By way of the Gaming Age forums comes the chart on the right which shows the top-selling franchises in North America. Ever.

The list, based on NPD data, shows Mario at the top of the chart, followed by Madden and then GTA. Star Wars, Halo and Spiderman round out the top ten, with movie-based licenses taking their places in teens.

It is to be noted that the figures do not include PC numbers. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been fair – Sims would be on top!