Where can you find Hannah Montana hanging out with FFIII? No, not on a shelf at your local GameStop -- in Next Generation's list of the top 100 best-selling games in North America in 2006. But you get more than just a regular ol' list; they also broke the games down by average critical rating, and it's pretty interesting to compare sales with review ratings. More signs that the review system could use an overhaul? Or just an indication that critics and gamers often look for different things?Some interesting things we noticed while perusing the list:
- Bratz outsold a lot of very good DS games, including Tetris. We can only guess that Games 4 Girls campaign worked. Also, we're now certain that Bratz dolls should be banned, due to the fact that they're obviously both evil and insidious.
- People really dig Cars.
- DS games started to get fewer and further apart as the list wound down. We suspect that's simply because there are too many great DS games for people to buy. Our wallets hurt. Really. But we're not complaining.
- Nintendogs barely made it into the top 50. We're surprised.
- The highest ranked DS exclusive: New Super Mario Bros., which came in at number 5.
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2-13-2007 @ 4:20PM
pixelator said...
"Bratz outsold a lot of very good DS games, including Tetris."
Sadly, that's why lists like these matter absolutely nothing to me as a gamer.
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2-13-2007 @ 4:45PM
Cosmos said...
What kind of parent buys their daughters Bratz-branded garbage anyways?
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2-13-2007 @ 5:30PM
CJC said...
Lots of parents buy their kids whatever they want, Cosmos. Apparently kids want dolls of hookers.
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2-14-2007 @ 1:17PM
Jonathan said...
How accurate is this list? According to this list 100 games sold a minimum of 200k copies ONLY in North America? So right there that's 20 million copies right there. But in the top 20 with a million copies a game that makes it another 30-40 million right there.. plus if you add up all the 500k and 800k etc that means that in 2006 roughtly almost 200 million games were sold in North American alone? I find that a little hard to believe.. no?
The math probably sucks but i didn't feel like adding up every game on there! :p
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