List of best-selling PlayStation video games

Original PlayStation with DualShock controller

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 10.85 million units worldwide.[1] The second-best-selling game on the console is Final Fantasy VII (1997), which sold over 10 million units.[2][a] The top five is rounded out by Gran Turismo 2 (1999) selling 9.37 million units,[1] Final Fantasy VIII (1999) with 8.6 million units sold,[3] and Tekken 3 (1998) with 8.3 million units sold.[4]

There are a total of 123 PlayStation games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 41 were published in one or more regions by Sony Computer Entertainment. Other publishers with multiple million-selling games include Electronic Arts with thirteen games, Namco with eleven games, Capcom with nine games, and Eidos Interactive with seven games. The developers with the most million-selling games include Namco with eleven games, Square with ten games, and Capcom, Konami, and Sony Computer Entertainment, with six games each in the list of 113. The most popular franchises on PlayStation include Final Fantasy (26.39 million combined units), Tomb Raider (25.9 million combined units), Crash Bandicoot (25.53 million combined units), Gran Turismo (20.22 million combined units), and Tekken (16.62 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 November 15, 2002, when the PlayStation 2 had been out for more than two years.

As of March 2007, a total of 962 million copies of PlayStation software had been shipped worldwide.[5]

  1. ^ a b Williams, Martyn (May 9, 2008). "Gran Turismo Series Shipments Hit 50 Million". PC World. IDG. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
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  4. ^ Tran, Edmond (January 23, 2017). "How Tekken 7's Arcade Roots Are Shaping Its Console Form". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 30, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "Cumulative Production Shipments of Software Titles". Sony Computer Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 23, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2017.


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