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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has sold 6m copies worldwide, developer CD Projekt Red has announced. The company’s latest financial results show Wild Hunt has sold a total of 6,014,576 units – roughly 1m a week on average since the game’s launch. The studio adds 1m copies of the game …
Read More »Monster Strike bringing in $4.2m a day
Japanese studio Mixi’s mobile co-op action RPG Monster Strike made $4.2m a day during its most recent quarter, according to the developer’s latest financial results. Industry analystDr. Serkan Totorevealed Mixi saw a total of $378m in sales for the title’s iOS and Android versions between April 1stand June 30th. The …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V ships 54m copies
Take-Two has announced its quarterly financial results, revealing that Grand Theft Auto V has shipped more than 54m units life-to-date. The firm’s results from the previous quarter indicate that GTA V sold over 2m units during the three month period ending on June 30th. Total revenue for Rockstar and 2K’s …
Read More »Sega reports significant dip in quarterly sales
Sega has reported negative financial results for its most recent quarter, though the firm’s games division had little to do with the poor performance. Sega Sammy Holdings posted a $63.8m loss overall, down 41.2 per cent compared to the same period last year. The company’s ‘pachislot and pachinko’ division – …
Read More »EA beats quarterly guidance, Star Wars: Battlefront pre-orders "extremely strong"
Electronic Arts has reported its financial results for the three month period concluding at the end of June, with the firm beating its previous expectations. EA brought in $1.20bn in GAAP net revenue for the quarter, down ever so slightly to the $1.21bn made in the same period last year. …
Read More »Ubisoft financial results beat Q1 2015 expectations
Ubisof has reported first quarter financial results for its fiscal 2015, showing a significant but anticipated dip in revenue when stacked up against the period Watch Dogs launched in last year. The publisher reported quarterly revenue of €96.6m for the initial stretch of its current fiscal year, down 73.2 per …
Read More »GameStop sees rise in revenue for past quarter
GameStop has reported better-than-expected quarterly results for the period concluded at the beginning of May. Total revenue for the three-month stretch was up 3.2 per cent to $2.06bn, while net income jumped 8.5 per cent to $73.8m. The American retail chain also boasted a 17 per cent increase in operating …
Read More »GTA V ships 52m copies worldwide
Take-Two has announced fourth quarter and full-year results for its most recently concluded fiscal year, revealing Grand Theft Auto V has shipped 52m units globally. Along with GTA V, the firm’s Q4 2015 benefited from Grand Theft Auto Online, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Evolve and NBA 2K15. In a subsequent …
Read More »Capcom produces its lowest annual revenue total in ten years
Capcom has reported its full year financial results for its fiscal 2014, which show a YOY decline of 37 per cent for the publisher. The company brought in $538m during the period between April 1st, 2014 and March 31st, 2015. That’s the lowest annual revenue total for Capcom since 2004. …
Read More »GameStop annual sales show slight increase in 2014
GameStop has released its annual financial results for its past fiscal year, with the specialty chain reporting revenue of $9.3bn for the period. Games Industry reports that the figure translates to a modest 2.8 per cent increase, instead of the 14 per cent sales growth GameStop had projected for the …
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