Cyberpunk 2077 was always going to turn a profit, controversies be damned. A decade of development, a slick campaign hyping up the product, and throwing America’s sweetheart Keanu Reeves into the mix was a recipe for success, and after a mere day on store shelves, CD Projekt Red has already recouped its development costs from pre-order sales alone.
Here’s the fun fact: Marvel’s Avengers was actually the highest-selling game on PlayStation in September, unseating the latest iteration of NBA 2K from a position that it had claimed numerous other times over the years. While the game was a top-seller in an industry that has seen numbers go through the roof now that everyone’s staying at home, Avengers still didn’t bring in as much as publisher Square Enix was hoping for. At least Final Fantasy 7 Remake saved Square’s butt this year.
Pokémon Masters is a damn good pocket monsters experience, blending casual and hardcore battling into one attractive product. And a financially successful one as well!
Here’s the thing about EA: Even if they have one high profile fail, the live service gains that they’ve made in the last financial year are still bringing in levels of cash that can only be described as obscenely stupid.
Monster Hunter: World is a very good game (unless you’re one of the many people who just don’t get Monster Hunter. I’m one of them), and it’s been a huge success for Capcom. So much so, that it’s now their best-selling game of all time, ever. Capcom has now announced that total worldwide shipments and digital download sales for Monster Hunter: World have exceeded 7.9 million.
Despite being around for over a decade, popular micro-blogging, shout-at-digital-passers-by service Twitter has never made a profit. They’ve been operating for 12 years, burning through investor money without seeing a return. That’s changed. For the first time ever, Twitter has reported a quarterly profit. Twitter made a quarterly profit of $91m in the last quarter of 2017, compared with a …
Why is there such a massive price gap between some games locally? There's many reasons actually.
Konami is still making plenty of money, even if gamers aren't fond of them at the moment.
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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