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Sales of 2m units in its first five days on release has seen Call of Duty: Black Ops shatter UK sales records and effortlessly claim the position of UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats No.1. The numbers represent an estimated revenue of 81.9m. The numbers are 13 per cent better than …
Read More »Pokemon B&W breaks records
Nintendo’s cult gaming IP Pokemon continues to endure in Japan with news that the latest release in the series has set a new sales record for the brand. Andriasang reports that between them Pokemon White and Pokemon Black sold a massive 2,637,285 copies in their first week of release in …
Read More »JAPAN: Xbox 360 S sells 700
This week saw the launch of the slimmed-down Xbox 360 S in Japan, but figures from Media Create as reported by Spong show that the new console sold just 700 units, accounting for less than 20 per cent of total Xbox 360 hardware sales. The best selling machine of the …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Super Smash Bros brawls its way to number one
Mirroring its success in both the Japanese and US markets, Nintendo’s Wii outing Super Smash Bros: Brawl has beaten off the competition this week to claim the number one spot in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. Last week’s number one, LucasArts’ LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures, is pegged back …
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