Editing Tetris (section)

=== Sales ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders mw-collapsible floatright"
|+ Sales of selected versions of ''Tetris''
|-
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Game
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Sales
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1988
! scope="row" | [[Tetris (Spectrum HoloByte)|''Tetris'' (Spectrum HoloByte)]]
| PC
| 1 million<ref>{{cite book |last1=McGowan |first1=Chris |last2=McCullaugh |first2=Jim |title=Entertainment in the Cyber Zone |date=1995 |location=New York |publisher=[[Random House]] |isbn=978-0-679-75804-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/bwb_P5-BRC-671/page/84/mode/2up |page=84 |via=[[Internet Archive]] |url-access=registration}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''Tetris'' (Famicom)
| Famicom
| 2 million{{sfn|Sheff|Eddy|1999|p=312}}
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1989
! scope="row" | [[Tetris (Game Boy video game)|''Tetris'' (Game Boy)]]
| Game Boy
| 35 million<ref name=tetris-numbers>{{cite web |url=https://tetris.com/by-the-numbers |title=''Tetris'' By The Numbers |website=[[The Tetris Company]] |access-date=December 5, 2024 |archive-date=December 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206233755/https://tetris.com/by-the-numbers |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tetris (NES video game)|''Tetris'' (NES)]]
| NES
| 8 million{{sfn|Temple|2004|loc=51:23}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1996
! scope="row" | ''[[Tetris Plus]]''
| PlayStation
| 1.53 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml |title=US Platinum Game Chart |website=The Magic Box |access-date=December 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421003854/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml |archive-date=April 21, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1997
! scope="row" | ''[[Tetrisphere]]''
| Nintendo 64
| 430,000<ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000304054215/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_05/14_sphere/index.html | url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_05/14_sphere/index.html | title=H2O Announces ''Tetrisphere'' Sales | work=[[GameSpot]] | date=May 14, 1998 | archive-date=March 4, 2000 | url-status=dead |access-date=February 7, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2001
! scope="row" | ''[[Tetris Worlds]]''
| Multi-platform
| 1.81 million{{efn|''Tetris Worlds'' sold 960,000 copies for Game Boy Advance<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052300/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0 |last=Keiser |first=Joe |title=The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |date=August 2, 2006 |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=December 5, 2024}}</ref> and 850,000 for PlayStation 2.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028115051/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1 |last1=Campbell |first1=Colin |last2=Keiser |first2=Joe |title=The Top 100 Games of the 21st Century |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |date=July 29, 2006 |archive-date=October 28, 2007 |access-date=December 5, 2024}}</ref>}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2006
! scope="row" | ''[[Tetris DS]]''
| Nintendo DS
| 2.05 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/07/25/nintendo-sales-update |last=Casamassina |first=Matt |title=Nintendo Sales Update |website=[[IGN]] |date=July 25, 2007 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922174058/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/07/25/nintendo-sales-update |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2014
! scope="row" | ''[[Puyo Puyo Tetris]]''
| Multi-platform
| 1.4 million<ref name=siliconera-interview>{{cite interview |url=https://www.siliconera.com/puyo-puyo-tetris-2-interview-producer-mizuki-hosoyamada-on-sequels-manzai-demos-and-more/ |last=Hosoyamada |first=Mizuki |interviewer=Graham Russel |title=''Puyo Puyo Tetris 2'' Interview: Producer Mizuki Hosoyamada on Sequels, 'Manzai Demos' and More |website=[[Siliconera]] |date=November 19, 2020 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |archive-date=May 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504052024/http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2014/02/12/japanese-sales-charts-ps-vita-terraria-debuts-on-vita/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2020
! scope="row" | ''[[Puyo Puyo Tetris 2]]''
| Multi-platform
| 293,000{{efn|''Puyo Puyo Tetris 2'' sold 93,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2021/02/famitsu-sales-2-15-21-2-21-21 |last=Romano |first=Sal |title=Famitsu Sales: 10/14/24 – 10/20/24 [Update] |website=Gematsu |date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225174134/https://www.gematsu.com/2021/02/famitsu-sales-2-15-21-2-21-21 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Puyo Puyo Tetris 2: Special Price'' sold 200,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/famitsu-sales-10-14-24-10-20-24 |last=Romano |first=Sal |title=Famitsu Sales: 10/14/24 – 10/20/24 [Update] |website=Gematsu |date=October 24, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |archive-date=November 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110111203/https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/famitsu-sales-10-14-24-10-20-24 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|}

In January 2010, EA Mobile and Blue Planet Software announced that mobile versions of ''Tetris'' since 2005 had reached 100 million paid downloads, making it most-downloaded mobile game at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/tetris-is-the-most-popular-mobile-game-ever-100-million-paid-downloads-since-2005/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121002046/https://www.pocketgamer.biz/tetris-is-the-most-popular-mobile-game-ever-100-million-paid-downloads-since-2005/ |last=Spencer |first=Spanner |title=Tetris is the Most Popular Mobile Game Ever: 100 million Paid Downloads since 2005 |work=[[PocketGamer.biz]] |date=January 21, 2010 |archive-date=January 21, 2025 |access-date=December 14, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=wired-ea>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/01/tetris-100-million-sold/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121003903/https://www.wired.com/2010/01/tetris-100-million-sold/ |last=Meyer |first=John |title=With 100M Downloads, Tetris is World's Hottest Mobile Game |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=January 22, 2010 |archive-date=January 21, 2025 |access-date=December 14, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2014, Rogers announced in an interview with ''[[VentureBeat]]'' that ''Tetris'' totaled 425 million paid mobile downloads and 70 million physical copies.<ref>{{cite interview |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/mr-tetris-explains-why-the-puzzle-game-is-still-popular-after-three-decades-interview/ |last=Rogers |first=Henk |author-link=Henk Rogers |title='Mr. Tetris' Explains Why the Puzzle Game is Still Popular after Three Decades |interviewer=Dean Takahashi |website=[[VentureBeat]] |date=April 7, 2014 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026020856/https://venturebeat.com/games/mr-tetris-explains-why-the-puzzle-game-is-still-popular-after-three-decades-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=polygon-sales/> To date, the ''Tetris'' franchise is the [[List of best-selling video game franchises|second-best-selling video game franchise of all time]], totaling 520 million sales according to the Tetris Company.<ref name=bbc-sales>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67105983 |last=Gerken |first=Tom |title=''Minecraft'' Becomes First Video Game to Hit 300m Sales |work=[[BBC]] |date=October 16, 2023 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823203213/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67105983 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=forbes-sales>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/britneynguyen/2023/10/16/minecraft-just-surpassed-300-million-sales-heres-the-only-video-game-still-beating-it/ |last=Nguyen |first=Britney |title=''Minecraft'' Just Surpassed 300 Million Sales—Here's the Only Video Game Still Beating it |magazine=[[Forbes]] |date=October 16, 2023 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826003655/https://www.forbes.com/sites/britneynguyen/2023/10/16/minecraft-just-surpassed-300-million-sales-heres-the-only-video-game-still-beating-it/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The majority originate from paid mobile downloads, based on Rogers' figure from the 2014 interview.<ref name=polygon-sales>{{cite news |url=https://www.polygon.com/2014/4/8/5594314/tetris-has-passed-425-million-downloads-on-mobile-not-including-free |last=Corriea |first=Alexa Ray |title=''Tetris'' has Passed 425 Million Downloads on Mobile, Not Including Free-to-Play |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=April 8, 2014 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308145726/https://www.polygon.com/2014/4/8/5594314/tetris-has-passed-425-million-downloads-on-mobile-not-including-free |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://gizmodo.com/minecraft-highest-selling-game-all-time-behind-tetris-1850929214 |last=Barr |first=Kyle |title=''Minecraft'' is the Highest-Selling Game of All Time, Behind ''Tetris'' |website=[[Gizmondo]] |date=October 16, 2023 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007222403/https://gizmodo.com/minecraft-highest-selling-game-all-time-behind-tetris-1850929214 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, some publications consider ''Tetris'' the [[best-selling video game of all time]], despite variations among the different versions.<ref name=bbc-sales/><ref name=forbes-sales/> The most successful version is the Game Boy version,{{sfn|Linneman|2018|loc=11:10–11:13}} which at 35 million copies is one of the best-selling video games of all time.<ref name=tetris-numbers/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/06/anniversary-the-most-famous-version-of-tetris-is-35-today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218204612/https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/06/anniversary-the-most-famous-version-of-tetris-is-35-today |last=McFerran |first=Damien |title=The Most Famous Version of ''Tetris'' Is 35 Today |website=TimeExtension |date=June 14, 2024 |archive-date=December 18, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024}}</ref>