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The UK’s biggest selling video game franchises ever are FIFA, CoD and Mario | VGC

FIFA is the biggest video game franchise in UK history according to retail data.

www.videogameschronicle.com

the biggest video game franchises in UK history in terms of boxed-only sales, according to retail data.

As reported by Gi.Biz using information gained from GfK, the football simulator has dominated the charts with Call of Duty coming in second place.

In the 30-year span that the data covers, Call of Duty has released 32 games while the FIFA series, including spin-offs, has released 50. As Gi.Biz notes, while FIFA is annualised, offshoots like FIFA Street and the various tournament-themed releases such as FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 are also included in the data.

The Mario franchise, which GI notes includes all of Mario’s sub-brands such as Mario Kart, and the various Mario sports games is in third place. The biggest selling titles include Mario Kart Wii and the perenially chart-occupying Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Rockstar‘s Grand Theft Auto series is the fourth best selling video game franchise in UK history. According to the data, Grand Theft Auto 5, which has been released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2013, the PC, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2014 and the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles in 2022 makes up 40% of the franchises’ overall sales.

It’s worth noting that the retail version of GTA 5 on PS5 and XSX consoles have yet to release, so are not currently counted in the data.

In a quote provided to GamesIndustry.biz, Dorian Bloch, GfK’s senior client insight director for Gaming said: “This is a fascinating list and anyone who has been following the development of the video game industry as I have will no doubt show little surprise at the sheer value, size, and breadth of this market.”

It’s worth noting that the list is heavily skewed by the lack of digital sales, especially where it pertains to franchises that have released fewer titles since the increase in digital market share, such as Harry Potter, Wii Fit and the Guitar/DJ Hero franchise.

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The UK Top 30 Selling Video Game Brands by Revenue​

Via Gi.biz

No.	Name	Title Count	Series Start	Publisher
1	FIFA	50	1993	EA
2	Call of Duty	32	2003	Activision Blizzard
3	Mario	109	1987	Nintendo
4	Grand Theft Auto	21	1997	Rockstar
5	LEGO	77	1997	Warner/LucasArts/TT Games/Eidos
6	Star Wars	113	1983	EA/LucasArts/Warner
7	The Sims	106	2000	EA
8	Pokémon	93	1999	Nintendo
9	Assassin’s Creed	27	2007	Ubisoft
10	Need For Speed	30	1994	EA
11	Sonic	55	1991	Sega
12	WWE and WWF	61	1987	Take-Two/THQ/Acclaim
13	Marvel	106	1982	Sony/Warner/Square Enix
14	Wii Fit	3	2008	Nintendo
15	Tom Clancy	72	1997	Ubisoft
16	Guitar Hero/DJ Hero	18	2006	Activision Blizzard
17	Pro Evolution Soccer	22	2001	Konami
18	Skylanders	6	2011	Activision Blizzard
19	Battlefield	30	2002	EA
20	Tomb Raider	31	1996	Eidos/Square Enix
21	Halo	15	2001	Microsoft
22	DC	43	1986	Warner/EA/Square/Telltale
23	Formula One	66	1992	Codemasters/EA/Sony
24	Gran Turismo	13	1998	Sony
25	Forza	13	2005	Microsoft
26	Harry Potter	13	2001	EA/Warner
27	Crash Bandicoot	22	1996	Activision/Vivendi/Sony
28	The Olympic Games	20	1992	Sega/Nintendo/Eidos/Konami/T2
29	Zelda	35	1987	Nintendo
30	PGA Tour Golf	46	1990	EA/Take-Two

 

[ParaSeoul]

How are there 106 Sims games

 

[MrA]

How are there 106 Sims games

Probably counts expansions

 

[TGO]

So it's actually Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed

 

[Kuranghi]

So it's actually Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed

In the UK we call them Call of Poo and Arsearsein's Creed.

 

[ethomaz]

I wonder if you change to revenue by title what it should be.

 

[kingfey]

I wonder if you change to revenue by title what it should be.

Nintendo games would dominate the list. Since they rarely go below $60. Followed by COD, which is still expensive.

 

[ParaSeoul]

Nintendo games would dominate the list. Since they rarely go below $60. Followed by COD, which is still expensive.

I don't you get that Nintendo games don't even show up on most countries top 10s. Its all normie third part stuff like fifa and cod.

 

[reksveks]

I wonder if you change to revenue by title what it should be.

Wiifit seems like the mostly likely to be number one, it's #13 with just 3 titles.

Remember this is boxed-only sales.

 

[Orta]

That list makes me sleepy.

People complain about the movie industry being out of ideas, the gaming industry is just as bad.

Fifa, COD, Assassin's Creed, GTA, year after year after year, zzzzzzzz.....

 

[prinz_valium]

I wonder if you change to revenue by title what it should be.

Edit nvm. Thought you were talking about revenue / units difference

 

[PaintTinJr]

The UK’s biggest selling video game franchises ever are FIFA, CoD and Mario | VGC

FIFA is the biggest video game franchise in UK history according to retail data.

www.videogameschronicle.com

the biggest video game franchises in UK history in terms of boxed-only sales, according to retail data.

As reported by Gi.Biz using information gained from GfK, the football simulator has dominated the charts with Call of Duty coming in second place.

In the 30-year span that the data covers, Call of Duty has released 32 games while the FIFA series, including spin-offs, has released 50. As Gi.Biz notes, while FIFA is annualised, offshoots like FIFA Street and the various tournament-themed releases such as FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 are also included in the data.

The Mario franchise, which GI notes includes all of Mario’s sub-brands such as Mario Kart, and the various Mario sports games is in third place. The biggest selling titles include Mario Kart Wii and the perenially chart-occupying Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Rockstar‘s Grand Theft Auto series is the fourth best selling video game franchise in UK history. According to the data, Grand Theft Auto 5, which has been released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2013, the PC, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2014 and the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles in 2022 makes up 40% of the franchises’ overall sales.

It’s worth noting that the retail version of GTA 5 on PS5 and XSX consoles have yet to release, so are not currently counted in the data.

In a quote provided to GamesIndustry.biz, Dorian Bloch, GfK’s senior client insight director for Gaming said: “This is a fascinating list and anyone who has been following the development of the video game industry as I have will no doubt show little surprise at the sheer value, size, and breadth of this market.”

It’s worth noting that the list is heavily skewed by the lack of digital sales, especially where it pertains to franchises that have released fewer titles since the increase in digital market share, such as Harry Potter, Wii Fit and the Guitar/DJ Hero franchise.

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The UK Top 30 Selling Video Game Brands by Revenue​

Via Gi.biz

No.	Name	Title Count	Series Start	Publisher
1	FIFA	50	1993	EA
2	Call of Duty	32	2003	Activision Blizzard
3	Mario	109	1987	Nintendo
4	Grand Theft Auto	21	1997	Rockstar
5	LEGO	77	1997	Warner/LucasArts/TT Games/Eidos
6	Star Wars	113	1983	EA/LucasArts/Warner
7	The Sims	106	2000	EA
8	Pokémon	93	1999	Nintendo
9	Assassin’s Creed	27	2007	Ubisoft
10	Need For Speed	30	1994	EA
11	Sonic	55	1991	Sega
12	WWE and WWF	61	1987	Take-Two/THQ/Acclaim
13	Marvel	106	1982	Sony/Warner/Square Enix
14	Wii Fit	3	2008	Nintendo
15	Tom Clancy	72	1997	Ubisoft
16	Guitar Hero/DJ Hero	18	2006	Activision Blizzard
17	Pro Evolution Soccer	22	2001	Konami
18	Skylanders	6	2011	Activision Blizzard
19	Battlefield	30	2002	EA
20	Tomb Raider	31	1996	Eidos/Square Enix
21	Halo	15	2001	Microsoft
22	DC	43	1986	Warner/EA/Square/Telltale
23	Formula One	66	1992	Codemasters/EA/Sony
24	Gran Turismo	13	1998	Sony
25	Forza	13	2005	Microsoft
26	Harry Potter	13	2001	EA/Warner
27	Crash Bandicoot	22	1996	Activision/Vivendi/Sony
28	The Olympic Games	20	1992	Sega/Nintendo/Eidos/Konami/T2
29	Zelda	35	1987	Nintendo
30	PGA Tour Golf	46	1990	EA/Take-Two

The most interesting one IMHO is PES in that chart. It has been diddled by 3-4years worth of sales (from the original Goal Storm and ISS Pro 98) with just 22 released versions, compared to Fifa with its 8 more years including spinoffs and 50 boxed games sold.

For PES to feature above Gran Turismo and Forza in a motorsport stronghold like the UK really does show how amazing it has done over the years IMHO.

 

[jm89]

We have great taste.

 

[Ozriel]

Nintendo games would dominate the list. Since they rarely go below $60. Followed by COD, which is still expensive.

Sure? Lot of sales of fifa and COD are heavily front loaded.

 

[ethomaz]

Edit nvm. Thought you were talking about revenue / units difference

No… revenue by title… like the FIFA released 60 titles to reach the TOP post but there are some games in the TOP10 with 3 titles released for example.

Probably WiiFit should be number one but it was bundled with every Wii…. that makes it unfair but that the list I wanted to see… maybe it should have a lot of CoD and FIFA but probably not the top dogs.

Edit - It was Wii Sports bundled.

 

[reksveks]

No… revenue by title… like the FIFA released 60 titles to reach the TOP post but there are some games in the TOP10 with 3 titles released for example.

Probably WiiFit should be number one but it was bundled with every Wii…. that makes it unfair but that the list I wanted to see… maybe it should have a lot of CoD and FIFA but probably not the top dogs.

Sports was, Fit wasn't but might have been from the retailers. I can't remember those days but I got my wii and fit at two different times.

 

[ethomaz]

Sports was, Fit wasn't but might have been from the retailers. I can't remember those days but I got my wii and fit at two different times.

Year I mistook the name… Wii Sports.

 

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