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EA anticipates 22m Xbox One and PS4 consoles will be sold during 2015. To date, thePS4 has sold 22.3m unitsworldwide, with2m of those sales in the UK. As of November 2014, Microsoft announced it had shipped 10m Xbox One consoles globally. According to EA, 27 million new-gen consoles had been …
Read More »Resident Evil HD passes 1m worldwide sales
Capcom has revealed that its recent reworking of survival horror classic Resident Evil has been a strong seller. Specifically, the game has sold over 1m units worldwide since its release on January 20th. This is in part because the dev team made a great product, but also because of the …
Read More »Releasing a game in 2015: ‘Holy f**k, it’s got harder’
New titles require unique non-game related hook or hilariously weird premise to gain coverage, says Cliff Harris
Read More »Nintendo hardware up year-on-year in the US
Both the 3DS and the Wii U have sold more so far in the US throughout 2015 than they had at this stage in 2014, the platform holder has said. Precise numbers haven’t been revealed, although the handheld is up 80 per cent year-on-year and the Wii U 20 per …
Read More »Bloodborne has sold 155k digital units worldwide, SuperData claims
PS4 exclusive Bloodborne is on track to become the most successful game in the Souls series to date, with digital sales accounting for over a tenth of its total. While it’s not a Souls game by name, of course, it’s commonly accepted that Bloodborne sits resolutely within the Souls games …
Read More »Mortal Kombat X enjoys the biggest launch in the series’ history
The creative director of Mortal Kombat has said that Mortal Kombat X has sold faster than any previous entry in the series’ 13-year history. Thank you everyone for making Mortal Kombat X the biggest launch in MK history,” Ed Boon said. You made the game FAR exceed our wildest expectations.” …
Read More »Bloodborne sales surpass 1m
From Software's hit new IP reaches milestone in less than two weeks after release
Read More »Bloodborne sales pass 1m units
PS4 exclusive Bloodborne is now a million-seller. Gematsu reports that as of April 5th the game had sold 1m units. That includes both physical and digital sales of the game. The game was released in the UK on March 27th but arrived in other territories earlier – the US got …
Read More »1m sales and counting for Paradox’s Cities: Skylines
One of this year’s breakout PC hits has passed a big sales milestone. Cities: Skylines, which was released on Steam last month, has now sold over 1m copies across PC, Mac and Linux in a little over a month. Paradox has also announced that users have created 33,000 mods for …
Read More »Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate ships 1m in the West
Capcom is celebrating a milestone achievement for its Monster Hunter series in the European and American market. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, which was released on February 13th, has now shipped 1m units in the West. This makes it the fastest selling game in the series in the region. Capcom notes …
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