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Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed, Halo – all will be outsold by Bungie’s Destiny this year, according to Cowen Research analyst Doug Creutz. VentureBeat reports that the company’s data on game pre-orders points to sales of between 10-15m units this year – which by implication means that either a fantastic …
Read More »Are we really giving up on Xbox 360 and PS3?
E3 2014 was rammed with games for PS4 and Xbox One. It was an exciting show for those millions of gamers that have invested in Microsoft’s and Sony’s latest hardware. Yet for that even larger audience yet to upgrade, and are still happily playing with their 360 or PS3, it …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 22-28
Borderlands 2 came out on top of Steam’s latest top sellers chart, as the Summer Sale rages on. The title’s Game of the Year edition finished ahead of last week’s winner, Skyrim – though its Legendary edition was still able to nab the runner-up slot. Payday 2 surged to third …
Read More »Tablets overtake 3DS as most popular children’s gaming device in UK
The era of portable consoles may be drawing to a close. New data from Futuresource Consulting says that tablets have for the first time overtaken Nintendo’s 3DS as the most popular personal games device owned by UK children. Specifically, 44 per cent of UK children between the ages of three …
Read More »Kantar: Pre-owned games offer an average £4.40 saving over new
Kantar Worldpanel consumer insight analyst Jules Williams examines the opportunities and challenges involved in this lucrative market… Some gamers love them; some hate them. Either way, pre-owned games are an important part of the market. They make up 10 per cent of the UK games market and had a strong …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 15-21
The annual summer sale has invaded Steam this week, meaning that a host of past chart toppers have burst back onto the top ten thanks to major discounts. Skyrim’s Legendary Edition on special leads the pack, with a discounted Payday 2 taking the runner-up spot. DayZ was able to climb …
Read More »Wii U sales fall in Japan as Vita sales creep back up
The PlayStation Vita has crept ahead of Wii U in Japan as the momentum gained from the release of Mario Kart 8 has started to wear off. The latest Famitsu data shows that Nintendo’s machine sold 10,366 units in the week ending June 15th. That’s down from 12,576 units last …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 8-14
Early Access title The Forest continues to outpace the rest on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. The game has been on top of the list for a few weeks now, perhaps suggesting there’s a new sheriff in town – though DayZ is still selling strong enough to finish …
Read More »Watch Dogs still No.1 as World Cup game rises up charts
Watch Dogs has held onto the top spot for the third week running in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It does so with in spite of a 47 per cent decline in sales. But EA’s 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is climbing up the charts, going from …
Read More »A third of PS4 owners have moved from Xbox and Nintendo, Sony says
Research suggests that 31 per cent of PS4 owners had an Xbox 360 or Wii but not a PS3 in the last hardware generation. That’s according to PlayStation’s American VP of marketing John Koller, who told Kotaku that the same research also suggested that 17 per cent of current PS4 …
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