Top Video Game Sales | 2020–2025 | THE HALF-DECADE HITS

Top Video Game Sales | 2020–2025

THE HALF-DECADE HITS 📊

In the gaming industry, success is not just about quality—it’s about strategy and timing. We have developed this visualization to analyze the Top 50 best-selling titles from the first half of this decade.

Through this analysis, we highlight two key dynamics of the current market:

- The Impact of Context: Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the perfect case study on how a perfectly timed release can transform a product into a global cultural phenomenon and a digital sanctuary.

- Accessibility vs. Exclusivity: While 54% of market leaders prioritize multi-platform availability to maximize reach, Nintendo demonstrates the resilience of its closed ecosystem by placing 11 exclusives in the Top 50.