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The game has sold over 5 million units in Japan, making it the best-selling game of the year so far.
Read More »Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Japan’s best selling game of the year so far, selling over 5m units
Biggest April for five years as pandemic boosts UK game and hardware sales
The much-awaited Final Fantasy 7 Remake was the best-selling title of the month.
Read More »Have Shadow of War sales lived up to its ‘triple-A flagship’ billing?
Warner Bros’ Middle-earth: Shadow of War’s first weekend figures came out this morning and it looks to be down on what the company was hoping for the title. It’s still one of the better-selling titles of the year – in the top ten of 2017’s various Week One openings – but we …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV hits 6.5m units
Final Fantasy XV has now sold over 6.5m units, according to the game’s director Hajime Tabata. Tabata revealed the figure during an interview with Gamespot over PAX 2017. "From a business standpoint, we’ve achieved over 6.5m units," he said. "The fact that we’re still going to be putting out content …
Read More »Ubisoft Q1 sales up 45.2% YOY thanks to strong back catalogue performance
Ubisoft has announced its Q1 sales report for fiscal year 2017-18. Sales were up 45.2 per cent year-on-year between April and June 30th, amounting to €202.1m. That’s just over €30m more than expectations. Of that €202.1m, 94.3 per cent came from back catalogue sales, which equated to €190.4m. A lot …
Read More »Switch hits 1m sales in Japan after 17 weeks
After 17 weeks on shop shelves, the Nintendo Switch has finally hit one million sales in Japan,according to the latest figures from Famitsu. That’s not as fast as the Wii or 3DS, which took six and 13 weeks respectively to hit the same milestone, but it’s certainly much quicker than …
Read More »Street Fighter V has sold 1.4m units
Capcom has revealed that Street Fighter V has sold 1.4 million copies since its February launch. That’s according to a listing on the firm’s finance website, which lists the sales performance of various games – flick through to the fourth page to find Street Fighter V. That figure includes both …
Read More »Miitomo has been downloaded 3m times
Nintendo has revealed just how well its first foray into the mobile gaming space is doing. The platform holder took to Twitter (below) to announce that Miitomo has been downloaded three million times worldwide. This follows the app’s launch in the UK and American markets yesterday (March 31st). Miitomo was …
Read More »Call of Duty franchise has sold over 250m units globally
Publisher Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops III was the top-selling title of 2015 worldwide. In a blog post by communications manager Scott Lowe, the firm also revealed that thefranchise to date has reached more than 250 million units. The post also announced that the series was …
Read More »Splinter Cell Blacklist sells 2m copies, Rayman Legends nears 1m
Ubisoft has announced sales numbers for a pair of under-performing titles, revealing Splinter Cell: Blacklist has moved 2m units and Rayman Legends is closing in on 1m copies sold. Games Industry reports the Ubisoft provided the figures following its recent call to investors, where the publisher had warned investors that …
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