![]() The oldest game to make the list is Super Mario Bros. That puts it well ahead of the better-known shooter Call of Duty, even despite PUBG being banned in a number of countries for the alleged impact on the mental health of gamers. PUBG: Battlegrounds, a battle-royale shooter game which helped popularize the genre (and eventually its competitor Fortnite) asserts its popularity at #5. Millennials continue to make up a large chunk of the video game playing demographic which might explain Tetris’ sales.īut newer games are making up the majority of sales records. Its immense popularity has been credited to its simple gameplay (no goals), creative structure (build anything), and engaged community with player-run servers and additional feature creations (known as mods).Īnother simple favorite, Tetris, comes in at third place with 100 million units sold of its 2006 re-release. Minecraft sold more units than the combined forces of Grand Theft Auto 5 (#2) and Red Dead Redemption 2 (#8), both made by industry giant Rockstar. The independently-developed (indie) Minecraft, with its pixelated blocks, takes the top spot on this list. The best selling video game didn’t need multimillion dollar budgets, sixty-hour narratives, or celebrity voice actors and ad spots. ![]() Movie is slated to release in April.īut which game is the best, or most successful? That debate may never end, but from company reports and sales data aggregated by Wikipedia, Samuel Parker’s chart of the most-sold video games as of Macan at least tell us which ones have been the most popular. 2023 has already seen the release of major flagship TV series based on a game, HBO’s The Last of Us, and the much-anticipated The Super Mario Bros. Not only is the gaming industry booming and projected to grow to $320 billion by 2026, but every year is bringing new evolutions in the medium.Ģ022 saw massive launches in both games ( Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök) and media based on games (the films Uncharted and Sonic the Hedgehog 2). ![]() Ranked: The Best Selling Video Games in History For another example, Bosch Sensortec out of Germany also provides two parts built into the circuit board: a barometer and an accelerometer. Meanwhile, the following technologies from Texas Instruments in the United States integrate right into the printed circuit board: battery charger, power management, and the LED backlight Retina display driver. Two are based in China (Desay Battery Tech, and Sunwoda Electronics), while the other is located in Taiwan (Simple Technology). Technology for the iPhone 6s lithium-ion battery, for example, comes from three companies all in Asia. The ongoing relationship between the companies makes Apple the biggest external customer for Samsung’s components in the world.Īlso interesting is that the manufacturing of physical pieces of bigger hardware (battery, screen, camera, etc.) tends to be dominated by Asian suppliers, while the technologies integrated with the printed circuit board mostly come from U.S. At least some of the Apple A9 chips are manufactured by Samsung, but the South Korean company also produces display screens, mobile DRAM, and flash memory for Apple’s various devices. ![]() Many people will be likely surprised to learn that there are key pieces in the iPhone that come from Apple’s biggest competitor. Parts come from a range of eight countries, which include the United States, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. These parts range from German accelerometers to camera modules from Sony in Japan. The infographic comes to us from SCMP, and in total it highlights 34 individual components in an iPhone 6s. That said, it is still interesting to dive into the components and the manufacturers that make the 6s work. Unfortunately, the data is not for the latest and greatest iPhone 7, which was only introduced last week. In the past, we’ve broken down the extraordinary raw materials in an iPhone 6s, but today’s infographic takes it a step further: it delves into each individual component inside an iPhone as well as where it comes from.
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