10 Terrible Video Games You Didn't Realise Were Wildly Successful

5. Just Dance

Does anyone even remember the first Just Dance video game? The video game series has gone on to sell millions and millions of copies but if you can recall first in the series, you may scream in horror at the memories it conjures. As of December 2010, Just Dance (the first one) sold 4.3 million copies. Think about that for a moment. It was a brilliant idea to begin with - having players mimic dancing movements from a silhouette dance on screen to tunes that we can all get jumping too - but on its first run it didn't hold up to the hype. First, there were no unlockable features on the game; there were no new additional songs, no new dancers. You couldn't even progress that much: you had the specific list of songs and the one dancer, and that was it. Second, and worse than the first, were the gameplay mechanics and the scoring system. Critics slammed it for its ridiculous arbitrary scoring system and a horrible way of detecting player movements. And even worse than that was, you had to dance to Who Let the Dogs Out and Womanizer. However, the game was the fastest selling third party game for the Wii ever. The creators capitalised on this and continued to make more Just Dance games with more horrible songs, but with upgraded mechanics and unlockable features.