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 10.85million units worldwide.[1] The second-best-selling game on the console is Final Fantasy VII (1997), which sold over 10million units. The top five is rounded out by Gran Turismo 2 (1999) with 9.37million units sold,[1] Final Fantasy VIII (1999) selling 8.6million units, and Tekken 3 (1998) with 8.3million units sold.[2]
There are a total of 125 PlayStation games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 49 were published in one or more regions by Sony Computer Entertainment. Other publishers with multiple million-selling games include Namco with twelve games, Square with ten games, Eidos Interactive with eight games, Konami and Electronic Arts with seven games each, and Capcom with six games. The developers with the most million-selling games include Namco with eleven games, Square with ten games, Konami and Sony Computer Entertainment with seven games each, and Capcom with six games. The most popular franchises on the PlayStation include Crash Bandicoot (27.43million combined units), Final Fantasy (26.39 million combined units), Gran Turismo (20.22million combined units), Tomb Raider (16.5million combined units) and Tekken (15.73 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 on November 15, 2002, when the PlayStation 2 had been out for more than two years.
As of March 2007, a total of 962million copies of PlayStation software had been shipped worldwide.[3]
List
See also
- List of best-selling video games
- List of PlayStation games (A–L)
- List of PlayStation games (M–Z)
References
- Martyn Williams. Gran Turismo Series Shipments Hit 50 Million PC World, IDG, May 9, 2008, retrieved May 2, 2017^
- Edmond Tran. How Tekken 7's Arcade Roots Are Shaping Its Console Form GameSpot, CBS Interactive, January 23, 2017, retrieved May 2, 2017^
- Cumulative Production Shipments of Software Titles