Top 10 Game Sales of 2004

1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) - 5.1 million
2. Halo 2 (Xbox) - 4.2 million* includes Limited & Collector's Editions
3. Madden NFL 2005 (PS2) - 3.2 million
4. ESPN NFL 2K5 (PS2) - 1.5 million
5. Need for Speed Underground 2 (PS2) - 1.4 million
6. Pokemon FireRed (with adapter) (GBA) - 1.2 million
7. NBA Live 2005 (PS2) - 1.2 million
8. Spider-Man 2 (PS2) - 1.1 million
9. Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) - 1.1 million
10. ESPN NFL 2K5 (Xbox)- 1.0 million

At first glance you think, "Wow, ESPN grabbed two spots in the top 10. No wonder" But add those two up and compare to only the PS2 version of Madden, and that ONE version of Madden outsold TWO versions of ESPN by 700,000 copies. Yet they still felt the need to completely destroy Sega's franchise.

On a side note, Halo 1, which was originally released as an Xbox launch title in November 2001, still outsold every GameCube game. I still have a soft spot for Nintendo, but that's ownage.

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