Posts Tagged ‘Sales figures’
 

 
 

June NPDs: The Rest of the Story – Top 20 Revealed

Did June’s NPD top ten leave you wondering how your favorite game did in the grander scheme of things? Curious at just how far below the floor of 192,700 copies the PlayStation 3 version of Prototype actually landed? Then...
by Rob Thomas
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June NPDs: Prototype Claims Top Spot, Hardware Sales Improve Slightly

Flipper hands beat mixed martial arts. The sales numbers don’t lie. Prototype made a big showing in its Xbox 360 incarnation with just over 400k, pushing the same platform’s UFC 2009: Undisputed out of the top slot....
by Rob Thomas
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Monster Hunter Fans Unite to Set PSP Sales Record

We’ve spoken before about how much of a sales juggernaut Monster Hunter is in Japan. Today, news comes from Capcom that the franchise has set a new sales record. The series publisher stated that the most recent PSP versio...
by Rob Thomas
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Bionic Commando Gets Passed Over at Retail

Sometimes an extendable bionic arm can’t help a game catch a break at retail. Sometimes even the most horrid title can sell on the strength of name alone. This is a tale of both of these things. As we pointed out a few da...
by Rob Thomas
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May NPDs: Hardware Sales Down, Asswhipping Sales Up

“He loves to explode with that right hand!” This quote, along with “He loves it when guys chase him” made for many cheap yuks when we played the demo of UFC 2009 Undisputed a few weeks back. However, the...
by Rob Thomas
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The Sims 3 Shifts 1.4 Million at Retail in First Week

Piracy be damned! Despite leaking onto torrent sites a week plus before its launch date, with illegal downloads topping 180,000 before you could even lay hands on a legit copy of the game, The Sims 3 has steamrolled through ret...
by Rob Thomas
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Valkyria Chronicles Sees Sales Surge in April

When gamers truly want to, their powers can be harnessed for good instead of stupid. Proof comes that the dedicated efforts of fans (and some judicious price drops) can indeed help a struggling video game find traction in the m...
by Rob Thomas
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