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Sales of the 3DS XL and 3DS rose this week thanks to a number of new releases, according to Japanese market data provided by Famitsu. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth debuts at the top of the software chart, while fellow new release Card Fight! Vanguard comes in at No.3. …
Read More »Video games contributed £1bn to UK in 2013
A new report from TIGA says that the video games industry contributed 1.02bn to the UK economy in 2013. That’s up from 947m the year before, and resulted in tax revenues of 419m for the Treasury. The total number of people employed by the sector is up too, from 9,224 …
Read More »Watch Dogs and Mario Kart hold onto top chart places
Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs has retained its place at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. This is in spite of an 81 per cent decline in sales week-on-week – there was an 84 per cent drop in sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions, …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 1-7
Recently released Early Access titles The Forest and The Stomping Land have taken the top two spots on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. Last week’s winner Watch Dogs slipped to third, while DayZ maintained its previous position in fifth. Discounts on Injustice: Gods Among Us and Mortal Kombat …
Read More »eSports viewing almost doubled in 2013
New numbers suggest the boom in eSports is showing no sign of abating. Gamasutra reports that IHS Technology data suggests 2.4bn hours of eSports were viewed throughout 2013. That’s nearly double the 1.3bn watched in 2012. Furthermore, it estimates that this will have climbed to 6.6bn hours by 2018, by …
Read More »Jo Twist stresses need for digital video games sales data
MCV teamed up with UKIE last week to create an estimated value of the UK games market. But there are still big holes in the industry’s knowledge – particularly around digital. UKIE CEO Dr Jo Twist writes for MCV to discuss the need for a digital sales chart… As an …
Read More »UK leads the way in mobile, online and downloadable games
The UK is the biggest market for digital games in Europe. The latest figures from IHS Screen Digest reveal that the digital and online spend on games grew 16 per cent in the UK to 819m last year. This is driven by increased spending on freemium PC game experiences, PC …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 25-31
Watch Dogs has grabbed the top spot on Steam’s top ten weekly sellers chart, with a pair of new Early Access titles also making significant marks on this week’s list. Alpha versions of both The Forest and The Stomping Land (pictured) are apparently selling like hotcakes, as the titles debuted …
Read More »UK games market leaps 20 per cent to £3.48bn
The UK games market has risen dramatically year-on-year, as almost every industry category grew. MCV’s annual valuation of the games market – this year conducted in collaboration with UKIE – shows that game sales were up 20 per cent over last year to 3.48bn. This year’s figure includes books, magazines …
Read More »Wii U outsells PS4 in Infamous’ first week in Japan
Nintendo’s Wii U has outsold the PlayStation 4 this week in Japan according to sales data provided by Famitsu. The Wii U has been close behind Sony’s consoles for the last few weeks and this week overtook the PS4 by 1,471 units. The bigger surprise was that the change comes …
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