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2007 in video games

2007 in video games

Overview of the events of 2007 in video games

2007 saw many new installments in established video game franchises, such as Madden NFL 08, NBA Live 08, NBA 2K8, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008, Super Mario Galaxy, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Halo 3, God of War II, Team Fortress 2, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga. New intellectual properties included Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Crackdown, Crysis, Mass Effect, Portal, Rock Band, Skate, The Darkness, The Witcher, and Uncharted.

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Events

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Hardware and software sales

See also: List of million-selling game consoles and List of best-selling video games

Worldwide

The following are the best-selling games of 2007 in terms of worldwide retail sales.

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Europe

Video game console sales of 2007 in Europe[20][21]

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Japan

Video game console sales of 2007 in Japan[22][23][24][25]

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Best-selling video games of 2007 in Japan[23][27][28]

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North America

  • Based on figures from the NPD Group via IGN;[29][30] the games' publishers are listed in brackets:

Best-selling video games of 2007 in North America (by platform)

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United Kingdom

Best-selling video games of 2007 in the UK[37][38][39][40]

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Best-selling video games of 2007 in the UK (by platform)[41]
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United States

Video game console sales of 2007 in the US[42][43][44]

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Best-selling video games of 2007 in the US[43][44][45]

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Best-selling video games of all time in the US (as of September 25, 2007)[46]

Note: This list only includes games that were released after NPD started tracking video game sales data in 1995.

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Critically acclaimed titles

Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.

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Business

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Hardware releases

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Game releases

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Video game-based film and television releases

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See also

Notes

  1. Wii Sports sales:
    • 2006 – 2,603,214
      • Japan – 553,214[12]
      • Overseas – 2.05 million[13]
    • 2006–2007 – 17.85 million[14]
  2. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl sales:
    • 2006 – 4,302,815[12]
    • 2006–2007 – 14.17 million[14]
  3. Wii Play sales in 2007:
    • January–March (Japan) – 706,815[16][17]
    • April–December – 6.61 million[14]
  4. Brain Age 2 (Motto No wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training) sales in 2007:
    • January–March – 551,362[16][12]
    • April–December – 5.54 million[14]

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