Officials from Take-Two Interactive have revealed world-wide sales figures for many of their most recent titles. The best selling is predictably the
Grand Theft Auto series, which has become one of the best selling games of all time.
No definitive list of such titles exists but it is generally agreed that the best selling video game ever is
Super Mario Bros. 3 (recently re-released as
Super Mario Advance 4), with world-wide sales in excess of 20 million.
Grand Theft Auto series: 25 million units
Grant Theft Auto III and
Vice City: 20 million units
Smuggler's Run: 1+ million units
Midnight Club: 3+ million units
Mafia: 800,000+ units
Conflict: Desert Storm: 800,000+ units
Tropico: 500,000+ units