UK games sales down 30% in January to £59.2 million
MCV has posted ChartTrack’s monthly figures, it looks as though UK games sales were down 30% year-over-year for the month of January, with revenue coming in at £59.2 million. As with the NPD charts in the US, the lack of new releases was a contributing factor to UK’s decline, where as in January 2011 the ... Read More»
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Posted: Feb 10th, 2012
NPD January: 34% YOY decrease; MW3, Xbox 360 top
The NPD Group’s January 2012 report on US retail shows a marked depression over past years’ results. Combined software, hardware and accessory sales dropped from $1.14 billion in January 2011 to $750.6 million, a 34% decrease. Software sales amounted to $355.9 million with hardware coming in at $199.5 million, each representing a 38% year-on-year decrease. ... Read More»
RE: Revelations bests Soul Calibur V debut on Japanese charts
Resident Evil: Revelations topped Media Create’s software charts this week, after debuting in second place to Armored Core V last week. On the hardware side of things, Vita’s rebound the week prior was short-lived, as sales of the handheld fell 1,801 units week-over-week. Capcom’s 3DS shooter moved 43,575, bringing lifetime sales in Japan for RE: ... Read More»
UK charts: FFXIII-2 overthrows FIFA 12, MGS HD storms in
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is the new number one in the UK charts, taking over from FIFA 12 after a six-week spell. XIII-2′s week one sales are the biggest the series has ever had, taking over from 2010 predecessor Final Fantasy XIII. FIFA drops to fourth thanks to the release of Metal Gear Solid HD Collection ... Read More»
RE: Revelations sold through 75% of its debut shipment, says ASCII Media Works
ASCII Media Works, known for its Dengeki magazines, has reported that Resident Evil: Revelations has sold-through 75% of its initial shipment in Japan its first week on sale, which essentially is around 158,012 copies. The figures show a discrepancy between ASCII’s figures and those of Media Create’s, which stated earlier this week the Capcom title ... Read More»
NPD reaches agreement with Walmart to include the chain’s sales data
NPD has announced it’s reached an agreement with Walmart, which will allow the firm to include the retail giant’s sales data in its monthly games industry report. Information from both physical and an online outlets will be included. The agreement also includes data from other offerings the chain sells, which NPD also tracks, such as ... Read More»
Japanese charts: Vita rebounds, Armored Core and Resident Evil blitz charts
PS Vita have rebounded slightly in Japan after week-over-week declines since launch, and the new handheld should send Namco a thank you card for the resurgence, as it was due to Tales of Innocence R’s debut which did it. Over on Media Create’s weekly software chart, the Tales game wasn’t the only debut in the ... Read More»
UK charts: FIFA 12 goes six weeks clear, Resi Evil: Revelations enters sixth
FIFA 12 has stayed at the top of the UK charts for a sixth straight week, eight in total, with Resident Evil: Revelations entering the top ten as a new entry. The Capcom 3DS horror entered at sixth following its release last week. The rest of the line-up is all movers and shakers, with last ... Read More»
Quick quotes: UKIE on why new digital chart can work without Steam, Origin
“”I would love every company to be involved in the project. Are we going to get every company? Probably not. We are getting data that publishers and developers and IP owners themselves have. So if you’re a publisher or developer selling on Steam, those publishers and developers are giving us those sale figures. So they’re ... Read More»
Japanese charts: Vita sales lowest since launch, Mario Kart 7 bests string of debuts
PS Vita sales in Japan continued to decline last week according to Media Create’s weekly sales chart. The system moved 15,219 units, which is 3,142 units less than the prior week, and is the system’s lowest sales period since it launched in the region during December. Furthermore, no software titles represented the system on Media ... Read More»
Tetris and Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike were the top sellers on PSN in 2011
Sony has provided a list to Game Informer of the top 10 best-selling PSN titles for 2011 to Game Informer, and game downloaded the most was Tetris, while the best-selling DLC was the First Strike Pack for Black Ops. PSN titles rounding out the top five downloadable games were: Resident Evil 4, Infamous Festival of ... Read More»
UKIE to publish first digital PC games chart in February
UKIE has announced its digital chart for PC games, which has been two years in the making, will be published for the first time next month. The basic chart will be made public with more detailed figures available to companies which share the data with UKIE. “UKIE is committed to measuring the size of the ... Read More»
UK charts: FIFA holds on, Rayman Origins enters top ten
FIFA 12′s stay at the top of the UK charts continues for a fifth straight week, but Rayman Origins finally gets its due credit and enters the top ten. The utterly fantastic Ubisoft platformer enters at nine, just ahead of Bethesda’s RAGE. For FIFA, it’s now on its seventh week at the top if you ... Read More»
Japanese charts: Vita sales fall 57% over last week
PS Vita sales showed a drastic decline on Media Create’s weekly sales chart with only 18,361 units moved, a 57% decline over the 42,648 units sold last week. On the software end, Namco’s Super Robot Taise OG Saga Masou Kishin II moved 81,996 units for its debut on PSP. In Japan, Vita saw an upswing ... Read More»
Deus Ex: Human Revolution tops Amazon’s 2011 digital chart
On its top-ten bestsellers lists for 2011, Amazon noted a strong digital performance from Deus Ex: Human Revolution, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 predictably took top honours in the physical release ranks. Modern Warfare 3 was far less popular on the digital side, but rival Battlefield 3 performed well in both realms. While ... Read More»
3DS, Mario Kart 7 top 2011 Japanese charts
Media Create figures have shown Nintendo dominated 2011 with monster sales of 3DS and Mario Kart 7. The figures, published by 4Gamer, show 3DS sold 4.1 million units for the year between January 3, 2011 and January 1, 2012, with sales for December at 1.6 million units. The handheld launched in late February 2011 in ... Read More»
UK charts: FIFA 12 top for fourth week
FIFA 12 is head of the summit at the UK charts for a fourth straight week. The EA Sports title, in its sixth week in first overall, beat off Just Dance 3 and Skyrim to the top spot, with Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 rounding off the top five. And no, your eyes do ... Read More»
Modern Warfare 3 UK sales down year-over-year compared to Black Ops
ERA’s 2011 UK Entertainment reports shows that between its release on November 8 through the end of 2011, Modern Warfare 3 moved 2,814,609 units in the region, a number which falls 451,789 copies short of its predecessor, Black Ops for the same period in 2010, when it moved 3,266,298 copies. The Call of Duty series wasn’t the ... Read More»
NPD December: Industry sales decline 21%; MW3, 360 tops
NPD has released its industry report for December 2011, and industry sales came in at $3.99 billion, which is a 21% year-over-year decline. “Overall industry results are not entirely surprising given that we are on the back end of the current console lifecycle, combined with the continued digital evolution of gaming, “noted NPD’s Anita Frazier. ... Read More»
Call of Duty dethroned as UK’s biggest entertainment property by Adele
Call of Duty’s status as the UK’s biggest entertainment property is no more. Last year’s Modern Warfare 3 was second in the top 40 biggest entertainment properties, standing behind Adele’s 21. The Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer shooter sold 2,814,609 units in the UK compared to 3,924,985 sales of the singer’s second album, a difference of ... Read More»
Japanese charts: 3DS remains on top, Monster Hunter 3G passes 1 million sold mark
3DS continued to dominate Media Create’s weekly sales chart moving 240,819 units which is a 20% increase over the week prior. Monster Hunter 3G crossed the 1 million units sold mark during the week, making it the third 3DS and first third-party title to do so. A lack of new releases For the week ending ... Read More»
Shock: Modern Warfare 3 is 2011′s best selling game in UK
UKIE’s announced the best selling game of 2011 was Modern Warfare 3. The Infinity Ward shooter came out on top ahead of FIFA 12 and Battlefield 3. Chart-Track games boss Dorian Bloch said revenue for half of 2011 came from games that released in Q4 2011, with at least seven games in the top ten ... Read More»
Call of Duty takes top three spots on 2011 Xbox Live activity charts
One juggernaut dominated Xbox Live during 2011 – and it’s exactly what you expected. Activision’s Call of Duty franchise nabbed the three top spots on 2011′s Xbopx Live activity charts, as revealed by Major Nelson. 2010′s Black Ops took top spot, with November’s Modern Warfare 3 in second place and 2009′s Modern Warfare 2 coming ... Read More»
UK charts: FIFA 12 becomes 2012′s first number one
FIFA 12 has remained at the top of the UK charts for a third week, becoming the first number one game on the chart in 2012. Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, Just Dance 3 and Skyrim make up the top five. Zumba Fitness rockets up the chart out of nowhere to six, with RAGE also ... Read More»
Black Ops, Age of Empires Online, others top Xbox Live activity charts for 2011
Microsoft has released a list of the most popular titles on Xbox services for 2011, and Black Ops was the number one title for the year on Live, based on unique users. Other titles which proved rather popular were Pinball FX2, which topped the Arcade list, and FortressCraft Chapter 1 was the most popular Indie ... Read More»
