Top 10 best-selling games for PlayStation 1 - the leader may surprise you

By: Anton Kratiuk | yesterday, 22:24
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These days the PlayStation brand is celebrating its 30th anniversary and the media is publishing a huge amount of news and information related to this event.

Over the years, Sony has achieved great success in the gaming industry and this is largely due to the successful launch of the first PlayStation console, which offered developers unprecedented technological freedom to realise their ideas.

Here's What We Know

A popular blogger under the nickname Stealth collected public information about the best-selling games for PS1 and published a visual list.

Perhaps, many people will be surprised, but the best selling game on PS1 was the first part of racing simulator Gran Turismo, and this despite the fact that this genre was in its infancy at that time and was not very popular. In second place was the best JRPG according to most gamers - Final Fantasy VII, and closes the top three leaders Gran Turismo 2.

The top 10 best-selling games on PlayStation 1:

  • Gran Turismo - 10.85 million copies sold;
  • Final Fantasy VII - 10.02 million;
  • Gran Turismo 2 - 9.37 million;
  • Final Fantasy VIII - 8.60 million;
  • Tekken 3 - 8.30 million;
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 8.00 million;
  • Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back - 7.58 million;
  • Crash Bandicoot: Warped - 7.13 million;
  • Tomb Raider - 7.10 million;
  • Metal Gear Solid - 7.00 million.

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