List of best-selling video game franchises
This is a list of video game franchises that have sold or shipped at least five million copies. Unless otherwise stated, numbers indicate worldwide units sold, ordered alphabetically whenever two or more list the same amount. The exception are the ones specifying shipments, which have lower precedence than others listing sales.
Franchise sales include expansion packs even though they are not considered full video games. Free-to-play game downloads and microtransactions should not figure into sales or shipment figures. For the franchises that have generated the most revenue, see the list of highest-grossing video game franchises. For best-selling individual video games, see the list of best-selling video games. The sales figures given below do not include arcade game sales, which can be found at the list of highest-grossing arcade games.– This color indicates a sub-series of a larger video game franchise. This does not necessarily apply for franchises that are not video game-based.At least 50 million copies
At least 20 million copies
At least 5 million copies
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