So I got this crazy assignment for my “Who’s Who In the Gaming World” class and I figured you guys could help me out with it! grins
The assignment is simply to find out what are the five most popular computer games ever. However…
I have no clue how to do this. I’ve looked on Google under all the different ways of searching I could find, and all I got was an analytical 38-page report that would be perfect for my needs, if it wasn’t being sold for over a thousand bucks per download!
So I’m throwing in the towel and asking you guys. :)
I’m putting Starcraft in my Number 1 spot with the disclaimer ‘In South Korea’ for now, since well, it is the most popular game ever there and, certainly relatively speaking, there isn’t a competitor in the States.
But I don’t know if, for example, Second Life has more people playing it than Starcraft did at its peak.
His post says “computer games.” And I guess I just have a soft spot for Fallout… not to mention every PC gamer I’ve ever met has played it and loved it.
I’m guessing this would be best as a combination of Volume Sold, Longest Played, and Insane Addicts quality (like Allegiance).
So Starcraft might not have the highest Volume Sold compared to, say, The Sims I guess? But it’s been massively played for a heck of a long time and the whole Far East is still obsessed with it, so it has to be way up there.
But, for instance, I’d put Second Life above WoW.
[Edit] Sorry, I shouldn’t have said computer games. Any games, including that on consoles or handhelds.
Hmm… an obvious guess would be Tetris. WoW, the Sims would be my guesses for a couple others. I remeber reading about how popular Myst was back in the day (probably has been surpassed by now, I’d imagine).
I’d expect the list to be to be something like Mario Bros, Tetris, Pong, maybe Pacman and Sims at 5th place probably. I’d guess these would be the most popular games if one takes popular as played by most people.