Tag: Sales
News Xbox Discounts Over 500 Games Across Multiple New Mid-May Sales
Including an Xbox Game Studios sale!
Welcome to Tuesday, and welcome to another batch of Xbox sales! We've got multiple new sales for the mid-May period on the Xbox Store, including for Xbox Game Studios, ID@Xbox Simulator titles and the usual Game Pass weeklies. There's actually supposed to be another Xbox sale that's just started as well (a...
News New Sales Data Highlights How Xbox Is 'Dominating' PS5 Right Now
It's actually quite ridiculous
We've already heard a lot over the past few weeks about how Xbox is dominating PS5 as a publisher at the moment, but the extent of Microsoft's success has largely remained a mystery in terms of copies sold. The company rarely provides sales data like this, but thanks to Alinea Analytics, we now have a much clearer...
News Xbox Adds Multiple New Sales, Including One Focused Around RPGs
The great deals continue!
Xbox isn't slowing down with these sales as we dive deeper into the new month, as today has brought us a bunch of additional promotions on top of what we saw last week, including one that's focused entirely around RPG games. Specifically, we've spotted a new Xbox Game Pass RPG sale, a Mafia: The Old Country sale, a Dark...
News Xbox Is Already Achieving Massive Success With Oblivion Remastered
Top selling game on Steam within hours
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is the talk of the industry today, and it's evidently been selling extremely well in its first few hours on sale, with the game already becoming the top global seller on Steam. Looking at the Steam page for Oblivion Remastered, it currently has 80,000 players at the...
News Xbox Series X|S Stock Drops To Surprisingly Low Levels At Multiple UK Retailers
Holiday hangover?
You may or may not be aware that Pure Xbox is actually a UK-based website, and usually it's pretty common for us to spot Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles at large retailers such as Amazon, Argos, Smyths, GAME and many others. However, all four of these (along with others) have a surprising lack of stock following the...
News Xbox Series X|S Sales Estimates Show Consoles Lagging Far Behind Last-Gen
Just over 30 million units sold so far
Website VGChartz has provided its latest sales estimates for current-gen gaming consoles, and the roundup provides a fresh look at how Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S systems were getting on at the tail end of 2024. During the month of November last year, the data suggests that Series X and S shifted 767,118...
News Xbox 'Game Awards' Sale Now Live, 100+ Major Titles Reduced This Week
Grab a deal to celebrate the big event!
The Game Awards 2024 marks the final major gaming event of the year, and to celebrate the occasion, Xbox has published a special sale on the Microsoft Store featuring over 100 games - including a bunch of big 2024 releases! Some of the most notable titles in the sale include Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Like A...
Guide When Will The Xbox Black Friday Sale 2024 Be Revealed?
Up to 1000+ discounts set to be included!
The Xbox Black Friday 2024 sale is almost upon us, during which hundreds of Xbox digital titles are expected to be discounted for a couple of weeks, possibly even extending into December 2024 as well. The official date of the sale hasn't been announced at the time of writing, but it should be just a few...
News Here's The Final List Of Xbox 360 Store Sales Ahead Of July 29th
A decent list, but it's ending with a whimper
Well, we really are almost at the end now! The Xbox 360 store officially closes on July 29th, 2024, and Microsoft has today unveiled the final ever sales list for the store ahead of its closure - there won't be any more after this! You ready for the bad news? Nothing appears to have been added today. We...
News US Sales Figures Reveal Interesting Stats About Xbox Series X|S & Hellblade 2
"Getting a lot of questions on this one..."
The team over at Circana (NPD) has been revealing May 2024's sales data from the United States over the past couple of days, and we've learnt a few interesting things about the Xbox Series X|S and Hellblade 2 in the process. Let's start with the console data. According to the report, "all current...
News Xbox Begins The Month By Putting Over 700 Games On Sale (July 2-9)
Take your pick from hundreds of offers!
It's deals time, and what a way to begin a new month! The Xbox Store has over 700 new discounts to kick off July, made up of all kinds of sales including an Open World Sale, ID@Xbox Action-Adventure Sale and Capcom Sale. Some of the discounts that have particularly grabbed our attention include Crysis...
News Xbox Unveils Special 'Halloween In June' Sale, Live For The Next Few Days
Scare yourself silly with these new Xbox deals!
It's that time of the week once again! Various new deals are now available on the Xbox Store, and the highlight this time around is a special "Halloween in June" sale that's set to last until next Tuesday, July 2nd. Notably, we've got discounts for Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition and Stalker: Legends of...
News Xbox 360 Sales Continue As Microsoft Discounts Another Batch Of Games
Just over a month until the store closes down
Update: This latest batch of Xbox 360 deals is now live, but Microsoft says it's still investigating why certain games either aren't showing up at all, or aren't showing the correct price. The titles that have been mentioned are: Burnout 3: Takedown Fight Night Round 3 Frogger: Hyper Arcade...
News Xbox Deals Unlocked 2024 Sale Now Live, 700+ Games Discounted
A massive sale for some major AAA games!
The Xbox Deals Unlocked Sale for 2024 has now begun! Over the next two weeks, you can take advantage on discounts for over 700 games, with major AAA titles and some absolute bargains in the mix. There are too many highlights to count here, but a few you might be particularly interested in are Alan Wake 2,...
News Xbox's New '50%-Off' Sale Includes Big Discounts For Major AAA Games
There's also a new Simulator Sale
Another Tuesday means another set of fresh Xbox deals, and the big highlights arrive in the form of "50%-off" and "ID@Xbox Simulator" sales, along with the usual batch of exclusive discounts for Xbox Game Pass members. Although it's called a 50%-off sale, there are plenty of games with even bigger discounts to be...
News Analyst Claims PS5 Outsold Xbox Series X|S Almost 5:1 Last Quarter
Slowdown
Sony's PS5 console outselling Xbox Series X|S isn't really a surprise at this stage - in fact, the market has largely favoured PlayStation since the beginning of the Xbox One era. However, a recent sales estimate has surprised us somewhat - mainly for the sheer gap between the two sales figures. According to Niko Partners analyst Daniel...
News Xbox Begins Discounting Lots Of 360 Games Ahead Of July Store Closure
Buy them while you can!
Update: Microsoft has now confirmed that another two Xbox 360 sales will follow in the months ahead, and all of the discounts in the table below will remain active until July 29th, 2024. Plenty of time to make a decision! <related ids="166086"> Original story: With the Xbox 360 store officially set to close on July...
News Xbox Insider Update Aims To 'Improve' Sale Searching On The Microsoft Store
But we're not sure how just yet
Microsoft's latest Xbox Insider patch notes are now live — for Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead users — and there's an interesting note tucked in here about sales an
News Xbox Is Hosting Another 'Buy One, Get Two Free' Sale This Week
But honestly, these aren't great deals
Xbox's new weekly sales are now live, and alongside a pretty great selection of standard deals on some recently released titles, the team is hosting another one of its 'Buy One, Get Two Free' sales right now. This particular promotion has a wide range of games on offer, but they're hardly what we'd call...
News Two New Xbox Sales Are Now Live, 250+ Games Discounted Until Late April
Publisher Spotlight & Game Pass Saver sales!
The Xbox Spring Sale is officially done and dusted for another year, but that doesn't mean the Xbox sales are slowing down! In fact, we've got two major new sales that have gone live today in the form of "Publisher Spotlight" and "Game Pass Saver" promotions. Looking at the list, a lot of these games...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Tops The Xbox Charts As Sequel Racks Up Impressive Sales
The series has now sold over 10 million copies
Dragon's Dogma 2 finally made its long-awaited arrival on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S back at the end of March, and clearly Xbox fans have been enticed by it, as it's now the "top paid" game on the Xbox Store (in the US at least). Capcom has also revealed today that Dragon's Dogma 2 has sold an...
Guide When Will The Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2024 Be Revealed?
It's almost ready to land
Anyone feel like we're just getting week after week of massive Xbox sales right now? Well, we're probably about to get another one in the near future in the form of the Xbox Lunar New Year Sale 2024. There's no formal date for the Xbox Lunar New Year Sale just yet, but based on previous years, we're expecting it to land in...
News Report Claims Xbox Series X|S Sales Have Fallen By Around 15% In 2023
To somewhere in the region of 7.6 million
It's been many years now since Xbox stopped providing sales figures of the Xbox One, and this continued into the Xbox Series X and S generation, so we don't truly know the full details about how many Xboxes Microsoft has sold. That said, analysts often provide their own estimates, and according to the...
Deals Xbox Black Friday Sale 2023 Now Live, 1000+ Games Discounted
Including deals on MAJOR new AAA games!
It's time for the Xbox Black Friday Sale 2023! This year's version of the sale features discounts for over 1000 games in all, many of which are AAA titles and have been released at some point throughout 2023. Below, you'll find some of the major highlights from the Xbox Black Friday Sale 2023. If you want the...
Guide When Will The Xbox Black Friday Sale 2023 Be Revealed?
We're hopefully just days away!
The Xbox Black Friday 2023 sale is almost upon us, during which hundreds of Xbox digital titles are expected to be discounted for a couple of weeks, possibly even extending into December 2023 as well. The official date of the sale hasn't been announced at the time of writing, but it should be just a few days away at...
Report Starfield Was The Best-Selling U.S. Video Game In September
Despite launching day one on Game Pass!
The U.S. video game sales data for September 2023 has been shared today courtesy of Circana (formerly known as The NPD Group), with the firm claiming that Starfield was the best-selling video game across all platforms last month. Circana says this is based on physical and digital purchases, and ranked by...
News Starfield's Latest Sales Data Reveals Major Success For Xbox In Europe
"The biggest Xbox launch this generation"
The good news keeps on coming for Starfield, with new GSD data revealing the game has not only enjoyed one of the biggest European launches in 2023, but it's also the biggest Xbox launch of the generation in that continent. You can see the full top 10 for "European 2023 Week One Sales" below, but keep in...
News Call Of Duty's Biggest Ever Xbox Sale Is Now Live, 40+ Deals Included
Celebrating its 20th anniversary
Call of Duty fans, this is your moment! Xbox is hosting the biggest ever Call of Duty sale in its history this week to celebrate the franchise's 20th anniversary, with over 40 deals included across many classic CoD titles. Unsurprisingly, this includes a bunch of the popular Xbox 360 games as well as more modern...
News Xbox Series X|S Consoles Have Reportedly Passed 21 Million Sales Worldwide
According to new (official?) data
Microsoft typically doesn't like providing data about the sales of Xbox consoles these days, but it looks like we have some anyway, courtesy of an apparent ID@Xbox presentation over at the BIG Festival in Brazil. A snapshot from the presentation appears to reveal that over 21 million Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S...
News Major Xbox Sale To Begin Next Week, First Few Discounts Revealed
The Deals Unlocked Sale 2023
If you've been saving your Microsoft Rewards points for a big Xbox sale, you'll definitely want to know about what's on the way next week! Starting June 6th, the Xbox Deals Unlocked Sale 2023 will be live on the Microsoft Store. The sale will officially run from June 6th to June 19th, and if it's anything like the 2022...
Deals Huge New Xbox Sale Reduces Over 200 Games By '50% Or More'
"Great discounts, starting at 50% off"
The Xbox Spring Sale might be over for another year, but Microsoft hasn't wasted any time getting more deals out on the Xbox Store, with a brand-new "50% off or more" sale discounting over 200 games for the next few days. You'll find a wide range of titles in here, from indie games to AAA behemoths, with the...
News Microsoft Slashes The Price Of Xbox Series S For Lunar New Year
Grab it at a discount once again
If you're in the market for an Xbox Series S, then you'll be interested to know that Microsoft has discounted the console once again as part of the Xbox Lunar New Year celebrations, bringing it down to just $239.99 USD. The discounts vary in different regions, so in the UK it's only been reduced to £235.99, but...
News Xbox Series X|S 2022 Console Sales Grow In Europe, Other Platforms Down On 2021
It's been a good year for Team Xbox
2022 current-gen console sales data is now coming out of Europe as we head into the new year, and the numbers provide some pretty interesting reading. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Xbox Series X|S sales in 2022 were up 4.4% over 2021, making it the only platform to grow last year. It's worth noting that these...
News Xbox Series X|S Passes 20 Million Sales According To Latest Estimates
After two years on the market
Microsoft rarely chooses to share information about hardware sales these days, but according to the latest estimates from the folks at VGChartz, it looks like sales of the Xbox Series X and Series S might have passed the 20 million mark. The outlet is reporting that the two consoles have globally sold an estimated...
Deals Xbox Countdown Sale 2022 Now Live, 800+ Games Discounted
The final major sale of the year!
It's time for the Xbox Countdown Sale 2022! This year's version of the sale features over 800 discounts, including for some major 2022 releases such as Dying Light 2 Stay Human, Sonic Frontiers and even the incredible Elden Ring! Below, we've included just some of the major highlights from the Xbox Countdown Sale...
Guide When Will The Xbox Countdown Sale 2022 Be Revealed?
It should be very soon!
Xbox's big Black Friday bonanza may have only just wrapped up, but the discounts keep on coming as we close out 2022. Microsoft recently confirmed that the Xbox Series S has received another price cut in the UK and US during December, and we're now eagerly awaiting the big 'Countdown' sale that happens each year on Xbox Live...
News Xbox Boasts 'Strong' UK Sales Of Series X|S For Black Friday 2022
"The platform accounted for 40% of all consoles sold..."
We're finally starting to get some sales data from Black Friday 2022 for Xbox, and it looks like the platform did very well for itself over the past week - at least in the UK, where the Series X and Series S accounted for 40% of all consoles sold. That figure is slightly behind the Nintendo...
Deals Xbox Black Friday Sale 2022 Now Live, 700+ Games Discounted
Including offers on major AAA titles!
It's time for the Xbox Black Friday Sale 2022! This year's version of the sale features discounts for well over 700 games, many of which are major AAA titles (including plenty of recent releases), so there's a lot to choose from. Below, we've included just some of the major highlights from the Xbox Black Friday...
Guide When Will The Xbox Black Friday Sale 2022 Be Revealed?
It should be any day now!
The Xbox Black Friday 2022 sale is almost upon us, during which hundreds of Xbox digital titles are expected to be discounted for a couple of weeks, possibly even extending into December. The official date of the sale hasn't been announced at the time of writing, but it should be just a few days away at this point, so down...
News Xbox Just Had An Extremely Impressive Month For Sales In The US
Setting new all-time highs for March
The good news keeps on rolling for Xbox at the moment in terms of sales figures, as the March 2022 report from NPD Group has revealed that Xbox hardware unit and dollar sales set a new March record for the platform last month. According to the report, Xbox Series was the best-selling platform of March 2022 (and...
Deals Xbox Countdown Sale 2021 Now Live, 700+ Games Discounted
The final major sale of the year!
The Xbox Countdown Sale 2021 has begun! This year's Christmas sale features discounts on over 700 games, and many of them return from the recent Black Friday Sale — some with even better offers this time around! The sale also includes various major new releases such as Battlefield 2042 and the GTA Trilogy...
Guide When Will The Xbox Christmas Holiday Sale 2021 Be Revealed?
Let's take an educated guess
The Xbox Christmas and New Year Holiday Sale 2021 (known typically as the 'Countdown Sale') is almost upon us, during which hundreds of Xbox digital titles are expected to be discounted for the holiday period. The official date of the sale hasn't been announced at the time of writing, but it should be just a few days...
News Xbox Series S Reportedly Dominated This Year's Black Friday Console Sales
Affordable and "readily available"
We've heard stories in recent times suggesting the Xbox Series S has outperformed the Xbox Series X in various key markets, and now there appears to be even more good news about the smaller and more affordable model. According to the Adobe Digital Economy Index - which recorded "over one trillion visits to U.S...
News Xbox Series S Reportedly Outsells Series X In Various Key Markets
"The Series S has come into its own"
It's been suggested that Xbox Series S has been outselling the Xbox Series X in various key markets during its first year, with Ampere Analytics highlighting that "the lesser-powered Series S has come into its own". The website says that "the strong adoption of Series S is having an outweighed impact on digital...
News CD Projekt Has Already Sold 13 Million Copies Of Cyberpunk 2077
Despite troubled launch period
Although CD Projekt is under fire at the moment for all sorts of bugs, glitches and crashes in Cyberpunk 2077, it seems Night City is doing just fine in terms of sales. According to a new report from Bloomberg, the Polish company's latest release has already shifted 13 million units, as of 20th December. This same...
News The Lucky's Tales Franchise Has Now Surpassed 3 Million Players
Playful celebrates with new physical release in the US
Playful Studios today announced the Lucky's Tale franchise has now surpassed more than 3 million players. This includes Super Lucky's Tale, New Super Lucky's Tale and the original Oculus Rift title, Lucky's Tale. To celebrate this special milestone, Playful has today released a physical copy of...
News Sea Of Thieves' Concurrent Player Peak On Steam Continues To Rise
Nearly 60,000 peak players!
When Rare's Sea of Thieves sailed onto Steam last week it was able to grab the attention of more than 10,000 players on the platform and made it into the top sellers list. Well now, just over a week later, it's managed to reach an all-time peak of 59,404 concurrent players. Once again, that makes it one of the top 100...
News Deals With Gold: Mammoth List of Discounts Now Live
There goes the money...
This week's Deals With Gold are now live, and there's something for everyone in the absolutely mammoth list of offers. On Xbox One, there's everything from soup to nuts and in something Microsoft is dubbing the "Xbox 360 Super Sale" there's even more to be found. You don't need any more of an introduction than that, really,...
News Deals With Gold: Over 60 Xbox Offers Thrown Into The Mix
Lara Croft, Call of Duty...they're lining up
There's a whole host of offers this week as part of Microsoft's Deals With Gold, with a publishers sale from Square Enix loading the list with bargains. Not to mention a somewhat eye-opening amount of Call of Duty titles suddenly getting trimmed, especially on Xbox 360. Wink. If Black Ops does appear via...
News Deals With Gold: Call of Duty Slashed on Xbox One and Xbox 360
Sure to be a popular move...
This week's Deals With Gold have been announced and the list is sure to set the cat amongst the pigeons. In a week where Activision are under fire for any number of reasons over the announcement of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, they've decided to have a bit of a sale, chopping prices on a fair percentage of the Call...
