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Nintendo enjoyed a good week for 3DS thanks to the Zelda re-release. Ocarina of Time 3D made it to No.2 in the chart upon its debut last week, and according to GfK Chart-Track data was bought by over 20 per cent of the handheld’s userbase in its first two days. …
Read More »1m dance games sold every month
The lucrative dancing game genre shows no signs of slowing down. Over 1m dance games are sold globally every month, according to MCV research. That includes 12m Just Dance games, over 3m copies of Michael Jackson, 2.5m copies of Microsoft’s Dance Central and 2m units of 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness. …
Read More »Contact Sales hires two new faces
Expect to hear more about niche games like Street Cleaning Simulator very soon. PC games distributor Contact Sales has strengthened its publishing labels with two new execs for PR and sales. Ian Morris joins as sales executive while Charlotte Gunn becomes PR and marketing executive. The pair will work on both …
Read More »Portal 2 passes 3m sales
Valve’s recent release and critical hit Portal 2 has now sold in excess of 3m copies. The number comes from Gabe Newell himself and was revealed at the Games for Change event at New York yesterday, according to Joystiq. It’s understood that it covers both boxed retail and digital sales …
Read More »JAPAN: Xbox 360 sells 1.5m units
Over 1.5m Xbox 360 consoles have been sold in Japan – a territory Microsoft has found tough to crack. The system originally launched back in 2005 and reached 1m sales in 2009. Now the console has topped 1.5m sales according to Japanese site Wazap, as translated by Kotaku. Over 55m …
Read More »Take-Two shares fall
Shares in publisher Take-Two have fallen by four per cent meaning that since mid May the company has lost over 15 per cent of its overall value. Market Watch says that despite nearing 1m unit sales in the US alone, recent Rockstar release LA Noire has failed to meet sales …
Read More »Wii will keep selling, says Iwata
The announcement of the Wii U may mean that Wii’s time left on the market has suddenly become finite, but Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata believes there’s plenty of sales opportunities left for the device. "It can be said that for any consumer product, different audiences buy a product at different …
Read More »Nintendo: 3DS has not met expectations
Platform holder Nintendo has admitted that the early performance of the 3DS at retail has fallen some way short of the company’s internal expectations. "I think it’s fair to say that while Nintendo 3DS had a strong launch day, the results since then have not met our expectations," president Satoru …
Read More »US PS3 sales up despite PSN outage
Sony has claimed that sales of PS3 consoles in the US climbed 14 per cent in May compared to the same month in 2010, according to NPD data That the console has managed this despite the PSN outage that plagued the month is very impressive. And seemingly at odds with …
Read More »Bad reviews won’t dent Duke’s return
A 14-year production cycle seemingly hasn’t been enough to drag Duke Nukem Forever out of the development doldrums, but one analyst believes that the game’s sales won’t be affected. 2K Games’ long awaited title shot straight to the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. …
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