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Battlefield Hardline has spent its second week in pole position of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Sales of EA’s new shooter fell by 43 per cent week-on-week, but Hardline still beat this week’s top new release, Sony’s PS4-exclusive Bloodborne. The hardcore RPG debuted at No.2, falling 22,500 units …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: March 22-28
Pre-orders for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V have helped the title pull ahead of Cities: Skylines on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. The pair finished ahead of Pillars of Eternity in third – though the game’s Hero Edition also grabbed the fifth position, so it’s …
Read More »Opinion: Time to change the charts
Confession: The new games chart we just published is inaccurate. We couldn’t get all the data for all the games we wanted. Not everyone was willing to share. And yes, we know that’s the exact reason why an ‘official’ version of that chart doesn’t exist. But then again, the ‘UK …
Read More »MCV transforms UK Top Ten by adding digital data into the physical charts
Last week’s ‘official’ UK Top 10 chart would have been totally different if digital sales figures were taken into account. Key sources have shared data with MCV that underlines the disparity between ‘official’ charts and the still unmeasured digital world. The pressure is now mounting on the industry as a …
Read More »Digital console sales down in February as Evolve underperforms – SuperData
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare brought in the most digital sales via consoles last month, beating out the likes of Grand Theft Auto V as well as new releases including Evolve and The Order. Games Industry reports on SuperData’s latest monthly digital console sales report, which shows a total of …
Read More »Japan heads back to the ’90s as Final Fantasy and Resident Evil top the charts
Last week’s Japanese retail charts resembled a bygone era, as the latest Final Fantasy and Resident Evil instalments topped the rankings. According to the latest data from Famitsu, the remastered PS4 edition of Final Fantasy Type-0, which was originally released on PSP exclusively in Japan back in 2011, was crowned …
Read More »Battlefield Hardline debuts at No.1, is the biggest launch of 2015 so far
EA’s new Battlefield game Hardline has debuted at No.1 in the Gfk Chart-Track Top 40. Not only is this the publisher’s first No.1 of the year, but it’s also the biggest launch of 2015 thus far. This is a more impressive debut than Battlefield 4. That title debuted in second …
Read More »Steam top nine sellers chart: March 15-21
Cities: Skylines has once again topped Steam’s weekly best selling chart, beating out Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Grand Theft Auto V pre-orders. Chart newcomer Reign of Kings finished in fourth, while Ori and the Blind Forest held fast in the sixth position for the second week in a row. Similar …
Read More »YouTube videos featuring Minecraft hit 4.3bn views last month
Minecraft has once again taken the top spot on Newzoo and Octoly’s monthly chart tracking the top 20 game franchises on YouTube. Games Industry reports on the latest research by Newzoo and Octoly, and the order of things hasn’t changed much from January’s findings. Minecraft’s dominance over the other franchises …
Read More »Yakuza keeps PS4 and Vita on top in Japan for a third week, as Mario Party 10 debuts at No.4
Nintendo’s new all-star outing for Mario Party hasn’t been enough to outdo Sega’s latest virtual gangster offering in Japan. According to the latest data from Famitsu, Sega’s Yakuza 0: Chikai no Basho topped the software charts last week. The PS3 release of the title outsold its PS4 counterpart by almost …
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