Ubisoft has announced that its Just Dance games have sold a whopping 25 million copies today, which now makes Just Dance a real franchise, with sales numbers up there with Gears of War and Uncharted. And that’s for a series that most hardcore gamers, even most gamers, don’t really take seriously. But with 6 games and 25 million copies sold, Just Dance is now a huge franchise for Ubisoft, which the latest title confirmed: Just Dance 3, released in October, has sold 7 million units to date. That’s more than Rage. More than Crysis. More than Battlefield 3. More than a lot of AAA games out there.
You don’t have to be the developer of Angry Birds to rake in some serious dough in the mobile game space: Epic Games, developers of the Infinity Blade series for the iPhone and iPad, have announced that the franchise has generated $30 million in sales so far. That’s quite a feat, considering Infinity Blade only retails for $7 bucks on the iOS store. The latest version, Infinity Blade 2, topped $5 million in revenue in just one month. Of course, it helps that the title is the most stunning game currently available on iPhone and iPad — it’s something that tends to drive up sales on any platform.
It’s almost becoming tiresome to hear about Mojang Specification’s Minecraft as it seems the independently developed title has been in the news quite a bit lately. Of course, this isn’t a bad thing as Minecraft is a deliciously developed game with endless amounts of fun building towns, slaying zombies and exploring caves and dungeons. In fact, due to all of this gameplay, Minecraft has grown so popular that it has now passed 10 million users.
Something to make note of is the fact that this number does not mean 10 million users have paid for the game but at 2.7 million paying users Mojang and head developer Notch are sure to be quite satisfied.
Rockstar is known for releasing their new titles during the April/May/June time frame, as it has happened over the past few years, with GTA 4, Red Dead Redemption, and this year, with LA Noire, which was released in early May. According to MarketWatch, the game sold just under 900,000 copies during its first month, which is a bit lower than expected. By comparison, last year Red Dead Redemption sold 1.5 million units during its first month. While LA Noire didn’t top Read Dead Redemption, LA Noire’s sales are still impressive and it looks as if it shouldn’t be a problem for the game to recoup its massive, $60 million budget.
Crytek’s sci-fi shooter managed to hold on to the top sales spot in the UK market last week, barely beating out Zumba Fitness for the top spot — the no.1 spot separated Crysis and Zumba Fitness by less than 500 copies sold. The top 3 was finished by the latest entry in the LEGO Star Wars series, Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars.
Need for Speed Shift 2 (read our review of Shift 2) debuted on the no. 4 spot, which isn’t that bad. Sci-fi shooter Homefront finished fifth, after debuting at the no. 2 spot last week. The full top 10 best selling UK games for the week ending April 2:
- Crysis 2
- Zumba Fitness
- Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars
- Shift 2: Unleashed
- Homefront
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
- WWE All Stars
- FIFA 11
- Pokemon White Version
- Art Academy
Crysis 2 has seen solid reviews since its release (read our Crysis 2 review here), and the game has sold steadily as well, rising to the top of the sales charts i the UK for the week ending March 26. It’s worth noting that 57 percent of Crysis 2 sales were on the Xbox 360, 29 percent on PS3 and just 14 percent on PC. However, the sales tracker doesn’t include digital PC sales of the game, so it’s likely that the number is larger, perhaps at 20 percent. But the huge console sales do show why developer Crytek focused on consoles first with the game, and PC second. It all makes sense now. As for the full sales chart, you can find it below. It’s good to see Homefront is still hanging in there.
- Crysis 2
- Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars
- Homefront
- Super Street Fighter 4 3D Edition
- Pokemon White Version
- Pilotwings Resort
- Pokemon Black Version
- The Sims: Medieval
- Rayman 3D
- FIFA 11
