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Dec 2nd, 2009 |
By Calin Ciabai

Even though at first the announcement of the game was followed by an angry army of gamers trying to boycott the game, Left 4 Dead 2 still managed to win our hearts with it’s high quality and sold 2 million copies in the first two weeks – at retail only (meaning that Steam figures aren’t [...]
Tags: FPS, Left 4 Dead 2, Mainstream, Sales, valve
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Nov 26th, 2009 |
By Calin Ciabai

Electronic Arts found a really cool way to celebrate Thanksgiving: they have decided to lower the prices of all their current downloadable PC games by 30 percent. The deal only lasts until Monday and if you were planning to buy yourself some fresh new games, now might be the perfect time!
This means that for just [...]
Tags: Electronic Arts, Holiday, Mainstream, Sales, Special offer, Thanksgiving Day
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Nov 13th, 2009 |
By Calin Ciabai

We all knew that Modern Warfare 2 was going to become one of the best selling games of the year, but we never knew the number of copies the game was going to sell. Now we know that it’s much more that many have probably imagined and Modern Warfare 2 has what it takes to [...]
Tags: Activision, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FPS, Infinity Ward, Mainstream, Modern Warfare 2, Sales
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Oct 22nd, 2009 |
By Calin Ciabai

Before having a heart attack: we’re talking about lifetime sales of probably the most famous car racing/driving franchise ever. And yes, according to Electronic Arts, since the release of the first Need for Speed game 15 years ago back in 1994, over 100 million copies were sold. HUGE!
Tags: Driving, Electronic Arts, Mainstream, Need For Speed, Racing, Sales
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Sep 22nd, 2009 |
By Calin Ciabai

Despite encountering some problems, Batman: Arkham Asylum quickly became one of the best selling products of this year and it has all the chances to end at the top of the best selling list if gamers continue to purchase it as they did until it got released.
Tags: Action, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Eidos, Mainstream, Rocksteady, Sales
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Sep 14th, 2009 |
By Calin Ciabai

Strange sales numbers for Activision: the latest numbers from NPD tell us that Wolfenstein only managed to sell a bit over 100K copies in the first five days on market. And not only on PC, but all platforms combined! Having in mind that not only it is a good game but also one that received [...]
Tags: Activision, FPS, id Software, Mainstream, Sales, Wolfenstein
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Sep 14th, 2009 |
By Calin Ciabai

Although not really considered by the gamers one game that is able to fight against the giants of the MMO world like WoW, Age of Conan or Warhammer, Aion is prepared to shake the gaming world and probably deliver one of the biggest surprises of the year. According to NCsoft, over 300,000 pre-orders of the [...]
Tags: Aion, MMO, MMORPG, NCSoft, Sales
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Aug 5th, 2009 |
By Calin Ciabai

We all knew that The Sims 3 will be huge in terms of copies sold, but nobody could’ve anticipated the huge amount of units EA’s latest life sim game would generate, especially because of a really unwanted leaked Sims 3 version before the game’s launch. However, we have today the sales numbers for The Sims [...]
Tags: Electronic Arts, Games industry, Mainstream, Sales, simulation, The Sims 3
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Jun 10th, 2009 |
By Calin Ciabai

Despite the Sims 3 piracy problems and some issues with the Disc Authentication Errors, Electronic Arts managed to strike lucky with the release of the highly anticipated simulation game and sold in the first week 1.4 million copies of the game – more than any other launch of a Sims game ever! Even more, as [...]
Tags: EA Play, Electronic Arts, Game sales, Mainstream, Sales, The Sims 3
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Apr 7th, 2009 |
By Calin Ciabai

Personally I was not expecting the just-launched Nintendo DSi to have such an immense success but it appears that I was wrong: in the UK, over its debut weekend, Nintendo’s new handheld outsold all other consoles combined! And, no matter if you’re a fan of the DSi or not, you must admit that it’s pretty [...]
Tags: Games industry, Hardware, Nintendo, Sales
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