Yeah, it would have helped if Visual Capitalist had included that bit of info. Their source is this page on the Video Game Sales Wiki, which does say “The following titles are the best-selling games released in the 2020s, as of 2025.”.
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Unattributed@feddit.online 1 day ago
You can hate me for saying this, but there’s no way Minecraft shouldn’t be on that chart. If this data is right Minecraft Revenue and Usage Statistics (2025), the sales between 2020 and 2023 would be ~100M.
Odo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Unattributed@feddit.online 1 day ago
Yup, and the article (Ranked: The Best-Selling Video Games Since 2020} that was published using that data mis-represents it:
This visualization ranks the best-selling video games from 2020 to 2025 based on global unit sales using data from Video Game Sales Wiki (Fandom).
IMO - I find the “Visual Capitalist” site to be a questionable source of information… There are quite a few red flags when it comes to that site.
Davel23@fedia.io 1 day ago
I suspect these are the best selling games which released between 2020 and 2025. For instance, Breath of the Wild has sold about 33 million copies, over 10 million more than Tears of the Kingdom but was released in 2017.
Unattributed@feddit.online 1 day ago
If that’s what they are counting, then the graphic should say that…
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
The sentence itself, could be taken either way, but any reasonably intelligent gamer would be able see the list has only games released since 2020 and know which way to take the sentence.
Unattributed@feddit.online 1 day ago
There’s nothing about this that says “Best-Selling Video Games Released Between 2020-2025”.
And, the tagline “Where Data Tells The Story” really means they should be explaining exactly the data they are presenting. Accurate framing is every bit as important as the information… You can’t assume that two people looking at the same piece of information are going to interpret it the same way unless it is properly framed and presented.