Posts Tagged ‘All time’
Question Asked: What Is The Most Popular Video Game Of All Time?
Personally, I wouldn’t classify this as a “video game”, but according to various sources on the internet, the most popular video game of all time is Solitaire.
Presumably, it’s because it comes on every Windows PC that’s put out, regardless if you want it, or even play with it.
Now if we’re talking about games you have to buy, that’s a different story. The top 10 purchased video games (as of today’s date) are:
- Super Mario Brothers – original Nintendo (40.75 million copies)
- Wii Sports – Wii (40.25 million copies)
- Wii Play – Wii (20.9 million copies)
- Super Mario World – SNES (20.5 million copies)
- Wii Fit – Wii (14.6 million copies)
- Mario Kart Wii – Wii (13.67 million copies)
- Super Mario 64 – N64 (11.7 million copies)
- Mario Kart – N64 (8.47 million copies)
- Halo 3 – XBox 360 (8.1 million copies)
- Donkey Kong Country – N64 (8.0 million copies)
While some of these aren’t for purchase, you do have to buy a system to get the same, so technically you’re buying the game.
Mario and Luigi have been ultra successful for the Nintendo company, making them countless billions of dollars, from the looks of the top ten selling games.
Question Asked: What is the Most Successful Superhero Movie of all Time?
How does one define a superhero? Super powers? Flying? A magic costume that transforms them from one identity to another?
I’m assuming that folks such as Spider-man, Batman, and Superman are. But what about other people who “do good”? Harry Potter, Captain Jack Sparrow, Frodo Baggins, Luke Skywalker, Tony Stark, Neo, Optimus Prime, etc., etc., etc.
And how does one judge the “success” of the movie? By ticket revenue? By viewer enjoyment? Let’s examine both, shall we?
Based solely on ticket sales, the Spider-man series is the most successful, bring in about $2.5 billion (Spider-man – $821 million, Spider-man 2 – $783 million, Spider-man 3 – $890 million). Side note: the only two trilogies that have made more money that Spider-man were Star Wars and Harry Potter .
If we were to scour the internet, and try to find out what superhero movie people liked the most (after seeing it), what would we find?
The editors of IGN say the original Superman, followed closely by Batman Begins.
The folks at AOL Movies say Spider-man 2, followed closely by Batman Begins. Side note: Spider-man 2 is not as good as the original, in my opinion. People apparently disagree.
WIW seems to have copied the AOL list, almost exactly, with Spider-man 2 and Batman Begins taking the top two spots.
A poll conducted on ComicBookMovie is the first place that agrees with me, and users voted Batman Begins as the best movie, by a landslide.
MSN seems to think X-men is the greatest superhero movie. I don’t consider X-men to be a superhero movie, but you may.
RightWingNews says The Crow. I don’t think that qualifies as a superhero movie, even if it is one of my favorite movies of all time.
And lastly on my search, I’m led to the forums at GameSpot, where most people are saying Batman Begins, and assuming that The Dark Knight will blow it away when it comes out in two months.
So there you have it. People voted a lot for Spider-man 2, Superman, and Batman Begins. Money-wise, Spider-man 2 made the most money.