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Superdata’s worldwide digital games report for September has shown an annual 11 per cent increase in sales. Overall the digital games market was worth $5.4bn. The biggest growth was seen in digital console game sales, which shot up 29 per cent to $326m. That’s despite the number of console players …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One are up 40% on previous gen sales
Remember when everyone was saying that consoles were dying and no-now would be the next-generation machines? They were wrong. NPD has revealed that combined sales of the PS4 and Xbox One some 23 months into their lives are 40 per cent higher than the totals achieved by their predecessors the …
Read More »PS4 wins the US monthly sales race again in the US
Sony’s PS4 was the best-selling console in the US in September, marking the fifth successive month it has outsold Xbox One. That means that PS4 has beaten its rival every month this year with the exception of April. It may be a big ask for Sony to do the same …
Read More »Steam top ten: October 11-17
Pre-orders for Fallout 4 have vaulted the upcoming game to number one on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. There’s a fair chance that’s where Fallout 4 will stay, with the game coming out in less than a month. That said, this week’s runner-up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive seems to …
Read More »FIFA spends fourth week at No.1, Uncharted still second
Football blockbuster FIFA 16 has now spent one month in first place in the UK Top 40. EA’s game is at the head of a Top Four that remains entirely unchanged from last week. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection is still No.2 in spite of a 50 per cent drop …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: October 4-10
Early Access hit Ark: Survival Evolved has retaken the top spot on Steam’s weekly best sellers chart, thanks to a feature discount promotion on Valve’s storefront. Last week’s push helped the in-development survival gamereach 2m sales(and counting) prior to official release, and beat out Valve’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and …
Read More »FIFA 16 holds off The Nathan Drake Collection from reaching No.1
FIFA 16 spends its third week at the top of the UK charts. By scoring this hat-trick, EA’s football blockbuster is half-way to matching FIFA 15’s six-week run at No.1 last year. FIFA 16 manages this despite a 59 per cent dip in sales. EA’s title holds off competition from …
Read More »MGS V, Super Mario Maker top YouTube’s trending games for September
YouTube has released its top ten trending” games from last month, with the chart showing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Super Mario Maker out in front for the period. Behind the pair, sports titles NBA 2K16 and FIFA 16 finished third and fourth respectively, though Madden 16 …
Read More »Destiny: The Taken King tops PSN September charts
The best selling PlayStation 4 of last month was Destiny: The Taken King. That’s according to a post on the PlayStation Blog, which says that the latest expansion in Activision’s online shooter was No.1 on both the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 3 last month. The Taken King’s Week One …
Read More »PewDiePie tops the iPhone charts
YouTube superstar PewDiePie continues to be No.1 in the App Store charts this week. Legend of the Brofirst takes the top spot in the iPhone Paid charts, and second place in the iPad ranks. The mobile hit is out-selling regular chart-toppers Minecraft and Plague Inc on iPhone. The former falls …
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