This has resulted in a more accurate list, although it's still not complete, with some estimates being made on revenue numbers – most notably, Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat II. Since then, additional data has been uncovered that has enabled me to further improve the accuracy of the numbers, plus rotate in new games whose data was previously unavailable.
This is the third revision of this list, which I originally published in 2010, and then updated in 2013. The difference between now and then, however, is that back in the day, that revenue was earned one quarter at a time. Even during the very earliest days of video gaming, there were products that made mountains of money. So much so, you'd think that this sort of financial success is something new.
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