Top Games of 2005

There is no doubt that the GameCube suffered a miserable year last year with its lack of both first and third party support. Sales numbers for the United States in 2005 further prove this. Conversely, the PlayStation 2 had four million unit sellers (nearly six) and nineteen games that cracked the 500,000 mark. Compare that to the GameCube, which only managed three 500,000 unit sellers and zero million unit sellers. By platform, the Top 15 of each for 2005 is as follows:

PlayStation 2

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1. Madden NFL 06 – 2.95m
2. Gran Turismo 4 – 1.5m
3. NCAA Football 06 – 1.13m
4. Star Wars Battlefront II – 1.10m
5. MVP Baseball 2005 – 970,000
6. Star Wars Episode III – 931,000
7. NBA Live 06 – 826,000
8. LEGO Star Wars – 808,000
9. SmackDown vs. RAW ’06 – 758,000
10. God of War – 740,000
11. Midnight Club 3 – 733,000
12. Star Wars Battlefront (2004) – 680,000
13. Need for Speed Most Wanted – 677,000
14. SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs – 665,000
15. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) – 656,000

GameCube

1. Resident Evil 4 – 615,000
2. Super Mario Sunshine (2002) – 532,000
3. Mario Party 7 – 500,000
4. Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) – 440,000
5. Mario Superstar Baseball – 410,000
6. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness – 336,000
7. Super Mario Strikers – 310,000
8. Madden NFL 06 – 280,000
9. Star Fox Assault – 280,000
10. Mario Party 6 (2004) 275,000
11. Shadow the Hedgehog – 260,000
12. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) – 222,000
13. Madagascar – 232,000
14. DK Jungle Beat – 185,000
15. NBA Street V3 – 165,000

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