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CES 2012: 66 Million Xbox 360′s Sold

Prior to Steve Ballmer’s keynote speech at CES 2012, which hasn’t really offered anything new by the way, including no announcement of the Xbox 720 (details here), Microsoft released a 2011 highlight reel for the Xbox 360. According to the … Continue reading

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Modern Warfare 3 Breaks $1 Billion in Sales

I wouldn’t blame you for saying that we report excessively on the sales records that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 continues to break. In fact this news piece marks Activision’s hit shooter smashing out $1 billion in sales since … Continue reading

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Activision Clarifies Launch Day Numbers, Elite Service Selling Well

Looks like someone at Activision was suffering from fat finger syndrome when they told us that 3.3 million players had logged in simultaneously to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on the game’s release day. Activision have since come … Continue reading

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Modern Warfare 3 Smashes Five Day Sales Records

The juggernaut that is Modern Warfare 3 continues to steamroll pretty much everything in its path (except maybe user reivews, but we’ll get to that) and destroy sales records in the process. Today Activision have announced that over the five … Continue reading

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More Than 3.4 Million Copies of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Sold

Bethesda has released some extremely impressive sales figures for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, figures that are all the more incredible given the game is an RPG, a genre that does not typically have the mass appeal of other types … Continue reading

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