Unfortunately, the series' popularity took a massive hit after Naughty Dog fulfilled their three game contract and sales slipped dramatically. The first game in the series, made by Naughty Dog, sold over 6.8 million copies worldwide, while the second and third sold 5.17 million and 5.7 million units respectively. It may well be his last official outing too, with Metal Gear mastermind Hideo Kojima departing Konami (who own the Metal Gear name) to work on the cryptic Death Stranding and Konami choosing to release the already-controversial multiplayer survival action game Metal Gear Survive.Įveryone's favourite spinning marsupial (sorry, Taz…) introduced a generation of gamers to the wonders of 3D platforming in the 90s and, at one point, he was arguably more popular than a certain Italian plumber. Snake's most recent outing, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, is the best selling entry in the MGS series with over 6 million copies sold. Sneaking in at number 10 is stealth master Solid/Old/Punished Venom Snake (or whatever he's called this week).Īlthough Snake is technically two characters (Big Boss and his clone Solid Snake), we've combined the sales of the Metal Gear games they appear in seeing as they look and sound the same (well, apart from Metal Gear Solid V…). ![]() How did your favourite character fare? Find out below! In this post, we've calculated which gaming hero is the most popular based on cold, hard sales. These debates can rage for hours, days or even years. ![]() For years, gamers have debated over which game character is the best.
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