: $1606.41 one thousand thousand[42]
  10. ↑ Pokémon Become:
    • 2016-2017 - $two billion[44]
    • 2018 - $1.iii billion[45]
      • 2019 – $1.4 billion[46]
  11. ↑ Fate/Grand Order
    • Upwardly until 2017 - $2 billion[47]
    • 2018 - $1202 meg
    • 2019 – $1.two billion[46]
  12. ↑ Clash of Clans:
    • Up until 2017 - [50]
    • 2018 - $567 million[51]
  13. ↑ World Guild Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs
    • Fiscal year ended 31 March 2010: ¥4.2 billion[55]
    • Fiscal twelvemonth ended 31 March 2011: ¥three.viii billion[56]
    • Fiscal twelvemonth ended 31 March 2012: ¥3.6 billion[57] (additional ¥6.8 billion)
    • Fiscal year concluded March 2013: ¥1.7 billion [two] [58] [59]
    • Financial year ended 31 March 2013: ¥three.2 billion
    • April-Dec 2013: ¥2.1 billion
    • Currency conversion: [3] $224 million
      • ¥iv.2 billion = $55.4312 million
      • ¥3.8 billion = $50.2 million
      • ¥iii.six billion = $48 million
      • ¥3.two billion = $42.2333 meg
      • ¥two.i billion = $28 million
  14. ↑ World Club Champion Football game revenue:
    • Card revenues upwardly until January 2009 - $i.901 billion
      • 480 million player cards sold every bit of January 2009, costing around ¥300 each.[53] [54] This brings the total card revenue upward to ¥144 billion, equivalent to [http://www.x-rates.com/historical/?from = JPY&amount=144000&appointment=2011-ten-30 $one.901 billion].
    • Unit of measurement sales revenues from April 2005 to December 2009 - $307.4 million
      • World Club Champion Football: European Clubs 2004–2005 at £xc,000 ($189,000) [4] each - $149.4 million
        • 514 units from April 2005 to March 2006: $97.ii million
        • 276 units during April–September 2006: $52.2 million
      • World Gild Champion Football: Intercontinental Clubs 2006-2007 - 831 units from June 2008 to March 2009 at £xc,000 ($189,000) [5] each = $158 million
    • Earth Guild Champion Football game: Intercontinental Clubs revenues from April 2009 to Dec 2013 - $224 million[n 13]
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Wii Sports Resort sales acquirement: 30.xiv meg[60] units = $2683.iii million
    • Japan: 1.41 million units at ¥5300[61] ($69) each = $97.3 1000000
    • Overseas: 28.73 1000000 units at $xc (mean average cost) each = $2586 million
      • AU price: AU$99.95 (US$110)
      • NZ price: NZ$129 (US$113)
      • United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland cost: £49.99 ($85)
      • U.s. price: $49.99
  16. ↑ Wii Sports Resort total revenue:
    • Pre-bundle - 30.14 million units = $2683.iii million[n xv]
    • Post-packet - 1.75 meg units (31.89 1000000[37] - 30.14 million) at $90 (mean average toll)[n 15] each = $158 1000000
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Mario Kart Wii:
    • Prices:
      • AU cost: AU$99.95 ([http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A = 99.95&C1=AUD&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=07&YYYY1=2011&B=ane&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=08&YYYY2=2011&btnOK=Get%21 US$110])
      • JP price: ¥5800 ($76)
      • United kingdom price: £39.99 ($81)
      • US toll: $49.99
    • Sales: 28.23 one thousand thousand[62] units = $2270.32 one thousand thousand
      • Japan: 3.32 one thousand thousand units at $76 each = $252.32 1000000
        • Apr 2008 to March 2009: ii.3 million units = $150 one thousand thousand
        • April 2009 to March 2010: 430,000 units = $28 1000000
        • April 2010 to March 2011: 530,000 units[63] = $34.v one thousand thousand
        • Apr-June 2011: 60,000 units[63] = $4 million
      • Overseas: 24.91 million units at $81 (mean boilerplate AU/UK/U.s.a. cost) each = $2018 one thousand thousand
  18. ↑ Mario Kart Wii (incl. bundled copies) acquirement:
    • Pre-bundle (until June 2011) - 28.23 million units = $2270.32 meg[n 17]
    • Post-bundle (after June 2011) - 7.03 meg units at $fourscore (mean boilerplate price)[n 17] each = $562.four one thousand thousand
  19. ↑ Wii Play sales revenue:
    • Prices:
      • AU price: AU$79.99 ([http://fxtop.com/en/historical-commutation-rates.php?A = 79.99&C1=AUD&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2011&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=12&YYYY2=2011&btnOK=Go%21 US$88])
      • JP toll: ¥4800 (US$63)
      • U.k. price: £49.99 [6] (Us$105)
      • Usa toll: United states$49.99
    • December 2006 to March 2010: 27.38 one thousand thousand units = US$2166.44 million
      • Japan: ii.88 one thousand thousand units at US$63 each = US$181.44 million
        • December 2006 to March 2007: one.21 meg
        • April 2007 to March 2008: 1.22 million
        • Apr 2008 to March 2009: 330,000
        • April 2009 to March 2010: 120,000
      • Overseas: 24.five million units at U.s.$81 (hateful average AU/UK/US price) each = Us$1985 1000000
    • April 2010 to March 2012: 640,000 (28.02 million[60] - 27.38 million) units at United states$77 (mean average AU/JP/United kingdom/United states of america cost) each = U.s.$49.3 million
  20. ↑ 28.31 one thousand thousand[65] at = pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=20004 ¥4500] ([http://fxtop.com/en/historical-commutation-rates.php?A=4500&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=1988&B=ane&P=&I=i&DD2=31&MM2=12&YYYY2=1988&btnOK=Go%21 $37) each
  21. ↑ [66] [67]
  22. ↑ Clash Royale:
    • Upward until 2017 - $ane.278 billion[68]
    • 2018 - $900 billion[45]
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.ane Call of Duty: Black Ops overall revenue:
    • 25 meg copies as of Baronial 2011 [7] [8] at $59.99 [ix] each: $1379.77 billion
    • Map packs: $270 1000000[seventy]
  24. ↑ Minecraft sales revenue: 122 million units
    • PC: 26 million units at $26.95 = $700.7 meg
    • Consoles: 17 one thousand thousand units[72] at $19.99[73] = $339.viii meg
    • Mobile & other: 79 million units at $6.99 = $552.2

References

  1. ↑ CPI Aggrandizement Calculator. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved on 2012-02-22.
  2. ↑ Marlene Targ Brill (2009). America in the 1980s. Xx-Start Century Books. p. 120. ISBN 0-8225-7602-3. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NjmhJKkoKW0C&pg=PT120 . Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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  6. ↑ Kline, Stephen; Nick Dyer-Witheford, Greig de Peuter (2003). Digital play: the interaction of engineering, culture, and marketing (Reprint ed.). Montréal, Quebec: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 96. ISBN 0-7735-2591-2. http://books.google.co.great britain/books?id=gw5V10iLEsUC&pg=PA96 . Retrieved 25 Feb 2012. "The game produced one billion dollars in 1980 alone"
  7. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/04/movies/special-effects-are-revolutionizing-film.html?pagewanted=all
  8. ↑ At least 800 million quarters ($200 one thousand thousand) in the U.s. during 1981:
    • Schenectady Gazette: p. 16. March 17, 1982. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RZBGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gekMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3099,372728. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  9. ↑ Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bath Reader. Portable Press. September 1999. p. 373. ISBN 978-i-879682-74-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=OdxLduEdxmcC. "In 1982 alone, Americans pumped $half-dozen billion in quarters into Pac-Human being'southward mouth—more than they spent in Las Vegas casinos and movie theatres combined."
  10. ↑ Uncle John'south Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader. Simon and Schuster. Nov 2012. p. 348. ISBN 978-1-60710-670-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=QClZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT348. "In 1982 alone, Americans pumped $6 billion in quarters into Pac-Man'south mouth—more than they spent in Las Vegas casinos and movie theatres combined."
  11. ↑ Stern, Jane; Stern, Michael (1992). Jane & Michael Stern's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: An A to Z Guide of Who'south who and What's What, from Aerobics and Chimera Gum to Valley of the Dolls and Moon Unit of measurement Zappa. Harper Perennial. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-06-055343-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=7AAi0VbjGU8C. ""I recollect we have the Mickey Mouse of the 1980s," said one Pac-Man executive when information technology was noted that Americans were spending about $6 billion per year on the game and its spinoffs"
  12. ↑ Goldberg, Marty; Vendel, Short (November 25, 2012). Atari Inc.: Business Is Fun. Carmel, New York: Syzygy Press. p. 582. ISBN 978-0-9855974-0-5. https://books.google.co.great britain/books?id=3FwGMtRafrAC&pg=PA582&lpg=PA582#v=onepage&q&f=fake.
  13. ↑ "WHAT WENT Wrong AT ATARI". Boston Globe. Feb viii, 1983. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/admission/663605541.html?FMT=ABS. "Gamewise, while there may not be another cartridge as successful equally Pac-Man - a $200-meg money-maker that Teiser says "will never happen again"‎"
  14. ↑ "Coleco Mini-Arcades Go Aureate". Arcade Express 1 (1): 4. August fifteen, 1982. http://www.digitpress.com/library/newsletters/arcadeexpress/arcade_express_v1n1.pdf . Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  15. ↑ "Mini-Arcades 'Go Aureate'". Electronic Games 1 (ix): 13. Nov 1982. http://world wide web.archive.org/stream/electronic-games-mag-1982-11/Electronic_Games_Issue_09_Vol_01_09_1982_Nov#page/n11/mode/2up . Retrieved five February 2012.
  16. ↑ Pac-Man mobile, paid download revenues:
    • iOS: 23 1000000 downloads (2008 to Jan 2010) at $three.50 (mean average price) each = $81 one thousand thousand
      • UK price: £1.99 ($3.98)
      • US price: $2.99
    • Android: 500,000 (2008 to April 2012) at £2.threescore ($five.20) each = $ii.6 million
  17. ↑ Over 100,000 copies at £9.95 ($19) each
  18. ↑ eighteen.0 eighteen.1 18.2 "Later on Pong". ACE (vi (March 1988)): 29-32 (29). 4 February 1988. https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_06_1988-03_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n28/fashion/1up.
  19. ↑ "Can Asteroids Conquer Space Invaders?". Electronic Games 1 (one): xxx?33 [31]. Wintertime 1981. http://www.digitpress.com/library/magazines/electronic_games/electronic_games_winter81.pdf . Retrieved Feb i, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Video arcades rival Broadway theatre and girlie shows in NY", InfoWorld 4 (14): p. 15, April 12, 1982, ISSN 0199-6649, https://books.google.com/books?id=YjAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15 , retrieved May 1, 2011
  21. ↑ https://ia801802.us.archive.org/17/items/the_spectrum_show/TheSpectrumShow000.pdf#page=v
  22. ↑ Glenn Adilman, Videogames: knowing the score, Creative Computing, December 1983
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 http://www.atarimuseum.com/whatsnew/2009-MAY-28.html
  24. ↑ https://world wide web.archyde.com/the-reason-dunpa-which-even-released-mobile-has-no-selection-but-to-lead-the-globe-game-industry-is-full-of-new-records/
  25. ↑ Street Fighter
  26. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_mobile_games#cite_note-viii
  27. ↑ CrossFire revenues:
    • 2008-2009: $213 million+
      • Neowiz Games: ₩165,553 1000000 = $184 1000000 [x] [11]
      • Grin Gate: $29 million
      • Tencent Games: Unknown
    • 2010 - $ane.2 billion
    • 2011 - $1 billion (including $893 million in China)
    • 2012 - $ane.2 billion [12][xiii][14] (including $874 one thousand thousand in China)
    • 2013 - $1 billion [15] [16]
      • China: $957 one thousand thousand
      • South korea: ₩33.7 billion ($32.1 million) (4th quarter)
    • 2014 - ₩ane.v trillion = $1371.706 million
    • 2015 - $one.11 billon
    • 2016 - $i.ane billion
    • 2017 - $1.4 billion
    • 2018 - $1.3 billion
    • 2019 - $i.4 billion
    • 2021 - $795 meg
  28. ↑ Globe of Warcraft revenues:
    • 2004-2016 - $nine.23 billion
      • 2005 - $250 million [17] [18]
      • 2006 - $597 million [19][20]
      • 2007 - $843 million [21][22]
      • 2008 - $1 billion [23][24]
      • 2009 - $1.15 billion
      • 2010 - $one.03 billion [25][26]
      • 2011 - $1.15 billion
      • 2012 - $901 million
      • 2013 - $805 meg (including $213 one thousand thousand costless-to-play acquirement)
      • 2014 - $728 million
      • 2015 - $814 million
      • Alternative estimate for 2004-2013 - $three.033 billion
    • 2017 - $472 1000000
  29. ↑ Lineage revenues:
    • 1998-2005: ₩ane.five trillion ($one.five billion)
    • 2006: ₩258.332 billion = $282 one thousand thousand
    • 2007: ₩257.41 billion = $285 million
    • 2008: ₩278 million = $297 million
    • 2009: $270 1000000
    • 2010: ₩299.4 billion = $284 million
    • 2011: ₩296.3 billion = $283 meg
    • 2012: ₩270.343 billion = $257 million
    • 2013: ₩345.02 billion = $329 million
    • 2014: ₩322.607 billion = $319 million
    • 2015: = ₩375.828 billion = $351 million
    • January-September 2016: ₩313.793 billion = $297 one thousand thousand
    • December 2016: $176 meg
    • 2017: $one.175 billion
    • 2018: $312 million
  30. ↑ https://www.ign.com/articles/fortnite-made-nine-billion-in-two-years-while-epic-games-store-has-yet-to-plow-a-turn a profit
  31. ↑ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pubg-passes-3-1000000-concurrent-users-on-pc/1100-6455835/
  32. ↑ List of acknowledged video games of 2018
  33. ↑ https://www.pocketgamer.biz/feature/77017/top-ten-highest-grossing-mobile-games-of-all-time/
  34. ↑ 35.0 35.i https://sensortower.com/blog/monster-strike-revenue
  35. ↑ Westward Journey revenues
    • Westward Journey Online II (launched 2002) from 2002 to 2003: $37 one thousand thousand
      • $6 million [27] in 2002 [28]
      • $31 one thousand thousand [29] in 2003 [thirty]
    • Westward Journeying Online 2 and Fantasy Westward Journey (launched 2004) from 2004 to 2008: $1.3 billion
      • $95.11 1000000 [31] in 2004 [32]
      • $223 million [33] in 2005 [34]
      • $301.41 million [35] in 2006 [36]
      • $302 million [37] in 2007 [38]
      • $364.iii million [39] in 2008 [40]
    • Fantasy Westward Journey from 2009 to 2011: $one.5 billion+
      • $400 million in 2009 [41]
      • $400 million+ in 2010 [42]
      • $400 million+ in 2011 [43]
    • $400 million+ in 2012 [44] [45]
    • 2015: $451 million
    • 2016: $380 million ($95million per quarter)
    • 2017: $1.5 billion
    • June-October 2018: $229 meg
  36. ↑ 37.0 37.ane Nintendo Top Selling Software Sales Units: Wii. Nintendo (2014-03-31). Retrieved on 2014-05-31.
  37. ↑ Donkey Kong
  38. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.iv 39.5 39.half dozen Mario
  39. ↑ https://world wide web.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/news/grand-theft-machine-v-has-made-money-film-history/
  40. ↑ 41.0 41.1 Wii Fit to cost £seventy
  41. ↑ Wii Fit Plus sales revenue: 20.86 1000000 units = $1606.41 million
    • Japan: 2.53 one thousand thousand units at ¥5900 (¥2000 and ¥9800) ($77) each = $195 million
    • Overseas: eighteen.33 1000000 units at $77 (mean boilerplate cost) each = $1411.41 million
      • UK price: £54.99 (£nineteen.99 and £89.99) ($93)
      • U.s.a. price: $59.99 ($19.99 and $99.99
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    • 2013-2014 - $2.37 billion
    • 2015 - $682 million
    • 2017 - $910 1000000
    • 2018 - $one.1 billion
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    • $one.8 billion as of 2011 [46]
      • 2003-2010: $1.5 billion [47]
        • 2003-2005: $310 million [48]
        • 2006: $200 million [49]
        • 2008: $500 meg [50]
        • 2009: $200 million [51]
        • 2007 and 2010: $290 million
      • 2011: $300 million
    • 2012: Unknown
    • 2013: $326 million
    • 2014, January-September: $240 million
    • 2015 - $253 meg
    • 2016 - $253 1000000+
    • 2017 - $279 million
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    • 2011: $175.334 1000000
      • January-Feb 2011: $89.334 one thousand thousand [54][55]
      • March-December 2011: $86 million [56] [57]
    • February-December 2012: $403.two million
      • February-April 2012: $240 million [58]
      • May 2012: 717,458 subscriptions at $78.33 boilerplate each = $56.2 million
        • Retail price: $63.33 boilerplate ($49.99, $59.99, $79.99)
        • Subscription fee: $15
      • June-December 2012: $107 million
        • 900,000 subscriptions (1.4 million - 500,000)
        • Retail revenue: 182,542 additional sales at $63.33 average each = $12 1000000
        • Subscription revenue: 900,000 subscriptions at $xv each for seven months = $95 million
    • 2013: $236 1000000
      • January-July 2013: $143.1 one thousand thousand
        • January 2013: 900,000 subscriptions at $15 each = $14 million
        • TERA Ascension (N America & Europe) during February-July 2013: $129.i meg
          • United States: $86.04 1000000
            • Freemium revenue: $12 million monthly for six months = $72 million
            • Elite subscriptions: 156,000 subscriptions at $14.99 each for half-dozen months = $14.04 million
          • Europe: Half of United states of america revenue = $43.02 million
    • 2014: $236 million
    • 2015: $239 million ($19.9 1000000 monthly)
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