A Nintendo news website hosted by WordPress today posted an interesting article on the Top Selling Games of All Time. Although a little bias as 17 of the games were made by Nintendo it does list a few that were not, nothing to surprising in the list, however it does beg the question, can upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV smash the record? GTA Vice City sold the most, beating GTA III by 2 million sales and GTA San Andreas by 1 million sales. Seems there are a lot of 80's fans out there, but can the new re-engineered Grand Theft Auto compete? We'll have to wait and see.

See the full list here.

The proof is in the pudding as they say, and the news out of the United Arab Emirates this week proved just that. After a Government banning of the worldly-popular Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas last year due to it's "violent and profane content" it's been found the game is still available to those who are willing to purchase it "under the table" per say. UAE games distributor, Lalit Vase, had this to say on the matter:

Smaller stores tend to buy games from wholesalers without getting official approval, or import it directly. Many of which would be sold under the table.

While we respect what the UAE decide is "violent and [/or] profane content" this just proves, banning and not giving the consumers their own choice on whether too purchase a game according to their beliefs, age and own discretion adds desire for the game. Something we have seen so far with Manhunt 2's ban world-wide, it has only increased desire to play the game, as well as increasing the media coverage, thus opening it to a wide audience. Therefore, banning a game only makes things worse, people who would have not even thought of purchasing the game before hand now have the desire to do just that, purchase it, in some respect, any means necessary.

Roger Altizer of About.com has compiled a list on what he believes are the most popular PlayStation 2 games of all time, he has managed to narrow it down to 10 games, nearly each from a different genre. Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto San Andreas was announced number 3 on the list:

1. Final Fantasy X
2. Gran Turismo 3: A-spec
3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
   
4. SSX 3
5. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
6. Madden NFL 2005 (Collector's Edition)
7. Dance Dance Revolution: DDRMAX2
8. Virtual Fighter 4: Evolution
9. God of War
10. Jak II

Read full results at playstation.about.com

Blockbuster, one of the largest rental stores in the world, have just posted their top ten best selling games. Rockstar gets a very respective 3 spots in this top 10. Here are the games:

You can view the full list at BostonHerald.com. Well done Rockstar on this great achievement!