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Steam title Antichamber has done pretty well for itself since its release in June. Creator Alexander Bruce told Polygon that the game has sold 100,000 units on Valve’s platform. And for those thinking 100k is not an impressive number – we can assure you it’s far in excess of some …
Read More »SimCity sales reach 1.1m copies, breaks Origin records
EA’s controversial city-simulator SimCity has passed the 1m unit sales mark. The publisher has announced that the game, which was released in the UK on March 8th, has to date shifted 1.1m copies. The game also broke Origin records, helping the service to 1.3m concurrent users. Furthermore, 54 per cent …
Read More »Microsoft Surface sales pegged at just 1.5m – report
Just 1.5m Surface tablets have been sold since the hardware’s launch in October, according to reports. Bloomberg claims to have word from insiders who reckon that sales of the entry-level Surface RT version stand at just over a million units while sales of the Surface Pro, which was released last …
Read More »Wii U suffers historically bad US sales performance
Estimated sales of just 64,000 units in February have left Wii U facing up to the reality of being the worst selling new console in two generations. Many had expected a better performance last month after an influx of pre-owned units on the market in January was blamed for poor …
Read More »GameStop: Post-Xmas Wii U sales slower than expected
Wii U’s poor performance in the February US market has been compounded by worrying noise from the country’s leading games retailer. Following the holiday launch period, sales have been slower than we expected,” GameStop president Tony Bartel told Forbes. Nintendo plans on launching some of their biggest IP over the …
Read More »SimplyGames sales nearly double
The games market may be struggling, but online indie SimplyGames has enjoyed a strong start to the year. MD Neil Muspratt reports that total sales are up by over 90 per cent year-on-year since January 1st and sales for Q4 2012 grew by 69 per cent year-on-year. We are delighted …
Read More »Miyamoto on Wii U sales: "I’m not at the point where I’m concerned yet"
Nintendo’s design boss Shigeru Miyamoto insists that he remains confident about the Wii U’s long-term prospects. He does concede, however, that he had hoped for a better performance than the machine has achieved to date. I think that the Wii U still has a long future,” Miyamoto told The New …
Read More »Miyamoto: Gamers buy hardware if games appeal
Mobile boom doesn't preclude strong next-gen sales, argues Zelda creator
Read More »February sales plunge as blockbusters fail to shine
UK games execs were left scratching their heads last month after a string of big budget action games failed to lift games retail out of the gloom. Last month UK games stores sold 1,854,954 games, a drop of 19.9% over February 2012. And that’s despite big name releases including Dead …
Read More »Develop Studio Sales Charts: February
The most bankable game studios in the world today, measured by retail sales data
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