Best Seller
Switch surpasses 15 million sales in North America
The consoles have exceeded 10 million units in Europe
Big Seller
Nintendo Switch sales pass 10m in Europe
Over 36 million copies of games published by the Japanese company have been sold
Golly
Cuphead has shifted five million copies in two years
Hardcore run and gun platformer has sold 2 million units since August 2018
Smashing
Nintendo Switch games dominated Amazon for the month of August
Six of the top 10 best-selling games for the month were attributed to the console
Npd Numbers
Nintendo Switch remains the best-selling console of 2019 in the US
Fire Emblem: Three Houses was the highest selling game on the Nintendo Switch in July
Back Of The Net
Football Manager 19 shifts record two million copies
First release to do so, sales across all platforms
Npd Numbers
Nintendo Switch US sales top PlayStation and Xbox in June
“Nintendo Switch is the only platform showing year-on-year growth”
Medically Sound
Dr. Mario World encapsulates five million downloads in first week
Half a million dollars generated from player spending
Top Sellers
The top 20 best selling games on Nintendo Switch in Spain
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the top seller
Medical Bills
Dr. Mario World prescribes two million downloads in 72 hours
Game generates a disappointing $100,000 in revenue from player spending
No Sale
Update: South Korea's Nexon no longer up for sale following lack of buyers
CEO Jungju Kim apparently wasn't impressed by the list of companies who stepped forward
Crushes Candy Crush
Pokemon Go generates $2.65 billion in first three years
Worldwide catch ‘em all is on track to cross $3 billion in 2019
Shovelociraptors
Shovel Knight digs its way to 2.5 million sales worldwide
Title available across 12 different platforms
Spellbinding Stuff
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite enchants players with $3 million in first week
6.5 million downloads in seven days
That's Bananas
Devolver Digital's My Friend Pedro sells 250,000 copies in first week
Title launched on Nintendo Switch and PC
Breakout Success
Prison Architect surpasses four million players globally
Console developer Double Eleven taking over the project following Paradox sale
Data
Cultist Simulator generates $226,000 on mobile in less than two months
61,671 downloads across the App Store and Google Play
Done Deal
Zynga sells off San Francisco headquarters for $600 million
Company will lease space and remain headquartered in the city
Build Me Up
Minecraft builds to 176 million copies sold worldwide
Estimated to be the second highest selling game of all time
Portability
Nintendo Switch overtakes PlayStation 4 lifetime sales in Japan
Sony still dominates heavily in worldwide sales though
That’s A Twist
Detective Pikachu captures biggest weekend opening ever in US for a video game film adaptation
$58 million made from American Pokemon Trainers
For The Throne
Game of Thrones: Conquest has largest revenue month in April
Title grew 90 per cent year-on-year
More Than Surviving
This War of Mine has raised $500k for charity after selling 4.5 million units
Developer and publisher 11 bit Studios has a new game in the works with $5.2m budget and a further two projects in preliminary development after that
Mansion Money
Matchington Mansion surpasses $100 million in global IAP revenue
50 million downloads
Indie
Dead Cells has sold over 1m copies, and the Switch is leading the pack
"If we'd launched them at the same time, Switch would be winning. It's selling faster"
Dead-ication
NetEase’s LifeAfter passes $125 million in revenue
97 per cent of revenue originated from China
Brawling In It
Supercell’s Brawl Stars hits up $150 million in first three months
75 million global downloads since release
Ubi-free
Vivendi sells off last Ubisoft shares as takeover plans come to an end
Media conglomerate was in position for hostile takeover in 2018
Super Sell
Supercell’s Clash Royale surpasses $2.5 billion in three years
Recently passed third anniversary on March 2nd
Diamonds Are Forever
Minecraft has its best year ever on mobile earning $110 million
Good news for Steve
Say What?
Report: Nexon put up for sale as founder and controlling stakeholder exits
Total 98.64 per cent stake owned by Kim Jung-ju up for grabs, it seems
Sell
Nintendo Switch is this generation’s fastest-selling console in the US
The Nintendo Switch has sold over 8.7 million units in the country over the last 21 months
Smashed It
Super Smash Bros Ultimate sold over 1.2 million copies in Japan during its first three days on sale
First-week figures for crossover brawler are Nintendo’s best ever in Japan, excluding Pokemon
Lets Go
Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee sold 1.5m units in the US in just ten days
RPGs launched back on November 16th
Gone
Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee shifts three million copies on Nintendo Switch in first week
The haul is the highest first-week sales figure for a Switch title
Harvest
Stardew Valley reaps a $1 million harvest on iOS after making its mobile debut
Faming life-sim finds early success after only three weeks on mobile
Top Celler
Dead Cells is selling four Nintendo Switch copies for every one sold on PS4
Roguelike slasher manages to outsell on Switch despite console’s smaller install base
Switch
Nintendo Switch closes on five million sales in Japan
Handheld hybrid has sold almost five million units in its home market
Monumental
Monument Valley worldwide revenue climbs to over $25 million
Non-euclidean puzzler has made almost 18x its reported budget back in revenue
Traffic
Crossy Road celebrates over 200 million downloads
Hipster Whale’s classic continues to break records five years post-launch
Speeding
Crossy Road speeds past in-app purchase revenues of $10 million
Multi-million milestone doesn’t even account for sales made through advertising in-game
Touchdown
Lifetime mobile sales of Madden NFL exceed 73 million
Combined with PC and mobile, the franchise has sold over 200 million copies
Well Traveled
Square Enix’s Octopath Traveler hits one million copies sold worldwide
The turn-based RPG hit the Nintendo Switch eShop three weeks ago
Report
Nintendo Switch nears 20 million sales
Earnings report for the Japanese publisher shows a strong start to the year, with $1.5b in overall revenue so far
Right Track
Public transport puzzler Mini Metro has sold over a million units
Minimalist metro manager will also be added to Boston Children’s Hospital’s Mightier program
Big Switch
Nintendo Switch sales set to eclipse PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the US for the year
The Switch is also expected to generate the most software revenues at retail
Not So Hollow
Nintendo Switch makes up a fifth of Hollow Knight's 1.25 million total sales
PC sales hit 1 million a day before the sidescrolling soulslike's switch launch
Skip, Jump
Super Mario Run leaps past $60 million worldwide revenue
American players account for nearly half of the revenue brought in since launching in 2016
The Milestone Is Passed
Edmund McMillen's The End is Nigh sells more than 100,000 copies
Indie games maker reckons it could have performed better had he done more press, however
Monumental
Premium isn’t dead yet: Monument Valley 2 makes over $10 million in first year
A year on from the puzzling sequel’s launch, Ustwo releases an impressive infographic