Nowadays game enthusiast has spoiled many conveniences related to the availability of tools to play. In addition to Windows-based computers and Macs, there's also PlayStation, Nintendo, Wii, and Xbox. Beyond that, there are also special games for Android and iPhone phones.
When analyzed multiplatform-non-Android and iOS game data-so far Tetris game, issued in 1984, is still the most popular game of all time. According to Wikipedia, games that have been classified as "old school" (old time) has been downloaded or purchased as many as 495 copies.
Tetris outperformed more modern games, such as Minecraft (2009), which only came second with 107.86 million copies sold. In third place, there is Wii Sports (2006), which downloaded or sold 82.78 million copies.
New game is quite successful is Grand Theft Auto V. Published in 2013, the game has sold 75 million copies and occupies fifth position. In the next sequence, in the all-time bestseller list is Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart Wii, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Then, why is Tetris in great demand? Henk Rogers, the Dutchman who holds the distribution rights of Tetris, calls this game capable of providing basic satisfaction for the players. "It keeps the order out of chaos. The game was very random. The same thing never happened twice. People like to load decisions rather than rely on memory, "he said in an interview with Venturebeat in 2014.
The download figure of nearly 500 million seems to make this game difficult rivaled by multiplatform game. Although compared to the games that are specific to the Android and iOS platforms, the number of downloads has been passed by Pokemon Go, which was published last year, and has now passed 500 million downloads.