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Mario’s 3DS outings break US sales records

Both Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 have become the fastest selling games in the history of their franchises in the US. The pair are the first 3DS games to sell over a million units in the territory. In addition, the 3DS console itself has officially sold more …

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Skyrim passes 10m shipped mark, beats Steam records

Bethesda has now shipped in excess of 10m units of its fantastic RPG title The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim worldwide. No firm sales figures have been released, though the publisher adds that the number represents some $650m in sales. Valve has added that Skyrim is now officially the fastest selling …

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100m downloads and counting for Mac App Store

Over 100 million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store since its launch in January earlier this year. The milestone for the Mac store comes after the huge success of the App Store for iOS, which currently has more than 500,000 uploaded apps and has seen more than …

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PopCap: 120m people play social games

More people are playing social games than ever before, says PopCap. The casual giant found that 71 per cent more play social games today compared to last year – 120m players in total. Plus, the number of ‘avid’ social game players have more than doubled from seven per cent in …

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3DS beats DS year one sales numbers

Despite a troubled start to its life, Nintendo’s 3DS has after just eight months on the market beaten the year one sales numbers of its predecessor the DS. In total the 3DS has now sold in excess of 2.37m units worldwide. The achievement will go some way to silencing critics …

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Kinect’s year one Japanese sales revealed

In celebration of its first birthday in Japan, Famitsu has published firm Japanese sales data for Xbox 360 motion camera Kinect. And the truth is the numbers aren’t very good. In total the device has sold 114k at Japanese retail. That represents fewer than one in ten Xbox 360 owners …

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PlayStation Move sales closing on Kinect

Kinect may be a more familiar fixture in the headlines, but a new report suggests that PlayStation Move may be steadily closing the sales gap. In fact, IndustryGamers reckons that Move is no only around a million units behind Kinect, which has sold 10m worldwide according to Microsoft’s most recent …

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We Sing series hits a million

Nordic Games has confirmed that total lifetime sales to date for its We Sing series have now hit one million units worldwide. The number was revealed at last night’s London bash which was attended by X-Factor’s Kitty Brucknell. Whilst these figures may not be in the same league as Modern …

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Profits up as Deus Ex: Human Revolution shifts 2.18m copies

Since its release on September 30th, Square Enix title Deus Ex: Human Revolution has sold 2.18m copies around the world. 1.38m of those units were snapped up in Europe and 800k in North America. The numbers come as Square Enix announced a 115 per cent rise in net profit to …

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Cooking Mama series hits 2m UK unit sales

505 Games has confirmed that total UK sales of the Cooking Mama series have now hit 2m units. Furthermore, the brand has shifted 3.5m copies in all of Europe and a massive 12m across the world. It remains the best-selling third-party series on DS since its debut in 2006. The …

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