December 3, 1994, Sony kicked off the game industry with the release of the world's first and most popular console, the PlayStation (PS1 or PSX).**
Since its launch until the end of its production on March 23, 2006, the PlayStation console has sold over 100 million units worldwide.
For young children who did not have PS1, they chose to go to a rental place to spend hours for hours just to play the game.
Types of games played were diverse, ranging from football games, racing, fighting to simulation care of family farm heritage.
Without elongating, here are the 10 best-selling PlayStation games of all time.
10. Metal Gear Solid
- Developer: Konami
- Release date: September 3, 1998
- Total sales: 6 million copies
Hideo Kojima's name has been a legend among gamers. In the world of games, Hideo Kojima is renowned as a designer, writer, director and producer.
His work which is still famous is the Metal Gear series. The series of games was praised not only for its visual, but also its complex story plot.
Metal Gear Solid released at the end of 1998 managed to sell as many as 6 million copies. Hideo Kojima itself is fully involved in the development of Metal Gear Solid and also serves as a designer, writer, producer and director.
The Metal Gear series already has more than 20 titles, the most recent and final made by Hideo Kojima is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
9. Tomb Raider II
- Developer: Core Design
- Release date: October 31, 1997
- Total sales: 6.8 million copies
Who does not know the beautiful adventurer of Lara Croft's brown hair? Yes, one of the series - Tomb Raider II - sold 6.8 million copies.
For those who have played games in the late 1990s, Lara Croft has become an iconic character in the world of video games.
He has also undergone a tremendous visual change, from first appearing very simple until finally played by Angelina Jolie in the film adaptation titled Lara Croft: Tomb Raider which was released in 2001, and also Alicia Vikander in rebound Tomb Rider movie which aired in March 2018.
8. Crash Bandicoot
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Release date: September 9, 1997
- Total sales: 6.82 million copies
Who still remember the figure of 'I Me' and 'Uka Uka'? I am a spirit figure who helps Crash and his brother Coco to fight the evil forces in the Crash Bandicoot series.
The evil figure in the game is led by an evil scientist named Doctor Neo Cortex who is guided by the figure of Uka Uka, a voodoo evil spirit who turns out to be the twin sister of Me.
In addition to Crash Bandicoot, there is also a game of Crash Team Racing game that sold 2.2 million copies.
7. Final Fantasy VIII
- Developer: Square Soft
- Release Date: February 11, 1999
- Total sales: 7 million copies
The 7th rank is occupied by Final Fantasy VIII made by Square Soft. In this series, you will meet the hero named Squall Leonhart who must face the darkness under a sorceress (sorceress) queen named Edea.
After defeating Edea, Squall and his friends uncover the reality of Edea so far under the control of Ultimecia, the wizard of the future who wants to destroy time and nature altogether.
During his journey to defeat Ultimecia, Squall must fight to be a good leader, while at the same time establishing one of the most romantic stories in the game of all time with one of his colleagues, Rinoa Heartilly.
6. Tomb Raider
- Developer: Core Design
- Release date: October 25, 1996
- Total sales: 7.1 million copies
The first series Tomb Raider ranked 6th. Lara Croft character is designed by a British graphic artist named Toby Gard.
After being played by Angelina Jolie, actress Alicia Vikander was also chosen to portray Lara Croft in her latest film in 2018. Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander both won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Developer: Argonaut Games
- Release date: November 15, 2001
- Total sales: 8 million copies
Harry Potter's novel J.K. Rowling was released as a game in the same month at the launch of the movie, November 2001.
Unfortunately, critics criticize this game graph that is considered not good. So even with its gameplay is too monotonous.
4. Tekken 3
- Developer: Namco
- Release date: March 26, 1998
- Total sales: 8.3 million copies
This is a legendary battle game. For the first time, Tekken 3 introduced the character of Jin Kazama as one of the important characters in the Tekken series and legendary series to date.
Eddy Gordo who uses Capoeira techniques as well as Hwarang is famous for his kick technique also introduced in this one game. In addition, many unique hero characters with shrewd style of each style, ranging from Gon, Kangaroo, Panda, Kuma, Yoshitmitsu, to Ogre.
3. Gran Turismo
- Developer: Polyphony Digital
- Release date: December 11, 1999
- Total sales: 9.37 million copies
Gran Turismo 2 racing simulation game managed to occupy the top 3. Maybe there is not yet know, Kazunori Yamauchi as producer of this game is also a professional racer.
2. Final Fantasy VII
- Developer: Square
- Release Date: January 31, 1997
- Total sales: 9.8 million copies
No wonder Final Fantasy VII ranked 2nd. In this game the first time the legendary characters like Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, Vincent Valentine and his friends first raised to fight Sephiroth, a left-handed knight dubbed the one-winged angel.
Final Fantasy VII also became the first of the Final Fantasy series to use 3D graphics.
1. Gran Turismo
- Developer: Polyphony Digital
- Release date: December 23, 1997
- Total sales: 10.85 million copies
Apparently the most popular PlayStation game is Gran Turismo who managed to sell more than 10 million copies.
Thanks to the Gran Turismo series, the producer Kazunori Yamauchi became famous not only in the game world, but also in the automotive world.
That's the top 10 PlayStation games. Hopefully the game can provide wonderful memories to those who used to play it.
