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Valve has announced Steam’s top ten selling titles and products from the past week. The DayZ mod phenomenon shows no signs of slowing, with ArmA II: Combined Operations taking the top spot for the second time in three weeks, and buzzing around the upper end of the charts for nearly …
Read More »UK CHARTS: The Dark Knight claims No.1
Warner Bros’ LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has swung straight to the top spot in this week’s UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Its predecessor, LEGO Batman, managed only second place in its debut week. The Dark Knight aside, it’s a relatively unchanged Top 40 this week with …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 17-23
Valve has announced Steam’s top ten selling titles and products from the past week. Massive Civilization V expansion Gods & Kings made the leap from third last week to the top of the pile this time around likely due to its actual release (previous appearances were based on pre-orders). The …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA 12 returns to No.1
The excitement of Euro 2012 has no doubt played a big part in FIFA 12’s return to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track this week. It would be fascinating to know how many of those customers forked out the additional 15 for the Euro 2012 DLC, too. It’s the …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Ghost Recon top in largely static Top 40
It’s three weeks and counting at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week for Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. It holds on to the top spot despite a 48 per cent week-on-week fall in sales. It joins an exclusive club of titles …
Read More »UK Charts: Ghost Recon holds its ground at No.1
Ubisoft still reigns in the UKIE GfK ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier winning a second week at No.1. Max Payne 3 is another non-mover at No.2 despite a 39 per cent dip in sales. Ghost Recon saw a similar decline of 35 per …
Read More »OPINION: The digital debate
Once again the issue around calculating digital sales data towards the industry’s charts and research data has become a talking point. Last week MCV discussed the suggestion that Blizzard’s Diablo III would have topped the charts if digital sales from Blizzard’s Battle.net store had been included in retail charts. GfK …
Read More »Dragon’s Dogma storms Japanese charts, breaks records
Capcom’s open-world Dragon’s Dogma has debuted at the top of the Japanese software charts. It sold a fantastic 302,040 units on PS3 with an additional 29,024 units on Xbox 360. The two SKUs claimed first and fifth in the software charts respectively. Even more impressively, the game becomes the fastest …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 20-26
Valve has reported the top ten selling titles for the previous week. Dead Island grabs top honors thanks to a 60 per cent off mid-week sale. ArmA II continues to thrive thanks to its DayZ mod, taking the runner-up spot as a follow up to its out-of-nowhere rise to number …
Read More »OPINION: A moment in chart history
When the trade clicked open its Monday morning UKIE charts update this week, the big story was the data that wasn’t listed. Max Payne may be a worthy No.1. But with a three day headstart and a passionately connected PC audience Blizzard’s DiabloIII was undoubtedly the ‘real’ No.1 thanks to …
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