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The GfK UK Boxed Top Ten between July 30, 2022 and August 6, 2022
Read More »Horizon: Forbidden West climbs a robot dinosaur back to #1 in UK Boxed Charts
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 real-time battles its way to #1 in UK Boxed Charts
The GfK UK Boxed Top Ten between July 23, 2022 and July 30, 2022
Read More »The force is strong with Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga as it returns to #1 in UK Boxed Charts
The GfK UK Boxed Top Ten between July 10, 2022 and July 16, 2022
Read More »Games bigger than music and video, represented over 50% of UK entertainment market in 2018
FIFA 19 was the best-selling game of 2018 in the UK, with ERA saying that the games market is the “biggest winner in entertainment’s digital transformation”
Read More »Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and F1 2017 dethrone Crash Bandicoot in UK charts
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy has gone straight in at No.1 in the UK weekly charts, becoming the sixth PlayStation exclusive title to debut at the top spot so far this year. Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, meanwhile, fell to No.3 after sales declined by 10 per cent week-on-week, allowing Codemasters’ F1 …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V reclaims UK No.1, Nioh debuts at No.2
Grand Theft Auto V has shot back to the top of the UK games charts, ending the reign of Capcom’s Resident Evil VII to claim its twelfth UK No.1. Sales of Take-Two’s mega hit rose 1 per cent week-on-week, and it’s now one of just five titles to claim at …
Read More »Call of Duty tops charts in difficult month for boxed retail
Shooter Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare took the No.1 spot in the November charts, making Activision Blizzard the No.1 publisher in both units and value for the month. Boxed unit sales were down 26 per cent compared to Black Ops III’s first month, though. And Activision’s shooter was not the …
Read More »UK Weekly Charts: Pokemon is biggest seller but doesn’t top charts
Pokmon Sun and Moon technically failed to top the UK weekly charts for their first week.Pokmon Sun debuted at No.3 and Pokmon Moon entered the charts at No.4. GfK however says that combined sales for Nintendo’s latest titles would give them the top spot – so Pokemon is the biggest …
Read More »PlayStation VR set to eclipse Rift and Vive sales in the UK
Sales of Sony’s PlayStation VR tech are on track to outsell the combined sales of HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, according to data tracker GfK’s October consumer panel survey. The research firm says thatthe hardware’s PlayStation branding led to high expectations for the tech and ‘eradicated many concerns’ about VR. …
Read More »Battlefield 1 debuts at No.1
After three weeks at the top, FIFA 17 has been pushed down to No.2 by another EA title, as Battlefield 1 debuts in top spot. According to GfK, this new entry in the franchise has outsold the combined week one sales for both 2013’s Battlefield 4 and 2015’s Battlefield Hardline. …
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