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Americans Now Spend $1 Billion A Year On Game Subscriptions
Whenever a developer who works for a company that doesn't make MMOs pipes up and says "PC gaming is dead", they really mean they just can't make money selling what they're selling. Maybe it's because of piracy, like many say, but hey, maybe it's also because they don't make MMOs, because NPD figures released today show that Americans spent over $1 billion on online subscriptions last year. That money came from an estimated 11 million subscribers, the majority of whom were obviously playing WoW, with RuneScape, LotRO, FFXI and City of Heroes following (in that order) in its wake. NPD say "it's clear that there is a sizable chunk of revenue being generated by PC gaming beyond what is reflected in retail sales", and really, none of us are in a position to argue with that. More »
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NYT: GTA IV's Sold 6 Million Copies, Made $500 Million
The New York Times, who seem to have got hold of Take-Two's data a little earlier than the rest of us, are reporting that the publisher's going to announce some hard GTA IV sales figures later today. Those figures will reveal the game has already sold 6 million copies, with an astonishing 3.6 million of them going on the first day. This means the game's racked up sales of over $500 million in just one week. Hoo-boy. If the NYT are on the money, expect Take-Two to confirm this later today.A $500 Million Week for Grand Theft Auto [New York Times]
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No surprises here. Grand Theft Auto IV has set a new record for first-day sales in the UK, shifting 609,000 units in a single day. This beats the previous record of 501,000, set by San Andreas in 2004. In terms of which version did the best business, ChartTrack report that the 360 one slightly outsold the PS3 version, 335,000 to 274,000. To put this in further perspective, the 360 version alone outsold Halo 3, which could "only" move 266,000 last year, so yes, this game is some steamy, hot hot hot hotcakes.
GTA IV smashes day one sales record [MCV] [Pic]
GTA IV Breaks British Sales Record, 360 Outsells PS3
No surprises here. Grand Theft Auto IV has set a new record for first-day sales in the UK, shifting 609,000 units in a single day. This beats the previous record of 501,000, set by San Andreas in 2004. In terms of which version did the best business, ChartTrack report that the 360 one slightly outsold the PS3 version, 335,000 to 274,000. To put this in further perspective, the 360 version alone outsold Halo 3, which could "only" move 266,000 last year, so yes, this game is some steamy, hot hot hot hotcakes.GTA IV smashes day one sales record [MCV] [Pic]
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British Sales Charts
Mario & Sonic, Brain Training, Wii Play, yes, yes, this all looks in order. Business as usual. Oh, except for that top-selling game. Wii Fit it's called, you say? Hrm. That's new. Though glancing at the other Nintendo games on these charts, and then at the British chats over the past 18 months, one surely can't be too surprised to see it debut at the top, hrm, eh, what? More »
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NPD's PC Sales Charts Apr 6-12
Please don't comment below saying "OMG no digital downloads list = fail" or something. You'll look like an idiot. We know these charts aren't the truest indication of what PC gamers actually paid money for a couple weeks back. But they're all we've got. And hey, you might even enjoy these ones, since for once they're dominated by real, proper PC games! More »
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British Sales Charts
You know, I've been doing these charts for what feels like years now, and I've run out of ways to point out Britain's fascination with Nintendo titles. From here on, then, let's just assume that unless the charts clearly say otherwise, the week's top ten-selling games will include at least one Brain Training game, at least one version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympics and, of course, Wii Play. More »
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Nintendo Takes March, 360 & PS3 Neck-And-Neck
Nintendo atop the monthly NPD hardware charts? You do. Not. Say. Nintendo consoles again kicked the collective asses of the competition, with the Wii coming in at #1 and the DS at #2. But that's not the interesting part. You knew that was coming. No, the interesting part comes in looking at the four non-Nintendo consoles. And how only 81,000 units separates third from last.
The 360 can't be in that short supply, as it sold 262,000 units, still managing to (just) beat out the PS3. The PS2, well it kept on being relevant, but all three were beaten by the resurgent PSP, of which 297,000 were sold during the month.
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British Sales Charts
Britain's all-format sales charts for last week are in. Seven out of the ten are Wii games. Yes, I'm as surprised as you are. Mario Kart took the top spot, becoming not only the 8th-biggest-selling debut game in British history, but the single biggest-selling debut Nintendo game in British history as well. Would love to tell you just how many copies that equates to, but ChartTrack don't think you need that information, so take it up with them. More »
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British Sales Charts
Heeeeyyyyy, it's new British sales data. What do we have this (well, last) week? Seems we have more traditional gamers winning a little ground back on Dr. Kawashima's henchmen, with the inroads made by games like Condemned 2 and Viking: Battle for Asgard so great that Mario & Sonic At The Olympics on DS was nearly pushed out of the top 10 altogether. Onwards and upwards, fight them on the beaches, etc etc! More »
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PC Sales Charts March 16-22
NPD have seen fit to release some more weekly sales data for the PC market. We must have all been nice, rather than naughty, over the past seven days, because for some reason these don't exactly turn up like clockwork. And yes, I know, it's nigh-on useless without online sales data, but nigh-on useless isn't the same as useless, so bear that in mind. And keep on bearing when you see Sins of a Solar Empire at #3! More »
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British Sales Charts
Sony weren't messing around when they let us know in advance that GT5 Prologue was going to sell. Even taking into account the fact the game's online launch was hit with a delay, it still debuted atop the charts, the first PS3 title to do so for a long time. Sorry the rest can't be as exciting, however, as it's business as usual, with the standard Bran Training, Mario & Sonic, Wii Play, etc taking up their regular positions. More »
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British Sales Charts
Britain's individual format charts have this week has been cleft in twain. On the one side, the new Nintendo crowd. Mario & Sonic, Brain Training, Carnival, blah blah blah, you know them, you ("you" being the people who will not stop buying them) love them. On the other, the men with guns crowd, as both versions of the bug-riddled Rainbow Six Vegas 2 chart at the top while Army of Two hangs on by the skin of its testosterone-charged fingertips. More »
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British Sales Charts
After the excitement of last time around, a certain sense of normalcy returns to the British charts this week, as Mario & Sonic claw their way back to top spot on the individual all-formats chart. I say certain, though, because even taking that into account, things aren't as dire as usual. Soulstorm hangs on to be the only PC game I can ever remember sticking around longer than one week, Army of Two kept right on selling well and, perhaps most promising of all, there's only one Brain Training game in the top 10. Onwards and upwards, Britain! More »
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PC Sales Charts Feb 24 - March 1
The NPD group have released the American PC sales charts for the week Feb 24 - March 1, which is awful nice of them, since weekly sales data for the US market is a rare and precious thing. The weekly frequency of these charts is about the only surprise you're going to get, however, as half the chart's taken up by Sims and World of Warcraft titles. More »
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British Sales Charts
All things considered, not such a bad week for the normally-awful British sales charts! Usual suspects Mario & Sonic and Brain Training are still hovering in the top half of the charts, but they're also joined by a bunch of games most of you lot would actually play. Like Army of Two, and Lost Odyssey, and Bully and, amazingly, a PC title. Yes, a PC title! I forgot the British charts even included them. More »
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PC sales charts? Bloody useless. What good are sales charts when every second PC gamer just pirates games for nothing? Exactly. So Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Kieron Gillen has done a little digging through a single day's worth of downloads from bittorrent site Mininova and come up with some charts that help show what many PC users are actually playing, if not buying.
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PC Gaming's Piracy "Sales" Charts
PC sales charts? Bloody useless. What good are sales charts when every second PC gamer just pirates games for nothing? Exactly. So Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Kieron Gillen has done a little digging through a single day's worth of downloads from bittorrent site Mininova and come up with some charts that help show what many PC users are actually playing, if not buying.
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So, Which Publisher's Games Get The Best Scores? (PART II)
Last month, in the wake of EA's analyst presentation, we threw up a little graph they'd used to highlight their market position in terms of average review scores. It was nice, but it was also brief. Some publishers were missing, and it was only for 2007. Their curiosity well and truly piqued, Next-Gen have dug through the same data, expanded it to include all publishers who released ten or more game sin the US during a calendar year, then went back to 2006 and 2005 and got data for them, too. All terribly exhaustive, and all terribly exciting. 2007's data is above, hit the link below for the rest.THE RATINGS RANKINGS [Next-Gen]
