List of fastest-selling products

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This is a list of the fastest-selling product superlatives. The definition of "fastest-selling" typically refers to sales results in the first week of a product's release, (i.e., which product had the biggest launch). Sometimes, rather than comparing sales figures relative to time, the target to be reached is fixed (e.g. sales at 5 million units), and the comparison is based upon how many weeks it takes to reach it (e.g. 52 weeks vs. 56 weeks).

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Smartphones

Video game systems

SystemManufacturerTypeGenerationMarketRelease dateUnits sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 week1 month3 months6 months8 months1 year
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Console Eighth Worldwide March 3, 2017 1,300,000 [52] 2,740,000 [53] 4,700,000 [54] 7,630,000 [55]
Japan March 3, 2017600,000 [53] 1,120,000 [54] 1,950,000 [55]
Game Boy Nintendo Handheld 8-bit United States September 1989 1,000,000 [56]
Nintendo 64 NintendoConsole 64-bit United States September 29, 1996 350,000 [57]
JapanJune 23, 1996500,000 [58]
PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) NEC Console 16-bit Japan October 30, 1987 500,000 [59] 600,000 [60] 1,000,000 [61]
Famicom Disk System NintendoConsole Third Japan February 21, 1986 500,000 [62]
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)NintendoConsoleThird North America 1986 3,000,000 [63]
New York City October 18, 1985 90,000 [64]
Family Computer (Famicom / NES)NintendoConsoleThirdJapan July 15, 1983 500,000 [65] 1,000,000 [66] [67]
ColecoVision Coleco Console Second North America August 1982 550,000 [68] [69]
Namco Pac-Man Namco Arcade 8-bit North America December 1980 100,000 [70]
Game & Watch Nintendo Handheld —WorldwideApril 28, 198014,000,000 [71]
Namco Pac-Man NamcoArcade8-bitWorldwideJuly 1980100,000 [70]
($1 billion) [72]
Space Invaders Taito Arcade8-bitJapan July 1978 100,000 [73] [74]
($670 million) [75] 		500,000 [76]
Atari VCS (Atari 2600) Atari, Inc. ConsoleSecondNorth America September 1977 250,000 [77]
Color TV-Game NintendoConsole First JapanJune 1, 1977800,000 [71]
Home Pong Atari, Inc.ConsoleFirstNorth America Late 1975 150,000 [78]
Magnavox Odyssey Magnavox ConsoleFirstNorth America September 1972 69,000 [79]

Video games

Worldwide

Pre-release

Pre-release sales (including pre-orders and early access sales)
TitlePlatform(s)Release date Pre-sales RevenueInflationRef
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) PC December 20, 2017 [lower-alpha 1] 30,000,000$900,000,000$990,000,000 [80] [81]
Cyberpunk 2077 PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One December 10, 20208,000,000$500,000,000$520,000,000 [82]
Grand Theft Auto V PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 September 17, 20137,000,000$400,000,000$470,000,000 [83]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii November 8, 20118,500,000Un­knownUn­known [84]
Minecraft PC, Android, iOS November 18, 20114,000,000Un­knownUn­known [85]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City PlayStation 2 October 29, 20024,000,000Un­knownUn­known [86]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [lower-alpha 2] Sega Mega Drive/Genesis November 21, 19922,200,000$108,000,000$210,000,000 [87] [lower-alpha 3]
Pac-Man Atari VCS March 16, 19823,000,000Un­knownUn­known [90]

Launch month

Video game launch (1 hour to 3 weeks)
TitlePlatform(s)Release dateUnits sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 hour1 day2 days3 days6 days1 week2 weeks3 weeks
Grand Theft Auto V Consoles September 17, 201311,210,000
($815.7 million) [91] 		16,500,000
($1 billion) [92]
Red Dead Redemption 2 ConsolesOctober 26, 2018?
($725 million) [93] 		17,000,000 [94]
Cyberpunk 2077 Multi-platformDecember 10, 202010,200,000
($760 million) [95] 		13,000,000
($850 million) [96] 		13,700,000
($900 million) [97]
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Switch November 18, 202210,000,000 [98]
Elden Ring Multi-platformFebruary 25, 202212,000,000

[99]

Hogwarts Legacy Multi-platformFebruary 10, 202312,000,000
($850 million) [100]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Multi-platformOctober 28, 2022?
($800 million) [101]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Multi-platform November 13, 2012?
($500 million) [102] 		7,500,000 [103] ?
($1 billion) [104]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Multi-platformNovember 8, 20116,500,000
($400 million) [105] 		?
($775 million) [106] 		?
($1 billion) [107]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Multi-platformNovember 9, 20105,600,000
($360 million) [108] 		?
($650 million) [109]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multi-platformNovember 10, 20094,700,000 [110]
($310 million) [111] [112] 		?
($550 million) [113]
Grand Theft Auto IV ConsolesApril 29, 20083,600,000
($310 million) [114] 		6,000,000
($500 million) [115]
Halo 3 Xbox 360 September 25, 2007?
($170 million) [116] 		5,200,000
($300 million) [117]
Dragon Quest VIII PlayStation 2 November 27, 20042,167,072 [118]
($176 million) [119] 		3,000,000 [120]
($244 million) [119]
Halo 2 XboxNovember 9, 20042,380,000
($125 million) [121] [122]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PlayStation 2October 26, 20042,737,000 [lower-alpha 4]
Final Fantasy VIII [lower-alpha 5] PlayStation February 11, 19992,210,000
($151 million) [126] 		2,504,044 [127]
($176 million) [128] 		2,570,000 [129]
Final Fantasy VII [lower-alpha 6] PlayStationJanuary 31, 19971,750,000
($99 million) [131] 		2,000,000 [132]
($115 million) [131] 		2,300,000 [133]
Dragon Quest VI Super Famicom December 9, 19951,274,857 [118]
($159 million) [134]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [lower-alpha 2] Mega Drive November 24, 1992 [lower-alpha 7] 1,750,000
($97 million) [lower-alpha 8] 		3,200,000 [137]
($176 million) [138]
November 21, 1992 [lower-alpha 9] 1,750,000
($97 million) [lower-alpha 8]
Dragon Quest V Super FamicomSeptember 27, 19921,300,000 [139] [140]
($99 million) [139] [141]
Dragon Quest IV Famicom February 11, 19901,300,000
($98 million) [142] 		1,300,000
($98 million) [142]
Dragon Quest III FamicomFebruary 10, 19881,100,000 [143]
($50 million) [144] 		3,000,000 [59]
($138 million) [145]
The Hyrule Fantasy:
Zelda no Densetsu 		Famicom Disk System February 21, 19861,000,000 [146]
($14 million) [147]
Super Mario Bros. FamicomSeptember 13, 19851,200,000
($35 million) [148] [149]

1 month to 1 year

1 month to 1 year
TitlePlatform(s)Release dateUnits sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 month2 months3 months4 months6 months9 months1 year
Genshin Impact Multi-platformSeptember 28, 2020?
($3.7 billion) [150]
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
(PUBG)		Multi-platformDecember 20, 2017 [lower-alpha 1] 40,000,000 [151] 50,000,000 [152] ?
($2 billion) [lower-alpha 10]
PC March 23, 2017 [lower-alpha 11] 30,000,000 [80]
($900 million) [81]
Grand Theft Auto V ConsolesSeptember 17, 201334,000,000 [155]
($1.98 billion) [156]
Red Dead Redemption 2 ConsolesOctober 26, 201823,000,000
($1.38 billion) [157] 		26,500,000 [158]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Multi-platformNovember 13, 201224,200,000 [159]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Multi-platformNovember 9, 2010?
($1 billion) [160]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii November 12, 200914,700,000 [161]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multi-platformNovember 10, 200911,860,000 [162]
($1 billion) [163] 		20,000,000 [164]
Wii Fit Plus WiiOctober 1, 200910,160,000 [165] 12,650,000 [161]
Grand Theft Auto IV ConsolesApril 29, 20088,500,000 [166] 10,000,000 [167]
Splatoon 3 Nintendo SwitchSeptember 9, 20227,900,000 [168]
Mario Kart Wii WiiApril 10, 200815,400,000 [169]
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Multi-platformNovember 5, 20077,000,000 [170]
Halo 3 XboxSeptember 25, 20078,100,000 [171]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PlayStation 2October 26, 20046,850,000 [lower-alpha 12] 12,000,000 [176]
Donkey Kong Country SNES November 18, 19946,000,000 [177] [178]
($400 million) [179] 		7,000,000 [180]
($490 million) [181] 		7,500,000 [182]
($500 million) [181]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [lower-alpha 2] Mega DriveNovember 21, 1992 [lower-alpha 13] 4,500,000 [89] 5,000,000 [183]
($450 million) [184] [185]
Street Fighter II Home systemsJune 10, 19924,000,000 [186] 5,000,000 [187] 10,000,000 [188]
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES February 12, 1990 [lower-alpha 14] 8,000,000 [189] [190]
($500 million) [191]
Dragon Quest III FamicomFebruary 10, 1988?
($143 million) [192]
Super Mario Bros. FamicomSeptember 13, 19853,000,000 [193]
($83 million) [149] [194]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Atari 2600 December 19822,637,985 [195]
Pac-Man Atari 2600March 16, 19821,000,000 [196] 7,271,844 [195]
($200 million) [197]
Pac-Man Arcade December 1980 [lower-alpha 14] 100,000 [70]
July 1980 [lower-alpha 13] 100,000 [70]
($1 billion) [72]
Space Invaders Atari 2600March 19802,000,000 [198]
Arcade July 1978100,000 [73] [74]
($670 million) [75] 		500,000 [76]

Regional

Japan

Video games in Japan
TitlePlatform(s)Release dateUnits sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 hour1 day2 days3 days1 month4 months6 months1 year
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Switch November 18, 20224,000,000 [199]
Splatoon 3 Switch September 9, 20223,450,000 [200]
Animal Crossing:
New Horizons 		SwitchMarch 20, 20203,840,000 [201] 7,150,000 [201] [202] 7,500,000 [203] 9,190,000
[201] [204]
Pokémon Black /
Pokémon White 		DS September 18, 20102,637,285 [205] 4,914,813 [206]
Pokémon Ruby /
Pokémon Sapphire 		GBA November 21, 20024,400,000 [207]
Dragon Quest IX DS July 11, 20092,318,932 [208] 4,100,968 [209]
Dragon Quest VIII PS2November 27, 20042,167,072 [118]
( ¥19.1 billion) [119] 		3,000,000 [120]
(¥26.4 billion) [119] 		3,327,167 [210]
(¥29.3 billion) [119] 		4,000,000
[211]
Final Fantasy X PS2July 19, 20012,140,000
(¥17.6 billion) [212]
Dragon Quest VII PS1 August 26, 20003,570,000 [213]
(¥28 billion) [214] 		3,900,000 [215]
Pokémon Gold /
Pokémon Silver 		GBC November 21, 19993,628,624 [216]
Final Fantasy VIII [lower-alpha 5] PS1February 11, 19992,210,000
(¥17.2 billion) [126] 		2,504,044 [127]
(¥20 billion) [128] 		3,300,000 [217] 3,610,000
[218]
Final Fantasy VII [lower-alpha 6] PS1January 31, 19971,750,000
(¥12 billion) [131] 		2,000,000 [132]
(¥14 billion) [131] 		2,300,000 [133]
(¥16 billion) [219] 		3,447,500
[220]
Dragon Quest VI SFC December 9, 19951,274,857 [118]
(¥15 billion) [134] 		2,482,640 [221]
(¥28.3 billion) [134]
Dragon Quest V SFCSeptember 27, 19921,300,000 [139] [140]
(¥12.5 billion) [139] [141]
Dragon Quest IV Famicom February 11, 19901,300,000
(¥14.4 billion) [142] 		1,300,000
(¥14.4 billion) [142]
Dragon Quest III FamicomFebruary 10, 19881,100,000 [143]
(¥6.4 billion) [144] 		3,000,000 [59]
(¥20 billion) [192]
Dragon Quest II FamicomJanuary 26, 1987500,000 [222]
(¥2.8 billion) [223]
The Hyrule Fantasy:
Zelda no Densetsu 		FDS February 21, 19861,000,000 [146]
(¥2.4 billion) [147]
Super Mario Bros. FamicomSeptember 13, 19851,200,000
(¥5.9 billion) [148] [149] 		3,000,000 [193]
(¥14.1 billion) [149] [194]
Space Invaders Arcade July 1978100,000 [73] [74]
($670 million) [75] 		350,000 [76]

Europe

Video games in Europe
TitlePlatform(s)Release dateUnits sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 day1 week2 months9 months
Pro Evolution Soccer 4 PlayStation 2 15 October 20041,500,000 [224] [225]
Pro Evolution Soccer 3 Multi-platform 17 October 20031,000,000 [224] [225]
FIFA Football 2003 Multi-platform25 October 20022,500,000 [226]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Multi-platform16 November 2001?
(€92 million) [227]
Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal Game Boy Color 6 April 2001?
(€221 million) [227]
Pokémon Yellow Game Boy Color 16 June 2000?
(€124 million) [228]
Pokémon Stadium Nintendo 64 7 April 2000?
(€76 million) [228]
Tomb Raider III Multi-platform20 November 1998?
(€68 million) [229]
Gran Turismo PlayStation 8 May 1998?
(€66 million) [229]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [lower-alpha 2] Mega Drive 24 November 19921,500,000
( £50 million) [88] 		1,750,000 [230] [88]
Video games in the United Kingdom
TitlePlatform(s)Release dateUnits sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 day1 week2 weeks3 weeks2 months3 months1 year
Grand Theft Auto V Consoles 17 September 20131,570,000
( £65 million) [231] 		2,250,000 [232]
(£94 million) [233] 		2,600,000
(£97 million) [234] 		3,000,000 [235]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Multi-platform9 November 20101,410,000 [231] 2,000,000
( £81.9 million) [236] 		3,722,411 [237]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multi-platform10 November 20091,800,000 [236] 3,702,410 [237]
Grand Theft Auto IV Consoles29 April 2008926,000 [238] 1,000,000 [239]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PlayStation 229 October 20041,000,000 [240]
(£35 million) [124] 		1,750,000 [172]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [lower-alpha 2] Mega Drive24 November 1992750,000 [241]
(£27 million) [136] 		1,000,000 [242]
Street Fighter II ArcadeMarch 199110,000
(£260 million) [243]
Out Run Computers 10 December 1987200,000
(£1.6 million) [244] 		250,000 [245]
(£2 million) [244] 		350,000 [246]
Space Invaders ArcadeNovember 197885,000 [247]
Video games in France
Title(s)PlatformRelease dateUnits sold
1 year
Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow Game Boy 5 October 19992,500,000 [248]

United States

Video games in the United States
TitlePlatform(s)Release dateUnits sold (gross revenue in brackets)
1 day2 days5 days1 week2 weeks1 month2 months3 months1 year
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multi-platformNovember 10, 20096,070,000 [249]
Grand Theft Auto IV ConsolesApril 29, 20082,850,000 [250]
Halo 3 XboxSeptember 25, 2007?
($170 million) [116] 		3,300,000
($198 million) [251]
Halo 2 XboxNovember 9, 20042,380,000
($125 million) [252] 		4,200,000
($218 million) [173]
Grand Theft Auto:
San Andreas 		PS2October 26, 20042,060,000 [123]
($103 million) [253] 		5,100,000
($250 million) [173]
Grand Theft Auto:
Vice City 		PS2October 29, 20021,400,000 [254]
($70 million) [255]
Metal Gear Solid 2:
Sons of Liberty 		PS2November 13, 20011,800,000 [256]
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec PS2July 10, 20011,000,000
($50 million) [257]
Pokémon Gold / Silver GBC October 15, 20001,400,000 [258]
The Legend of Zelda:
Ocarina of Time 		Nintendo 64 November 23, 19981,000,000 [259]
($60 million) [260] 		2,500,000
($150 million) [261]
Pokémon Red / Blue Game Boy September 28, 19984,000,000 [262]
Final Fantasy VII [lower-alpha 6] PS1 September 7, 19971,500,000 [263]
Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64September 29, 19962,000,000
($140 million) [264]
Star Fox SNES March 26, 19931,375,000 [265] [266]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [lower-alpha 2] Genesis November 24, 19921,000,000
($50 million) [89]
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES February 12, 1990250,000
($13 million) [267] 		8,000,000 [189] [190]
($500 million) [191]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Atari 2600 December 19822,637,985 [195]
Pac-Man Atari 2600March 16, 19821,000,000 [196]
($24 million) [268] 		7,271,844 [195]
($200 million) [197]
Pac-Man ArcadeDecember 1980100,000 [70] ?
($1 billion) [269]
Space Invaders Atari 2600March 19802,000,000 [198]
Asteroids ArcadeDecember 197970,000 [270]
Space Invaders ArcadeNovember 197860,000 [271]

Platforms

Other

Miscellaneous

Notes

  1. 1 2 Full release; numbers are inclusive of early access sales, which began nine months earlier
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 broke sales records upon release. [135]
  3. ↑ 1.5 million units (£50 million or $88 million) in Europe. [88] 400,000 units ($20 million) in the United States. [89]
  4. ↑ Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sold 2.06 million units within six days of release in the United States (released 26 October 2004). [123] In the United Kingdom (released 29 October 2004), it sold an estimated 677,000 copies within two days. [124]
  5. 1 2 Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation) surpassed the fastest-selling record of Final Fantasy VII. [125]
  6. 1 2 3 Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) became the fastest-selling video game in history at the time. [130]
  7. ↑ International release date (outside Japan) on "Sonic 2sday"
  8. 1 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on "Sonic 2sday" (first day)
    • United States – 1 million sales, $50 million revenue [89]
    • United Kingdom – 750,000 sales, £27 million ($47 million) revenue [136]
  9. ↑ JP
  10. ↑ PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) grossed $900 million upon its full release on December 20, 2017, and grossed $1.025 billion on PC and consoles in 2018. [153] PUBG Mobile (released February 2018) grossed a further $160.3 million by November 2018. [154]
  11. ↑ Early access release
  12. ↑ Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, within three months by the end of 2004, sold over 1.75 million copies in the United Kingdom, [172] and 5.1 million copies in the United States. [173] [174] [175]
  13. 1 2 Japanese release date
  14. 1 2 North America release date

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