NPD, the research group responsible for tracking the game industry's retail performance, announced that Activision's «Call of Duty: Black Ops III» was the number one
selling video game title in 2015.
The latest sales numbers have passed $ 300 million, and the title has set records in the UK for the fastest
selling video game title.
Not exact matches
According to
video game research firm Newzoo,
game sales of Activision's (ATVI) 2013
title Skylanders Swap Force
sold about 3.9 million copies to date, slightly lower than the 2012 Skylanders Giants version at 4.65 million, which was comparable to Skylanders Spyro's Adventure sales in 2011.
Potential banana skins abound From simple things like Amazon's patent for reselling ebook licences (bound to have an impact on ebook sales especially of lead
titles if it were ever to be put into practice) or like discovering that despite having a great product your brand just doesn't resonate with consumers beyond your core audience and hence you lose a bundle of cash trying to
sell them tablets or realizing that your main competitor is not the rival publisher of literary novels or commercial non-fiction but a
game in which trajectory considerations are a more important aspect of gameplay than would normally be considered cool and various music
video fads from Gangnam Style to Harlem Shake.
With more than 80
titles that have
sold more than one million units, Capcom stands alone in the
video game industry.
This information is not correct — at the time when this text was written, the best -
selling video game of all times was Wii Sports, which has taken down the original Super Mario Bros., a
game that was the previous holder of this
title
Sid Meier is the legendary designer behind many different computer
games in a wide variety of genres, and he's perhaps the only
video game designer who can
sell more copies by putting his name into the
title of the
game.
Near my house, there are a handful of department stores, Gamestop locations, and an independent
video game shop that
sell Xbox One
titles.
Now, just three months later, the company revealed that the open - world
title has now shipped 80 million copies worldwide, with Grand Theft Auto V still found in the charts for top -
selling video games in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand despite being nearly 4 years old.
Kirby Star Allies launched on Friday in the United Kingdom and has already received the
title of the fastest -
selling boxed Kirby
video game ever.
In a strange way, all that political ire gave Night Trap a second life, turning what would've otherwise been a forgettable, full price tech demo into one of the most significant (and slightly financially successful)
titles of the 16 - bit era — indeed, the
game managed to
sell 50,000 copies just one week AFTER being torn asunder in D.C. Still, all the controversy in the world couldn't save the Sega CD, and in many ways, the full - motion -
video subgenre.
The device now carries the
title as the fastest -
selling video game console in the United States over its first year.
Take - Two's strategy with Grand Theft Auto V has allowed the
game to become one of the most successful
video game titles of all time with more than 54 million units
sold in as of June 30th 2015.
Dr. Christoph Safferling was part of a panel on
videos, esports, and free - to - play at Casual Connect Europe, during which, he told the audience, «Having a free - to - play
game means A: that the players can come in more easily and B: also means that the
game company has an incentive to keep the
game running because it is a service now and it's no longer just the box
title that they're
selling.»
EA is one of the largest publishers of
video games in the industry, and their
titles are frequently among the highest -
selling games across most major platforms.
The original Wii Fit
video game sold over 22 million copies, making it one of the best -
selling titles in history.
Capcom has
video game players seeing red as they celebrate Valentine's Day week with the recently released Resident Evil becoming the new all - time best -
selling digital
title in North America and Europe.
To this day the Atari 2600 remains the longest
selling home
video game console ever and many of its more popular
titles are seeing re-releases for next - gen gaming consoles and handhelds, and pre-programmed plug - in - play units as retro collections.
Developed by Ubisoft Reflections, creators of the original
title, DRIVER SAN FRANCISCO is the return of the established action driving
video game series that has
sold 14 million copies worldwide.
... Although the
video as a whole is clearly designed to
sell the
game play (which looks great), the real jaw dropper of this latest
video entry is the first clip form a documentary
titled The Goblin Man of Norway.
Creator of such
video game classics as Rampage, Xenophobe and General Chaos, Brian F. Colin is a vastly experienced
game designer, artist, animator and development group leader of over 80
video game titles to his credit... including the creation of some of the most popular, highest earning & best -
selling titles in
video game history!
New York, NY — February 8, 2011 — 2K Games announced today that The Darkness ™ II, the sequel to the million unit -
selling 2007
title, The Darkness ™, will be coming to the Xbox 360 ®
video game and entertainment system...
Launched on September 17 for the PlayStation ® 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 ®
video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the
title has already received widespread critical acclaim and achieved first day
sell - through of more than $ 800 million worldwide, excluding the upcoming launch in Japan and Brazil, according to Company estimates.
, published as Dragon Warrior in North America until 2005, [Note 1] is a series of internationally best -
selling console role - playing
video game (RPG)
titles created by Yuji Horii and his studio, Armor Project.
Solar Eclipse (Titan Wars in Europe) is a space flight simulation
video game developed and published by Crystal Dynamics for Sega Saturn and PlayStation.Solar Eclipse was developed under the
title «Titan», but the American marketing team decided it would
sell better if published as a sequel to the 1994
video game Total Eclipse, especially as the two featured similar gameplay and graphical style.
Video game history is filled with absolutely great
titles that, for some reason or another, just didn't
sell well enough to warrant a sequel, despite the dedicated fan base screaming for one.
His reason for moving away from the lucrative career he had forged was the increasing reliance
video game companies are placing on
selling in -
game currency to make their
titles viable.
After you sign - in, click «Add New App» and select PC & Mac to create a new entry and present a form where you can enter general information about the digital software or
video game to be
sold like
title, description, screenshots, platform support and minimum system requirements.
That seems to be the reality one
video game fan is facing, as they're
selling a collection of 3,133
titles that span 20 different consoles, most of which are included, all in good to excellent condition.