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Ark: Survival Evolved continues its dominance of Steam’s top ten sellers chart, beating out GTA V again during the past week. The two titles have been cemented in their respective positions on the list for more than a month now, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Knight claims second week on top of the charts
The Caped Crusader is once again perched on top of the GfK Chart-Track Top 40. Batman: Arkham Knight manages this in spite of a 74 per cent decrease in sales week-on-week. And it continues to be a good few weeks for Warner Bros – not only does it have the …
Read More »Japanese Vita hardware sales double following Persona 4: Dancing All Night launch
Sales of Sony’s Vita handheld shot up in Japan last week as Atlus’ Persona 4: Dancing All Night hit stores. That’s according to data provided by Famitsu which says that hardware sales rose 107 per cent week-on-week, from 11,153 units to 23,119. And the Persona 4 dancing simulator spin-off debuted …
Read More »PS4’s European next-gen market share ‘frequently greater than 90%’
SCEE president Jim Ryan has claimed that PS4 is commanding the European next-gen console market, with market share in some regions reaching 90 per cent. We have a very significant market leadership,” Ryan told VG247. We have market leadership in every country in Europe, and have very significant market leadership …
Read More »Batman Arkham Knight outsells The Witcher 3, biggest launch of 2015 so far
Holy sales, Batman! Arkham Knight has beaten The Witcher 3 to become this year’s biggest launch to date. Bandai Namco’s RPG previously saw the biggest first week of 2015 when it launched back in May, holding onto the chart top spot for three weeks until it was deposed by The …
Read More »Steam top nine sellers: June 21-27
Ark: Survival Evolved continues to dominate Steam’s top selling products chart, beating out Grand Theft Auto V and all other comers again this past week. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, The Witcher 3 and Batman: Arkham Knight round out the top five. Past chart-toppers H1Z1 and Cities: Skylines made the list as …
Read More »Counter Strike, Total War and Ark: Survival Evolved win big in Steam Summer Sale
Valve’s own Counter Strike: Global Offensive was the most purchased game during Steam’s recent PC Summer Sale. The game was purchased 899,405 times throughout the week, according to Steam Spy, pushing its total Steam sales up to over 14m units. Despite the 50 per cent discount applied to the game …
Read More »Fallout Shelter topped the App Store charts in 48 countries
And we wonder why companies are increasingly shying away from the triple-A game space… Bethesda has announced that recent iOS release Fallout Shelter managed to top the game charts in no less than 48 separate countries. It was the most downloaded app of any kind in 25 countries. It remains …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: June 14-20
Early Access hit Ark: Survival Evolved has finished in first on Steam’s top ten selling products for the third straight week. The game took on all comers during the main stretch of Steam’s summer sale, finishing ahead of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Grand Theft Auto V. A discounted Elite: Dangerous …
Read More »Media Create pegs weekly Japanese Xbox One sales at 100 units
Numbers from sales monitor Media Create suggest that Xbox One slipped to a saddening new low in Japan earlier this month. Kotaku reports that the numbers suggest that for the week ending June 14th Xbox One sold just 100 units across the whole of Japan. That’s less than PS3 (2,633) …
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