10 Highest-Selling Video Game Franchises Of All Time
9. Tetris - 170 Million Approx. Units
Who would have thought, back in the 1980s when arcades ruled supreme, that a game of blocks trickling down a screen would become one of the all-time classics and an icon of one of the largest industries on the planet.
Well over 30 years later and Tetris is still finding a way to sustain itself in an ever-changing market.
The rise of handheld devices, like the Game Boy, gave the puzzle behemoth wings to fly, riding the franchise into the new millennium where mobile would take over and rule supreme.
With more versions and variants that you could poke a stick at, the Tetris empire has thrived in the mobile era thanks to its simplified concept, repeatable playing style and recognition, regardless of the generation of human on the other side of the screen.
It's the highest-selling puzzle series of all time and, for those in the hunt for random trivia, the most successful game franchise to emanate from Russia.
An accurate number of physical and digital copies can be hard to calculate due to the sheer mass of game variations, platforms and conflicting reports over time, but the veteran franchise of gaming has clocked up over 170 million units sold.
With hundreds of titles released seemingly at will, keeping track of the enormity of the series is nearly impossible.
It's a simple concept that just keeps on giving.