Wholesale Games Industry and Market News
Cyberpunk 2077 investigated by Polish competition watchdog
Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) is investigating CD Projekt, developer and publisher of Cyberpunk 2077.
GameStop holiday sales are down in 2020
Retailer GameStop has reported their holiday sales results for 2020 by 3.1 percent year-on-year, with $1.77 billion generated.
Almost 43 million games were sold in the UK in 2020
UK Chart, Year 2020:
1. FIFA 21
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
3. Grand Theft Auto 5
Nintendo Switch is all over the UK’s top 10 best-selling games
UK Charts. Week of January 9, 2021:
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3. Just Dance 2021
Digital games sales in Year 2020
Digital games chart, Year 2020:
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2. FIFA 20
3. Grand theft Auto 5
US video games weekly chart – Week ending on January 2, 2021
US Charts, Week of January 2, 2021:
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Next Level Games acquired by Nintendo
Nintendo has announced that they’ve acquired the Vancouver-based Next Level Games. The sum for this acquisition is undisclosed.
Sony Japan ends production for all but one PS4 model
Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia has announced that they have ended the production of all PS4 Slim models apart from one.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons tops UK last chart in 2020
UK Charts. Week of January 2, 2021:
1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2. FIFA 21
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Best selling video games in Japan – Week of Dec 20, 2020
Japanese Chart, week of Dec 20, 2020:
1. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa…
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. Ring Fit Adventure