Whats the Best Selling Video Games of all TIME?

Tetris – 500 million

Initial release date:June 6, 1984 (Elektronika 60, USSR)

Platform(s):Most

Arguably the most timeless video game ever created, Tetris sits comfortably atop the list of all-time bestsellers. Initially released for the Soviet Union-developed Elektronika 60 computer, variations of the classic puzzler have since been made for over 50 different platforms, according to The Tetris Company. Notably, it helped launch Game Boy to success, eventually selling 35 million copies on Nintendo's handheld console.

While a specific sales total is unavailable (and likely near impossible to calculate considering its numerous variations and platforms), Henk Rogers, The Tetris Company's managing director, told Venture Beat Tetris has 425 million paid mobile downloads, in addition to "something like 70 million" physical game sales. Considering that figure was reported in 2014, it's safe to assume the 495 million total has since shot up well above 500 million.

Modern variations of the classic are still being released to this day; Tetris Effect was a 2018 IGN Game of the Year nominee, while Tetris 99, a battle royale-inspired take on the puzzler, was released last month for Nintendo Switch.

As child in 90s living in province, we don't really have much access to internet and wikipedia are not invented yet! haha.. those days I often wonder why is Kremlin in tetris start page!? so now I know it was first release in USSR (Russia) and from there on people become obsess in stacking rotating blocks! oh wait that sounds like Minecraft :-) hahah.

Go get a Retropie and stack those blocks would you!?