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PlayStation Store Sales Charts Red Dead Redemption 2 Stands Unshaken on PS4
One more big take
As 2018 draws to a close, Sony's released the sales charts for both the North American and European PlayStation Store, and it's Red Dead Redemption 2 that takes the top spot in November. It swaps positions with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in both territories, while the main activity is a little further down the charts. Battlefield V...
News Detroit: Become Human Has Sold More Than Two Million Units Worldwide
Quantic Dream's fastest selling game
Detroit: Become Human is comfortably Quantic Dream’s best game to date, and it’s also its fastest selling. Sony has revealed that the title has now surpassed sales in the region of two million units worldwide, which is impressive when you consider it released at the end of May. It took the French studio...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Numbers Increase Dramatically, But Nothing Can Stop Smash
Holiday promotions spur Sony
Thanks to a range of promotions at various Japanese retailers, the PlayStation 4 had its best week in a long, long time. Sony's console shifted an impressive 75,000 units across the standard model and the PS4 Pro -- that's a rather dramatic increase of roughly 55,000 units week-on-week. It'll be interesting to see...
News UK Sales Charts: Just Cause 4's Retail Sales Slowest in Series So Far
But no digital could be key
Just Cause 4’s retail sales got off to the slowest start in the series thus far, even failing to improve upon its 2006 predecessor. That’s according to the latest UK sales chart, which comes with the big fat caveat that digital data isn’t included. GamesIndustry.biz hypothesises that with outlets like the...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Battlefield V Continues Good Start, But PS4 Numbers Dip Slightly
The Christmas period begins
We're now heading into the Christmas period proper, and so the Japanese charts are going to make for some pretty predictable reading over the next few weeks. The only PlayStation 4 release that's really worth mentioning this time around is Battlefield V, which continues on from its strong debut by selling an additional...
News Marvel's Spider-Man Is Now the Fastest Selling PS4 Game Ever in the UK
On track to become best selling PS4 exclusive
We all knew Insomniac's latest open world adventure was a hit, but this is pretty crazy. Marvel's Spider-Man has become the fastest selling PS4 game at UK retail. If that wasn't enough, GamesIndustry claims that the superhero blockbuster is gaining on Uncharted 4: A Thief's End to become the best selling...
News UK Sales Charts: Red Dead Redemption 2 Concedes Another Number One to FIFA 19
Beautiful Game vs. beautiful game
The shockwaves of Black Friday and Cyber Monday are still being felt in the UK charts, as some discounted titles are still disturbing the new releases. FIFA 19, for example, takes the top spot for a second week, followed up by Red Dead Redemption 2. It swaps last week's positions with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Battlefield V Doesn't Bomb as PS4 Sees Boosted Sales
Target spotted
Nothing was ever going to stop the new Pokemon games from securing their second week at the top of the Japanese charts, but surprisingly, Battlefield V gave it a decent shot. DICE's bombastic shooter managed to move a respectable 110,000 copies on PlayStation 4, placing it second in the software charts. Just behind it in third place...
News UK Sales Charts: Black Friday Brings Big Changes As Battlefield V Endures Lukewarm Launch
Bargain bin
As expected, last week was a successful week overall for the UK games market, as Black Friday saw numerous titles have their prices slashed. Less physical games were sold when compared to last year's sale bonanza, but if you factor in digital copies and the fact that sales began far in advance of the holiday itself, it's still an...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Fallout 76 Scrambles into Second Place on PS4
Not a bomb
With the release of the new Pokemon games on Nintendo Switch we weren't expecting much from the rest of the software charts, and for the most part that's true. However, it's well worth highlighting Fallout 76, which managed to move a surprisingly decent 73,000 copies on PlayStation 4 and land in second place. Whether it deserves this...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Sales Unaffected by Absent Single Player Campaign
Series on target regardless
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 topped the October 2018 NPD sales results in the United States, beating Red Dead Redemption 2 and proving that the clamours for the series’ missing single player campaign were overblown by a very vocal minority. The first-person shooter – which is currently 2018’s top-selling title in the...
News October 2018 NPD: Call of Duty, Red Dead Propel PS4 to Record Month
Sony's system sets new October high
With news that Sony’s big PlayStation 4 bundle for Black Friday 2018 is selling out this November, it seems that we can safely say the system is performing as strongly as ever five years into its lifespan. And the October 2018 NPD report for the United States is yet more evidence of that, as the console
News UK Sales Charts: Spyro Roasts Red Dead, Fallout, and Pokémon
75 per cent of sales on PS4
Activision’s onto a winner with these nostalgia fuelled PSone remakes, as Spyro: Reignited Trilogy has topped the UK sales charts – although Pokémon would have taken the W if you were to combine its multiple editions. This is still an impressive result for the purple dragon, which outpaced Red Dead Redemption 2 and...
News After Five Years, PS4 Has Sold Over 86 Million Units Worldwide
Software no slouch either
Sony's celebrating the PS4's fifth birthday today, and it's throwing out some interesting stats regarding its wildly successful platform. Perhaps most worthy of note is that, as of September 2018, Sony has shifted 86.1 million consoles globally -- a staggering number, and as our very own Sammy Barker pointed out, it's...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Black Ops 4 and Red Dead 2 Continue Impressive Top 5 Run on PS4
Western blockbusters are on a roll
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 may have been jumped by Luigi's Mansion, but the new Nintendo 3DS release wasn't able to top it by much. Treyarch's shooter remains a relatively strong seller in Japan, now weeks out from its launch. It shifted a further 26,000 copies on PlayStation 4, with total retail sales reaching a...
News Bungie Defends Destiny 2: Forsaken Following Activision's Sales Disappointment
"We are not disappointed"
In response to the recent news that Activision isn't entirely happy with the commercial performance of Destiny 2: Forsaken, director Luke Smith has taken to Twitter on behalf of developer Bungie. Smith writes, "We are not disappointed with Forsaken." "We set out to build a game that Destiny players would love, and at...
News UK Sales Charts: Red Dead Redemption 2 Retains Retail Dominance for Third Week
More than a fistful of dollars
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Red Dead Redemption 2 remains at the top of the UK retail chart for the third week in a row. Apparently holding 30 per cent of the market to itself, the smash hit Western continues to be a resounding success, despite selling about half as well as last week. A lack of major new...
Forsaken is right
Destiny 2: Forsaken sales haven't met publisher Activision's expectations despite the expansion making a ton of money when it launched in September. "Some of our other franchises like Destiny are not performing as well as we’d like," the company stated rather bluntly during its most recent earnings call. The problem appears to...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts RDR2 Can't Beat Black Ops 4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey in the conversation
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 toppled Red Dead Redemption 2 in the October 2018 PlayStation Store sales charts – but the latter only had a few days of tracking. Activision’s first-person shooter emerged victorious on both sides of the pond, while Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and FIFA 19 traded third and...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Ships a Staggering 17 Million Units in Eight Days
More than the original shipped in its life
Red Dead Redemption 2 is set to be an absolute monster, as expected. Rockstar parent company Take-Two has revealed that the game, which launched just under two weeks ago, has sold-in 17 million units. To be clear, 'sold-in' refers to the amount of copies shipped to retailers, not the amount of copies sold...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Jumps Red Dead Redemption 2 to Retake Top Spot
Treyarch's shooter continues great run
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has done really, really well in Japan. The PlayStation 4 shooter has once again secured the top spot of the software charts, leaping over last week's leader, Red Dead Redemption 2, in the process. Treyarch's title has shifted another 39,000 copies, which is impressive given that this...
Quest for the West
We don't quite know how well Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age has performed here in the West, but given its unfortunate release date and its relatively niche appeal, among other factors, it's probably had a semi-decent run at best. What's more, new sales data from Square Enix seems to back this theory up. The publisher...
News Destiny 2 Is Still Making Activision a Crazy Amount of Money
More than Spider-Man in September
We don't know if you feel the same, but from our perspective, it seemed like Destiny 2 dropped off a cliff almost as soon as Forsaken launched back in September. The expansion was well received by both critics and players, but to us, it feels like no one's talking about Destiny anymore outside of its core fans. With...
News UK Sales Charts: Ain't No Shifting Red Dead Redemption 2 from Summit
Western registers strongest second week of 2018
A dry week for new releases saw Red Dead Redemption 2 secure the strongest second week sales of any game in 2018 in the UK, as the critically acclaimed Western saw its physical units dip by just 51 per cent compared to its debut weekend. That’s a strong hold for a title already putting up huge...
News PS Vita's All-Time US Best-Sellers Show Why Sony Binned System
Top ten's life sales equivalent to Spidey's first month
NPD analyst Mat Piscatella has released the list of all-time best-selling PlayStation Vita software in the United States, and it paints a pretty damning picture. Top of the charts is launch title Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and it’s followed by the dismal Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified and...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Red Dead Redemption 2 Rides Straight in at Number 1 on PS4
Red or dead
Red Dead Redemption 2 has topped the Japanese software charts, gunning down Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, which had been sat at number one for two weeks in a row. Rockstar's open world masterpiece came in at 133,000 copies on PlayStation 4, which is a respectable total. Black Ops 4, meanwhile, is still doing very well for itself in second...
News Dragon Ball FighterZ Tops 3.5 Million Sales in Less Than a Year
Sparking
Dragon Ball FighterZ has done incredibly well for itself, with publisher Bandai Namco announcing that the brawler has passed 3.5 million copies sold. That figure includes retail shipments as well as digital sales. The last time we heard about the game's commercial performance was back in February, when news broke that it had shifted 2...
News Is Sony Hinting at Fewer PS4 Price Promotions This Holiday?
Sony banking on strong business momentum
The PlayStation 4 is performing so well in its fifth year on the market that Sony has increased its forecast for the format, predicting that it will sell 17.5 million units during the current fiscal year alone. It’s already half way there. However, the manufacturer has left a hint in its latest financial...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Has the Biggest Launch Sales of Any Full PSN Game Ever
The most pre-ordered, too
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a PlayStation Network record breaker. Once again underlining the fact that buying games digitally is fast becoming the norm, Rockstar's outstanding open world game has enjoyed the biggest launch of any "full" title to release on Sony's online store. "Full", we imagine, means full retail price, so...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Enjoys The Biggest Opening Weekend in Entertainment History
Makes $725 million in three days
Red Dead Redemption 2 is officially a hit of colossal proportions, and it's only been out since Friday last week. Rockstar has revealed that its open world adventure enjoyed the "biggest opening weekend in the history of entertainment". That means it's made more money than any game or movie to ever release over a...
News Sony Boosts Forecasts as PS4 Closes on 100 Million Milestone
Company in extremely good health
Sony has revised its fiscal year forecast for PlayStation 4 hardware sales up from 17 million to 17.5 million, as the console has reached 86.1 million units shipped. The staggering statistic means that the Japanese giant’s current console is in roughly the same ballpark as the PlayStation 3’s lifetime total –...
News Vampyr Has Been a 'Tremendous Success', Says Publisher
Bloody good
Vampyr, the gloomy action role-playing game that launched earlier this year in June, has done very well for itself commercially, according to publisher Focus Home Interactive. The company's latest earnings report highlights "tremendous success throughout the second quarter" for Dontnod Entertainment's title. When it released, it managed...
News UK Sales Charts: Red Redemption 2's Retail Sales Almost 70% on PS4
But can't topple FIFA 19 with just 27% of GTA5's debut
Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of those juggernaut blockbusters that appeals to all players regardless of a console’s audience, so Sony will be delighted with the performance of the game on its console. A very impressive 68 per cent of the sequel’s UK retail sales were made on the PlayStation...
News Japanese Sales Charts: SoulCalibur VI Struggles As Call of Duty Cleans Up
Always believe in your soul?
The soul still burns, but it does so from within a trashcan in Japan these days. SoulCalibur VI endured a disastrous opening in its native Japan, selling a feeble 24,049 copies on the PlayStation 4. That’s way down on previous entries, and with the sequel also struggling in Western territories like the UK, it’s not...
News Dragon Quest XI More Than Doubles Series Record in the United States
Echoes of an elusive age
There was concern about Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, as the anticipated JRPG didn’t exactly release at an ideal time. Launching just three days prior to PlayStation 4 juggernaut Marvel’s Spider-Man with next to no marketing at all, fans expected the worst for the latest entry in Square Enix’s iconic...
News September 2018 NPD: Marvel's Spider-Man Enjoys the Biggest Launch in PlayStation History
PS4 tops hardware charts
Marvel’s Spider-Man smashed records during its launch month in the United States, with the NPD Group reporting that the exclusive secured the highest launch month dollar sales for a PlayStation exclusive of all time. The title also enjoyed seventh largest debut of any PlayStation release ever, and is the third best-selling...
News SoulCalibur VI Sells 80 Per Cent of Its UK Physical Copies on PS4
Starlink, however, manages just 10 per cent
SoulCalibur VI proved once again that the PlayStation 4 is the home of fighting games, moving a whopping 80 per cent of its physical UK copies on Sony’s system. However, the wider picture doesn’t tell a particularly positive tale, as retail sales of the brawler were down 55 per cent at launch compared...
News UK Sales Charts: New Releases Struggle as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Stays on Top
CoD and chips
As we move further into the games industry's busiest release period, it seems most new titles are going to struggle against an immovable top three. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, FIFA 19, and Assassin's Creed Odyssey have all held onto first, second, and third respectively. This is the second week at the top for Treyarch's multiplayer only...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Makes $500 Million in Opening Weekend
So much for the boycotts
That missing campaign didn’t have much of an impact, as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 generated $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend – roughly the same as Call of Duty: WWII. The three day total is down on Call of Duty: Black Ops III, but combined players, average hours per player, and total number of hours played...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Is a Huge Hit on PS4
Blackout
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has stormed the the top of the Japanese software charts, shifting an impressive 229,000 copies on PlayStation 4. Immediate sales have bettered those of Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and Call of Duty: WWII, making this a big win for Activision and Sony. Aside from Black Ops 4's...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty Sinks to 11 Year Low at Retail
But digital marches forward
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 set a new global sales record on the PlayStation Store at launch, while its first weekend at UK retail represented an 11 year low for the franchise. What can we infer from this? Either the British public has fallen out of love with Activision’s first-person shooter series (unlikely) or...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Sets New PS Store Sales Record
Biggest digital launch in PlayStation history
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 set a new day one PlayStation Store sales record, moving more units digitally on Sony’s system than any other release globally. The title also secured a similar milestone on the Xbox One, perhaps demonstrating how consumers are gradually beginning to shift to online...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Sets New Series Sales Record
Well, that's the headline Ubisoft wants us to use
“Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has topped franchise sales records for the current generation*,” publisher Ubisoft has exclaimed in a press release. The caveat is that the organisation’s working off overall revenue rather than unit numbers – and it’s throwing players’ “recurring...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts Spider-Man PS4 Swings By
But FIFA 19 on top in Europe
A reminder of just how huge the FIFA franchise is: Marvel’s Spider-Man was forced to settle for second position in the European PlayStation Store charts for September. The web-slinger came out on top in North America, where he fought off tough competition from NBA 2K19 and EA Sports’ aforementioned soccer sim. They...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Assassin's Creed Odyssey Starts Strong on PS4
Spider-Man still in top 10
It's been another solid week for PlayStation 4 software sales in Japan. Although the new Mario Party jumped in at number one in the charts, Assassin's Creed Odyssey entered in second place, shifting a reasonable 45,000 copies on Sony's system. Fellow newcomer Mega Man 11 also made the top ten, coming in at number seven on...
News Shadow of the Tomb Raider's Already on Sale on the EU PS Store
That didn't take long
It’s not even been out a month yet, but Shadow of the Tomb Raider is already on sale on the European PlayStation Store. The latest Deal of the Week, you can get Lara Croft’s latest for £39.99 – that’s 27 per cent off. The discounts apply to the beefier Digital Deluxe and Croft Editions too, assuming you want to go the...
News Spider-Man PS4 Is the Best Selling Western-Made Sony Game Since Crash Bandicoot 3 in Japan
September's best seller
Marvel's Spider-Man has done incredibly well for itself in Japan, where it's just been crowned the best selling game of September 2018. As if that wasn't enough, it's also been confirmed by GameDataLibrary that Spidey's open world outing is actually the best selling Sony-funded, Western-developed title since Crash Bandicoot 3...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Sales Down 26% from Origins At UK Retail
Tales from my Kass
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey sold 26 per cent fewer copies than its predecessor Assassin’s Creed Origins at UK retail, representing a downturn in physical sales for the series. It’s perhaps worth nothing that the title is releasing earlier in the year than Bayek’s Egyptian adventure, which deployed on 27th October, 2017. This...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 19 Outmanoeuvres Assassin's Creed Odyssey for Top Spot
Greek tragedy
Despite underperforming at physical retail compared to its predecessor, FIFA 19 is number one for its second week on sale. The drop from last week's sales numbers is 64 per cent, which actually isn't too bad for a game -- especially one that will likely have far longer legs than many of the other titles currently in the charts...
News PS4 Controlled 63% of the UK's Software Share in September
Marvelous
Sony absolutely obliterated the competition in September, with the PlayStation 4 controlling 62.8 per cent of the UK’s physical software share. This means that it comfortably outsold any packaged games sold on the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC – combined. Its share increased from 40.4 per cent in August due to the success of
