It might take a year or two to accomplish, but EA is intent on knocking Call of Duty from its perch. EA Europe SVP Jens Uwe Intat has told MCV that the firm wants the resurgent Medal of Honor to outgun Activision’s powerhouse series. The first Medal of Honor in three …
Read More »Warriors of Rock to better GH5
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will outsell last year’s installment in the series, Activision has told MCV. Last year Guitar Hero 5 went straight to the top of the UK All Formats Top 40, ahead of rival The Beatles: Rock Band. Activision believes the latest title, released this Friday, will …
Read More »Halo boosts Xbox 360 hardware sales
Not content with boosting the weekly video games software market in the UK last week, the release of the latest instalment in the Halo saga also provided a welcome boost for Microsoft’s hardware sales. The release of Halo Reach helped increase Xbox 360 console unit sales by 99 per cent …
Read More »Pokemon B&W breaks records
Nintendo’s cult gaming IP Pokemon continues to endure in Japan with news that the latest release in the series has set a new sales record for the brand. Andriasang reports that between them Pokemon White and Pokemon Black sold a massive 2,637,285 copies in their first week of release in …
Read More »MS: Halo Reach sales are staggering
As millions of gamers continue to plough millions of hours into Bungie’s Halo Reach, Microsoft has praised the staggering” achievements that the game has already celebrated. The title shot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 yesterday, selling 300k copies in the UK alone on …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 overtakes Wii in 2010
Sony’s PlayStation 3 has now overtaken Wii to become the best selling home console of 2010 in Japan. In total since January Sony’s machine has shifted 1,017,094 units in the territory compared to Wii’s 1,015,513, according to numbers from Media Create reported by VG247. Coupled with the most recent data …
Read More »Strategic ads key to Sniper triumph
Mastertronic claims Sniper: Ghost Warrior proves smaller publishers don’t need a massive marketing budget to make their game a success. The City Interactive FPS has sold over 60,000 units since July, and is still present in the Top Five of the Xbox 360 chart – no small feat for a …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Halo Reach is No.1
It’s no shock to see Microsoft’s Xbox 360 shooter Halo: Reach shoot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. The game now claims the title of biggest ever week one sales performer for Microsoft on Xbox 360. The game also becomes the …
Read More »Kinect sales will blow away iPad
The Xbox 360 Kinect will outsell Apple’s highly successful iPad – that’s the claim being made by Microsoft at the Tokyo Game Show. The pre-orders have been really strong,” official Kinect spokesperson Kudo Tsunoda told Gamasutra. As far as what we’re looking at for holiday, this is going to be …
Read More »iPad ‘cannibalising’ laptop sales
Best Buy’s CEO has hinted that Apple’s iPad is taking market share from laptops. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Brian Dunn said that the retailers internal estimates suggested that iPad had cannibalized sales from laptop PCs by as much as 50 per cent.” The revelations come as …
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