Guiness calls Halo greatest series ever...

[Kabob]

cumulative sales of the video games (including home console versions, such as the "Pikachu" Nintendo 64) have reached more than 186 million copies.[4]

Makes me sick...ugh.

 

[JoPh]

You were the one who brought up Halo's sales records...

What other metric would you prefer to use?

i failed on halo numbers.. so after seeing that i moved on and came up with more numbers.

 

[JoPh]

Makes me sick...ugh.

i added to that number.

 

[Pia]

Truly compiled by experts. I'm especially happy that the World of Warcraft series, the GoldenEye 007 series, the Pong series and the Tom Clancy's series made it.

 

[Kabob]

i added to that number.

YOU make me sick!!! D:

I kid, I kid

 

[zerocool84]

Call of Duty #2??? CoD didn't even get extremely popular until Modern Warfare. No way it's #2. No way Halo is the best series ever. They've only had 3 games and while they've been fun no way is Halo the best series ever. Greatest series you think of something like Mario or Zelda or Final Fantasy. Those are epic series that still haven't died. You can tell this is BS cus they have World of Warcraft as #7 and it's not even a series. This is supposed to be about series.

 

[Wardawg1001]

bold what you have played, for teh lulz. i've tried one or more from the following:

1. Halo
2. Call of Duty
3. The Legend of Zelda
4. Guitar Hero
5. Metal Gear
6. Super Mario Bros.
7. World of Warcraft
8. Gears of War
9. Super Smash Bros.
10. Grand Theft Auto
11. Pokemon
12. Resident Evil
13. Fallout
14. Half-Life
15. Sonic the Hedgehog
16. Counter-Strike
17. Runescape
18. FIFA
19. Kingdom Hearts
20. Final Fantasy
21. Pac-Man
22. Madden NFL
23. The Sims
24. Tomb Raider
25. WWE Smackdown vs. RAW
26. Rock Band
27. LittleBigPlanet
28. Saints Row
29. The Elder Scrolls
30. God of War
31. GoldenEye 007
32. Bioshock
33. KillZone
34. Skate
35. Left 4 Dead
36. Need for Speed
37. Chrono Trigger
38. Gran Turismo
39. StarCraft
40. Rachet & Clank
41. Pong
42. Tom Clancy's
43. Star Wars: Battlefront
44. Battlefield
45. Diablo
46. Lego Batman
47. Mario Kart
48. Burnout
49. Crash Bandicoot
50. Pro Evolution Soccer


Pretty dismal list IMO. I understand what they were going for by asking people instead of the publishers/experts/whatever, but this list is just way off. My own top 10 would likely include the following (in no particular order):

Diablo
Warcraft (to include WC1/2/3 and WoW)
Halo (1/2/3/ODST/Reach)
Final Fantasy
Starcraft
Call of Duty
Super Mario Bros
Zelda
Half-Life
Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat (I prefer MK but its hard to argue with the legacy of SF)

You'll notice this list actually includes series only. Some series I can't include since I haven't played them (God of War, Battlefield, Resident Evil, Gears of War) but I'm not sure they would be able to beat out any of the above even if I had.

 

[Aikouka]

Disappointing to see some of those games down so far.

 

[TallBill]

I've played at least one game from every series except Runescape and Lego Batman.

 

[TheVrolok]

Wow, that's a pretty fail list.

 

[EvilComputer92]

What an awful list. It's like they took whatever they thought was most popular and hip and put it there. Pokemon is above Half Life. Get out of here.

 

[DivideBYZero]

What a crap list. The inclusion of individual titles in a 'series' list is unreal amounts of fail.

 

[venkman]

Halo
Call of Duty
The Legend of Zelda
Guitar Hero
Metal Gear
Super Mario Bros.
World of Warcraft
Gears of War
Super Smash Bros.
Grand Theft Auto
Pokemon
Resident Evil
Fallout
Half-Life
Sonic the Hedgehog
Counter-Strike
Runescape
FIFA
Kingdom Hearts
Final Fantasy
Pac-Man
Madden NFL
The Sims
Tomb Raider
WWE Smackdown vs. RAW
Rock Band
LittleBigPlanet
Saints Row
The Elder Scrolls
God of War
GoldenEye 007
Bioshock
KillZone
Skate
Left 4 Dead
Need for Speed
Chrono Trigger
Gran Turismo
StarCraft
Rachet & Clank
Pong
Tom Clancy's
Star Wars: Battlefront
Battlefield
Diablo
Lego Batman
Mario Kart
Burnout
Crash Bandicoot
Pro Evolution Soccer

 

[jersiq]

No Quake, Doom, or Wolfenstein? No love for ID Software...

It serves them right for giving us the following in their series:
Quake 4
ET:QW
Wolfenstein (2009)

It's almost as if they forgot how to make games.

 

[BW86]

pshh, half-life is better than halo

 

[bullbert]

No Sid Meier games? Yup, that poll was totally unbiased.

 

[AbAbber2k]

1. The Legend of Zelda
2. Metal Gear
3. Super Mario Bros.
4. Warcraft
5. Gears of War
6. Super Smash Bros.
7. Grand Theft Auto
8. Pokemon
9. Resident Evil
10. Fallout
11. Half-Life
12. Sonic the Hedgehog
13. Runescape
14. FIFA
15. Kingdom Hearts
16. Final Fantasy
17. Madden NFL
18. The Sims
19. Tomb Raider
20. WWE Smackdown vs. RAW
21. Saints Row
22. The Elder Scrolls
23. God of War
24. Bioshock
25. KillZone
26. Skate
27. Left 4 Dead
28. Need for Speed
29. Chrono Trigger
30. Gran Turismo
31. StarCraft
32. Rachet & Clank
33. Tom Clancy's
34. Diablo
35. Mario Kart
36. Burnout
37. Crash Bandicoot
38. Pro Evolution Soccer

When you cut out most of the bullshit... the list looks much better... still plenty of crap in there that I don't think belongs, or should be at the bottom. Starcraft was an awesome RTS, but calling it a series when it's sequel is still in beta is a little absurd. I also changed WoW to "Warcraft"... cause calling WoW a series is fucking retarded. There's also tons of crap in the list like TOMB RAIDER where maybe one or two out of the series were actually any good... and wtf actually likes WWE games?

Also... Madden... I do not count as a series. It's the same fucking game every year. Same with most sports games. Yes, they improve over time and new features get added and occasionally they make leaps forward... but for the most part they're the same damn thing EVERY SINGLE TIME but with new rosters. Whoop de frickin doo.