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Supergiant has revealed updated sales figure for both of its critically acclaimed titles, Bastion and Transistor. Supergiant’s debut Bastion has surpassed the 3m sales mark. The game debuted in 2011 on Xbox 360 and PC, and later released on Mac, Linux, iOS and Google Chrome platforms. Transitor has sold 600,000 …
Read More »PS4 was the UK’s best-selling console in 2014
Sony has added to its global PS4 sales info by confirming the console’s UK success in 2014. The platform holder says GfK Chart-Track data shows that PS4 was the UK’s best-selling console in 2014 and also the best-selling machine on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday in November. It was …
Read More »PS4 sales surpass 18.5m units worldwide
PlayStation 4 has sold more than 18.5m consoles worldwide, Sony has announced. The firm adds that 4.1m of that total were sold during the 2014 holiday shopping season, which ran from November 23rd to January 4th. Sony also revealed that 81.8m PS4 games had been sold since the system’s November …
Read More »Develop Studio Sales Charts: Ubisoft Montreal takes top spot in December
The most bankable game studios in the world today, measured by retail sales data
Read More »Respawn: Titanfall up to 8m unique users, wishes game had been on Steam
The exact sales of Titanfall, like many recent triple-A releases, remain unknown, but developer Respawn has said that the shooter is approaching 8m unique users. However, studio boss Vince Zampella has admitted that he would have liked the PC version to be released on Steam and not just as an …
Read More »COD: Advanced Warfare is 2014’s best selling US game, but sales dip up to 27% year-on-year
Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the best selling game to date in the US, although analysts suggest that sales are down on predecessor Ghosts. The publisher says NPD data shows the latest COD is the best selling 2014 title on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360 and …
Read More »Shovel Knight sells 300,000 copies
Studio doubles initial goal of 150,000 sales
Read More »Black Friday boosts for Xbox One and PS4 in UK
Sales of both next-gen consoles were up sharply week-on-week in the UK last week as retailers offered some great Black Friday deals. Overall games hardware sales (both consoles and handhelds) soared past 300k units, a retail source has told MCV. Home console sales in the UK are at this point …
Read More »Develop Studio Sales Charts: Publisher-owned studios knock independent devs out of top ten in November
The most bankable game studios in the world today, measured by retail sales data
Read More »This War of Mine recoups dev costs in two days
11 Bit Studios’ PC title This War of Mine is already in the black. The downbeat war survival title recouped its development costs after just two days of availability on Steam, the studio has said, with sales coming from customers spread across 92 countries. 33 per cent of sales came …
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