Wholesale Games Industry and Market News
FIFA 20 returns to the top of the physical UK chart
UK Charts. Week of April 18, 2020:
1. FIFA 20
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Final Fantasy 7 Remake shipped 3.5 million units in 3 days
Square Enix has announced that their latest release, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, sold 3.5 million units in the first three days on sale.
Best-selling video games in the U.S. – March 2020
US Charts, March 2020:
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
3. MLB The Show 20
UK games spending in 2019 fell ahead of next-gen consoles
UK consumers spent £5.35 billion on games and video game products in 2019. This data comes from the latest market valuation report from UKIE.
Nintendo is aiming to boost production of Switch consoles
According to a new report, Nintendo is aiming to increase the number of Nintendo Switch consoles that they are planning to produce in 2020.
E3 reveals and announcements coming soon
Senior Analyst at Niko Partners Daniel Ahmad made an interesting post on Twitter regarding the announcements that would have been at this year’s E3 event.
Reseller bots are reportedly driving the Switch shortage
Reseller bots are reportedly being used to target new Nintendo Switch stock. As soon as the consoles go on sale, the bots pick them up.
Crysis Remastered announced
Developer Crytek has officially announced Crysis Remastered. The game will be a full remaster of the original Crysis game, first launched for PC in 2007.
PES Euro 2020 DLC delayed indefinitely, boxed version srapped
Konami, publishers of the PES franchise, as well as the developers of PES Euro 2020 have announced that the DLC is being delayed indefinitely.
Sony and Sega address reports of PC game ports
Sega and Sony’s PlayStation have addressed recent reports of several of their PlayStation 4 exclusive games being ported to PC.
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