The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century

Ground Glass writes "Most top ten or top 100 lists are pure opinion, and thus a source of great debate as their objectivity is questioned by everyone with a personal favorite. Next Gen has chosen a different route — this is the top 100 games on PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Gamecube, calculated since the start of the decade by unit sales in America." As you'd expect, GTA, Halo, and Madden are in the top ten ... but did you know Smash Brothers Melee has sold 3.2 million units? Interesting stuff.

Comments

No PC games?

[WilliamSChips]

Screw 'em.

Re:No PC games?

[DesireCampbell]

This is why I don't do 'awards'. They never explain why one thing is better than another - and they always choose 'winners' that suck.

And this isn't "The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century" it's "The 100 top-selling console games of the last 5 years".

Lame - with a capital 'L'.

Re:No PC games?

[badasscat]

And this isn't "The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century" it's "The 100 top-selling console games of the last 5 years".

And?

You people are saying this as if a) you're giving the rest of us some great revelation that we couldn't otherwise figure out ourselves, and b) it matters.

So let me get this straight - you clicked the link actually expecting to find the definitive list - no further argument or debate necessary - of the top 100 games of the 21st century? I'm guessing that based on your literal interpretation of the wording, you also thought the list projected 94 years into the future? Wow, you must have been disappointed.

Here's a hint: some things are just meant to be fun to read.

Please.....

[acvh]

"This list's order and content is copyright to Next Generation and must not be reproduced or copied without the permission of the publisher."

OK, content I can go along with. But trying to claim copyright on the rankings themselves? That's kind of like the NFL claiming copyright on the standings and prohibiting newspapers from publishing them without a license fee.

Come on kids. You're writing about VIDEO GAMES. Not exactly "War and Peace". Be happy that Slashdot picked up your link, is sending all kinds of people to visit, and get off the IP bandwagon.

Exactly. Apparently, PCs can't run games at all.

[WidescreenFreak]

I fully agree with you. The PC is no less a gaming "console" for a lot of people than are the "real" consoles. In fact, one could easily argue that the consoles are all trying to become PCs with media play and Internet capabilities. I won't be surprised if you can have an e-mail address specifically for the console of your choice in the near future. (After all, keyboards are supported on some consoles.)

I would guess that games like Half-Life 2 and World of Warcraft would rank very highly in term of dollars produced, and last time I checked -- they're games. PC games deserve full recognition in this category as well. The fact that they're not included makes the article meaningless.

And does it really make sense to offer a Top 100 of ANYTHING where we're only five years into the 21st centry?

Re:Screw the awards people

[trdrstv]

Not only ignoring PC Games, (as mentioned, I'm sure Blizzard and Valve sells some units) but ignoring the rest of the world. If they are counting world wide sales, then it changes the rankings significantly.

Nintendogs Out sold Halo and Pokemon consistantly outsells GTA.