Balatro sales surpass two million, gameplay update in 2025, more [update: 5 million]
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August 7: We’ve got the latest on the performance of Balatro, with sales surpassing two million and a gameplay update is planned for 2025.
Publisher Playstack and developer LocalThunk are planning a “Three-of-a-Kind of Surprises” campaign. The first announcement, as already stated, is that there’ll be a major update next year. This will add “new ideas and strategies to the game” at no extra cost.
More: Balatro, LocalThunk, PlayStack, sales, title update
UK software sales chart for the week ending January 18, 2025
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The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending January 18, 2025 is now available.
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD just debuted, and managed to come out on top here. Also making its first appearance here is Tales of Graces f Remastered at #12 – Nintendo Switch accounted for 35 percent of the game’s sales compared to PS5 at 53 percent, Xbox at 6 percent, and PS4 at 6 percent.
Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending January 18, 2025:
Japan’s top 10 best-selling games of 2024, hardware rankings
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New data from Famitsu not only provided the top ten best-selling games of 2024 in Japan, but also hardware rankings.
The two best performers were both released towards the end of the year. Super Mario Party Jamboree sold over 950,000 copies at retail and Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake was just slightly below that (looking strictly at Nintendo Switch sales). Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom also makes the list with close to 400,000 units.
Famitsu software sales (1/6/25 – 1/12/25) – Top 30
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 26,888 / 1,098,256
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 10,003 / 6,207,557
3. [NSW] Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake – 9,606 / 972,513
4. [NSW] Freedom Wars Remastered – 8,277 / NEW
5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 6,663 / 8,044,875
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 6,547 / 3,786,028
7. [PS5] Freedom Wars Remastered – 4,829 / NEW
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,302 / 5,703,376
9. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 4,048 / 5,507,363
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 3,744 / 1,532,343
Famitsu sales (1/6/25 – 1/12/25)
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Best-selling games of 2024 in Europe
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New data rounded up by GSD has revealed the best-selling games of 2024 in Europe.
EA Sports FC 25 took home the big prize last year. It’s worth noting though that sales fell 5 percent compared to the performance of EA Sports FC 24 during the same period.
Famitsu sales (12/23/24 – 1/5/25)
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UK software sales chart for the week ending January 11, 2025
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The latest UK software sales chart for the week ending January 11, 2025 is now available.
This time around, EA Sports FC 25 and Hogwarts Legacy swap positions with the former coming out on top. Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana also just manages to squeak in at #38.
Here’s the full UK software sales chart for the week ending January 11, 2025:
Germany’s best-selling new games of 2024
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GSD has come through with a list of the top 20 best-selling games of 2024 in Germany in terms of new releases. This is based on combined sales of physical and digital.
Looking at Nintendo games, Super Mario Party Jamboree charts the highest at #5. Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom clocks in at #14. As far as the overall top seller, that honor goes to EA Sports FC 25 – EA’s football / soccer titles always do well, and that was once again the case here.
Below is the full list of Germany’s best-selling games of 2024 for new game releases:
Best-selling Nintendo Switch eShop games in Japan for December 2024
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Nintendo shared new data today revealing the top 20 best-selling games on the Japanese Switch eShop for December 2024.
Super Mario Party Jamboree was overtaken by Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake last month, but is now back at the top spot. Okami HD, which has made a run in multiple regions due to a big sale and announcement of a sequel, makes it into the top ten. Fitness Boxing 3 is the lone new title of the month.
The full lineup of Japan’s best-selling games on the Switch eShop for December 2024 is as follows:
