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Guinness: Top 50 game series voted by readers

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Guinness World Records has announced the all-time Top 50 Videogame Series as voted on by readers, and it looks like Halo, Call of Duty, and Zelda are the series over 13K of you loved the most.

The list is currently featured in the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer’s Edition, which in turn lists all titles created for each of the series.

“We decided to take a different approach with this list than we did in the previous edition,” said Guinness gaming editor Gaz Deaves.

“Instead of asking developers, industry insiders and journalists to rank their favorite titles, we approached a different kind of expert: the players themselves.

“We are confident that this ‘top 50′ more accurately reflects the tastes of the average gamer and not just the critics.”

Here’s the list in its entirety:

  1. Halo
  2. Call of Duty
  3. The Legend of Zelda
  4. Guitar Hero
  5. Metal Gear
  6. Super Mario Bros.
  7. World of Warcraft
  8. Gears of War
  9. Super Smash Bros.
  10. Grand Theft Auto
  11. Pokémon
  12. Resident Evil
  13. Fallout
  14. Half-Life
  15. Sonic the Hedgehog
  16. Counter-Strike
  17. Runescape
  18. FIFA
  19. Kingdom Hearts
  20. Final Fantasy
  21. Pac-Man
  22. Madden NFL
  23. The Sims
  24. Tomb Raider
  25. WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW
  26. Rock Band
  27. LittleBigPlanet
  28. Saints Row
  29. The Elder Scrolls
  30. God of War
  31. GoldenEye 007
  32. Bioshock
  33. KillZone
  34. Skate
  35. Left 4 Dead
  36. Need for Speed
  37. Chrono Trigger
  38. Gran Turismo
  39. StarCraft
  40. Ratchet & Clank
  41. Pong
  42. Tom Clancy’s
  43. Star Wars: Battlefront
  44. Battlefield
  45. Diablo
  46. Lego Batman
  47. Mario Kart
  48. Burnout
  49. Crash Bandicoot
  50. Pro Evolution Soccer

In creating the list, the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition website hosted a poll between January and August 2009.

The book is available now for $14.95.

Via PR.

68 comments

#51

G1GAHURTZ
07/05/10, 12:47 am

Blah, blah, blah… You still keep bringing the opinions of PC fanboys who just want to sabotage the game! 360 fanboys have been doing the same thing to PS3 exclusives and visa versa for a long time now.

This is simply a bunch of people like you and bdh who prefer to steep themselves in negaivity than do or say something positive.

you have serious problems. There were no nominations. Battlefield:Bad company 2 released at February. It’s a start of the year my dear.

Duh! You seem to be having problems reading my English there… I said BATTLEFIELD GAMES! Not BC2!!

Please go back to English school or something, because you clearly haven’t quite learned the language well enough yet.

Out of the entire middle weight, also-ran Battlefield series, how many GOTY’s have been won??

Because i don’t whine like a schoolgirl about…

No, because you’re an annoying, negative whinger who can’t make a positive comment without slagging something else off.

Do you seriously think that people want to read your badly written whinges and moans about how much you hate this game or that series!?

NO!!!

And regarding statistics… ARE YOU STUPID!?!?

Do you think that a world record breaking game for number of players + a world record breaking top selling game + another massive selling game are going to combine and still have statistically less players than an average selling FPS!?!?

Are you seriously that stupid?!

If that’s the case, then even if you had the exact numbers in front of you, you almost certainly still wouldn’t believe them anyway.

And as for “Punkbuster”!!

Don’t make me LAUGH!!!

#52

Erthazus
07/05/10, 1:23 am

***Blah, blah, blah… You still keep bringing the opinions of PC fanboys who just want to sabotage the game! 360 fanboys have been doing the same thing to PS3 exclusives and visa versa for a long time now.***

So PC fanboys just sabotaged whole internet for its own satisfaction? Where did you thought of that? Fantasize much?

***Duh! You seem to be having problems reading my English there… I said BATTLEFIELD GAMES!***

Battlefield Games? Absolutely. Lots of nominations. Search at the internet. Battlefield is a pinnacle of a PC gaming. Always was.

“Please go back to English school or something, because you clearly haven’t quite learned the language well enough yet.”

Can’t . I live in the country where people don’t learn english and don’t speak it at all. Learning english is my hobby and what this have to do with the Battlefield and Call Of Duty?
With this i can say that you need to go to kindergarten and learn basic logic.

“No, because you’re an annoying, negative whinger who can’t make a positive comment without slagging something else off.”

Maybe because you are talking bullshit if you search for a little bit i say many good things to games that deserve it.
I appreciate many games and i have comments where i speak without negativity and anger. I agree that sometimes i’m a dick. Yeah, after university and work i’m a little bit angry.

“ARE YOU STUPID!?!?”

No, but you are.

“Do you seriously think that people want to read your badly written whinges and moans about how much you hate this game or that series!?”

No, they don’t. But some people want to read about an opinion and some not. If you don’t like to comment to me don’t do it. I see only fanboyism and negativity from you right now.

“Do you think that a world record breaking game for number of players + a world record breaking top selling game + another massive selling game are going to combine and still have statistically less players than an average selling FPS!?!?”

You mean this list of pathetic 13.000 schoolgirls and everyday guys like you who buy every bullshit that see on the net?

YES, i think.

“And as for “Punkbuster”!!

Don’t make me LAUGH!!!”

Oh god, you found a link, now you know what is Punkbuster? Congratulations, you are a genius. You found what is Punkbuster. Pure awesomeness.

Ok. Lets end this. If you won’t show me statistics of GAMERS in the near 12 hours that play more Battlefield then in my eyes and other eyes you will be just a blatant Call Of Duty fanboy that just say: FACTS!!!111 ARE YOU STUPID? YOU ARE INSANE!!!111111 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You need to understand that sales don’t make game great and it never did that and not every person who bought Call Of Duty is a gamer. Call Of Duty is just a very popular sub-culture franchise. A perfect example of a great marketing campaign, media, press releases and other stuff and Modern Warfare 2 is not a BAD game. It just fails to impress me because everything is outdated. I saw that at Counter Strike and other FPS long ago. As a hardcore gamer it will never impress someone. It’s old and boring.

Oh, and don’t forget about

“gameplay is straight out of the 90’s”

Examples please.

By that time i’m going to sleep. In my country it’s already 3 hours of night. Have a nice day fanboy.

#53

Uncontested
07/05/10, 2:16 am

What a terribly shitty list. For fucks sake, Halo and CoD the top two series of all time? Get the fuck out. They barely should be in the top 20.

#54

G1GAHURTZ
07/05/10, 6:29 am

So PC fanboys just sabotaged whole internet for its own satisfaction? Where did you thought of that? Fantasize much?

Since when is one website the whole internet??? Just look at their stupid petition to boycott MW2 with a supposed 40-50,000 (or whatever it was) names on it and you’ve got enough haters to try and sabotage the Metacritic score right there. Similarly minded people like you and bdh.

Battlefield Games? Absolutely. Lots of nominations. Search at the internet. Battlefield is a pinnacle of a PC gaming. Always was.

Wow, you really are just talking utter gibberish now. Who said anything about “NOMINATIONS”!? I clearly used the word “WON”, so where did “nominations” come from??

Same place as the rest of your lies??? This is why I mentioned your English.

Can’t . I live in the country where people don’t learn english and don’t speak it at all. Learning english is my hobby and what this have to do with the Battlefield and Call Of Duty?

Well, considering that English is the ‘international language of business’ and people learn it all over the world, you must live somewhere really anti USA/UK. Somewhere like… I dunno… Serbia??

If that’s the case, or something similar, then no wonder you hate American made games!! It’s not because they’re good or bad, but more about nationalism!

With this i can say that you need to go to kindergarten and learn basic logic.

No, you’re the one who’s lacking in basic logic skills, since you can’t even figure out that less people play Battlefield than play CoD.

I agree that sometimes… …i’m a little bit angry.

Sometimes!?!?!

How about 99.9% of the time?

If something else is making you angry, keep it to yourself!

No, they don’t. But some people want to read about an opinion and some not. If you don’t like to comment to me don’t do it. I see only fanboyism and negativity from you right now.

No, what you see is the truth being told, which is what you can’t handle, which is why you continue to talk nonsense.

You mean this list of pathetic 13.000 schoolgirls… …that see on the net?
YES, i think.

What are you on about??? You seriously DO have a basic logic problem! CoD has a world record for being THE most played online game. That in itself contains a statistical FACT. I don’t need the exact figures to know that NOTHING ELSE BEATS IT. Especially not BC2, which has sold a fraction of the amount that CoD has.

CoD is CONSISTENTLY top of the XBL most played charts. You don’t need to know the exact figures to know that this means that MORE 360 owners alone play the game online than play Battlefield! Why is that so difficult for you to understand?? Those are simple facts that anyone with a BRAIN should be able to understand, so what is wrong with you?? What are you studying at ‘university’… the alphabet!?

you found a link, now you know what is Punkbuster? Congratulations, you are a genius. You found what is Punkbuster. Pure awesomeness.

Wow, do I really have to explain this to you?

1. I say that PC gamers are unhappy because they want to cheat and play on glitched private servers.
2. You bring Punkbuster up as if it means that there’s no possible way to cheat on your own private server.
3. I prove that Punkbuster can be turned off on private servers.
4. You fail at logic and completely miss the point.

Stop wasting my time.

Ok. Lets end this. If you won’t… …Call Of Duty is just a very popular sub-culture franchise. A perfect example of a great marketing campaign… …Modern Warfare 2 is not a BAD game… …As a hardcore gamer it will never impress someone. It’s old and boring.

No, this ‘ended’ a long time ago in reality. You just keep coming back for some stupid reason.

CoD beats BF in:
Sales
Hours played
Review scores
Fan awards
Critic awards

It beats it by a long way, in fact. There’s no conspiracy here either. It’s not some ludicrous case of your average non-gamer seeing a CoD advert on TV, then going out, buying it and only playing it once.

Maybe in your mind, but not in the real world.

In the real world, BF’s marketing/media campaign was probably much bigger that CoD4′s, but probably won’t end up seeing even half of CoD4′s eventual sales total.

In the real world half of BC2′s sales are probably because EA tried to fool people into believing that it was MW2! Similar advert, similar style, similar artwork, etc. They even refer to MW2 IN THE GAME SCRIPT! They just kept on copying.

Oh, and don’t forget about
“gameplay is straight out of the 90’s”
Examples please.

I don’t need to explain anything to you, as you clearly have problems admitting the truth. My 360 version of BC2 is quite simply not much better than FPS’s I played in the 90′s at the end of the day.

By that time i’m going to sleep.

You need to revise ‘will or going to’.

#55

S0meRand0mN00b
07/05/10, 6:37 am

1. Half-Life
2. Counter Strike
3. GTA
999. CoD
1000. Halo

#56

Gadzooks!
07/05/10, 7:22 am

The list seems totally accurate.

Bear in mind this is a survey of real world gamers, not internet nerds. (yes, of which I am one)

#57

Erthazus
07/05/10, 7:49 am

@56 you are just a 360 fanboy.

@G1GAHURTZ
“If that’s the case, or something similar, then no wonder you hate American made games!! It’s not because they’re good or bad, but more about nationalism!”

Oh thats not true at all. Best games in my opinion comes from USA. Even if i live in Europe, they make all games that satisfy me as an european gamer and i really appreciate what US developers are doing.

“Stop wasting my time.”
Thats precisely what i’m going to do.

Thank you sir. You are a blatant Xbox 360 Call Of Duty fanboy. Enjoy the Real Gaming Experience. K. THX. BYE.

PS: and you are the same guy as BDH, he talk the same stuff: I SPEAK THE TRUTH :D

#58

Blerk
07/05/10, 8:41 am

The list fails, but the comments fail harder. :-D

#59

Gadzooks!
07/05/10, 9:14 am

I cannot understand why the moderators dont get rid of this blithering idiot Erthazus.

All he does is derail every thread he posts in with his inane rubbish. Can somebody not clean up his mess?

#60

Gekidami
07/05/10, 9:16 am

Say Gadzooks, you are the same guy that used to post on here but left after everyone called you out on your trolling of PS3 related news?

#61

mington
07/05/10, 9:44 am

pong > Mario Kart?

I’ve been saying it for years

#62

Gadzooks!
07/05/10, 9:57 am

@Gekidami

Context mate. It was an irony troll/ragequit at the rampant idiocy being posted by a few of the regular trolls which was just getting out of hand.

Guess what happened right after that? TEA, BDH and a few of the other more obnoxious posters piped down and sanity was restored for a while.

Now this retard Erthazus is stinking up the place with inflammatory bollocks. I’d like him to shut up, permanently if possible.

See, I own a PS3. I like it and I play it regularly, but anything not 100% sucking Sonys cock is viewed as 360 fanboyism by this braindead goon, and he just wont shut the hell up.

It’s like having Paris Hilton with tourettes sat next to you while you are trying to watch your favourite movie. He serves no purpose except to be annoying.

#63

Tallon 4
07/05/10, 10:29 am

HALO @ no. 1
Nice…my personal favourite at the top spot!

#64

Gheritt White
07/05/10, 10:33 am

No Prince of Persia? That’s even more surprising than the lack of Bionic Commando!

Of course, like every other normal human being I base all my decisions around lists like these and I will now have to go and alter my gaming tastes. Ho=-hum…

#65

blackdreamhunk
07/05/10, 12:09 pm

besides I was too besy proving to some people that Jesus is a black man. I was also proving that ancient Hebrews like king Solomon was black.

#66

Erthazus
07/05/10, 12:16 pm

@62 Yeah right, smart 360 fanboy in disguise.

“Context mate. It was an irony troll/ragequit at the rampant idiocy being posted by a few of the regular trolls which was just getting out of hand.”

Then you need to see a doctor if you don’t understand that this is an internet. Oh gosh, i’m sorry :D m’kay?

Just be happy that your favourite game is in the first place. ;)

@64 Agree with you about Prince of Persia and Bionic Commando.
Maybe VG247 can make it’s own list and people can vote for a certain game? :) Thats could be awesome.

#67

Gadzooks!
07/05/10, 12:43 pm

@66

You just don’t get it do you?

This is nothing to do with what game is #1. I don’t care. This is nothing to do with platform, sales figures, resolutions, rating or whatever else.

This is about you derailing threads with insubstantiated rubbish and making posts that you KNOW will rile people up.

This is about you being a troll. This is about you ruining comment threads.

#68

ianbenoir
07/05/10, 3:17 pm

WOW this list is like those pop music charts… Ewww

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