Lumifer comments on 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 29 October 2014 07:48:49PM 3 points [-]

Since Minesweeper comes with Windows, it easily beats Minecraft for "best selling game".

Comment author: Lumifer 29 October 2014 08:07:00PM *  3 points [-]

Nobody actually buys Minesweeper, so I don't think it counts as a bestselling game.

Having said this, the claims about the bestselling game of all time upthread sound wrong to me. The first game that came to mind, Wikipedia says this about it:

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which handily beats Minecraft.

Comment author: Username 29 October 2014 09:23:18PM 3 points [-]

I suppose it comes down to whether Yvain was looking for the best selling video game of all time, or the best selling PC game of all time. 'Computer game' is a little ambiguous.

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Comment author: FullMeta_Rationalist 02 November 2014 02:06:26AM 2 points [-]

I was confused too. Not only by "did he mean video game?", but also "how does he define sales?".

I picked Super Mario Bros and called it a day.

Comment author: Yvain 02 November 2014 01:52:17AM 2 points [-]

I stated that all disputes would be resolved by Wikipedia, and here is Wikipedia's verdict on the matter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_games

Comment author: James_Miller 02 November 2014 01:58:27AM 3 points [-]

Why not this list?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games

Comment author: ike 02 November 2014 02:10:40AM 1 point [-]

Well the question did say computer game ...

Comment author: James_Miller 02 November 2014 02:43:02AM 1 point [-]

Which is different from PC games.

Comment author: Lumifer 02 November 2014 02:00:53AM 3 points [-]

The question in the survey is:

What is the best-selling computer game of all time?

"computer game" != "PC game"

Comment author: VAuroch 02 November 2014 10:56:18PM *  -1 points [-]

"computer game" == "PC game"

"video game" != "PC game"

Comment author: Lumifer 03 November 2014 12:54:26AM 3 points [-]

Not in my usage of these terms, but YMMV, of course.

Comment author: see 02 December 2014 11:55:36PM 0 points [-]

The contention that "'computer games', as defined by Wikipedia" is "PC games" is, of course, true.

However, did you deliberately intend that people who knew with high confidence Tetris was (by far) the best-selling game played on computers (as computers are defined by Wikipedia) would get caught by not knowing that Wikipedia redirects "computer game" to "PC game" rather than to "video game"?

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