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Nintendo’s inky shooter has topped the software charts in Japan, helping Wii U become the best-selling console in the country. Splatoon sold more than 156,000 units during its debut week, more than quadruple its closest competitor, newcomer Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai Deluxe on 3DS. It helped the Wii U rise …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: May 24-30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has finished on top of Steam’s best-selling products list for the second week in a row. CD Projekt Red’s release beat out Grand Theft Auto V as it did the week before to claim the title. Wild Hunt plus its Expansion Pass finished in fourth …
Read More »Witcher 3 holds top spot as Splatoon debuts in second place
The Witcher 3 is once again No.1 in the UK All Formats Top 40. It manages this in spite of a 69 per cent decline in sales this week, but outsold this week’s No.2, Nintendo’s Splatoon, by a large degree. Splatoon in fact had the biggest ever launch of a …
Read More »Opinion: Where next for the digital chart?
In March, we combined digital sales with physical to put together an alternative UK chart, and the reaction was incredible. Popular consumer site Kotaku decided it wouldn’t run chart stories until digital sales were included, and almost every publisher (including Take-Two’s CEO) expressed an interest in sharing their numbers. The …
Read More »Physical still dominant despite digital shift
The vast majority of console game sales still come from physical stores, new data reveals. MCV has combined UKIE/GfK Chart-Track data with new figures from SuperData in an effort to show the split between the digital and physical market. And it shows that around 80 per cent of game sales …
Read More »Minecraft once again dominates App Store charts
Mojang’s blockbuster game Minecraft continues to take the top position in both of the iOS charts. It is ahead of Snowman’s Alto’s Adventure, which takes second place in the iPhone and iPad Top Ten. Meanwhile, Heads Up continues to perform well in the iPhone chart, taking third place, while 505 …
Read More »The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt takes the top spot, is the biggest launch of the year to date
It’s been an impressive month for Japanese publisher Bandai Namco as it takes its third No.1 in as many weeks with The Witcher 3. The action RPG by CD Projekt RED smashed the Week One sell-through of Battlefield Hardline by 53 per cent, making it the biggest launch of the …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: May 17-23
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has dethroned Grand Theft Auto V in Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. In fact, The Witcher as a franchise had itself a very nice week. Along with the first place finish for Witcher 3, CD Project Red’s release also filled the list with …
Read More »Final Fantasy X Remaster on PS4 tops Japanese charts as games market slows
The (re)(re)release of Final Fantasy X/X-2 on PS4 wasn’t enough to stop the Japanese games industry slowing last week. Originally launched on PS3 last year, the PS4 edition of the remastered PS2 title topped the Japanese software charts last week, outselling former number one Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros …
Read More »Minecraft most-viewed games franchise on YouTube again in April
Mojang’s runaway success Minecraft continues to be incredibly popular on YouTube. Videos featuring the title were viewed 3,900m times, with 99 per cent of these being fan-made content. Minecraft videos formed 34 per cent of the Top 20 franchises. That’s according to a report released by research firm Newzoo and …
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