World of Warcraft, League of Legends, & Crossfire ?! topping the $$ charts in 2015.

[Kenneth]

According to CNBC digital gaming sales hit a record of $61 billion in 2015.

The biggest increase in the 8% jump from 2014 was Xbox and Playstation's increase in digital downloads. Digital console game sales were up 34% last year earning around $4 billion. U.S brick-and-mortar stores slip 13%, down to $5.3 billion. On the not so surprising side mobile gaming surged 10% to $25 billion. As expected the big moneymaker was PC-based gaming pulling in $32 billion, over half of the total sales in 2015.

Here the top grossing games for each platform: (Figures in millions)
Digital Console
1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare ( Activision, $355 )
2. FIFA 15: ( Electronic Arts, $332 )
3. Grand Theft Auto V ( Take-Two Interactive, $332 )
4. Destiny ( Activision, $291 )
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 ( Activision, Article doesn't include a # )
6. FIFA 16 ( Electronic Arts, $212)
7. Fallout 4 (Bethesda Softworks, $108 )
8. Star Wars Battlefront ( Electronic Arts, $106 )
9. Madden NFL 16' ( Electronic Arts, $76 )
10. Madden NFL 15' ( Electronic Arts, $73 )

Digital PC
1. League of Legends ( Tencent/Riot Games $1,628 )
2. Crossfire ( SmileGate, $1,110 )
3. Dungeon Fighter Online ( Neople, $1,052 )
4. World of Warcraft ( Activision, $814 )
5. World of Tanks ( Wargaming.net, $446 )
6. Lineage 1 ( NCSoft, $339 )
7. Maplestory ( Nexon, $253 )
8. Dota 2 ( Valve Corporation, $238 )
9. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ( Valve Corporation, $221 )
10: Grand Theft Auto V ( Take-Two Interactive, $205 )

Mobile
1. Clash of Clans ( Supercell, $1345 )
2. Game of War: Fire Age ( Machine Zone, $729 )
3. Puzzle & Dragons ( Gungho Online Ent. Inc, $729 )
4. Candy Crush Saga ( King Digital, $682 )
5. MonsterStrike ( Mixi, $674 )
6. Candy Crush Soda Saga ( King Digital, $518 )
7. Fantasy Westward Journey ( NetEase, $451 )
8. Colopl Rune Story ( COLOPL NI Inc, $356 )
9. Disney Tsum Tsum ( LINE Corp, $326 )
10. Boom Beach ( SuperCell, $297 )

Surprised by any games on these lists and where they place?

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[SkillzFirez]

Surprised by any games on these lists and where they place?

Yes! Is Crossfire really that popular? I thought it's only in the far eastern area.

[D3Boost]

$61 million

I think you meant $61 billion

But frankly I am shocked to see Maplestory in that digital PC list. I played that game a few years ago and it was super fun, it just didn't seem like a game that would generate such a huge amount of money considering the game is completely free and the only way to spend money is on cosmetics through their in-game shop.

[Kenneth]

I think you meant $61 billion

But frankly I am shocked to see Maplestory in that digital PC list. I played that game a few years ago and it was super fun, it just didn't seem like a game that would generate such a huge amount of money considering the game is completely free and the only way to spend money is on cosmetics through their in-game shop.

Thanks! IDK how I missed that haha

[Confucius]

I have never even heard of lots of these games!

[Skrizzly]

WoT made more than CSGO? Nice...

[Valg]

Maple story makes sense, had no clue about crossfire though. l0l

[Skrizzly]

So many games I dont even knew exist nice