Gran Turismo Tops the PS1 Charts in the US - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 September 2025 / 9,662 Views
Circana Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the launch of original PlayStation in North America has revealed the top 20 best-selling games on the PS1 in the US of all-time.
The racing franchise, Gran Turismo, topped the dollars chart and the units chart. The original Gran Turismo came in first on the dollars chart and third on the units chart, while Gran Turismo 2 came in first on the units chart and third on the dollars chart.
There were two entries in the Final Fantasy franchise on both charts. Final Fantasy VII came in second on the dollars chart and 11th on the units chart, while Final Fantasy VIII came in 13th on the dollars chart and 19th on the units chart.
There were four Crash entries that appeared on both charts. The original Crash Bandicoot came in 14th on the dollars chart and and eighth on the units chart. Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back came in eighth on the dollars chart and second on the units chart. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped came in fourth on both charts. CTR: Crash Team Racing came in 20th on the dollars chart and 16th on the units chart.
Here are the all-time top 20 best-selling PS1 games in the US:
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Look how much better gaming was back then, that diversity. The list today on PS4 and PS5 is literally just COD and GTA.
I mean you could argue that that list is only made up of like 3 or 4 franchises really. GT, Crash, Tony Hawk's, in fact TH's was basically a yearly title until checks jesus, 2010? Wow.
But all had a far more significant cultural impact on gaming than the latest iteration of CoD or FIFA does, that's for sure.
If anything from this gen stands out, it's the fact we've barely had any new amazing franchises.
If lists today are just COD and GTA, it isn't because gaming is worse now, it's because GAMERS are worse at picking games... we're the ones who buy the games, we're the ones who make the lists!
While this is true in relative terms, spending has increased so much since the PS1 days. For example Gran Turismo 7 which idk if it makes the top 20 PS4/5 games, is actually the top grossing GT in the US.
It was much simpler before. A little over a decade since the crash and the industry is still getting back up when the PS1 came out. There were not as much investors back then to tell the devs that to do. The majority of people play games to actually enjoy them like a 5 star dinner plate rather than a Dorito snack today. Since there were not much investors the devs back then has limited money and REALLY had to make their game high quality before pushing it out as. There is the song "Mo Money Mo Problems". Yes games are much more complex and good looking today, but with the internet devs could essentially half-ass their work due to pressure from the investors (whom of which I'm willing to bet knows absolutely nothing about the development process of games other than "it's big today and it makes money".) and just patch the game later. A lot of good comes with alot of bad. We live in a climate where there are so many casual players who are much vocal than us and they basically speak to the investors on what type of games gamers want. Mobile and free-to-play games are everywhere and they are influencing the decisions in the industry. Games like RDR2 (single player experience only) and the Arkham series only come once every few years while we are bombarded with raid shadow legends and fortnite. My PS2 and PS3 libraries had more variety than my PS4 and PS5 libraries. Gonna be honest (hot take there) I liked the fan boy wars between PS and Xbox. At least people were arguing amongst themselves about which game is better and 95% of the time the games they are talking about are actually great. Nowadays, all i hear is this game doesn't run well and that game has a ton of micro transactions and then a new issue that just came out: this is getting more expensive. That weak "you're just old" argument response to this is just sad.
GTA? One release of gtav lol
Final fantasy my favorite on the system and Grand turismo 2 was my favorite of the series
So Gran Turismo 2 is the best selling PS1 game in the USA? Very deserved. I used to play it so much, I didn't even know I could like racing gamea this much. I'm not good at them, but I love them up to this day.
GT7 is easily the game I played the most in the PS5 aside from the Mihoyo gacha games that take all my time. Based on time spent.
GT Sport was one of my most played games on PS4.
GT6 on PS3.
I actually played very little GT during the PS2 days, Disgaea/NIS was my crazy during this gen and early PS3 days too.
And GT2 is maybe my most played game on PS1 as well, even as LoD by far my favorite game ever and I beat it several times, I think GT2 should have the most time spent.
We love you here in Brazil too, Gran Turismo.
I actually only had contact with the PS2 by the time the PS3 was already around. And that was on a friend. Tech here in Brazil was always behind, people had old stuff, and only some with more money had modern stuff.
I was playing a Sega Master System in the year 2000, before we could move to a PS1 that was affoardable and had games almost free due to piracy (piracy was basically the only market here before the PS3).
Only late on the PS3 gen I started being able to keep up with some new game releases, so I missed most tech leaps timeframes, even as they still would have the effect when I got there.
Even as things are going worse for a good time now, these things improved massively during the PS3 gen.
There are still people with with PS2 but used PS3 and PS4 games and PS4 games promotions are very reasonably priced and accessible for lots of people, PS5 and games are a much worse situation, but we are watching it become a problem worldwide so not something particularly affect us, sadly.
The WipEout games were by far my favorite on the system followed by Twisted Metal, Syphon Filter, Colony Wars, Crash Bandicoot, Tony Hawk. and Metal Gear Solid. What a time for console gaming this was!
Golden age of gaming.
Noo dlc
Noo microtransactions
Noo patches
Noo forced politics and diversity
Great times.
I sunk way to many hours into many of those games. ...But wouldn't trade those memories for a thing.
Games are so risk-adverse and stick to a formula these days.
What is "Jampack Series"? Never heard of it.
Back when gamers had good taste. Most people that game these days are tourists and posers playing only one or two games their entire lives.
