Tag: Sales
News Mouse: P.I. For Hire Surpasses One Million Copies Sold as It Launches Physical Edition on PS5
Should squeak out a few more
Mouse: P.I. for Hire is a hit; it's now been announced by publisher PlaySide that the black-and-white detective adventure has exceeded sales of 1 million units. Developer Fumi Games celebrated this milestone with a social post, complete with new art: "From the bottom of our grinning hearts, thank you so much for all...
News AC Black Flag: Resynced Records Two Million Sales in Opening Day Booty
Offers redemption code for in-game rewards
Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced sold more than two million copies during its first 24 hours on the market, handing it a bigger launch than Assassin's Creed Shadows. The latest entirely new entry in the series recorded one million "players" (rather than sales) on its opening...
News This Backrooms Game Outsold Every PS5 Title on PS Store Last Month
You can thank the movie for that
Off the back of the recent film, excitement surrounding the Backrooms creepypasta is at an all-time high, and that's now translated into making Escape the Backrooms the best-selling PS5 game in the USA and Europe last month on Sony's digital storefront. Yes, for the month of June 2026, Escape the Backrooms outsold...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Now an Indisputable Success at 40 Million Units Sold
Redemption story complete
Cyberpunk 2077 was quite rightly lambasted for the dire state it launched in almost six years ago, but what followed in the time since then has been nothing short of a staggering success. CD Projekt Red turned the RPG and the conversation surrounding it around to make it a sales triumph, as the developer has now confirmed...
News SEGA Expects 5 Million Sales from 'Flagship' Games Persona 4 Revival and Stranger Than Heaven
A big 2026
SEGA has high sales expectations for both Persona 4 Revival and Stranger Than Heaven, which may seem a little unrealistic depending on your point of view. In its latest business Q&A, the publisher highlighted the two aforementioned titles as "flagship" or "mainstay" releases. These are basically SEGA's heavy hitters for the near future...
News Acclaimed PS5 RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Surpasses Another Big Sales Milestone
Making a lot of Groschen
Developer Warhorse Studios has announced another major sales milestone for its beloved medieval RPG, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. The sequel has now exceeded 6 million copies sold: The team shares its gratitude for reaching "6 million Henrys" in the above post on its socials. "Thank you for being a part of this...
News Price Hiked PS5 Endures Sony's Worst May in Over 25 Years
A worrying month
Spiralling hardware costs look poised to do untold damage to the games industry, with the recently price hiked PS5 forcing Sony to endure its worst May since 2000 in the United States. According to Circana data shared by Mat Piscatella, PS5 registered a terrifying 58% slide in unit sales year-over-year, and a 43% drop in spending...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Sell Below SEGA's Expectations
Sell shading
SEGA's latest financial report sheds some new light on sales figures for many of its existing games, but two from last year were excluded from the chart. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and Shinobi: Art of Vengeance have not received public sales numbers, and have in fact been lumped together in the report
News SEGA Shares Lifetime Sales Update for Persona, Metaphor, and Like a Dragon
For the role-players
As part of its annual business report, SEGA has confirmed a bunch of lifetime sales figures for key titles, taking into account additional sales from across the last 12 months. The new numbers make for fairly interesting reading. The gist here is that the publisher's role-playing properties are looking pretty healthy across the...
News Sony May Mitigate Hardware Pricing Nightmare by Simply Selling Fewer PS5s
These are tough times
The cost of hardware is through the roof, and this isn’t a problem unique to Sony at all. Earlier this year, the Japanese giant announced insane price hikes to its console family, which has seemingly slowed hardware sales to a crawl. Rival products like the Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and even Steam Deck have all been struck...
News Devil May Cry 6 Feels Inevitable as DMC 5 Sales Set All-Time Record, Seven Years After Release
Jackpot
The success of Devil May Cry 5 is borderline mind-blowing at this point. Capcom's outstanding action game has simply never stopped selling since its initial launch back in 2019, and now, if you can believe it, it's just set an all-time record for annual sales. According to the publisher's latest business update, Devil May Cry 5 sold a...
News Fascinating PS5 Sales Estimates Peg Ghost of Yotei as a Triumph
But less success elsewhere
Alinea Analytics has returned with more insight into the industry, based on its own proprietary methodology. Some sources say this data is relatively reliable, others point to errors within its results that demand more scrutiny. I think it’s interesting, assuming we all understand we’re looking at estimates and not...
News Astro Bot's Little Legs Carry It Back into Japan's Sales Charts
Bot the bug
Released almost two years ago, you wouldn’t expect to find Astro Bot charting in Japan right now. But with an extra 3,460 physical copies tacked on to its tally, the PS5 exclusive trotted into tenth in this latest Famitsu sales update, tracking the week ending 7th June. The game has now sold 103,717 boxed units domestically, which...
News Crimson Desert Hits Six Million Sales Milestone Inside Three Months
Another one million purchases since last sales update
Pearl Abyss has confirmed Crimson Desert sales have reached six million since the ambitious open worlder's release in March 2026. Having instantly sold two million copies on release day, it managed to sell five million units within its first month on the market. Now, as it nears three months of...
News Mina the Hollower Well on Its Way to Saving Dev, Sells Half a Million Copies
After reports the game was make or break
Indie darling Mina the Hollower has now sold more than 500,000 copies since its release last month, further helping to ensure Yacht Club Games has a future in the games industry. Reports from late last year suggested the developer was in financial trouble, to the point where it had to let go of staff. The...
News PS5's James Bond Game 007 First Light Has Already Sold More Than 3 Million Copies
Made a lot of Moneypenny
IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios have announced new sales information for the super well-received revival of James Bond, 007 First Light. In its first week, the game has reached over 2.7 million copies sold, according to the companies. The figure has also been shared on socials: "Your support means the world to us,...
News Switch 2's Price Hike Saves PS5's Blushes in Japan
But Sony's format is still floundering
In the last few weeks, the Switch 2 has been outselling the PS5 by more than 10:1 in Japan, as consumers have rushed to beat the price hike on Nintendo’s hardware. For those who missed the news, the flagship language-locked model of the Switch 2 went up to ¥59,980 (~$375) on 25th May, making it more...
News PS5 Price Hike Has Flushed UK Hardware Sales Down the Toilet
It's barely beating Xbox now
Sony’s been fighting fires all generation, from pandemic-induced supply shortages through to tariffs. But its latest PS5 price hike, powered by rising component costs, may be a headache it just can’t overcome. The Games Business journalist Chris Dring reports that sales of Sony’s console fell by 50% in the UK in...
News Overlooked PS5 Action RPG Scarlet Nexus Tops 2 Million Sales, Sparking Sequel Talk
Psychic damage
Scarlet Nexus has just topped 2 million sales, almost five whole years after its release in 2021. Previously, it was reported that the title had sold 1 million copies in its first year, so it's managed to gradually double that number in the time that's followed. Obviously, a lot of those sales will have been down to discounts and...
News 007 First Light Only Behind Resident Evil Requiem for UK's Biggest Physical Launch of 2026
For England, James
It was inevitable, really, but 007 First Light has made a very strong debut on the UK's physical games chart. It's number one, dethroning LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. According to Chris Dring of The Game Business, it's the country's "second biggest launch of the year" with Resident Evil Requiem being first...
News 007 First Light Debuts to 1.5 Million Sales in Just 24 Hours
Not bad, Bond
007 First Light sold 1.5 million copies in its first 24 hours on the market, developer IO Interactive has announced. In a social media post, the developer thanked those who bought the game for showing up, as well as their enthusiasm and for sharing their experiences so far. "1.5 million copies sold! Thank you for showing up to the...
News LEGO Batman Glides Ahead of Forza Horizon 6, Yoshi for UK Number One Debut
Physical prowess
Despite stiff competition, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight has prevailed in its first appearance in the UK's physical games chart. The kid-friendly action adventure debuts at number one, outpacing other strong new releases like Xbox's Forza Horizon 6 and Nintendo's Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. They're in second and third...
News Only GTA 6 Stands a Chance of Outdoing GTA 5's Unbelievable 230 Million Units Sold
Grand purchase manual
Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold an ungodly number of copies, and at this point, the only game that can catch it is its direct follow-up, Grand Theft Auto 6. In Take-Two's latest earnings report, it has a newly revised total of units sold for the open world sandbox; it now sits at "nearly" 230 million units sold, cementing its...
News Apr 2026 USA Sales: Unremarkable Start for Saros on PS5, as Circana Adds Digital Projections
PS5 exclusive debuts in ninth
Circana is the most reliable sales tracker available for the United States, but I’m fascinated to see how digital sales projections alter its results. While most publishers share full data with the analytics firm, there are a few holdouts like Nintendo which keep that information private. That massively affects its...
News Overseas Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Sales Propel Falcom Profits to Insane Heights
Just a 1227% increase
Falcom's year-on-year operating profit has seen a simply staggering 1227% increase, which is the kind of figure that makes everyone — including us — do a double take. But no, it's true. According to the Japanese developer's latest financial report (as per Automaton), its results for the first half of the current fiscal...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Sales Really Have Fallen Off a Cliff
Sells just 1.32 million units in whole fiscal year
Monster Hunter Wilds might have set new records for Capcom around its launch in February 2025, but since then, sales have been on a considerably negative trajectory. It has now sold over 11.4 million copies, which is still a huge success for any video game release. However, in Capcom's entire 2026...
News Konami Successfully Revives Silent Hill with Strong Sales for 2 Remake, F
Silent Hill F now at two million units
Konami's efforts to revive the Silent Hill franchise seem to be paying off, as the Japanese publisher has posted a sales update revealing new milestones for Silent Hill F and Silent Hill 2. As of 22nd April 2026, Silent Hill F has sold more than two million copies since its September 2025 launch. Then, as of...
News Crimson Desert's Massive Success Is Down to the US, Europe, and Strong Console Sales
Journey to the west
It's no secret that Crimson Desert has been a bit of a mega hit for Korean developer Pearl Abyss, selling over 5 million copies since its launch back in March of this year. But how are those sales actually broken down? That's what makes the company's latest financial report so intriguing, because there are some rather unexpected...
News Physical Game Fans, Beware: Digital Downloads Hit an Astonishing 85% on PS5, PS4 Last Quarter
Boxed in
An astonishing 85% of PS5 and PS4 games were purchased digitally in Sony’s most recent financial quarter, which covered the three month period ending 31st March. That means the average for the financial year as a whole tallied 78%, an increase of 2% year-over-year and a record high for the brand. Digital sales represented just 19% a...
News Sony Ships 93.7 Million PS5 Consoles, But Recent Sales Down by Almost 50%
Nearly a 50% drop in sales compared to same quarter last year
Sony today revealed during its final quarterly results for fiscal year 2025 that total PS5 console shipments have reached 93.7 million units. This means a further 1.5 million PS5 units were sold during the fourth quarter (start of January 2026 — end of March 2026), but this is a...
News Pragmata Success Continues, Now at Two Million Copies Sold
Newest milestone achieved in 16 days
Capcom's latest new IP Pragmata continues to go from strength to strength, as the publisher has confirmed the game's sales now sit at over two million units. It managed to hit the new sales milestone in the 16 days following its 17th April 2026 launch. The long-in-development game already appears to be...
News These Numbers Explain Why Sony Is Stopping Porting PS5 Games to PC
They ain't great
It’s really no wonder Sony’s backing away from bringing its single player games to PC. We’ve felt for a while that the novelty of the platform holder’s ports has been wearing thin, but now we have Ampere estimates to back up that theory. And, honestly, they’re not particularly pretty. The Game Business
News Resident Evil Requiem's Insane Momentum Continues with 7 Million Copies Sold
Holy s***, two cakes
Capcom has really knocked it out of the park with Resident Evil Requiem, a game that got off to an incredible start in late February and has been selling like hot cakes ever since. The series has been a strong performer for the publisher, but this latest horror action adventure has taken things up a notch. It's the...
Five million PS5 sales for the ported Forza Horizon 5
PS5 will receive a Forza Horizon 6 port later this year, but Microsoft will likely be kicking itself for not having the version ready to make an even bigger splash during next month's initial launch. This is because the success of the previous entry on PS5 has really been brought into focus with...
News Mar 2026 USA Sales: Pokémon-Powered Switch 2 Finally Beats 5-Year-Old PS5
A wild Pokopia appears
After beating the Switch 2’s sales in January and February, the five-year-old PS5 could not complete the hat-trick in March. New US sales data from Circana reveals that while Sony’s console enjoyed a 3% increase year-over-year, it fell behind Nintendo’s new hybrid in both units and dollar sales for the period spanning...
News Starfield Tops Weekly US Sales Charts Despite 'Disappointing' Early Estimates
For the first time since 2023
Starfield soared to the top of the US sales charts for the week ending 11th April according to Circana, with 95% of its full-price sales coming courtesy of the new PS5 version. The game officially launched on 7th April for Sony’s console. The result follows recent reporting from Alinea Analytics, which estimated soft...
News New Capcom IP Pragmata an Instant Success, Sells 1 Million Copies
Manages it inside two days
Capcom has confirmed that Pragmata, having released only three days ago, has surpassed one million sales worldwide. The official statement from the publisher announced the fresh PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC release managed to reach the milestone in just two days. It said the title's "highly innovative...
News Crimson Desert Sells 5 Million Copies in Less Than a Month
Another milestone reached for Pearl Abyss
Pearl Abyss has issued another sales update for its PS5 open world title Crimson Desert, confirming it's now sold more than five million copies. It achieved the milestone in less than a month, having launched on 19th March 2026. The game's social media profiles celebrated the new sales update with a post,...
News US PS5 Hardware Sales Hit a 2026 High Prior to Huge Price Increase
The peak before the collapse
Unsurprisingly, US consumers flocked to stores to pick up PS5 hardware prior to the console’s enormous price increase earlier this month. Circana analyst Mat Piscatella reveals that Sony’s console enjoyed its highest sales of 2026 so far during the week ending 4th April. The system’s price increase officially...
News PS5 Price Hike Hits Japan Hard as PS5 Pro Sales Sink to Xbox Levels
How low can you go?
There’s really no reason to purchase a non-language locked PS5 console in Japan after Sony’s latest price hike, and the market has responded. The latest Famitsu hardware sales data spanning the week ending 5th April shows that just 840 PS5 Pro consoles were sold during the period. A further 558 disc-based PS5 consoles were...
Split Fiction hits new milestone
Hazelight Studios has tapped into something pretty special with its two-player-only action adventure games, with all three titles being big success stories. The developer, led by outspoken director Josef Fares, has just announced it has reached cumulative sales of over 50 million units across A Way Out, It Takes...
Can't argue with that
Pearl Abyss really has a huge hit on its hands. Despite somewhat mixed reviews and many aspects that have divided opinion, Crimson Desert has now sold 4 million copies. It reaches that impressive milestone in a little under two weeks following its launch on 19th March 2026. As mentioned, Crimson Desert hasn't won over...
News Crimson Desert Storms the Physical UK Charts, and Almost All Copies Sold Were for PS5
King of the hill
Earlier today it was revealed that Crimson Desert has now surpassed total sales of three million, so it's no wonder that it's dominated the UK's physical games chart. Pearl Abyss' popular action game has immediately caused a stir among more established bestsellers, debuting straight at number one. A whopping 90 per cent of the...
Red hot
No matter how you feel about the game, it seems Crimson Desert has been a massive hit. The single-player, open world action adventure, from MMO studio Pearl Abyss, launched last week to a fairly mixed critical reception, but in less than a week, it's achieved more than three million copies sold. That figure comes from a recent update...
News PS5 Spin-Off God of War: Sons of Sparta Has Been a Big Hit for Sony
Punching above its weight
Here’s some proof that not everything Sony publishes needs to have a nine figure budget, as side-scrolling spin-off God of War: Sons of Sparta has quietly been a big success. The Mega Cat Studios-developed Metroidvania, which was shadow dropped during a State of Play, quietly appeared in 14t
"We will listen closely to the wide range of feedback"
It only launched a few hours ago, but Crimson Desert has already sold through two million copies worldwide, making it a massive success for dev Pearl Abyss. In a message on social media, the dev acknowledged the support of its fans, and said it’s already paying close attention to feedback and...
News Feb 2026 USA Sales: PS5 Outsells Nintendo's New Switch 2 for a Second Consecutive Month
Resident Evil Requiem a monstrous success
Sony’s five-year-old PS5 is keeping its nose in front of Nintendo’s new Switch 2, as it managed a second successive month ahead of the hybrid. While sales of the PlayStation were down year-over-year, it led the Mario maker’s machine across both units and dollar sales metrics. That may all change in...
News PS5 Leads Resident Evil Requiem Sales as 'Consoles Are Dead' Chat Falls Flat
The silent majority
There’s been a persistent opinion, perhaps partly powered by talkative PC players, that consoles are on their way out. Resident Evil Requiem is the latest example, where there’s been speculation it sold considerably better on PC than PS5. This was perhaps popularised by reports that emerged around the game’s launch which...
News Resident Evil Requiem PS5 Flying Off Shelves, Now at 6 Million Sales
The fastest entry to reach the milestone
Resident Evil Requiem has now sold more than six million units since its 27th February 2026 release, and it's the fastest any entry in the series has taken to reach the milestone. The game managed to sell five million copies during its first week on the market across physical and digital storefronts, and...
News SEGA's PS5 Games Get Good Reviews, So Why Aren't You Buying Them?
Good scores don't always mean good sales
SEGA's recent software lineup has been enjoying overall very strong reception from critics — but that has "yet to translate into a further increase in unit sales", the publisher has said. This comes from a recent Q&A all about the company's Q3 financial results. In response to a question about "scaling...
