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After three consecutive weeks where new IP ruled the UK retail charts, Rockstar’s crime opus Grand Theft Auto V has reclaimed its crown. The past three weeks saw 2K’s Evolve, Sony’s The Order: 1886 and Warner Bros’ Dying Light take first place in the UK software rankings. But thanks to …
Read More »Steam top eight sellers chart: March 8-14
Cities: Skylines has taken the top spot on Steam’s best sellers list for the past week, beating out Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The victory for Cities: Skylines doesn’t come as much of a surprise, given the game sold 250,000 copies over a 24-hour stretch last week. Curiously, the fourth and …
Read More »Supermarkets lose game market share to specialists and online retail
The game revenue share held by supermarkets decreased in 2014. Last year, supermarkets took a 25.8 per cent share of the UK games software market by value, down on the 29.7 per cent recorded in 2013. This is according to the latest data from Chart-Track and published by the Entertainment …
Read More »PS4 and Vita remain on top of the Japanese charts, despite spate of new 3DS releases
Sony’s consoles have topped the Japanese hardware rankings once again, despite a week full of new titles for Nintendo’s 3DS platform. The latest data from Famitsu shows that last week marked the third consecutive week on top for PS4 and Vita, after they were propelled and subsequently kept there by …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 1-7
Dragon Ball Xenoverse has claimed the peak position on Steam’s top ten sellers for the past week. Pre-orders are still going strong for the PC edition of Grand Theft Auto V, with the title finishing in the top five again. Rockstar’s title finished ahead of Counter-Strike Global Offensive, Cities: Skylines …
Read More »Unturned was the most owned game on Steam in 2014
And the chances are you’ve probably not even heard of it. Early Access title Unturned is described by some as a cross between Minecraft and DayZ that sees players working together to survive an ongoing blocky zombie apocalypse. An in-depth look at Steam user data by ArsTechnica has shown that …
Read More »Dying Light still No.1, GTA V back in second place
Warner Bros and Techland’s open world zombie title Dying Light once again takes pole position in the GfK Chart-Track Top 40. It keeps the top spot in spite of a 48 per cent decline in sales this week. The game has so far managed to outpace the other new IPs …
Read More »Nintendo and Take-Two shine in a quiet February
In spite of a few big releases this February, the games market is tracking behind last year. 1.4m games were sold last month, representing a seven per cent decline year-on-year. Meanwhile software revenue slipped 1.8 per cent to 39.1m. Game sales have generally been slow this year, with Evolve and …
Read More »Gaming hardware market worth $67bn last year – JPR
The overall gaming hardware market reached $67bn in 2014, according to new data presented by analyst Jon Peddie Research. Games Industry reports on JPR’s presentation, which claimed PC accounted for 33 per cent of the market, smartphones came in at 23 per cent, consoles and handhelds brought in 16 per …
Read More »81% of Total War: Attila sales were digital
Sega’s strategy title Total War: Attila would have charted at No.3 in the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 if the rankings took into consideration digital sales, MCV can reveal. The title sold 21,680 copies in the UK in its first week on sale. 81 per cent of those sales …
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