Articles tagged with 'sales'

New Xbox 360 S UK release outshines PS2 & PS3 Slim launches

Monday, 19 July 2010 Henry Dowling

They say a bit of change can do you the world of good and that seems to be especially true when it comes to gaming hardware, with UK sales figures showing that the new Xbox 360 S has sold more than both the PS2 Slim and PS3 Slim on launch, according to GfK Chart Track ...

Xbox 360: Big in Japan, for a change

Friday, 02 July 2010 Henry Dowling

After struggling to make any significant inroads into the Japanese gaming market, Microsoft has finally made an impact with the launch of the newly redesigned Xbox 360 'Slim' racking up an impressive 15,000 sales in its first week, according to Gi.biz. Combined with sales of the now 'classic' SKU, Microsoft's console shifted 17,370 units, a major jump when compared to the lowly figure of around 3,000 for the previous week ...

Red Dead Redemption sales hit 5 million world wide

Tuesday, 08 June 2010 Steven De Klerk

Take Two Interactive has announced that their wild west adventure Red Dead Redemption has "sold in" over 5 million units world wide, calling it a "commercial and critical success" ...

EA: Battlefield 1943 is the best-selling download-only game on Xbox LIVE & PSN

Wednesday, 12 May 2010 Henry Dowling

In March this year we saw Battlefield 1943 becoming the fastest downloadable game to hit the 1 million sales mark, and now EA has announced that their WWII shooter has reached the lofty goal of being the best selling download-only game of all time on Xbox LIVE and PSN ...

17 million Call of Duty map packs sold, but focus to stay on retail

Friday, 07 May 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Hardly a surprise, really, but the Call of Duty franchise has managed to push 17 million downloadable map pack add-ons, and that's not even counting the PS3 Stimulus Pack that's just launched. That's a lot of map packs ...

Report: Xbox LIVE Arcade revenues top $10 million in March

Wednesday, 28 April 2010 Henry Dowling

Market research firm FADE has announced that March 2010 has been the biggest financial month for Microsoft's Xbox LIVE Arcade, with revenues breaking the $10 million mark for the first time ...

Xbox 360 sales exceed 40 million worldwide

Friday, 23 April 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division has just released their third quarter financials, with the report showing a total of 40.2 million Xbox 360s sold since launch. By year, that looks like this ...

Mass Effect 2 sells 2 million in first week

Monday, 01 February 2010 Henry Dowling

The year has barely begun, and already we have a possible candidate for Game Of The Year 2010, with Electronic Arts announcing today that Mass Effect 2 has surpassed the 2 million sales mark in its first week ...

Microsoft game division profits up $245 million

Friday, 29 January 2010 Henry Dowling

Microsoft has released their figures for the second quarter (ending 31 December) which show a significant increase in profits for the Entertainment and Devices Division, which includes the Xbox 360, Games for Windows and Zune ...

DJ Hero highest grossing new IP in 2009

Tuesday, 19 January 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Activision has put out one of those gloating press releases going on about DJ Hero being 2009's biggest new IP revenue hauler in America and Europe ...