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Top 20 Best Selling Games Of October 2017
NPD sales data for Video Game sales for the month of October 2017 are out and here’s what it says: Overall Total video game spending in October 2017, which includes hardware, software and accessories, fell 11 percent versus year ago to $825 million. Gains in hardware spending were offset by declines in Software and Accessories. Software Middle Earth: Shadow of War was October’s best-selling game overall. Super Mario Odyssey debuted at #3 on the all platforms chart, while taking the top spot for Nintendo Switch. October sales of Racing games more than doubled when compared to a year ago. So far in 2017, Racing game sales are up 37 percent. Role Playing Games also continued to show 2017 strength, with October sales growing more than 20 percent. Year to date, sales of RPGs are up 43 p...
Activision Makes More Than $500 Million From Destiny
Activision just revealed that it sold more than $500 million worth of Destiny to retail stores and first party companies – lest we forget the game has only been out for two days. And this has got to be more than good news for the company as it cost them about $500 million to make the damn game. You should probably keep in mind that this figure doesn’t reflect how many copies of the game have been sold to customers. We’ll get an estimate of how many are actually playing the game in the near future. But Activision says that early indications are promising, so there are fewer reasons to think otherwise. “Since the beginning, we’ve been confident that our investment and belief in Destiny would pay off,” said Activision’s CEO Eric Hirshberg in a statement. “But no...
Report suggest Destiny to sell 10-15 Million Copies
Activision is going out on a limb her by making a rather large bet on Destiny. And according to one analyst the game is likely to pay off something around 10-15 million copies which roughly translates into $600 to $900 million. Other games that have done well in this regard are Nintendo’s Mario Kart Wii, which has sold more than 45.5 million copies till date and of course Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto has, mind you shipped, not sold 33 million copies till date. A report by Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz mentioned that Destiny could become the best-selling game of 2014. Their projection is based on how many copies a game will sell based on the number of pre-orders and data from Amazon and NPD Group’s reports on physical game sales. According to Creutz, Destiny has the...