Tag Archives: Sales

Shortly following the release of Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, the publisher’s parent company revealed it has “significantly exceeded initial sales targets.”

Phasmaphobia launched into Early Access a couple of years ago and has gone on to become a huge hit since, shifting over 20 million copies.

Capcom has announced that the Resident Evil 4 Remake, released in March 2023, has achieved a new sales milestone, surpassing eight million copies since launch.

35 years on from the franchise’s first entry, the Final Fantasy series is about to hit a massive milestone – nearing 200 million copies sold.

A new study into the effects Denuvo DRM has on PC game sales shows that the DRM only really has impact for the first 12 weeks of sale.

A month on, Astro Bot seems to be rocketing to success – doing “better than basically every new 3D [platformer] in the last 10 years (Mario aside)” in Europe.

One month on from its initial release and Star Wars Outlaws does not appear to be performing well, with reports revealing it sold just 1 million copies. To put that figure into perspective, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sold eight million copies in its first few months on the market.

Frostpunk 2 was released on September 20th and things seem to be off to a good start so far, with 11-Bit Studios confirming that 350,000 copies have been sold in the first three days.  With the 350,000 copies it sold, 11 Bit said that Frostpunk 2's expected income has already …

Capcom's Street Fighter 6 has achieved an impressive milestone, selling over four million copies since its release in June 2023. Capcom came to social media to announce the achievement, where it also expressed gratitude to the players for their support and shared plans for the game's future. By January 2024 …

In a recent industry assessment, it has been estimated that Concord, Sony's troubled multiplayer hero shooter, may have only sold around 25,000 copies across all platforms. The game has faced widespread criticism since its announcement, garnering a lackluster response and reaching a peak player count of around 700 on Steam. …

Bandai Namco recently announced that Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has surpassed eight million copies sold worldwide. The development teams have teased upcoming content for the game to celebrate the milestone. Although Bandai Namco is now more focused on launching the new Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero (launching October 11th), Dragon Ball …

Square Enix made it clear during its recent financial earnings call that it would be overhauling its development operations, with a bigger focus on multiplatform releases moving forward. As far as actual game releases are concerned, this should have been a huge year thanks to Final Fantasy 16 and Final …

The sci-fi shooter from Arrowhead is one of PlayStation's fastest selling games ever, but also faces controversy over PSN account linking and delisting.

Manor Lords, Steam's most wishlisted game in 2024, is already a success. The strategy game sold over one million copies in its launch weekend alone, and during the same period, it reached a peak concurrent player count of over 173,000.  Manor Lords, released on April 26th, was at the top …

While the Apple Vision Pro got off to a hot start with surprisingly positive reviews, many have since commented about not having many reasons to use it since. On top of that, it would seem that sales have fallen flat, leading to reports of a cancelled follow-up headset, as well …

Landfall Games made the bold decision to make its new game, Content Warning, free to claim on Steam during its launch day. This quickly led to millions of players claiming the game, but it has also helped sales grow, with the new game amassing 1 million sales following the 24-hour …

While there has been plenty of criticism of Dragon's Dogma 2, the game still drew in positive critic reviews and high player counts at launch. Since its release on the 21st of March, the game has managed to surpass 2.5 million copies sold.  For comparison, the original Dragon's Dogma and …

We already knew that Helldivers 2 has been a huge success so far. One look at the game's high concurrent player counts on Steam proves that. However, the story has gotten all the more impressive this week, with Helldivers 2 being crowned as the best-selling game in the UK.  In …

Palworld has achieved another remarkable milestone by surpassing 25 million players across all platforms. Developed by Pocketpair, the game has garnered 15 million unit sales on Steam and 10 million Xbox gamers. Pocketpair announced the latest Palworld download stats on the game's official Twitter/X account. According to the developer, the …

Football Manager has become a very successful series, as you can see by its sales numbers. With Football Manager 2024 setting a new record for the series' history with over seven million copies sold, FM has built a massive and dedicated following, making it an essential part of sports gaming. …

Helldivers 2 has been a massive success for Arrowhead Games studio and seems to be getting even bigger. The game surpassed Sony's Steam records, and sales have exceeded the developer and publisher's expectations. According to Arrowhead Games studio CEO and Creative Director Johan Pilestedt, Helldivers 2 has sold “around a million” …

Late last year, Sony announced that the PlayStation 5 had officially sold over 50 million units since its release in November 2020. While Microsoft stopped reporting on Xbox’s sales years ago, thanks to Take-Two Interactive’s latest fiscal earnings meeting, we now have a strong estimate. As mentioned, late last year …

During Nintendo's latest earnings call, the company shared the total sales number for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, ending the debate for the best-selling game of 2023. With over 22 million copies, Hogwarts Legacy has officially beaten out The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as 2023's …

Palworld has taken the gaming world by storm since its debut earlier this month. It has become the largest third-party Game Pass launch in just ten days, reaching over 7 million players across Xbox consoles, PC and the cloud. The Steam version of Palworld is a few updates ahead of …

After a very lengthy marketing period, the much anticipated Tekken 8 is finally out in the world for all to enjoy. It seems as though the game has found a strong audience straight from the get-go, as physical sales of the game in the UK have more than doubled that …

The co-op survival action RPG Enshrouded was released on Steam Early Access just last week and is already a success. The game has sold over a million copies in just four days, and although it's not on the same level as Palworld, it's still remarkable. Now available on Steam, Enshrouded …

In an unfortunate case of ransomware, Insomniac Games have had a great deal of their internal documents leaked online. As part of this, concrete sales figures for the many PC ports of PlayStation titles have now been revealed. As shared by Reddit user ‘OrangeC-2003’, an internal document from February 2023 …

Black Friday sales have arrived in force, with most major stores now offering big discounts on all things tech. Here, we break down some of the best gaming peripheral deals we've spotted so far, including mechanical keyboards, mice and headsets. If you are looking for a fresh upgrade – we have you covered at all budget points. 

The UK video game sales chart last week was dominated by Starfield, with Bethesda's new RPG entering the chart in the number one spot, beating out the likes of Call of Duty, NBA 2K24, FIFA and others. The game's success has also had an impact on the sales of Xbox …

After spending a couple of years in early access, Larian officially launched Baldur's Gate 1.0 last week to great success. Over the weekend, the game rose to the top of the Steam charts, garnering a hugely impressive 800,000 concurrent players over the launch period.  Larian founder, Swen Vincke, admitted that …