3. ACTION: SHOOTER
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• 7 - 7.5 million first day
• 15 days to reach $1 Billion in
sales
• Around 25 million sold total
• Competitive gaming
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4. ACTION: FIGHTER
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• 2.7 million units first day
• Around 12 million sold total
• Competitive Gaming
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5. ACTION: ADVENTURE
1. Best-selling action-adventure
videogame in 24 hours
2. Best-selling videogame in 24 hours
3. Fastest entertainment property to
gross $1 billion
4. Fastest videogame to gross $1 billion
5. Highest grossing videogame in 24
hours
6. Highest revenue generated by an
entertainment product in 24 hours
7. Most viewed trailer for an action-
adventure videogame
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/10/confirmed-grand-theft-
auto-breaks-six-sales-world-records-51900/
Which video game broke these 7 records
in the first 24 hours?
6. ACTION: ADVENTURE
• 11 Million units sold first day
• Very strong online multiplayer
capabilities
• Online cooperation and
competitions between friends and
rivals
• Around 30 million sold total
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7. ROLEPLAYING (RPG)
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Single Player – No online abilities
• 2.8 million sold first day
• Around 16.5 million sold total
• Single Player
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8. SIMULATION
• The Sims 3
• Single Player
• Mods and third party websites huge
• 1.4 million sold first day
• Around 12 million sold total
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s%E2%84%A2+3_Androtreasure.jpg
9. STRATEGY
• Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
• 1.8 million sold first day
• Around 4.5 million sold total
• Competitive Gaming
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content/uploads/2013/10/1a65b62efed64c48eee7d0cdbda80078.jpg
10. SPORTS
• FIFA 13
• Sold 1.2 million units first day
• Around 14 million units total
• Multiplayer/Single
• Competitive Gaming
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11. FIRST 24-HOUR SALES
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
GTA V Super Smash
Bros.
Black Ops II Skyrim Starcraft II The Sims 3 FIFA 13
First Day Units Sold (Millions) All Time Units Sold (Millions)
12. REFERENCES
• Video game genres. (2014, April 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:10, April
7, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video_game_genres&oldid=603042886
• http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/10/confirmed-grand-theft-auto-breaks-six-sales-world-records-51900/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops_II#Sales_and_revenue
• http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-features/86086-the-biggest-selling-games-of-2013
• http://www.vgchartz.com/article/251569/top-10-selling-games-in-the-usa-in-2013/
• http://www.vgchartz.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest-selling_products
• https://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/10-biggest-game-openings-time-204020614.html
• http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/28/skyrim-sales-pass-20-million-as-lol-hits-27-million-a-day-4279983/
• http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/NPD_Fastest_selling_video_games
