MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
And you thought Nintendo’s handheld wasn’t popular? The latest charts data from Media Create shows that in just two years sales of Nintendo’s 3DS have already passed the lifetime sales of Sony’s six year old PS3. PS3’s lifetime Japanese sales stand at 8.7m. Last week 3DS sold 211k units, taking …
Read More »Xbox 360 has moved 70m units
Microsoft has announced lifetime sales for the Xbox 360 has hit 70m units. The figure, reported by CVG and current as of September 30th, encompasses all units moved since the console’s launch in November 2005 – an average of around 10m units sold a year. PS3 and Wii, which both …
Read More »3DS passes 7m in Japan, claims entire software Top Ten
The established Nintendo narrative amongst European journalists seems to be quite negative at the moment, but the story in Japan could hardly be better. The latest Media Create numbers for the region show that Nintendo’s 3DS was once again the best selling hardware of last week, shifting 111,857 units. This …
Read More »Was Vita’s Gamescom dream shortlived? Lifetime sales numbers revealed
It was the week that Vita seemed to live again. But all too quickly Sony’s ambitious handheld has been brought down to earth. Sony has traditionally been coy about revealing Vita’s sales numbers, but be it deliberately or not the numbers were finally revealed at Gamescom last week, with PlayStation …
Read More »Minecraft PC exceeds 7m copies sold, major 360 update in the works
Mojang’s smash hit Minecraft has eclipsed the 7m mark for units sold on its original platform alone. The PC sales figure is just the latest in a string of significant milestones for the title, which smashed XBLA records when it debuted on the 360 earlier this year. More than 7 …
Read More »Nintendo: Over 5m 3DS units sold in US
Nintendo has announced their 3DS handheld has sold over 5m units in the United States. The company revealed the figure following the NPD Group’s June report. The simultaneous launch of the 3DS XL and New Super Mario Bros. 2 on August 19th, along with a holiday line-up including the latest …
Read More »The Witcher franchise surpasses 4m units sold
The Witcher franchise has sold over 4m units across all platforms, developer CD Projekt Red has announced. The number was reached based on combined sales of The Witcher on PC and Mac and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings on PC and Xbox 360. "I’m still amazed with the result …
Read More »3DS sales hit 15m units
Lifetime sales of Nintendo’s 3DS have now hit 15m. The handheld has reached that goal faster than either the DS or the Wii, but has still clearly lagged behind Nintendo’s own expectations, with the company lowering all of its full-year forecasts. Total 3DS software sales hit 28.04m units. As for …
Read More »Angry Birds downloads reach half a billion
Smash-hit game Angry Birds has been downloaded over half a billion times across various platforms, developer Rovio has announced. The entertainment media company said this made the title one of the most downloaded games in history. "This is a fantastic landmark achievement for us, and we’re extremely delighted to see …
Read More »Kinect sales reach 10m
Microsoft has celebrated Kinect’s first birthday this week by announcing lifetime sales of 10m units for the device. There’s a flip-side to the news, however. Kinect sold a record-breaking 8m units in its first 60 days on sale. In the 10 months that have followed it has managed to shift …
Read More »