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Astonishing earnings plot growth in every metric
In every conceivable measure, the PlayStation business is absolutely thriving. While there’s been a huge amount of chatter about the trajectory of consoles in 2025, Sony’s latest financial report paints a completely different picture. Over the last few years, one criticism that’s been levelled...
News PS5 Console Sales Surpass 80 Million Milestone, Closing in on PS3
80.3 million systems sold
Sony announced, as part of its latest financial results, that the PS5 console has now reached 80.3 million console sales. 2.5 million PS5 systems sold in the Q1 quarter of fiscal year 2025 (April to June), helping it to reach the milestone. The update means the PS5 is now closing in on the PS3's lifetime sales of roughly...
News Guilty Gear Strives Tops a Once Unthinkable 3.5 Million Players
Still my heart is blazing
Guilty Gear Strive has now surpassed 3.5 million players since its launch in 2021. Given the series' obscure and incredibly niche roots, that's a seriously impressive figure. Strive has been an immense success for Arc System Works — and truth be told, it's probably surpassed the company's wildest expectations. This time...
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Struggling Sales Drag Capcom Stock Price Through the Mud
Wild
Capcom's been on a seemingly unstoppable winning streak for years now, but the company really seems to have hit a snag with Monster Hunter Wilds. Despite racking up record sales on release back in February, the action RPG has seriously struggled to maintain commercial momentum. Capcom's most recent financial report tags Wilds at just 477,000...
News Eye-Opening PS5 Sales Data Reveals Why Microsoft Is Porting Xbox Games
Update: Revised list of best-selling PS5 games posted
We have known some of Microsoft's porting efforts, like for Forza Horizon 5, have been paying off with very strong PS5 sales as of late, but a new table from Circana really puts into perspective why the Xbox titles are going multi-platform. Across the Q2 period of 2025, which runs from 6th April...
News Hardcore FPS Ready or Not Takes PS5 by Storm, Console Sales at 2 Million
Overall sales at over 11 million
Void Interactive's hardcore FPS Ready or Not continues to go from strength to strength on consoles, as it's been shared the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions have now sold a total of two million units since launch on 15th July 2025. The team's CEO, Julio Rodriguez, posted the sales update on LinkedIn, where he...
News Devil May Cry 5 Sales Spike After TV Show, Even DMC 4 Outsells Monster Hunter Wilds in Q1
Capcom's best-selling game of the quarter
The popularity of the animated Devil May Cry TV show from Netflix has resulted in big sales spikes for the series' most recent video game entries. In the Q1 quarter, which ran from the start of April 2025 to the end of June 2025, Devil May Cry 5 was Capcom's best-selling game, with over 1.7 million units...
News PS5, PS4's Vengeance Edition Helps Shin Megami Tensei 5 Reach 2 Million Sales
1 million units from the Vengeance version
Atlus has revealed total sales for Shin Megami Tensei V have now surpassed two million units thanks to the boost from its multi-platform Vengeance edition. The RPG was originally a Nintendo Switch exclusive, but received an updated edition across PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC just over two...
News Immense Elden Ring Success Makes Its DLC, Nightreign Top Sellers Too
DLC at 10 million, Nightreign at 5 million
With more than 30 million sales to its name, Elden Ring helped FromSoftware reach a new level of fame in the games industry, having successfully turned its wide but ultimately linear Dark Souls formula into an open world. That level of success and extremely high quality has now impacted the developer's...
News Jun 2025 USA Sales: PS4's Record Launch Month Stomped by Switch 2
Let the battles begin
Sony no longer holds the record for USA launch month sales. As expected, the Nintendo Switch 2’s humongous 1.6 million opening has stomped the PS4’s still impressive 1.1 million debut. It’s perhaps worth remembering that the PS5 probably had a shot at putting up similar numbers back in 2020, but it dropped in the thick...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Tops 5 Million Players, Performs 'In Line with Expectations'
Shadows broker
Assassin's Creed Shadows has now topped an impressive-sounding 5 million players, according to Ubisoft, having launched back in March. But of course, player count does not necessarily equal total sales, and so there'll always be arguments over how many copies Shadows has actually shifted. Unfortunately, Ubisoft simply doesn't seem to...
News Xbox Port Forza Horizon 5 Reportedly PS5's Best-Selling New Game of 2025
Sold over three million copies, say estimates
The success of the PS5 port for Forza Horizon 5 is well documented by this point, but a new sales update for the open-world racer claims it's selling so well that it's now become the console's best-selling new game of 2025 so far. According to data from Alinea Analytics, the racing title surpassed three...
News Hardcore FPS Ready or Not Is Proving Popular on Consoles, 1 Million Copies Sold
Over 10 million units sold overall
Released less than a week ago on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, Ready or Not developer VOID Interactive has confirmed the two new console versions have already sold more than one million copies. When including the original PC edition, it has sold over 10 million units in total. On the milestone, CEO Julio Rodriguez said...
News Xbox's Forza Horizon 5 Sold an Outrageous 2 Million Copies on PS5 in a Month
Project Latitude delivers
We always sensed the market for Forza Horizon 5 on PS5 was humongous, but even we’re a little stunned by how well it’s sold. The game – which has been consistently near the top of global sales charts ever since it deployed on Sony’s system – is said to have shifted two million copies in its first month on the...
News May 2025 USA Sales: PS5 the Only Console with Growth as Xbox Price Hike Proves Costly
Elden Ring: Nightreign a best-seller
Year-on-year, PS5 was the only console to see growth in May, as the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S saw spending decline quite dramatically. There is context for this, of course — especially on the Nintendo side of things. The imminent arrival of the Switch 2 meant that general interest in its predecessor...
News Digital Sales Make Death Stranding 2 PS5 Estimates Much Stronger
Said to have sold 1.4 million copies
Physical UK video game sales are almost dead in the water, but that does not stop early conclusions from being drawn from them. At the start of this week, Death Stranding 2 opened to a 66% drop in physical sales in the region compared to the first game. Now, via data firm Ampere, it's estimated the PS5 exclusive...
News Death Stranding 2 and Rematch Trade Blows in PS Store's Top Selling PS5 Games of June
Thing about Sam Bridges is he'll always try and walk it in
Two games you wouldn't expect to see in the same sentence are Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Rematch, but it turns out they were two of the best-selling PS5 games on PS Store last month. In fact, they trade places exactly in the North American and European charts; Kojima Productions'...
News Overlooked Action RPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink Just Topped a Solid 2 Million Sales
Out of the blue
Despite being largely overlooked when it launched back in February of last year, Granblue Fantasy: Relink has gone on to be a decent seller for Cygames. You may remember that the action RPG released at a particularly busy time, sandwiched between titles like Persona 3 Reload, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and Tekken 8. Still, it...
News The Expedition 33 Story Keeps on Getting Better with 'Unusual' Sales Increase
Thanks to word of mouth from fans
The success story that is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 shows no signs of slowing down, as new data confirms the RPG generated more revenue in its second month on the market than the first. According to Newzoo (via GamesIndustry.Biz), this is "unusual for a premium title". It's the other way around generally, and so...
News In a Surprise to Absolutely No One, Rematch Is Doing Really Well
Already sold over one million copies
Rematch, the uber-awesome Rocket League without cars soccer-style arcade game, is doing incredibly well. Sifu developer Sloclap has announced that the title has surpassed one million units sold already, and has racked up three million players across all platforms. It’s worth noting that the game is available...
News SEGA's Accidentally Outed Sales Numbers Put a Lot into Context
To sell this good takes AGES
It’s so rare we get meaningful sales data from publishers, unless a title has performed exceptionally well. But we found this accidentally uploaded information from SEGA fascinating, because it actually clues us in to the real-world performance of a number of titles. Here’s all of the data, as archived by
News Two-Week Holiday, Bonus, Switch 2 for All Lies of P Devs After Game Sells 3 Million Units
Right after DLC launch
The best Souls-like not made by FromSoftware, Lies of P has now sold over three million copies since its 2023 release. To celebrate, all members of the Round8 Studio development team will be rewarded with a two-week holiday, a bonus of 10 million KRW (~£5,400 / $7,300), and a Nintendo Switch 2. Prequel DLC Lies of P:...
News Critically Panned MindsEye Makes Surprising Debut in First Sales Report
No accounting for taste
MindsEye is being put through the wringer right now, but it seems UK gamers are willing to give it a shot. The country's physical games chart is here, and the action title has made a pretty strong debut at number four. Not a bad position for most new games, let alone one that's been so heavily criticised. As usual, the PS5...
News Stellar Blade Thrives on PC, 1 Million Copies Sold in 3 Days
Three million units across PS5, PC
Stellar Blade has now sold over three million copies across both its PS5 and PC versions, developer Shift Up confirmed. The PC version gave the action title a considerable boost, as the team reports it sold one million units in just three days. After making a splash on PS5 last year, Sony acted as publisher for...
News Devil May Cry 5 Can't Stop Selling, Now Tops 10 Million Units
Anime plays a big role in driving series forward
Devil May Cry 5 has now sold over 10 million units, six years after its original release on the PS4 in 2009. This is a particularly significant milestone because the title was previously at 9.1 million units as of 31st March, meaning it’s tagged on another 900k units over the past three months...
News Switch 2 Absolutely Destroys PS2's Launch Record in Japan
It's not even close
It’s not enormously surprising, but the Nintendo Switch 2 has ground pounded the launch records of practically every other console in the country. The system debuted with 947,931 units, according to Famitsu. This number even excludes some data, like purchases from the My Nintendo store. To put this into context, the previous...
News The Superb Street Fighter 6 Has Now Surpassed 5 Million Sales
KO
Street Fighter 6 just recently celebrated its second anniversary, and coinciding with that is a new sales milestone the 2D fighting title has just reached. Publisher Capcom has announced the game has now sold more than 5 million copies: The Street Fighter series as a whole has sold 56 million units (as of March 2025), meaning the latest entry...
News Sounds Like Switch 2 May Have Obliterated PS5's Launch Record in France
Sony's system launched during the pandemic, remember
In a story that you’re likely to see regurgitated all over the web across a multitude of different regions this week, it sounds like the Switch 2 may have absolutely obliterated PS5’s launch record in France. Now there’s important context to keep in mind here: Sony’s current console...
News Xbox's Forza Horizon 5 Is Cleaning Up on PS5 Right Now
That multiformat push is playing out well
We predicted it, and it’s come true: Forza Horizon 5 is officially one of the biggest PS5 games on the planet. After launching right at the end of the month, the game did well in April’s PS Store sales charts, where it raced away with pole position in Europe and finished on the podium in USA. But now in...
News Elden Ring Nightreign's Enormous Success Continues, Now Over 3.5 Million Sales
Almost doubles launch in a few days
All of FromSoftware’s Souls titles have featured online multiplayer in some form, but it’s probably fair to say they’ve never been the focus of any of the games to the same extent as Elden Ring Nightreign. Still, developing this co-op focused spin-off has not hampered the series’ success, as the new game...
News UK Sales Charts: The Last of Us Season 2 Puts the Game Back in the Top 10
Wasn't for nothing
Regardless of your feelings on The Last of Us season 2, it seems Sony's cross-media approach is working nicely, as it's brought the game back to prominence. The Last of Us Part II Remastered makes a return to the UK's physical top 10, coming in at number six — the highest it's been in a long time. Discounts in the Days of Play...
News Fantasy Life Revival Now Well on Its Way to One Million Units
Level-800k
Fantasy Life was, previously, a Nintendo 3DS exclusive – but making its long-awaited successor multiformat appears to be working out wonderfully for Level-5. On the legendary developer’s long (long) awaited return – seriously, it hasn’t properly shipped a game apart from Megaton Musashi in over six years – it’s confirmed that...
News Very Fittingly, Expedition 33 Has Sold 3.3 Million Copies in 33 Days
Not counting Game Pass numbers either
As of today, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold 3.3 million copies in the 33 days since its release, Sandfall Interactive announced. How fitting is that? In a Bluesky post, the developer spoke of the RPG's breakout success, calling the sales update a "surreal moment" and thanking everyone for playing. A press...
News Persona 3 Reload DLC Sales Were 'Substantial', Despite Fan Backlash
Episode Aigis apparently a hit
Persona 3 Reload got a lot of flak last year when Atlus released paid DLC for the remake — content that many fans argued should have been included in the revival to begin with. But those arguments often fall flat in the face of profit. According to comments made during SEGA's most recent investors call (as picked up...
News Oblivion Remastered Sales Prove the Power of Nostalgia and Shadow Drops
Totally outsells the original game
The original Oblivion was an undeniable hit back when it launched in 2006 — an open RPG that set a lot of new standards for the genre. However, its initial success has seemingly been completely overshadowed by Oblivion Remastered, almost two decades later. The PS5 revival, which was shadow dropped on the 22nd...
News Apr 2025 USA Sales: PS5 Ports Award Microsoft's Forza Horizon 5, Indiana Jones Huge Boosts
Indiana Jones up over 100 places
The recently released PS5 versions for Forza Horizon 5 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle have sent overall sales of the games into overdrive in the USA, as confirmed by new Circana data. Forza Horizon 5 was the second-best-selling game of April 2025, beaten only by Oblivion Remastered. The month prior, the open...
Dungeon & Fighter marches on
The First Berserker: Khazan hasn't met publisher Nexon's sales expectations — but that's not necessarily an issue, according to the company's latest financial report. The action RPG launched for PS5 in March, and was met with solid reviews. It went on to find an audience amongst fans of Souls-esque outings, but it...
News Square Enix Demands Bigger Games, Faster Development as Sales Continue to Slump
Hip to beat Square
Square Enix has outlined something of an overhaul to its business, in response to its financial report for the fiscal year. As you might have guessed, said report wasn't overly positive. The publisher's net sales were down 8.9% year-on-year, making for a largely average performance. To be fair, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake was...
News PS5 First-Party Game Sales Will Increase Over Next Year, Sony Says
A big year for exclusives
Sony is predicting a big year for first-party PS5 software moving forward, as it forecasts an increase in sales for its own exclusive software. We already know, of course, that Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is due out in June and Ghost of Yotei will follow in October. Other announced titles that could contribute to the...
News PS5 Takes Another Giant Stride Towards 100 Million Units Milestone
Getting closer
PS5 added another 18.5 million units to its overall hardware total in the fiscal year ending 31st March, 2025. Of that total, 2.8 million units were tacked on throughout the company’s fourth quarter. That takes the worldwide total of current-gen system’s sales up to 77.7 million units lifetime. Launch aligned, the PS5 is still...
News Capcom Is Unstoppable, Confirms Eighth Consecutive Year of Record Financial Results
No Cap
We're running out of words to describe how well Capcom has been doing over the last decade or so. The Japanese publisher has just announced its financial results for fiscal year 2024, and yet again, it's managed to rack up record-breaking figures. Across net sales and profit "at all levels", this is the company's eighth consecutive year of...
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Struggles for Sales in Japan, Despite JRPG Inspirations
Obscured
One of 2025's early frontrunners for Game of the Year, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been one heck of a success story for developer Sandfall Interactive — but it seems as though the title hasn't caught on in Japan. According to the latest sales charts from the region, the title managed to move just 9,800 copies on PS5, following its...
News UK Sales Charts: Expedition 33 Parries the Competition to Claim Number One
Almost entirely the PS5 version
In its third week on the market, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has risen to the top spot on the UK's physical games chart. It debuted in third, moved down to fourth, and now resides in first position, with 94 per cent of the copies sold being the PS5 version. The game's breakout success continues apace. Astro Bot has...
News Elden Ring and Dragon Ball Propel Bandai Namco to Almost 1,000% Profit Growth
Your wish is granted
Having endured a rough fiscal year 2024, Bandai Namco is back on top thanks to an almost 1000% increase to profits. There are two big factors to this growth, and both of them are video games. Firstly, Elden Ring's all-conquering expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, was received extremely well. Not only did it rack up sales in its...
News Ancient PS3 Game Killer Is Dead Announces Sales Milestone After 12 Years
Killer is alive
This author reviewed Killer Is Dead an incredible 12 years ago, but honestly doesn’t remember much about it. It was a Suda51 joint in an era where Lollipop Chainsaw and Shadows Of The Damned had attracted mainstream attention, but we didn’t think it hit the same levels. “Killer Is Dead shows that Suda51’s schtick is swiftly...
News Physical Game Sales See Dramatic Drop-Off in UK as Console Market Struggles
Let's get digital
According to a new report, it's been a bit of a rough year for the UK's video game market. As per a detailed breakdown from UK trade body UKIE, the market's overall valuation has decreased for the first time in five years. At a glance, the damage isn't too bad — a drop from £7.82 billion in 2023 to £7.63 billion in 2024 —...
News Split Fiction Reaches 4 Million Units, Selling Much Faster Than It Takes Two
Hit fiction
Split Fiction looks to be another strong seller for Hazelight Studios, with the co-op action adventure now having reached the 4 million sales milestone. The figure is confirmed on social media: Publisher EA also released its latest financial report, in which it describes the game's "hugely successful launch" as a highlight of its...
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 a Proper Breakout Hit, Now at 2 Million Copies Sold
From strength to strength
Sandfall Interactive has confirmed its turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has now sold over two million copies in less than two weeks. The developer's first game as a collective, it's proving to be a true breakout hit. Writing on Bluesky, the French team said: "Twelve days in, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has...
News Oblivion Remastered Sales Explode in the US, Becomes Third Best-Selling Game of 2025
Shadow drop guide you
Despite launching straight onto Game Pass, Oblivion Remastered has racked up some very impressive sounding sales in the US. In just its first week on the market, the open world RPG became the region's third best-selling release of 2025 so far, with only Monster Hunter Wilds and Assassin's Creed Shadows ahead of it in terms of...
PS Store Sales Charts The Top Three Best-Selling Games on PS5 Are from Microsoft
Bring me the Horizon (and the Oblivion)
The monthly PS Store charts for April 2025 are here, and Microsoft's doing very well for itself on Sony's current-gen console. North America's top-selling title is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, followed by the ever-popular Minecraft in second, and then Forza Horizon 5 completes the podium. It's...
