93 tracks and a Gene Simmons narration didn’t do much for Activision’s Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock launch. The latest music-rhythm game to fizzle since the sharp decline of sales last year, financial analyst Cowen and Company software figures report the game having sold a paltry 86,000 units in its first five days on shelves. […]
Becoming a tent-pole of the modern PC gaming market, toe-to-toe with Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, Valve’s Steam digital download service has announced the latest milestone it has shattered. The platform, in addition to announcing a 200% sales spike, now boasts over 30 million accounts. The sales spike has come gradually over the past twelve months, […]
Who knew collecting and battling simply-named creatures would be a multi-billion dollar formula? The immense sales record of the Pokemon franchise continues with the Japanese launch of the Nintendo DS-exclusive Black and White installments. Already boasting 1.88 million pre-orders prior to launch, Japanese consumers bought another 2.55 million units across both versions in the first […]
To little surprise, Blizzard’s epic follow-up to the hallowed Starcraft has been met with both critical favor and record-setting sales. In the U.K., the sequel outsold the lifetime sales of the original in its first 24 hours on store shelves. The game sold over a million units within on Day 1, making it “the best […]