Playing and games are shared childhood concepts of every single person in the world. It kills boredom and let every one of us try new adventures and misadventures with our favorite video game characters. It is something that probably forms our totality as we reach our full character.

Recently, The Richest released an article with a list of the world’s most popular video game franchises. The article expounded in details the concept and content of video games from different generations. The site based their ranking of these video game franchises with the recent total of sales they had gathered. According to bidnessetc, the video game industry has reached over $76 billion in terms of sale and is still growing bringing in more gamers which means a higher revenue for video game makers and console producers.

The list shows not only a mere ranking of video games, but the generation and evolution of the gaming industry. Each video game entry in the list reveals the quality they have exemplified throughout decades of generations, ultimately overpowering time with their grand offers of adventures to various generations of gamers. These video games have set the indicator of quality and absolute adventure, being part of this list of the most popular video games franchises of all time.

1. Mario Franchise

Mario is certainly the king of video games, as the highest-selling video game franchise with sales worth of 524 million. The 524 million copies are composed of the several genres of Mario, from Mario and Sonic at the Olympics to Mario Kart series. This video game is definitely the beloved gaming icon of the evolving generation.

2. Pokemon

Standing on the second spot is Pokemon, with sales worth of 232 million. Not just a video game, Pokemon also became an anime series, trading card game, and other invented games out of this one. Surely, the 232 million sales prove that Pokemon has stood the test of time, with gamers still reliving the adventures of Pikachu and Ash.

3. Wii

There are two reasons why the Nintendo Wii is one of the most popular video game franchises of all time and has worth of 201 million sales. First, it was made by Nintendo; hence it has Nintendo’s popular and fun games. Second, compare to Xbox and Play Station, Wii is obviously cheaper.

4. Call of Duty

With sales worth of 191 million, Call of Duty is placed on the fourth spot. The first three instalments of this video game were based and set in World War II, introducing the arcade-styling shooting genre on its series. The Call of Duty has become a staple video game for gamers with a preference for the shooting and action genre.

5. Grand Theft Auto

The most infamous video game of all time, Grand Theft Auto series is popular for criticism with its graphic display of violence and sexual content. With sales worth of 185 million, this video game is definitely one of the most top-selling game series of all time. GTA has also produced game imitators like Saints Row and Watch Dogs.