News Tagged: Sales
News: NBA 2k13 Sets Franchise Record
49% Growth Over Next Best In Series
2k has announced that NBA 2k13 has set a first-week sales record for the franchise. The company's own sell-through numbers indicate that the game has shifted 49% more copies through retail than the previous fastest first-week seller in the series, NBA 2k11. On top of that, international (non-US) sales have... Continue Reading »
Out Now: Madden NFL 13
US Sales Already Impressive
Madden NFL 13 is out today in the UK, but EA are already counting up the pennies after a successful first day in the States. In the first 24 hours, the Gridiron behemoth has blasted through the 900,000 sales mark, which represents a healthy 7% increase year-on-year on current-generation machines. On top of that, EA are.. Continue Reading »
News: Leedmees Goes Half-Price Next Week
400 MSP
Xbox Live Arcade title Leedmees is set for a half-price sale next week, dropping from 800 Microsoft Points to 400. From 13th to 19th March, Konami's hybrid puzzler will be 50% off for all Xbox Live members. As our Leedmees review explains, it's well worth a pop at 400MSP. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Entertainment Division Posts Record Sales
$4.24bn for the past quarter
Strong sales of the Xbox 360 helped Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division to record quarterly sales of $4.24 billion over the past quarter. The division made a profit of $530m, a drop of 28% over the previous year. Xbox shipments rose to 8.2m, up from 6.3m in the previous year. To date, Microsoft has sold 66m Xbox 360 consoles around the world and 18m Kinect.. Continue Reading »
News: 18 Million Kinect Sensors Sold Worldwide
Quite a number
Microsoft revealed at CES that 18 million Kinect sensors have been sold around the world since it launched in November 2010. While an impressive milestone, it should be noted that Kinect sales have slowed since launch. Last April, Microsoft reported 10.5 million Kinect sensors had been sold in its first six months; eight months on, and with a successful holiday season behind it,.. Continue Reading »
News: Fruit Ninja Kinect Was 2011's 4th Best Seller on XBLA
Sweet taste of success
Halfbrick Studios' Fruit Ninja Kinect was the fourth best-selling game on Xbox Live Arcade in 2011, according to Major Nelson. The sensor-exclusive game outsold hits like Bastion, From Dust and LIMBO to take the fourth spot. Major Nelson says the stats only count "full versions purchased", but there's no clarification if it also includes the copies given away with.. Continue Reading »
News: Don't Forget, Dance Central's Add-Ons Are On Sale
Up to 58% off
Want to strengthen your New Year's resolution to get fit? Check out the cheap Dance Central songs available now on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Remember these games work on both Dance Central and Dance Central 2. Here's the full list of what's cheap, from today until 9th January: Dance Central Dance Pack 05 — 480 MSP (33% off)Dance Central DancePack Continue Reading »
News: Burnout CRASH! Drops to 400 Microsoft Points
Smashing saving
Burnout CRASH! might not be the best Kinect game out there but it's a fine smash 'em up with a pad in your hand, and it's just dropped to 400 Microsoft Points. The crash junction game is 50% off in the New Year sale, and you can queue it up here if you fancy some cut-price crashing. Read our Burnout CRASH! review to see how its Kinect features fare, too. Continue Reading »
News: Dance Yourself Slim with Cheap Dance Central DLC
Sweat comes free
Dance Central is a good way to get fit — after all, reader Annecek lost 80lbs with Kinect and Dance Central — and Microsoft is giving you a little more incentive to get fit by offering cheap extra songs next week. Between 3rd and 9th January you can get as much as 58% off Marathon packs or 33% off standard Dance packs and single tracks. The full list of DC discounts is right.. Continue Reading »
News: GameStop Has a Good Deal on Kinect Right Now
$109.99 with three games
If you haven't got Kinect yet or you just want to introduce a friend or family member to it, GameStop has a pretty good offer on at the moment. For $109.99 you get the Kinect sensor and Kinect Adventures, plus download codes for Gunstringer and Fruit Ninja Kinect. Not bad considering the bundle was announced at $149.99. Check out Continue Reading »
News: 750,000 Kinect Sensors Sold in Thanksgiving Week
Wow
Selling 10 million sensors around the world in one year is an impressive achievement for Microsoft, but selling 750,000 in just one week in the United States is pretty impressive too. Major Nelson confirms that over 750,000 sensors were shifted during Black Friday week. That figure includes bundles and standalone sensors. It'll be interesting to see if the rush for Kinect has a positive effect.. Continue Reading »
News: Just 114,000 Japanese Have Bought Kinect
Dismal
Xbox 360 isn't very popular in Japan, and the average Japanese home is very small. Surprise surprise, then, that Kinect has only mustered a pitiful 114,000 sales in the Land of the Rising Sun. Even combined, the three best-selling Kinect titles — excluding Kinect Adventures — only amount to a meagre 60,300 sales, barely even one sale for every two Kinect sensors. The top three titles.. Continue Reading »
News: Ubisoft: Microsoft Needs to Support Kinect Year-Round
Not just a holiday fad
Anyone who's glanced at the Kinect sales figures knows the sensor was quick out of the box, selling 8 million units in its first few months on sale, but the last update put the sensor at 10 million sold in its first year. With 80% of its lifetime sales in the first Christmas, it's clear Kinect hasn't yet achieved a solid year-round sales performance, something that worries.. Continue Reading »
News: Rise of Nightmares Racked Up a Scary 200,000 Sales
The horror
SEGA's Rise of Nightmares was a big hope for the future of hardcore gaming on Kinect, but the company's internal sales figures have revealed it didn't quite do the business. The sensor's first and only 18/M-rated game has sold 200,000 copies around the world since launch. When you consider the sensor has shifted around 10m units in the past year, 200,000 doesn't seem like a lot, but we.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Xbox Kinect Bundle to Drop By $100 at E3
Time to save up
If you've not got onto the motion control bandwagon because of the high price of the Xbox 360 S and Kinect bundle, you might want to wait and see what Microsoft announces at its E3 showing next week. US retailer Target recently leaked an advert hinting at a healthy price drop of $100, offering a 250GB console with Kinect and Kinect Adventures for $299. As the 360 250GB S console is.. Continue Reading »
News: Strong Kinect Sales Help Microsoft to 50% More Profit
Shake your money maker
Microsoft has just announced its financial results for the first 3 months of 2011, and its Entertainment & Devices Division (EDD) has reported big increases in revenue and profit, thanks in part to the success of Kinect and the new Xbox 360 S. The division posted a 50% jump in profits, raking in $225m in a three month period. The growth is partially attributed to Kinect,.. Continue Reading »
News: Your Shape DLC Sale Springs Into Action This Week
Extra content loses pounds
Major Nelson has confirmed a new round of price drops on downloadable content for Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, available all week. From now until 25th April you can grab Toned Body for 160 Microsoft Points and the Dance Workout: Bollywood pack for 200 MSP, 50% below their usual selling price. Read our Your Shape: Fitness Evolved review for the lowdown on the game itself,.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Drawing More Families to Xbox 360 Thanks to Kinect
Console's audience is expanding
The Xbox has always been aimed at the heavy user: it was the first console to feature a hard drive and the first to make a decent fist of online play (sorry, Dreamcast.) Its most successful first-party franchises are geared towards the hardcore gamer, and after years of failed attempts to draw in the family gamer (sorry, Viva Piñata) the console is finally growing.. Continue Reading »
News: Cheap UK Kinects Down to Retailers, Not Microsoft
Price-cutting continues
Kinect launched in the UK with a recommended retail price of £129.99, but with Christmas long gone the sensor's price has started slowly slipping: in February we saw Tesco selling Kinect for £99.99, with Game not far behind at £104.99. Initial speculation suggested that Microsoft had reduced the price of Kinect to retailers, allowing them to pass on the discount to.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Outsells PlayStation Move 5 to 1 in February
If you crunch the numbers right
The last time Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter weighed in on the Kinect, he speculated that Microsoft was driving up demand for their device by not including Kinect bundles as part of their "shortages." This time around, he is again focusing on bundles to give Microsoft the proverbial pat on the back, crediting the Kinect with outselling its.. Continue Reading »
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