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News The Dragon Ball XenoVerse Series Has Been a Big Hit for Bandai Namco
10 million sales broke
It's 2018 and it feels like Dragon Ball is as popular as it's ever been. Largely thanks to the success of Dragon Ball Super, the franchise has really taken off all over again, and for video game adaptations, that's fantastic news. Dragon Ball XenoVerse hit PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 back in 2015...
News UK Sales Charts: Crash Bandicoot Refuses to Roll Over for Fifth Week in a Row
Woah!
The UK just loves Crash Bandicoot, huh? Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy smashed all expectations when it launched exclusively on PlayStation 4 last year, but thanks to its release on other platforms just over a month ago, it's returned to the top of the charts. This is the remade collection's fifth consecutive week at number one,...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Not a Single PlayStation Game in Top 10 as Sony Rut Continues
Nothing to see here
A complete lack of new software is taking its toll on PlayStation this summer in Japan. The latest software charts are dominated by Nintendo titles, with PlayStation being completely absent in the top 10. The only PlayStation 4 title worthy of mention in the top 20 is Detroit: Become Human, which is still slowly creeping towards...
News UK Sales Charts: Crash Bandicoot Remains Top Despite Amazon Prime Day Disruption
Spin to win
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy continues to perform extremely well in the UK retail chart thanks to its multiplatform release last month. This is its fourth consecutive number one since then, despite some fierce competition. LEGO The Incredibles remains in second place, with only a 7% drop in sales week on week. But the bandicoot has...
News Japanese Sales Charts: New Nintendo Titles Dominate as PS4 Numbers Drag
The usual
PlayStation remains in a bit of a rut when it comes to the Japanese market, as the PS4 and PS4 Pro continue to hover around a combined 17,000 units. A distinct lack of big new releases is preventing Sony's consoles from pushing up, and all in all, it's been a very quiet summer for the company so far. Two new Nintendo titles have stormed...
News UK Sales Charts: Crash Bandicoot Fends Off New Releases to Remain Number One
N. Sane
The latest UK all formats chart is in, and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy runs away with another top result thanks to its multiplatform releases last month. It also bests a couple of new entries, with LEGO The Incredibles and the Switch exclusive Octopath Traveler having to settle for second and third respectively. God of War once again...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts FIFA 18 Dominates in Europe
Second in North America too
Last month saw social media rattling with excitement for the World Cup, so it's no surprise to see that FIFA 18 walked away as the most downloaded title on the European PlayStation Store in June. Over on the North American Store, it also performed very well indeed, securing second place. But what came in first over in...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Numbers Continue to Endure Summer Drought
Stifling heat
Well, there's not much happening in the latest Japanese sales charts -- unfortunately for us. Only one new release made it into the software top 20, and that was PlayStation 4 and Vita title Zanki Zero: Last Beginning. Across both platforms, it mustered around 25,000 copies and entered in fourth and seventh place, respectively...
News UK Sales Charts: Crash Bandicoot Fends Off Jurassic World Evolution for Number One Spot
Well, there it is
Jurassic World Evolution released at retail last week, but even the promise of your very own dinosaur empire wasn't quite enough to topple Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Activision's revitalised platformer is once again at the top of the pile, with the dino park management sim debuting in second place. Elsewhere, The Crew 2...
News Japanese Sales Charts: The Crew 2 Is the Only Meaningful New Release
And that's about it
Ramsey ain’t around to post the Japanese sales charts like usual, but it’s not like there’s anything of interest going on overseas. The Crew 2 was the biggest new release of the week, shifting over 17,000 units. A bunch of evergreen Nintendo titles helped prop the Switch up, while the PlayStation 4 could only muster 18,000...
News UK Sales Charts: Crash Bandicoot Pips The Crew 2 to Pole Position
That's put a spin on things
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has leapt up the chart from 22nd to secure another No.1, due to the game releasing on several new platforms. It means that Ubisoft's open world racer The Crew 2 had to settle for second place in its debut week. This means that everything else has shifted down a few...
News UK Sales Charts: God of War Takes the Bronze in Uneventful Week for PlayStation
"Do not be sorry. Be better"
It seems everyone has been too busy watching the World Cup to go out and buy some new PS4 games. The latest UK sales chart is out, and for PlayStation at least, it's wholly unremarkable. God of War drops into third place, maintaining steady sales, and FIFA 18 is understandably holding firm in second. One of the week's...
News May 2018 NPD: PS4 on Top Yet Again, Detroit Starts Strong
Another record breaking month for PlayStation
With the PlayStation 4 nearing its fifth anniversary, we had expected the Nintendo Switch to take the lead on Sony’s system in the United States hardware charts – but it’s just not happening yet. The Japanese giant’s popular platform enjoyed a fourth consecutive month in the throne in May, with...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Steady in Uneventful Week
Summer fever
There’s not much going on in Japan at the moment, as evidenced by Record of Grancrest War being the best-selling new release of the week. The title moved just 11,871 units. It means that evergreen seller Splatoon 2 was able to secure the top spot with just 15k units added to its already substantial tally. Elsewhere, the PlayStation 4...
News UK Sales Charts: God of War Returns to the Top Amid Days of Play Promotion
The highest peak in all the realms
It's a day late, but this return to the No.1 spot on the UK charts is a great Father's Day gift for the Ghost of Sparta. God of War is back on top after a few weeks lower down the top 10, largely due to Sony's Days of Play sale which saw discounts on Santa Monica Studio's latest and greatest. The sale also bumped...
News The Last of Us Has Sold an Outrageous 17 Million Units on PS4, PS3
It can't be for nothing
We knew The Last of Us was successful, but we hadn’t realised quite how successful. On the survival horror’s fifth anniversary, however, Naughty Dog has revealed that Joel and Ellie’s inaugural adventure has sold a mind-melting 17 million copies across the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 since its original release in...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Fate/Extella Link Slashes Its Way to Number 1 on PS4
Console sales also up
Fate/Extella Link, a sequel to the rather good Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star, which launched around a year ago here in the West, has hacked and slashed its way to the top of the Japanese software charts with ease. The Dynasty Warriors-esque title did better than Koei Tecmo's own Dynasty Warriors 9, shifting around 117,000...
News UK Sales Charts: Vampyr Sinks Its Teeth into the No.1 Spot
Like a bat out of Hell
The latest UK sales charts are out, and it's a pleasantly surprising result for Focus Home Interactive. Vampyr, from DONTNOD Entertainment, has debuted in first place in the all-formats chart, which is the publisher's first ever. It steals away another No.1 for FIFA 18, which has to settle for second this week. Just behind...
News Detroit: Become Human Surpasses One Million Units in Two Weeks
Quantic Dream's fastest selling game
Detroit: Become Human, the very likeable PlayStation 4 exclusive from Parisian developer Quantic Dream, has sold one million units worldwide in two weeks. This makes it the studio’s fastest selling title, as it took Heavy Rain five weeks to achieve the same feat. The sci-fi adventure’s already off to a great...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts Detroit Does Exceptionally Well
God of War still rocking as well
Detroit: Become Human’s one of those rare remaining games that you’d expect most people to purchase physically, but it’s done outstandingly well on the PlayStation Store sales charts, suggesting we really are entering a new era for digital downloads. The title was beaten by only God of War in North America,...
News Sony's Days of Play Offer Begins Today with Huge PS Store Sale
Money money money
This year's Days of Play sale is getting started today, and Sony has taken to the PlayStation Blog to promote its range of offers. As well as hardware bundles and discounts on physical games, the PlayStation Store sees a sizeable selection of savings on PS4 and PSVR games, as well as DLC. Plenty of major titles are included in the
News Japanese Sales Charts: BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Barely Leaves a Mark as Dark Souls Stays Top
Feeling blue
We hope that you like low sales numbers, because that's what you're getting with the latest Japanese charts. Still sitting at the top of the software pile is Dark Souls Remastered on PlayStation 4, which somehow managed to retain its position with a mere 19,900 copies. Newcomer BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle barely put up a fight...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Dark Souls, Detroit, Persona Dancing Can't Improve PS4 Numbers
Stuck in a rut
For the first time in a while, we've got a slew of new releases to write about when it comes to the latest Japanese sales charts. Regular readers may have noticed that we actually missed the charts last week (you can blame Overlord Barker for that), so we're catching up now. Okay, where to start? Well, the software charts were...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 18 Kicks Detroit: Become Human Off the Top Spot
World Cup fever?
Thanks to aggressive in-store promotions, along with the recent World Cup content update, FIFA 18 has landed back atop the charts, putting an early end to Detroit: Become Human's run as the bestseller. Quantic Dream's "most successful game so far" has to settle for second place, while God of War moves back up to fourth. Meanwhile,...
News Detroit: Become Human Is Quantic Dream's 'Most Successful' Game So Far
Press X to congratulate
Detroit: Become Human got a generally strong reception from critics, but the feedback from fans has been overwhelmingly positive thus far. And it sounds like Quantic Dream’s sci-fi opus has been a hit commercially as well, as bigwig Guillaume de Fondaumière has tweeted that the title is the French studio's “most...
News UK Sales Charts: Detroit: Become Human Breaks God of War's No.1 Streak
Robot revolution
The UK's latest physical games chart is in, and a trio of new releases finally puts an end to Kratos' five week reign atop the best sellers. Replacing it in the top spot is Detroit: Become Human, Quantic Dream's newest story-driven adventure title. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the sci-fi drama is roughly selling in line with the...
News God of War Surpasses 5 Million Units in a Month
King Kratos
God of War is a smash hit of the highest magnitude. Following on from the title’s impressive launch, where it sold 3.1 million units in just three days, PlayStation chief John Kodera has revealed that its numbers have now surpassed five million units in its first month on sale. To put this into perspective, it’s already more or less...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Numbers Remain Low, God of War Breaks 100,000 Copies
Summer lull
PlayStation 4 role-playing game remake The Caligula Effect: Overdose somehow managed to top the latest Japanese software charts by moving a meagre 20,000 copies, and that perhaps tells you all that you need to know. Indeed, it's been another very slow week in the Land of the Rising Sun, with the aforementioned RPG being the only new...
News April 2018 NPD: PS4 Breaks Records in Staggering Month
God of War, MLB The Show 18 on fire
God of War helped propel the PlayStation 4 to a sensational April 2018 in the United States, where the system set a new software sales record for the month since data tracking started all the way back in 1995. The console – which was unsurprisingly the top-selling system of the month – also registered the...
News UK Sales Charts: God of War's Reign Continues for Fifth Consecutive Week
Godlike
God of War is doing very well for itself in the UK market, as it claims the No.1 spot for another week. A week ago, it bested The Last of Us Remastered's record of three weeks in pole position, and if it can stay put for one more, it'll match the original PS3 version of The Last of Us with a run of six weeks in first place. It's been...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Numbers Fall Following Seriously Slow Week
God of War closes in on 100k
There's really not much to write about when it comes to the latest Japanese sales charts. A total lack of new releases made for an incredibly slow week, with hardware sales dropping across the board (not counting the Xbox One X shifting an astonishing 15 units more than it did last time out). PlayStation 4 and PS4 Pro...
News Persona 5 Has Shipped a Very Healthy 2.2 Million Copies
Steal your heart
Persona 5 is the best selling game in Atlus' long running series -- we've known that for quite some time -- but where has it ended up in terms of actual figures? According to SEGA's latest financial report, Persona 5 now sits at 2.2 million copies worldwide, across both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. That's a good amount for a...
News UK Sales Charts: God of War Sets New PS4 First-Party Record with Fourth Successive No. 1
Beats The Last of Us Remastered's record
God of War has set a new PlayStation 4 first-party record by registering a fourth successive week at the summit of the UK sales charts. Sony Santa Monica’s smash hit overcame a 30 per cent dip in physical sales compared to the previous week, which was enough for it to break The Last of Us: Remastered’s...
News PS4 Is Way Ahead of Xbox One in Total Console Sales, Says New Data
EA spills the beans
As we've known for some time now, Microsoft no longer publicly shares Xbox One sales figures. Meanwhile, Sony's been more than happy to spread word of the PlayStation 4's success on numerous occasions, with the company's most recent statement claiming that the current-gen console has moved close to 80 million units. It's always...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts God of War Rules Supreme
Word up, boy
It perhaps won’t come as a surprise in the wake of its staggering launch sales that God of War was the best-selling game on the PlayStation Store for the month of April. Kratos’ latest topped in both Europe and North America, beating out Far Cry 5 in both territories. Fellow exclusive MLB The Show 18 finished third in North America,...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PlayStation Stays Quiet Over Golden Week
God of War still in top 10
Golden Week was a quiet affair for Sony and PlayStation. Japanese holiday deals didn't seem to have any real impact, with the PlayStation 4 and PS4 Pro simply holding steady at around 35,000 units combined. In previous years we've seen some boosted hardware sales during Golden Week, but not this time. The software charts...
News UK Sales Charts: God of War Fights Off Funky Kong for Third No. 1
Donkey doo
God of War has enjoyed a third week at the summit of the UK sales charts, after fending off Nintendo Switch re-release Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Sales of Kratos’ latest dropped 56 per cent week-over-week, but it still moved more than enough physical units to maintain its position atop the British best sellers list...
News God of War Is PS4's Fastest Ever Selling Exclusive
Over three million copies sold in three days
God of War has become the fastest selling PlayStation 4 exclusive to date, shifting a dizzying 3.1 million copies worldwide in just three days. The data tracks the period spanning 20th April through 22nd April, and includes physical and digital sales. We already know that the soft-reboot enjoyed
News Japanese Sales Charts: God of War Leaps Labo as Japan Goes Mad for Chibi Baseball on PS4
PS4 numbers spike
Long running cartoony baseball series Power Pro (as it's commonly known outside of Japan) has always been popular in its native country, and the latest instalment has batted its way straight to the top of the Japanese software charts. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu launched on both PlayStation 4 and Vita, shifting a combined...
News UK Sales Charts: God of War Fights Off the Competition for Another Week
No.1 once more
God of War set a record as the fastest selling game in the series, debuting at the top of the weekly UK boxed chart. In its second week on sale, it's stayed put, fending off Far Cry 5 in second and Nintendo Labo, which debuts in third with its Variety Pack. According to GamesIndustry.biz, God of War saw a sales dip of ju
News Sony Data Shows Digital Sales Continue to Grow on PS4
PlayStation Store taking over
The transition to digital storefronts like the PlayStation Store on consoles is gradually growing every year, and it won’t be long now before its sales eclipse physical ones. New data from Sony’s latest financial report shows that in the quarter that ended 31st March, 2018, an impressive 43 per cent of the...
News PS4 Closes in on PS3 with 79 Million Units Shipped Worldwide
Sony targets 95 million by this time next year
The PlayStation 4 will soon surpass the PlayStation 3’s install base just over four years into its lifespan, as Sony’s latest financial report has revealed that it’s shipped 79 million units of its current console worldwide. The number is accurate as of 31st March, with the platform holder...
News Japanese Sales Charts: God of War Debuts in Second Place on PS4
PS4 numbers still low
God of War enjoyed a semi-decent opening in Japan, moving roughly 46,000 copies and landing in second place. We weren't expecting it to do crazy numbers, but we perhaps thought that it would get a little closer to 100,000. It was beaten out by the newly released Nintendo Labo Variety Kit, which isn't a huge surprise. Things...
News March 2018 NPD: PS4 Tops Hardware Charts as MLB Registers Record
Home run
Sony maintained its position atop the United States hardware charts with another impressive NPD result, outselling all other consoles in the month of March 2018. The console was buoyed by the release of MLB The Show 18, which set a franchise record during its launch month. However, Far Cry 5 unsurprisingly swept aside all competition,...
News UK Sales Charts: God of War Sets New Series Record
And so does Yakuza
The new God of War game is the series’ fastest selling entry in the UK – and that’s despite data tracking only a couple of days’ worth of physical sales. In terms of purely boxed units, it outsold God of War III by 35 per cent, but it’s worth remembering that digital sales have increased dramatically in recent years, so...
News NPD Analyst Reckons God of War Will Have the Biggest Debut of Any PS4 Exclusive
Daddy's home
Just how well will God of War sell? The franchise has always been one of Sony's best when it comes to shifting units, but with the drastic change in direction, questions were being asked early on about whether core fans would be won over. Of course, now that we're sitting here on launch day and the game's reviewed unbelievably well, we...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Falls Further as Japan Suffers Seriously Slow Week
Monster Hunter finally at 2 million
Every now and again, the Japanese sales charts enter a slump and there's barely anything to talk about. Unfortunately, that can be said of the latest figures, which make for some yawn-inducing reading. On the software side of things, a Compile Heart title named Death end re;Quest entered the top five on...
News UK Sales Charts: Far Cry 5 Starts a Cult at Summit
Little else going on
Another desperately slow week for the British games industry concludes with Far Cry 5 at the top of the UK sales charts. This is its third consecutive spell at the summit, which would be nearing a Ubisoft record if God of War wasn’t waiting in the wings to steal its place. Elsewhere, the only other thing of note is Gran...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Far Cry 5 Breaks 100k, PS4 Drops Off
Quiet on the Eastern front
There's not much happening in the latest Japanese sales charts. A total lack of new software means that we're left analysing what's already there, and we suppose the biggest news is that Far Cry 5 has broken through 100,000 copies on PlayStation 4. That's not a bad result for Ubisoft. Elsewhere, Monster Hunter: World is...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts Far Cry 5 Finds the Holy Ground on PS4
Top seller in NA and EU
Far Cry 5 is the fastest selling game in the series, and it's been doing well in the physical charts, but what about its performance on digital storefronts? Well, Sony has detailed March's sales charts, and Ubisoft's open world shooter sits atop both the North American and European charts. Also performing well in both regi
