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Nintendo’s Wii U has outsold the PlayStation 4 this week in Japan according to sales data provided by Famitsu. The Wii U has been close behind Sony’s consoles for the last few weeks and this week overtook the PS4 by 1,471 units. The bigger surprise was that the change comes …
Read More »Wii U nearly catches PS4 in Japan
Console sales fell this week in Japan despite a number of new titles coming to stores, Japanese sales data from Famitsu reveals. The 3DS still heads up the hardware charts for the week ending May 18th, but with considerably lower sales than last week. 25,440 3DS units were sold compared …
Read More »3DS games dominate Japanese Top Ten
Sales of Nintendo’s handheld continue to grow in Japan as the console takes hold of the Top Ten, according to Japanese sales data from Famitsu. Of the Top Ten games for the week ending May 11th, seven are for 3DS. The total number of 3DS consoles sold jumped by 4,000 …
Read More »PC games have overtaken console games globally..but not in the UK
The PC games sector may be dominant worldwide, but consoles are the real power in the UK and will remain so for years to come, says DFC Intelligence. The analysts revealed last week that on a global scale, PC gaming revenue had overtaken the console market. But whilst that might …
Read More »Xbox One rules the month: the March charts
March istypically when big releases coming to stores. This year was no different with EA’s Titanfall and Sony’sInfamous: Second Son hitting shelves. Last month 64.5m was generated from software sales – 8.6 per cent less than last year. 2.1m units were sold in this time, a 19.9 per cent drop …
Read More »PS4 sales up but Vita wins weekly hardware race in Japan
Sales of the PS4 were up 15 per cent but it’s the Vita that has claimed the weekly Japanese hardware sales crown, Famitsu sales data has revealed. PS4 sales climbed from 28,864 to 33,341, thanks in no small part to Konami’s Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Interestingly, the stealth …
Read More »Warner Bros shines in quiet month: the February charts
February is not traditionally a big sales month, but this year was even quieter than usual. Where in 2013 there was a 1.9m decline in month-on-month sales between January and February, this decrease was to the tune of 16.4m in 2014. This is due to the lack of releases on …
Read More »Moore reveals FIFA Ultimate Team stats as service reaches fifth birthday
FIFA Ultimate Team is five years old and to celebrate EA COO and former EA Sports boss Peter Moore has unleashed some impressive stats. In an infographic shared on Twitter and reproduced below, Moore revealed that 64 per cent of all FIFA players now play Ultimate Team mode and that …
Read More »Happy New Year: January in numbers
January is always a quiet time of the year – this year more so than normal with only a handful of new releases. That didn’t stop a reasonable sum of money being generated by software. 58.5m was made through game sales, which is an impressive 24 per cent rise over …
Read More »January PS4 sales nearly double Xbox One in US
Sony has taken an impressive lead over the Xbox One across the pond. Figures from NPD reveal the PS4 leads hardware sales in the US – a feat Sony says it has achieved despite "severely constrained" stock of the console. Despite trailing to its rival, the Xbox One is still …
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