Entries in 'global' (72)
PC downloads worth $1bn in 2009
The value of the PC digital distribution will comfortably sail past the $1bn barrier this year.
Buyout sets Pirate Bay on the road to legality
Whether or not the previous owners of Swedish file-sharing portal The Pirate Bay succeed in over-turning their prosecution in the increasingly protracted legal saga, it seems that The Pirate Bay ...
Blu-ray and DVD sales down
The global market for both Blu-ray and DVD discs dropped by 4.8 per cent to $482m in 2008, with analyst Screen Digest blaming both the worldwide recession and online piracy ...
Call of Duty sales pass 35m
The boss of Activision Publishing boss Mike Griffith has stated that total sales of the Call of Duty titles have now hit an eye-watering 35m units worldwide.
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Game Boy Advance far from dead
Whilst the ongoing global dominance of both the Wii and DS means that Nintendo has little time left to ponder its older formats, it seems that former handheld favourite the ...
41% of all PC software is pirated
A new study has claimed that a remarkable 41 per cent of all software installations on PC last year were based on illegally pirated copies – a figure which amounts ...
Lifetime Final Fantasy sales hit 85m units
Japanese developer and publisher Square Enix has revealed some global lifetime sales figures for its biggest owned IPs – and unsurprisingly it’s Final Fantasy that leads the charge.
Devil May Cry series tops 10m
Having made its name on PS2 and gone on to enjoy success on both Xbox 360 and PS3, Capcom’s Devil May Cry series has now shipped 10m units worldwide.
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83 DS titles pass a million units
Cumulative sales of Nintendo’s original DS, DS Lite and DSi have now passed the 100m units sales mark globally, the platform holder has confirmed.
DS on track for 100m sales this month
Nintendo’s DS handheld is on course to break the 100m global unit sales barrier this month according to Japanese economic newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
Blu-ray approaching 100m disc sales
Global sales of Blu-ray discs will pass the 100m unit mark this year, according to data from research firm Futuresource Consulting.
EA: FIFA 09 sells 7.8m units
As part of its Q3 financial statement, EA has named FIFA 09 as its top performing title of Q3 2008, with sales topping an impressive 7.8m units worldwide – ...
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Iwata: DS could sell 150m
Saturo Iwata, the global boss of Nintendo, has stated to inverstors that he believes the firm’s twin-screened DS handheld could go on to sell over 150 million units worldwide.
Games overtake films in global entertainment market
Statistics from market research company Media Control Gfk International suggest that gaming has overtaken DVD and Blu-ray in terms of worldwide market value, Edge Online reports.
Guitar Hero III sales pass $1bn
Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith has claimed that 2007’s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has now surpassed a sales value of $1bn – a milestone the exec claims has ...
Hirai: LittleBigPlanet has sold 1.3m
Speaking to an audience at the Consumer Electronics Show, Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai revealed that the firm’s critically acclaimed PS3 title LittleBigPlanet has now sold 1.3m units worldwide.
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Wii Sports claims global sales record
The latest numbers from controversial stat-crunchers VG Chartz are claiming that Wii Sports has surpassed Nintendo’s own 1985 NES title Super Mario Bros to become the best selling video game ...
Sequels dominate 2008 global sales charts
The age old struggle of the new IP in the games market has been highlighted once again with news that only one original title has been able to make it ...
Fallout 3 shifts 4.7m in week one
Publisher and developer Bethesda has revealed that its critical and commercial smash Fallout 3 shipped a quite incredible 4.7 million copies across the world in its first week of sale ...
Game Boy Advance finally succumbs to DS
Hot on the heels of its financials that were released this morning, Nintendo has now revealed that global shipments of its DS handheld have surpassed that of its successful older ...
Hirai: Gaming will be “less affected” by credit crunch
Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kazuro Hirai has expressed his belief that the games industry can whether the storm of the increasingly volatile global financial unrest.
Clancy brand going global after breaking 50m sales barrier
Ubisoft has plans to make its Tom Clancy franchise a true heavyweight in the wider entertainment world after the series reached a spectacular 52 million in lifetime unit sales.
