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This is a list of video games for the Xbox video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the Xbox is Halo 2 , first released in the United States on November 9, 2004. It went on to sell over 8.46 million copies worldwide. The first game in the series, Halo: Combat Evolved , was a launch title which ultimately became the second best-selling game, selling over 5 million copies.

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GameCopies soldRelease date [lower-alpha 1] Genre(s)Developer(s)Publisher(s)
Halo 2 8.46 million [1] November 9, 2004 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Halo: Combat Evolved 5 million [2] November 15, 2001 First-person shooter Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Sneak King 3.2 million [3] November 19, 2006 Blitz Games Studios King Games
Fable 3 million [4] September 14, 2004 Action role-playing Big Blue Box Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2.49 million [5] [6] [7] October 21, 2003 Action-adventure DMA Design (III) Rockstar North (Vice City)
Rockstar Vienna 		Rockstar Games
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 2.4 million [8] November 17, 2002 Stealth Ubi Soft Montreal Ubi Soft
Dead or Alive 3 2 million [9] [10] November 15, 2001 Fighting Team Ninja
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1.58 million [5] [7] July 15, 2003 Role-playing BioWare LucasArts
Counter-Strike 1.5 million [11] [12] November 18, 2003 First-person shooter Valve Sierra Studios
Ninja Gaiden 1.5 million [13] March 2, 2004 Team Ninja Tecmo
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 1.46 million [5] [14] June 7, 2005 Action-adventure Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Need for Speed: Underground 2 1.44 million [5] [14] November 15, 2004 Racing EA Black Box EA Games
Madden NFL 2005 1.42 million [5] August 9, 2004 Sports EA Tiburon EA Sports
Madden NFL 06 1.41 million [5] August 8, 2005 Sports EA Tiburon EA Sports
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One 1.39 million [5] November 1, 2005 First-person shooter Treyarch Activision
ESPN NFL 2K5 1.38 million [5] July 20, 2004 Sports Visual Concepts Sega
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 1.36 million [5] June 6, 2002 Role-playing Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Star Wars: Battlefront 1.22 million [5] [7] September 21, 2004 Pandemic Studios LucasArts
Project Gotham Racing 1.2 million [8] November 15, 2001 Racing Bizarre Creations Microsoft Game Studios
Star Wars: Battlefront II 1.17 million [5] [7] October 31, 2005 Pandemic Studios LucasArts
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 1.13 million [5] [6] November 11, 2002 Tactical shooter Red Storm Entertainment Ubi Soft
Need for Speed: Underground 1.1 million [5] [7] November 17, 2003 Racing EA Black Box EA Games

Notes

  1. ↑ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.

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