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The world’s eyes may be on PlayStation this month, but it is Xbox that is on the cusp of becoming the UK’s No.1 games console. Xbox 360 has surpassed 8m UK sales and will overtake Wii in a matter of weeks. A major push from a revamped SCEE team has …
Read More »Releasing a demo can damage your game sales, social games bloss claims
Getting a taster of your game into the hands of consumers is essential, right? Perhaps not. Speaking to the crowd at DICE 2013, the CEO of crowd designed gaming site Puzzle Clubhouse used data from Xbox 360 releases to suggest that games tended to perform better when gamer’s were still …
Read More »Dead Space 3 claims simple No.1
EA’s action horror title Dead Space 3 has, in the words of UKIE GfK Chart-Track, comfortably” claimed the No.1 spot this week. Nonetheless, sales of the game tracked 26.2 per cent lower than its predecessor Dead Space 2, which also claimed No.1. The Xbox 360 version of the new title …
Read More »Activision predicts year-on-year decline for Call of Duty
The next Call of Duty – likely to be Modern Warfare 4 – will likely sell less than this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II. That’s according to Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg. Remember, too, that while says of Black Ops II have picked up in regions such as …
Read More »ACIII success proves Vita is viable, Ubisoft argues; Assassin’s Creed 4 announced
The PlayStation Vita remains a viable platform for publishers, Ubisoft has argued. Sony lowered its sales expectation for the machine for the fourth time earlier this week, leading many to write it off as a commercial disaster. But Ubisoft says that there is money to be made with the right …
Read More »Borderlands 2 on track to be 2K Games’ best seller
Borderlands 2 is on track to become the highest-selling title in 2K’s history – as it nears 6m copies sold. Speaking in yesterday’s financials call, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick revealed Gearbox’s FPS sequel was the company’s biggest earner in terms of digital sales across the past fiscal year. "Building on …
Read More »The Witcher series hits 5m sales
With The Witcher 3 reveal behind it, CD Projekt has announced lifetime sales numbers for the franchise. Between The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the series has surpassed 5m copies sold – with 2012’s Xbox 360 release of the sequel contributing significantly to the figure. The Witcher …
Read More »Dead Island sales reach 5m units
Publisher Deep Silver has confirmed that global sell-through numbers for 2011 release Dead Island have hit 5m units. Furthermore, the company seems very pleased to have hit the milestone without simply throwing endless cash at the game. While others focus on ever-increasing development budgets and driving brand messages via ballooning …
Read More »3DS struggles are entirely our own fault, Iwata says
Saturo Iwata accepted responsibility for lower than expected international sales of the 3DS. Having already pointed a finger at its international teams for the disappointing performance of Wii U to date, the Nintendo boss also believes that the company has only itself to blame for the handheld’s current performance. It …
Read More »Iwata criticises retail for cagey buying strategies; Says digital could be saviour
Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata has said that many quality games are suffering because retail is afraid to order SKUs in sufficient numbers. That’s because retailers are afraid of being left with surplus stock, he argues – a problem that could be solved by increasing the space given to digital sales …
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