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News Persona 5 Royal Hits 'Record Sales' In the West, Says SEGA
Lookin' cool, Joker
Persona 5 Royal appears to have been a hit for SEGA, according to the company's latest financial report. Although it doesn't give us any numbers, the report states: "Persona 5 Royal began selling in the U.S. and Europe on March 31st, achieving record sales. While physical sales were restricted, the ratio of digital sales...
News UK Sales Charts: Grand Theft Auto V Still the Bestselling PS4 Game in a Stagnant Top 10
Spot the difference
The physical UK games chart has very nearly come to a complete standstill. The latest sales positions are almost identical to last week's, with only one or two minor changes to the top 10. In terms of PlayStation 4 titles, it's Grand Theft Auto V that's doing the best, maintaining its spot in second place despite its age...
News PS4 Console Sales Surpass 110 Million with 41.5 Million PS Plus Subscribers
That's a lot of moolah
As part of its financial results for the fiscal year ending 31st March 2020, Sony has provided another sales update for its PlayStation 4 console. The platform has now sold through 110.4 million units in total, up from the 106 million it reported earlier this year at CES 2020. Joining those stats is the number of PlayStation...
News UK Sales Charts: Final Fantasy VII Remake Leaves the Top 10 as GTA V Gains Ground
Still got it
The world has ground to a halt, and so too has the physical UK games chart. There's sadly not much to report this week, as new releases have dried up and we're left with the usual suspects. In fact, a game that's been in the top 10 nearly every week for many years, Grand Theft Auto V, is very nearly back at the very top. It's in second...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts Final Fantasy VII Remake Comes Top in the US
But not in Europe
The April download charts for PlayStation Store are in, and as usual, there are some notable differences between regions. Final Fantasy VII Remake is perhaps the most prominent new entry in both charts, but it placed higher in North America, debuting at number one. In Europe, Cloud's return came fourth to some evergreen PS4 titles,...
News UK Sales Charts: SnowRunner Faces Uphill Battle Against an Immovable Top 10
Slow and steady
More than usual, the physical UK chart is noticeably stagnant. This should come as no surprise, of course, but it makes it a tough subject to talk about as each week passes with little change. With many games pushed back and brick and mortar game shops closed, this was bound to happen. SnowRunner, a decent offroad haulage simulator,...
News UK Sales Charts: Resident Evil 3 Falls Out of Top 10 in a Slow Week for PS4
Musical chairs
The latest physical UK chart is here, and if we swapped it out for last week's, no one would notice. Nine out of the top 10 games once again make an appearance among the bestsellers, with the exception of Resident Evil 3. Capcom's latest remake has slipped from eighth to 17th. Replacing it is Red Dead Redemption 2, which has been on...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty Kicks Final Fantasy VII Remake Off the Podium
At ease, soldier
It was hardly a surprise, but Final Fantasy VII Remake dominated the physical UK chart last week. With new releases slowing down, we were expecting it to top the latest chart as well, but alas, it's been bested by some old favourites. FIFA 20 takes the top spot this time, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is in third place, meaning...
News March 2020 NPD: PS4 Exclusives Strong As Switch Explodes
Sony's system up 25% year-over-year
A global pandemic is good news for Nintendo apparently, as Switch registered absurd sales figures greater than its launch. But the NPD sales report for March 2020 in the United States also includes positive news for PlayStation, as a spate of exclusive software performed particularly well on the Japanese giant’s...
Shipments and digital
All things considered, Final Fantasy VII Remake is off to a blistering start in terms of worldwide sales. Square Enix reports that the game has moved 3.5 million copies in just three days after its launch on the 10th April. That figure includes physical shipments and digital sales. It's an impressive total, especially so when...
News Stunning Indie Hit GRIS Surpasses One Million Sales
Celebrations in order
The PlayStation 4 plays host to so many incredible indie games that we'd be here all day listing every single one of them. Although, we do actually have a list of the Best PS4 Indie Games for you to digest. GRIS is one such title, and that has converted into so many sales for developer Nomada Studio that it can be considered a...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Sales Off to a Great Start in Japan Despite Coronavirus Situation
PS4 sales spike
Final Fantasy VII Remake has proven to be a hit in Japan. The latest estimated sales numbers from Famitsu are in, and the long awaited remake tops the software charts by some distance. What's more, the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake has resulted in a sales spike for the PlayStation 4 itself. The console's been selling quite...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts New Releases Can't Compete with Call of Duty
Modern Warfare and Warzone lead the way
March saw the release of several key PlayStation 4 titles, but none of them could quite knock Call of Duty: Modern Warfare off its throne. Particularly in Europe, last month's new games didn't make much of a dent in the digital download chart. DOOM Eternal is 14th in Europe, but fares better across the...
News Resident Evil 3 Reaches Two Million Sales Across Shipments and Digital
Accrued over just five days
It may not be receiving quite as much love as its predecessor, but Resident Evil 3 is still doing well when it comes to sales. Capcom has announced that the remake topped two million sales worldwide across physical shipments and digital purchases within its first five days of availability. Nearly 50% of that total came...
News UK Sales Charts: The Last of Us Remastered Makes Surprise Return to the Top 10
Post-apocalypse comeback
A number of new PlayStation 4 releases have brought a welcome shake-up to the UK sales charts over the past couple of weeks. However, the surprise this time around is the unexpected return of one of the console's best exclusives. The Last of Us Remastered has reentered the top 10, climbing seven places while Final Fantasy...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Fares Admirably at UK Retail Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Half of Final Fantasy XV's physical first week
Final Fantasy VII Remake sold half as many physical copies as Final Fantasy XV during its first week on sale in the UK, but that’s an incredibly impressive result when you consider the vast majority of retail stores are closed at the moment. You’ve also got to factor the fact that Final Fantasy XV...
News UK Sales Charts: Resident Evil 3 Makes Call of Duty Its Nemesis in Fight for Number One
But you can't stop Nemesis
Last week saw the arrival of Resident Evil 3, and it seems the UK managed to grab its fair share of physical copies despite the coronavirus lockdown. Capcom's latest remake secures a second place debut, not quite toppling the almighty Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. However, it did knock FIFA 20 down a peg. It's not the...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty Creates a Warzone with DOOM Eternal for Shooter Supremacy
Bang bang
The latest UK chart is in, and we're back to a relative norm. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is back atop the all formats chart, and we can probably attribute part of that resurgence to Warzone, the free-to-play add-on that now comes with every copy. Meanwhile, DOOM Eternal, which saw a strong second place debut last week, moves down a...
News Sounds Like DOOM Eternal Had a Hell of an Opening Weekend
Breaks franchise records
One of 2020's big new games, DOOM Eternal, landed at the end of last week, and by the sound of it has done very well for Bethesda. The hellishly good first person shooter had a record-breaking opening weekend, according to the publisher. Although no sales figures have been provided, Bethesda says the sequel more than doubled...
News UK Sales Charts: DOOM Eternal Secures Second Place Amid Huge Surge in Demand for Games
Coronavirus prompts spike in game sales
It's an extremely turbulent time right now, as fears surrounding coronavirus see businesses shutting up shop, employees working from home, and streets clearing as people are forced to stay indoors. It would be insensitive to make light of the situation, of course, but one interesting side effect of all this is...
News UK Sales Charts: Nioh 2 on PS4 Slays with Number One Debut at Retail
Monster sales
Finally, a new release on PlayStation 4 has made an impact on the UK's physical chart. Nioh 2, Team Ninja's Souls-esque sequel, arrived last week, and has defeated a number of huge foes to debut in first place. It's a good result for the PS4 exclusive in an unusual week for games at retail. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and FIFA 20 are...
News February 2020 NPD: Consumer Spending Dips in Uneventful Month
On the rocks
Consumer spending dropped by 29 per cent year-over-year, as February 2020 proved to be an uneventful month in the latest NPD sales report for the United States. According to analyst Mat Piscatella, “late cycle hardware dynamics for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well as a lighter new release software slate drove the variance”. It...
News UK Sales Charts: The Usual Suspects Remain as the Country Sleeps on Dreams
Pun intended
The physical UK chart feels like it's been pretty much the same for months now. This is partly down to a lack of notable new PlayStation 4 releases, of course, but it's a little difficult to drum up things to say each week when the same handful of games are perpetually the country's top sellers. This week, Nintendo secures a successful...
News PS4 Has Reportedly Sold a Ridiculous 68 Million More Units than Xbox One
109 million to 41 million
As you may already know, Microsoft doesn't report Xbox sales figures. The company stopped keeping us up to date all the way back in 2015, after it became clear that the Xbox One's numbers would not paint a pretty picture when compared to the runaway success of the PlayStation 4. Since then, we've had to rely on third-party...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Ships Over 400,000 Units
Breathing fire
Yakuza: Like a Dragon’s sales looked disappointing at first blush in Japan, but between physical and digital copies, the role-playing game’s done okay for itself. SEGA reports that shipments have now exceeded 400,000 copies across Asia, and the publisher is marking the occasion with a 30 per cent discount on the Japanese...
News UK Sales Charts: Dreams Declines While Two Point Hospital Gets a Very Healthy Start
NH Yes
Here's something we weren't expecting to see this morning. In a retail chart otherwise filled with the typical popular titles, Two Point Hospital gets off to a great start, coming in just behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for a second place debut. It's a pleasant surprise to see a relatively small game do so well in the shops. We're not...
News Persona 5 Scramble Enjoys Good Start in Japan, PS4 Version Easily Outsells Switch
Phantom strike
Japan is clearly up for yet more Persona 5, as action-based sequel Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers has topped the latest software charts. It's off to a pretty good start, moving 162,000 copies or so across both PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. Perhaps unsurprisingly, though, it's the PS4 version that's proving to be much...
News UK Sales Charts: Dreams Flies Low as Bayonetta and Vanquish Breach Top 10
Bad dream
We all knew it would probably happen -- Dreams has been a critical success, but commercial success appears to be much tougher for it. After debuting at number eight in last week's physical UK chart, the latest bestsellers list puts Media Molecule's masterpiece at number 15. It's not quite as bad as it sounds, though. The decrease in sales...
News Tekken 7 Celebrates 5 Million Copies Sold With Updated Character Artwork
Season 3 fighters join the party
Tekken 7 just keeps selling. Surpassing everyone's expectations, including Bandai Namco's, the fighter has maintained a very healthy competitive scene since it launched on consoles back in 2017, and its good reputation has kept those sales figures ticking along nicely. And we all know what happens whenever we get...
News Grand Theft Auto V Was the UK's Best Selling Game in January 2020
What else did you expect?
Let's not beat around the bush: January 2020 was an incredibly quiet month for video games. So quiet, in fact, that a release from 2013 ended up being the best selling title of the month here in the UK. We are, of course, referring to Grand Theft Auto V, a game which manages to appear on the UK sales charts week in, week...
News PS5 Will Ship 6 Million Units in Just a Few Months, Analyst Predicts
Big beginning
Sony’s stressed the importance of transitioning PlayStation 4 owners to the PlayStation 5 as fast as possible, and one analyst believes it could ship six million next-gen consoles by 31st March next year. With a November launch likely, it means that the organisation would have about five months to get that many systems into retail,...
News UK Sales Charts: Yakuza in Dreams Land As PS4 Exclusives Start Strong
Two new PS4 titles in top ten
If you’ve been following the Yakuza franchise since the dark days when Sony had to step in and localise Yakuza 5 on SEGA’s behalf, then it’s probably refreshing to see a trio of Ryu ga Gotoku re-releases near the top of the UK charts. Yakuza Remastered Collection was actually the biggest new physical launch in...
News PS4 and Xbox One Sales Worse in January 2020 Compared to PS3 and Xbox 360 in January 2013
Slowing down
It was a disappointing January 2020 for all consoles in the United States, but fascinatingly the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One performed worse than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in January 2013. This is pertinent because both instances represent the final January of their respective hardware cycles. Why, then, do current-gen consoles...
News January 2020 NPD: Dragon Ball the Only Winner in Dry Month
Just Saiyan
Overall video game spend dropped by 26 per cent year-over-year in a dismal start to 2020 in the United States. As has been the case for a while now, hardware sales dipped dramatically, with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on the cusp of being replaced. Perhaps surprisingly, not even the younger, sprightlier Nintendo Switch could avoid...
News Devil May Cry 5 Becomes Best-Selling Entry in the Series at 3.1 Million Units
Capcom dominance
Capcom really has taken the PlayStation 4 generation by storm. Monster Hunter: World became its best selling video game of all time at 14.9 million units, Resident Evil 2 is officially outselling the PSone original, and now Devil May Cry 5 is the best-selling entry in the Japanese franchise. The publisher has updated its lengthy...
News The Division 2 Reaches Bargain Bin Price of $2.99 on PlayStation Store
Bargain Hunt
The Division 2 is about to get a whole lot bigger in the coming weeks with the launch of its biggest expansion yet, Warlords of New York, but you can snap up the base game for cheaper than ever at the moment. Ubisoft's looter shooter is being sold for just $2.99 on the US PlayStation Store until 3rd March. It is slightly more expensive...
News UK Sales Charts: Zombie Army 4 Lurches Into the Top 10 as Dragon Ball Crashes to Earth
Not much else to see, though
Another week, another physical UK chart to yawn at. With a lack of new software, the spending habits of Brits have hardly changed for weeks. The latest top 10, however, does have a new entry. Zombie Army 4: Dead War from Rebellion makes a debut at number eight, and we suspect it will have done even better digitally...
News Nioh Surpasses Three Million Copies Sold Worldwide Ahead of Sequel
It's all good
Developer Team Ninja hasn't got a bad word to say at the moment. After impressing us once again at a Nioh 2 preview event ahead of the sequel's release next month, it has now been revealed that the original game is even more of a sales success than we thought. The series' official Twitter account announced overnight that Nioh has...
News Sony Seems to Be Unifying PS Store Sale Themes Across Regions
All together now
Sony’s various regional branches have historically acted largely independently but beginning last year PlayStation has been attempting to unify its divisions. We saw an example of this in a recent marketing campaign, which was consistent across the entire globe, but emphasised different brands depending on the region. And now...
News PS Store Reduces the Price of Retro Games and Remasters
Old school
Sony’s launched a new sale on the European and North American PlayStation Stores, spotlighting retro games and remasters. The deals, which will run through 21st February, include reductions on titles like Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy, and
News Granblue Fantasy Versus Sales Are Off to a Good Start in Japan and Asia
Grand
The West has to wait a little longer for Granblue Fantasy Versus, but the pristine looking fighting game is already off to a solid start in Japan and other Asian territories. Publisher Cygames reports that the title has shipped and digitally sold over 150,000 copies since it launched on the 6th February. That's pretty good as far as fighting...
News The Outer Worlds Is a Big RPG Success with Two Million Copies Shipped
Not including Game Pass
Obsidian's The Outer Worlds took the RPG genre by storm last year when it became an instant hit on PlayStation 4, and it looks like that has translated into a big success at retail with more than two million copies shipped worldwide. This makes it the studio's most successful title since South Park: The Stick of Truth.
News Code Vein Sales Top 1 Million Worldwide
Bound by blood
Action role-playing title Code Vein has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, publisher Bandai Namco has announced. The game, often referred to as 'anime Dark Souls', launched in September last year, and recently it received its first expansion, 'Hellfire Knight'. It's not a bad result for a game that released during such a busy...
News PS4 Sales on the Decline as PS5 Draws Near
Next-gen approaches
Sony has just posted its latest financial report, covering the third quarter of fiscal year 2019. This covers the holiday season, and it's pretty clear that PlayStation 4 sales are beginning to fall. As you can see in Sony's presentation, sales were down 20 per cent year-on-year for its gaming sector. The company attributes this...
News PSN Earned $12.48 Billion for Sony in 2019
That's a lot of money
How big is the PlayStation Network? Well, it’s $12.48 billion big, according to data crunched by ResetEra via Sony’s latest sales report. The Japanese giant raked in an eye-watering $9.28 billion in 2019 through the PlayStation Store, with the sale of full games, add-ons, and microtransactions. It then made a further
News UK Sales Charts: Dragon Ball Z Takes a Tumble as Call of Duty Continues Winning Streak
Under 9,000
The physical game chart for the UK doesn't make for particularly inspiring reading, but hey, it seems we know what we like. With the absence of major releases, the latest chart is looking familiar as ever, with the usual suspects all swapping seats in the top 10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is in first place once more, which is likely...
News Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Felt the Force of Retailers' Cash Registers
All in order
EA has had a pretty dismal generation in general, but Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order represents a rare success story for the firm. Not only has the PlayStation 4 title attracted plenty of critical acclaim, but it’s also been a big financial success for the publisher – proof that it’s still possible to produce a great single player...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Sales Aren't So Disappointing in Japan After All
Huge increase in digital sales
When last week's Japanese sales charts arrived, it was looking like Yakuza: Like a Dragon had been a bit of a flop. It didn't do terribly, but it also didn't appear to spark a resurgence for the series in its homeland. However, according to SEGA's Toshihiro Nagoshi -- who oversees the Yakuza franchise -- the latest...
Close to breaking top 10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is currently enjoying an impressive revival off the back of the recent Netflix series. The highly rated role-playing title is almost five years old at this point, but age doesn't matter when people are going gaga for Geralt. Indeed, the latest UK sales charts give us a glimpse into just how popular...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty and Dragon Ball Z Duke It Out for First Place
Who came out on top?
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot got off to a flying start in UK retail last week, debuting in number one and knocking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare off its perch. Activision's ever-popular shooter has made a swift recovery, however, and has returned this week to reclaim the top spot once more. Goku's RPG still lands in second place,...