Sales, promotions and discounts

Updated information on PlayStation 5 sales has been released. According to Circana's report, the PS5 continues to outpace the PS4 in sales rates in the U.S. for the first 52 months since launch.

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The Steam Spring Sale kicked off on March 13th and runs until March 20th at 8:00 PM Moscow time. Thousands of games and DLCs are discounted as part of the promotion.

The Steam Visual Novel Festival is live! The event kicked off and runs until March 10th. Valve has released a trailer highlighting some of the games participating in the sale.

Bandai Namco has released a new gameplay trailer for the fighting game Tekken 8, dedicated to the charming Anna Williams. The character will be added to the game on April 3rd this year. Owners of the Character Year 2 Pass will get early access to the fighter and can start playing on March 31st.

In October 2023, the grim role-playing game BEAST: False Prophet launched in early access on Steam, currently holding mixed reviews. Recently, the creator of the project apologized to gamers for the lack of updates and announced a 95% discount.

Valve has revealed its schedule of Steam sales for the second half of 2025. The lineup includes 11 events, featuring two major seasonal sales:

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is set to go on sale on February 20, but the base RTX 5070 model has been delayed. Experts speculate that this is a strategic move by the company amid competition with AMD.

Just one day after its release, Warhorse Studios announced on social media that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has already surpassed 1 million copies sold across all platforms.

The launch of NVIDIA RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 graphics cards has turned into a global scandal: thousands of furious buyers worldwide are facing shortages, scalpers, and chaos. Experts blame NVIDIA for logistical failures and ignoring demand.

NetherRealm Studios' Creative Director Ed Boon took to his social media page on X to reveal the total sales of the fighting game Mortal Kombat 1, which was released on September 19, 2023, for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.

Former president of PlayStation Studios (previously known as SIE Worldwide Studios), Shuhei Yoshida, recently expressed in an interview that the sales of Horizon Forbidden West, released in 2022 on PS4 and PS5, did not meet his expectations. He anticipated the game would sell in higher volumes.

Dragami Games has announced that Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, the remaster of the 2012 Japanese zombie action game, has sold 200,000 copies. The information was revealed on the studio's official X (Twitter) page.

Steam's massive Winter Sale is now live, offering discounts on thousands of games and DLC until January 2nd. Alongside the sale, voting for The Steam Awards 2024 is also underway.

Bandai Namco has announced that Elden Ring has sold over 28.6 million copies worldwide as of September 2024. The game has seen an additional 3.6 million units sold in the last three months alone.

Valve has released a trailer for the upcoming Steam Winter Sale, confirming the sale will begin on December 19th. Thousands of games and DLC are expected to be included in the massive event.

Recently, information was discovered on the LinkedIn profile of former PlayStation Global Marketing Manager Kevin K. indicating that Marvel's Spider-Man generated approximately $3.8 billion in revenue for Sony. The sales exceed 20 million copies.

Video Game Insights has unveiled the sales statistics for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on Steam, which was released last week and has received mostly positive reviews from gamers (78% rating at the time of writing).

CD Projekt RED's Cyberpunk 2077 has surpassed 30 million copies sold across all platforms, according to the company's latest financial report.

At the end of last month, Dragon Age: The Veilguard was released and, according to Circana's report, it landed in sixth place among the top-selling games in the US for October. However, it turns out that the published ranking doesn't fully reflect the actual sales figures.