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The best-selling video game of each year since 1993(ftw.usatoday.com)

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Maple@lemmy.world
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As expected, Pokémon and then CoD primarily. Gamers just wanna catch cool monsters and kill dudes. Kinda messed up tbh but like, whatever.

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Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world
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Call of Duty: The list

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tgcp@lemmy.world
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Was Minecraft never a top 5 best selling game in any year?

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secret301@sh.itjust.works
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Honestly I expected it to be at one ☝️ nt but guess not

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JFowler369@lemmy.world
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Really speaks to Minecraft’s staying power that even without ever being in the top five for a single year it is the best selling game of all time. Cumulative COD clearly wins out but I would guess the majority of each game’s sales are repeat customers.

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Iron Lynx@lemmy.world
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Pretty sure if they updated this year’s entry today that it’d be taken over by Baldur’s Gate.

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cam_i_am@lemmy.world
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Nah no way. I’m as big a BG fanboy as anyone but it’s a decidedly niche genre. The vast majority of people are not interested in CRPGs.

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Iron Lynx@lemmy.world
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Possible counterpoint worth noting, that game has been breaking concurrent player records on steam for several days in a row, and the game has yet to release on consoles. So if it’s not the biggest game this year yet, it’s likely to happen in the nearby future.

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