The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century?

Next-Gen has prematurely released a list of the top 100 PC games of the 21st century based entirely on the number of units sold. A quick perusal of the list reveals dozens of games you've never heard of and will most likely never play on account of them being diabolically terrible, whilst the rest are games you most likely own and have shunned your family in favor of.

Here are some notes on how this list works.
• Stats, ordering and research: thanks to game publishers, retail analysis sources and NPD data.
• Games are ranked by units sold; then by revenue generated. This tends to favor games released earlier, rather than later, and games which have spent a long time at a lower price point have also done well, but we wanted to reward longevity and popularity across all audiences, not just hardcore.
• In the event of a tie, games are then ranked by 'most recently released' and then by Gameranking average review scores. Special thanks to Gamerankings, just for being an exceptionally well produced resource.
• Games are ranked according to the highest selling SKU only. Otherwise the list would be full of sports iterations and big brand spin-offs and sequels. In the case of a single intellectual property being used in multiple genres of game, however, each genre's top SKU will be represented – we want to reward taking risks with IP.

Starting out atop the list one will quickly find this little gem.

98.
Slots 2: Betty Boop
Publisher: Masque
Developer: Masque
Released: Oct '01
Estimated Sales: 210,000
Franchise Sales: 1.4 Million
Revenues: $3.8 Million


Surely the humans buying this discounted "Entertainment" software out of Wal-Mart discount bins across America are a financial force to be reckoned with. Though it should be unbelievably inspiring to any would-be game developers out there to know that a slot machine game featuring a character your grandmother found hilarious can generate millions in revenue.

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