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[–] 20 points 10 months ago (9 children)

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.

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  • [–] 32 points 10 months ago* (6 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    If that's what they are counting, then the graphic should say that...

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Sorry you couldn't put two and two together in the gamers instance.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, I get it...but my point is not everyone will get it, and the information is inaccurate. Sorry you can't understand that data presentation isn't just about gamers...it's a much larger issue these days... And this is just a really good example of it being handled badly.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    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.". That's how I read the headline, but you're right, it would have helped if Visual Capitalist had clarified by including that bit of info.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months 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.

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