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88 Post author: Yvain 26 October 2014 06:05PM

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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.