"The original PlayStation hit U.S. shores 30 years ago today, helping usher in a disc-based gaming revolution that reshaped the industry. Four new consoles and lots of hardware iterations later, PlayStation is the undisputed winner in the high-end console gaming space. What were the top-selling games that helped it get there? A newly released list of the top all-time performers across all PlayStation platformers in the States tells part of the story, and it's a pretty depressing one."
"The top spots aren't shocking. GTA 5 and Minecraft are the two best-selling game ever across any platform. Red Dead Redemption II is the fifth-best. Sony's critically acclaimed first-party blockbusters also rank highly. And then it's just a sea of Call of Duty. Modern Warfare, Black Ops, good ones, bad ones, it doesn't matter, they all rank, smothering any greater sense of the breadth, variety, and whimsy of the games released on PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, and PS5 over the years."
The original PlayStation arrived in the U.S. 30 years ago, sparking a disc-based gaming revolution. Four subsequent consoles and many hardware iterations established PlayStation as the dominant high-end console. U.S. unit sales across PlayStation platforms are led by GTA V and Minecraft, with Red Dead Redemption II and numerous Call of Duty entries occupying top positions. The prevalence of Call of Duty titles overshadows the commercial presence of diverse, critically acclaimed PlayStation franchises. Many culturally significant PlayStation games do not appear among top sellers. Annual Call of Duty releases continue to capture large shares of the market for major console releases.
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