Tag: Sales
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 21 Number One While Marvel's Avengers Leaves the Top 10
*Finger snap*
The latest data on the UK's spending habits on physical games has arrived, and it's nothing particularly surprising. FIFA 21 is the latest FIFA entry, so by default it becomes the country's best-selling game. It's number one for the second week in a row, with the majority of sales coming in for the PlayStation 4 version. After a wall...
News September 2020 NPD: Marvel's Avengers Hulk Smashes Its Rivals
Tony Hawk 1 + 2 kickflips fourth
What a strange launch Marvel’s Avengers has endured! The game has, by all intents and purposes, sold well – but it’s perhaps failed to meet the behemoth expectations put upon it by publisher Square Enix. Case in point: the title topped the USA sales charts for September 2020, securing the second-best superhero...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 21 Physical Sales Suffer Unsurprising Decline
Still the biggest release of the year
With the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on the high street and more consumers choosing digital than ever before, FIFA 21’s physical sales are down year-over-year in the UK. EA Sports’ latest soccer sim sold 42 per cent fewer copies than its predecessor, but still managed to cement itself as the biggest...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts NBA 2K21 and FIFA 20 Prove PS4 Players Obsessed with Balls
Go sports team
The PlayStation Store charts for September have arrived, and sports games lead the charge. In North America, it's NBA 2K21 that takes the top spot, while FIFA 20 claims the win in Europe. As you might expect, Marvel's Avengers does okay for itself, coming in second on the US chart and fifth on the EU equivalent. Fall Guys is also...
News Sony Expects PS5 to Outsell PS4's First Fiscal Year
Sell out
Sony is banking on some big PlayStation 5 sales in its first few months on the market, as it aims to beat the PlayStation 4’s first fiscal year. The company’s current-gen console sold seven million units from its launch in November 2013 through the end of March 2014, but we know from past reports that the manufacturer may be planning to...
News UK Sales Charts: Physical Crash 4 Sales Down 80% on N. Sane Trilogy
But still top of the charts
We’re in the middle of a pandemic, a month away from the PlayStation 5, in a climate where more and more players are selecting digital software – but despite all of that, Activision will surely be disappointed with Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time’s opening UK physical sales. To be fair, the title did top the...
News UK Sales Charts: Mafia Makes the Top 10 Not Once But Twice
Organised legal activity
Publisher 2K will be very happy to see Mafia has launched in the UK's physical top 10 twice. If you're wondering how, don't worry — there's no underhanded criminal work going on, there are just two different ways to buy Mafia. Debuting in third place is Mafia: Definitive Edition, the remake of the very first entry in the...
News Tekken 7 Sells Over 6 Million Copies, Celebrates with Funny New Artwork
Series sales top 50 million
Tekken 7 just keeps on selling. The Bandai Namco fighter has topped 6 million copies, making it a real juggernaut of the genre. And to celebrate, a new artwork has been released. Unlike previous celebratory pieces — which usually show the Tekken cast getting together for a big party — this one takes the coronavirus...
News UK Sales Charts: Mario Forces Avengers and Tony Hawk Down the Top 10
All-Stars
Marvel's Avengers has been sitting pretty atop the UK's physical games chart for two weeks in a row, but it's now been dethroned by a certain moustachioed plumber. It's had to settle for number two, while Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 has kickflipped down into fourth place. A couple of new PlayStation 4 releases make their way into the top...
News Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Is the Fastest Selling Game in Franchise History
Super, man
Here's some news that'll have the Birdman himself kickflipping over the moon. Activision's brilliant remake of the first two games in the skateboarding franchise has been a huge commercial success. It should come as no surprise, as there's been an appetite for skating games of late, and now we finally have a game worthy of the name. So,...
News August 2020 NPD: EA Sports Lands a One-Two Combo on US Game Charts
In the game
While it may feel like the quality of EA Sports’ output has taken a nosedive, its sales are not exactly hurting, as the publisher has landed a one-two punch on the US sales charts for August 2020. Madden NFL 21 was ranked the best-selling title by dollar sales, with EA Sports UFC 4 sitting closely behind in second place – what are...
News UK Sales Charts: Marvel's Avengers Triumphs Over Tony Hawk for a Second Week
Not a superman
Last week saw the release of both Marvel's Avengers and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, and predictably, both ended up atop the UK's physical charts. It's hardly a surprise that this latest chart sees them maintain their respective positions in first and second. The skateboarding remake might be pretending to be a superman, but it can't...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts Fall Guys Can't Top Madden 21 in US, But It's a Knockout in Europe
Getting the dub
Sony has posted the PlayStation Store charts for last month, and to nobody's real surprise, Fall Guys performed very well indeed. The little indie game that could reached number one in Europe, while it's a little further down in North America, taking fourth place. It's Madden NFL 21 that scoops the win in that region, naturally...
News UK Retail Software Sales Are Skewing Heavily Towards PS4
Big games sell best on Sony's system
Software splits aren’t generally talked about this late into a generation, but it’s interesting how engaged the PlayStation 4 audience continues to be – especially when it comes to retail releases. Early sales data for Marvel’s Avengers and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skate 1 + 2 is in, and both games performed...
Tony Hawk also charts
In rather predictable fashion, Marvel's Avengers has stormed to the top of the UK physical charts. Square Enix's hero-based brawler beat out Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 to secure the summit, but it sounds like its numbers aren't anything to write home about just yet. As Games Industry reports, Avengers sold less than a third...
News UK Sales Charts: Madden 21 Breaches Top 10 in Slow Week for PS4
Good sport
If the latest charts are anything to go by, not much happened at UK games retail last week. The physical charts are much the same as they were seven days ago, with most of the top 10 games remaining in place. Marvel's Spider-Man benefited from a surge last week, but has now moved down to 14th. Taking its spot in the top 10 is Madden NFL...
News UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man PS4 Back in Top 10, PGA Tour 2K21 Almost a Hole in One
Spidey returns
PGA Tour 2K21 came mightily close to leaving its competition in the dirt last week as the only new entry in the UK sales chart hit the green in the number two spot. It couldn't conquer the cutesy might of Nintendo Switch exclusive Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but the rare appearance of a golfing title in the United Kingdom's top 10...
News Square Enix Considers Trials of Mana a Major Sales Success
Significantly surpassed expectations
It sounds like the recent PlayStation 4 remake Trials of Mana has quietly done really well for itself as Square Enix reports that the game has significantly outsold any expectations the publisher held for it. The news comes via a recent financial results briefing, where during a final Q&A session, the...
News FIFA 20 Sold More Than Any Other Game During UK Lockdown
GTA5 sells big too
As football leagues across the UK were put on hold during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, supporters turned to FIFA 20 to live out their team's hopes and dreams. The EA Sports-published title was the best-selling game during lockdown across the nation, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Grand Theft Auto V taking the...
News UK Sales Charts: UFC 4 Dominates as Ghost of Tsushima Falls Back
A new champ
The UK does love a good sports sim, so it's only natural that EA Sports UFC 4 takes the top spot. Launching at the end of last week, the series makes its return with a number one debut at physical retail. The new release pushes other big sellers down a place or two, although some top 10 mainstays refuse to give in. Ghost of Tsushima was...
News The Last of Us 2 Is Sony's Third Best-Seller in US History
Already
The Last of Us: Part II launched in June, but revealed as part of the July NPD report, life-to-date dollar sales of the sequel are already the third-highest in Sony history. This means that only Marvel’s Spider-Man and God of War have sold more in the United States so far, and both have been available significantly longer. Despite topping
News Ghost of Tsushima Is Sony's Fourth Best Launch in US History
Sucker punch
Wow, the records keep getting broken for PlayStation’s first-party titles. According to the July NPD report, Ghost of Tsushima enjoyed the fourth biggest launch month dollar sales in US history for a Sony published title. That means, only Marvel’s Spider-Man, The Last of Us: Part II, and God
News July 2020 NPD: Ghost of Tsushima the Next PS4 Exclusive to Top the Chart
Sony dominance
After dominating the UK sales charts for close to a month, selling out in Japan, and surpassing 2.4 million copies sold in just three days, Ghost of Tsushima has now found itself at the top of the best-selling games chart in the US for the month of July 2020. The PlayStation 4 exclusive is now the fifth best-selling game of the year...
News Resident Evil 7 Becomes the Best-Selling Game in the Series
Go tell Aunt Rhody
It's been a three-horse race for quite some time now, but Capcom can now finally claim it has an overall victor in the pursuit for the title of best-selling Resident Evil game. It is Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, which has now pulled away from the last-gen version of Resident Evil 5 by 200,000 units. The twosome had been battling it...
News Capcom Suggests Lacking Resident Evil 3 Sales Aren't All That Surprising
In line with PS1 game
Here's a surprise to properly wake you up on this scorching Wednesday afternoon UK readers: Resident Evil 3 came out this year. This year! Who forgot about that one? We thought it was a good game but a bit of a poor remake of the original PlayStation 1 title, and that hasn't exactly translated into the most impressive of sales...
News UK Sales Charts: Ghost of Tsushima Settles for Second as The Last of Us 2 Exits Top 10
Taken down a peg
After a three-week stint as king of the castle, Ghost of Tsushima takes second place in the latest UK physical chart. The open world samurai adventure has been doing very well for itself since release last month, becoming Sony's fastest selling new IP on PlayStation 4, but its claim to the top spot couldn't last forever. Similarly,...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Sales Top Five Million Worldwide
Shipped plus digital
Despite only being available on PlayStation 4 right now, Final Fantasy VII Remake has already become a sales success. Square Enix today announced that the game has now sold more than five million units across digital purchases and physical copies shipped to stores. This makes it "the highest selling digital release on the...
News Spiders RPG GreedFall Sells More Than One Million Copies Worldwide
On to bigger and better things
The games that developer Spiders Studio have put together only got better over the course of the PlayStation 4 generation. Starting things off rather shakily with Bound By Flame, it improved with The Technomancer before putting out its best work yet last year with GreedFall. Because of that, the team will surely be...
News PlayStation Makes More Money from DLC, Microtransactions Than Anything Else
Ultimate team
Ever wondered why publishers include microtransactions in their games? A breakdown of Sony’s latest financial report, spanning the period April 2020 through June 2020, reveals that a whopping 41 per cent of its revenue was generated by DLC, microtransactions, and other in-game purchases. That’s an eye-watering $2.29 billion. To...
The inevitable
PlayStation just had its best ever first quarter in terms of earnings, and it's no surprise to learn that the PlayStation Store played a gigantic role in setting the new record. Indeed, Sony's store is a colossus these days. Back in 2018, the PlayStation Network alone generated more revenue than the entirety of Nintendo's business,...
News PlayStation Records Best Ever Q1 Earnings as PS4 Game Sales Reach New Heights
From strength to strength
Just a couple of months before Sony launches the PlayStation 5, the gaming division has recorded its best-ever first quarter as far as financial earnings go. The sales of both PlayStation 4 consoles and software are up, leading to PlayStation's best operating profit during any quarter seen to date. And in terms of raw...
News The Resident Evil Series Has Now Sold 100 Million Copies Worldwide
Resident Evil 3 at 2.7 million
Resident Evil is one of the most popular franchises in gaming, and that is reflected in its latest total sales numbers. The horror series from Capcom has now topped 103 million sales worldwide, with the latest entry, Resident Evil 3, making up 2.7 million of that figure. That's not quite as high as previous entries...
News Monster Hunter: World Has Been, Well, a Monstrous Hit
Sales keep soaring
All the way back when Capcom announced Monster Hunter: World for the PlayStation 4, there was some scepticism aimed at the Japanese publisher’s scaly executives for bringing the brand to console and PC as opposed to portables where the series had previously proved popular. Fortunately, the success of the decision can no longer...
News UK Sales Charts: Ghost of Tsushima Takes Top Spot for a Third Week
Destroy All Humans, Skater XL debut
There's nothing stopping Ghost of Tsushima right now. The popular PlayStation 4 exclusive has claimed first place in the UK sales charts for a third week in a row since its launch, equalling the stint that The Last of Us: Part II boasted of in top spot throughout June and July. It had to fend off competition from...
Overwhelming force
After having topped the Japanese software charts at launch, Ghost of Tsushima has been forced from its throne by the seemingly unstoppable Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Still, the PlayStation 4 exclusive has maintained a steady momentum, selling an additional 53,000 copies. It's the kind of drop that we expect to see from n
News UK Sales Charts: Ghost of Tsushima Retains First Place in Slow PS4 Week
Samurai masterclass
PlayStation 4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima has found itself at the top of the UK sales chart for the second week running. This means it has just one more week at the top to go before it matches the The Last of Us: Part II's record last month. It'll have to fend off some mighty competition from Nintendo titles in order to do that,...
News Ghost of Tsushima Sells a Staggering 2.4 Million Copies in 3 Days
Another blockbuster IP for Sony
Sony has done it again: the PlayStation maker and publishing powerhouse has created yet another blockbuster property. Alongside the likes of Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Gone, Ghost of Tsushima can be labelled an undeniable hit, as it managed to sell a staggering 2.4 million copies in just three days. Sony has made a...
News The Last of Us 2 Sets a New Record with 2.8 Million Digital Sales in June
Sony's biggest digital first-party launch
Love it or loathe it, The Last of Us: Part II has been a humongous success. Sony reported the game sold over 4 million copies in just three days, and it went on to smash the UK's physical chart, selling more than the rest of the top 10 combined. We know
News Ghost of Tsushima Has the Best Launch Ever for a First-Party PS4 Game in Japan
Nothing ghostly about it
Ghost of Tsushima has done incredibly well for itself in Japan. The numbers are in, and the open world title has enjoyed the best launch sales of any first-party PlayStation 4 game. Sucker Punch's latest moved 222,000 copies, which was more than enough to rocket the title to the top of the Japanese software charts. Its...
News Persona 5 Royal Sells More Than 1.4 Million Copies Worldwide
Scramble nears 500,000
The Persona franchise is doing better than ever at the moment, and that's largely thanks to the JRPG masterpiece that is Persona 5 Royal. It currently sits in second place in our Best PS4 RPGs list, losing out only to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and now Atlus has annou
News These Are the Five Best-Selling PS4 Exclusives in the US
An impressive list
With the release of Ghost of Tsushima, Sony has pretty much capped an outstanding generation of support for the PlayStation 4. But which titles have raked in the most cash in the United States thus far? NPD analyst Mat Piscatella has revealed the ranking of the top five exclusive games based on life-to-date dollar sales, and it...
News UK Sales Charts: Ghost of Tsushima Is the Next PS4 Exclusive to Get Top Spot
The Last of Us 2 in fifth
Ghost of Tsushima is the second big PlayStation 4 exclusive of the summer, and just like last month's counterpart, it has debuted in first place in the UK sales charts. The latest open world experience from Sucker Punch Productions didn't manage to come close to the sales figures of The Last of Us: Part II, as noted by...
News June 2020 NPD: The Last of Us 2 Tops the Chart Across the US
The biggest June since 2009
Not only was The Last of Us: Part II Sony's quickest selling PlayStation 4 exclusive ever and the most downloaded title from the PlayStation Store for the month of June, it has also topped the sales chart in the US. NPD reports that Naughty Do
News UK Sales Charts: F1 2020 Races Past The Last of Us 2 for Pole Position
Victory lap
It was going to happen sooner or later -- The Last of Us: Part II has been booted off the top spot in the UK's physical chart. After three weeks at number one, the Naughty Dog title is now in third place. Racing sim F1 2020 takes its place on top of the podium. Elsewhere, Marvel's Iron Man VR is still just about in the top 10; it's...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts The Last of Us 2 Is June's Most Downloaded PS4 Game
Hardly a surprise
The Last of Us: Part II has been both a critical and commercial success, breaking launch weekend records and absolutely smashing the UK physical charts. It should come as no surprise to learn that it's seen similar momentum digitally. While we don't have any figures, Sony has revealed that Naughty Dog's game was last month's most...
News UK Sales Charts: The Last of Us 2 Remains Number One Despite Heroic Debut for Iron Man VR
Top (naughty) dog
You probably don't need us to tell you this, but The Last of Us: Part II is selling extremely well. Last week, the game outsold the rest of the UK top 10 combined, and it sold through 4 million copies in its opening weekend. It should come as no surprise to learn it remains atop the UK physical chart, then. However, perhaps more...
News The Last of Us 2 Outsells the Entire UK Top 10 Combined in June
Sales juggernaut
The Last of Us: Part II is the fastest-selling PlayStation 4 exclusive ever with more than four million copies shipped to players around the world in just three days. That incredibly impressive statistic will have only risen in the near two weeks since, but here's another phenomenal fact for you. Naughty Dog's latest masterpiece
News A Plague Tale: Innocence Sells More Than One Million Copies Worldwide
Bring on the sequel
A Plague Tale: Innocence is one of the greatest titles publisher Focus Home Interactive has ever put out and that appears to have translated into a lot of sales more than a year after release. Asobo Studio today announced that the game has sold more than one million copies across the globe, surely making it a successful project...
News UK Sales Charts: The Last of Us Remastered Returns Amid Sequel's Success
We really are The Last of Us
Not one but two The Last of Us titles cracked the UK sales charts this week, as The Last of Us Remastered rebounded on the back of its PlayStation 4 successor’s record-breaking success. Joel and Ellie’s inaugural adventure saw an 82 per cent rise in week-on-week sales in order to secure 9th place, while the sequel...
News The Last of Us 2 Is the Fastest Selling PS4 Exclusive Ever, Over 4 Million Sold in Three Days
Breaks Spidey's launch record
The Last of Us: Part II is officially Sony's fastest selling PlayStation 4 exclusive. The sequel, which released last week on 19th June, has already amassed more than four million sales -- and that's "as of June 21". And that's sold through to customers, not shipped to stores. To put that in perspective, God of War...
