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List of best-selling PlayStation video games

List of best-selling PlayStation video games

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This is a list of video games for the original PlayStation video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the PlayStation is Gran Turismo. A sim racing game developed by Polyphony Digital, Gran Turismo was originally released in Japan on December 23, 1997, and went on to sell 10.85 million units worldwide.[1] The second-best-selling game on the console is Final Fantasy VII (1997), which sold over 10 million units.[2][lower-alpha 1] The top five is rounded out by Gran Turismo 2 (1999) selling 9.37 million units,[1] Final Fantasy VIII (1999) with 8.6 million units sold,[3] and Tekken 3 (1998) with 8.3 million units sold.[4]

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Original PlayStation with DualShock controller

There are a total of 122 PlayStation games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 41 were published in one or more regions by Sony Computer Entertainment. Other publishers with multiple million-selling games include Electronic Arts with thirteen games, Namco with eleven games, Capcom with nine games, and Eidos Interactive with seven games. The developers with the most million-selling games include Namco with eleven games, Square with ten games, and Capcom, Konami, and Sony Computer Entertainment, with six games each in the list of 113. The most popular franchises on PlayStation include Final Fantasy (26.39 million combined units), Tomb Raider (25.9 million combined units), Crash Bandicoot (25.53 million combined units), Gran Turismo (20.22 million combined units), and Tekken (16.62 million combined units). The oldest game on this list is Ridge Racer, first released on the platform on December 3, 1994, while the most recent is Dancing Stage Party Edition, released November 15, 2002, when the PlayStation 2 had been out for more than two years.

As of March 2007, a total of 962 million copies of PlayStation software had been shipped worldwide.[5]

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Notes

  1. Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation)[2]
  2. Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  3. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back:
    • United States – 3.87 million[11]
    • Japan – 1.3 million[12]
  4. Including Dual Shock Ver.
  5. Resident Evil 2 (PlayStation) sales breakdown:
    • Resident Evil 2 – 4.96 million[15]
    • Dual Shock Ver. – 810,000[16]
  6. Including Director's Cut and Dual Shock Ver.
  7. Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories
    • United States and Europe – 2 million[26]
    • Japan – 510,804[27]
  8. Namco Museum Vol. 3
    • United States – 2.24 million[11]
    • Japan – 148,758[27]
  9. Known as Hot Shots Golf in North America.
  10. Everybody's Golf / Hot Shots Golf
    • Japan – 2.13 million[12]
    • United States – 229,511[28]
  11. WWF SmackDown!
    • United States – 1.62 million[11]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000+[24]
    • Japan – 15,759[27]
  12. WWF SmackDown 2:
    • United States – 1.57 million[11]
    • United Kingdom – 300,000+[24]
    • Japan – 45,858[27]
  13. Namco Museum Vol. 1
    • United States – 1.65 million[11]
    • Japan – 167,786[27]
  14. Tekken:
    • Japan – 942,000[33]
    • United States – 786,556[28]
  15. Tekken was the first PlayStation game to sell over 1 million units.[34]
  16. PaRappa the Rapper:
    • Japan – 1.47 million[12]
    • United States – 214,398[28]
  17. Known as Hot Shots Golf 2 in North America.
  18. Everybody's Golf 2 / Hot Shots Golf 2
    • Japan – 1.44 million[12]
    • United States – 158,482[28]
  19. Ridge Racer:
    • Japan – 859,085[37]
    • United States – 609,422 (bundled 60,958, separate 548,464)[28]
  20. Dance Dance Revolution:
    • Japan – 1.27 million[12]
    • United States – 135,048[28]
  21. The Legend of Dragoon:
    • United States – 960,000[11]
    • Japan – 355,240[27]
  22. Pac-Man World
    • United States – 1,240,000[11]
    • Japan – 70,518[27]
  23. Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
    • United States – 730,675[28]
    • Japan – 500,000+[38]
  24. Battle Arena Toshinden:
    • Japan – 696,851[27]
    • United States – 532,724 (bundled 205,312, separate 327,412)[28]
  25. SaGa Frontier:
    • Japan – 1,095,226[27]
    • United States – 117,898[28]
  26. Xenogears sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 929,479[27]
    • Overseas – 280,000[20]
  27. Devil Dice:
    • Japan – 1.1 million[12]
    • United States – 40,609[40]
  28. I.Q.
    • Japan – 1.01 million[12]
    • United States – 103,288[40]
  29. R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
    • Japan – 759,527[27]
    • United States – 297,564[28]

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