Look, there are a number of ways to objectively measure the quantities of games sold. Do most sales definitively mean most popular? We think not. When it comes to what makes a game popular, there are a few things to look for:
1. Name recognition. When you go up to someone who doesn’t play video games and ask them to name three video games, what do they say? Now that’s popularity.
2. Fond memories. When you ask your buddies who do play video games, what their favorite game moments are, which ones do they share? That’s popularity.
We polled a number of real humans, we skimmed the internet, and we looked at how many millions of copies were sold, and we’ve come up with would be hailed as the definitive list of popular games, or the most subjective assemblage of biased rubbish. Regardless of what the yay- and nay-sayers say, let’s look at this list!