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Yakima 4 Timer

Confession time! When I was a little kid, I had to make my own comic for art class. And because I had the creativity of a garden snail back then, I let myself be seduced by the dark side of the Force: So I opened up a couple of Dragon Ball manga volumes, traced the panels line by line, created a meticulous rearrangement from them, made up some dialogue of my own, and tadaa – the new adventures of Ukog-Nos (no relation to Son-Goku) were finished. And yes, I got an A for it, am ashamed to this day, and vigorously plead that every teacher should have read Dragon Ball at least once to thwart mischievous pranks like mine. But then, in a school context, it’s all harmless. If I get a 6 – mei, all my attention was on my new Gamecube right now anyway. There was no shame that Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2 couldn’t cure. But in the real world it looks different. If you sell someone else’s ideas as your own, you’re liable to prosecution in the worst case. In the gaming industry, it’s all pretty complicated. A creative industry thrives on inspiration from others. A Fortnite would never have become a success without PUBG. Middle-earth: Shadow of War cribbed the combat from Batman, the scrambling from Assassin’s Creed, the lootboxes from EA, and the skill and weapon system from all sorts of action role-playing games. Was still a great game (except for the lootboxes). But there are also games that go too far. Ash of Gods was the subject of an extremely complex plagiarism debate at the time, as to whether the game was just an impudent copy of Banner Saga. Curtain up for Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. With 18 minutes of gameplay, the Soulslike game has been flexing its muscles on YouTube since mid-September. On paper, it offers a real feast for the eyes for Dark Souls fans: martial combat, a really chic look, impressive bosses and a cryptic, mythical story. But Wuchang is met with a lot of rejection. And maybe there’s more behind it than just an accusation of plagiarism. “> Recommended Editorial Content At this point, you’ll find an external content from YouTube that complements the article. You can show and hide it with one click. I agree that content from YouTube is displayed to me. Personal data may be transmitted to third-party platforms. More about this in our privacy policy. Link to YouTube content

What’s going on at Wuchang?

Soulslikes, by definition, copy stuff from Dark Souls. After all, they even have it in their name: “Souls-like” – “Like Souls”. And if you think about it, there are really few other genres that openly claim their inspiration. The entire shooter era of the late 2000s could have been called CoD-likes, but of course no publisher would voluntarily risk a surrender of their own creativity. Early Soulslikes like Lords of the Fallen, Hollow Knight, Nioh or Salt and Sanctuary made no secret of their inspirations at all. Sometimes the gloomy atmosphere, sometimes the harshness, the losing of souls or the merciless combat system, in which every blow is a serious decision that can’t be taken back, were adopted. Fans never had a problem with this, on the contrary: the hunger for more of that unique Dark Souls feeling was huge. But Wuchang seems to be in a different league. You can click through the 18 minutes of gameplay yourself – apart from the main character’s high heels, every ounce of this game seems copied from Dark Souls, Sekiro and Bloodborne. I’m only going to list the less obvious parallels now, we don’t even need to start with the level, enemy and environment design, you can see that for yourself:

  • The entire quick menu corresponds one-to-one to that of a Dark Souls.
  • Like in Bloodborne, you can slow down enemies with your pistol while attacking. Even the sound effect is the same.
  • When bosses buff, they emit the same scream and blood red aura as in Bloodborne.
  • If you tip a healing potion, your character briefly glows the same golden orange as in Dark Souls.
  • Items appear as small blue flames on the ground.
  • The rear attack looks like a direct copy of Sekiro in sound design, brutality and execution.
  • The enemies’ life bars glow in the same red as in Bloodborne and co.

These similarities create a lot of headwind. The trailer presented on IGN’s YouTube channel stands at a controversial ratio of 10,000 likes to 6,000 dislikes, and it looks even worse on Wuchang’s official channel with a ratio of 3,000 thumbs down to 1,000 thumbs up. That’s by no means the shitstorm level of a Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, but the most prominent comments are a warning sign after all: But I’m not even here to point fingers at Wuchang and Fake and howl about fake. Feel free to form your own opinions. On the one hand, an 18-minute trailer is not a whole game, who knows what will become of the project in the end. On the other hand, there have been more successful attempts to give Soulslikes its own identity. What I find exciting, however, is the great rejection of Wuchang. Because that’s new.

Is the Souls market gradually becoming saturated?

The Soulslike subgenre is, if anything, ten years old and counts maybe 15 to 20 games that have managed to gain halfway popularity. Or in other words: More Souls was primarily good for a long time because there were so few. I can speak for myself there: I love Bloodborne and wish with all my heart that more games would somehow pick up this unique Victorian Gothic horror Lovecraft style. From Software itself is focusing on Elden Ring for now. More Bloodbornelikes would be right up my alley! But in recent months, YouTube has been washing up more and more Soulslikes that primarily sell more, more, more Souls. Bleak Faith, for example: 11:09 Bleak Faith – Forsaken – New trailer for the dark Soulslike shows fresh gameplay Or Project Relic: 1:30 Project Relic: New Dark Souls alternative unveiled at gamescom 2021 Or Black Myth: Wu Kong: 12:44 Black Myth: Wukong – Over 12 minutes of gameplay shows switch to Unreal Engine 5 Even the 2D realm of Soulslikes now features many free riders that look like a Blasphemous. So far, the response to these new Dark Souls ancestors has been positive across the board. So it’s no wonder that more and more of them are being developed – but that’s precisely why I wonder if the market is gradually approaching a saturation level. Whether Wuchang is just more than an extremely obvious clone. Maybe it marks a bit of a turning point. Soulslikes have always had to be good games in the first place, of course, but it may still become increasingly difficult to score points with the classic Souls virtues alone in the future. Even if they are well made. What do you think? A selection of the best-selling computer and video games of 2021 in Germany (Images: Manufacturer). Which computer games and console games are the most successful in Germany? The overview shows the current game sales figures. Update September 13, 2022: After an ‘award-less’ July, there was once again a game in August that can boast six-figure sales figures: Plaion division Ravenscourt has sold more than 100,000 units since November 2021 of Let’s Sing 2022 for Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. The new addition is highlighted in the list below. Update June 20, 2022: Nintendo has sold more than 100,000 units of Nintendo Switch Sports since April 29. It is the eighth PC or console game released in 2022 to hit six-figure sales in Germany – three of which came from Nintendo.

Game sales figures: The best-selling games in Germany

The following figures include both data carriers (Blu-Ray, DVD, module) and downloads. The overview is constantly being expanded and updated. The manufacturer, the platforms and the date of release are indicated in each case. It should be noted that the sales figures for older titles – for example from 2018 – may be much higher in the meantime: The information should therefore be understood as a lower limit. Status: September 13, 2022

Best-selling games with release in 2022

  • Marked green = game developed in Germany
  • Marked yellow = game developed in Austria
  • Marked red = game developed in Switzerland

Sold more than 500,000 times

  • Elden Ring (Bandai Namco Entertainment / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X/S + PC / 25.2.22)
  • Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Nintendo / Switch / 28.1.22)

Sold more than 200,000 copies

  • Gran Turismo 7 (Sony Interactive / PS4 + PS5 / 4.3.22)
  • Horizon: Forbidden West (Sony Interactive / PS4 + PS5 / 2/18/22)
  • LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Warner Bros. / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X/S + PC + Switch / 5.4.22)
  • Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo / Switch / 4/29/22)

Sold more than 100,000 copies

  • Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (Take Two Interactive / PS4 + PS5 + Switch + Xbox / 11.11.22)
  • Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo / Switch / 25.3.22)
  • NEW Let’s Sing 2022 (Plaion / Ravenscourt / PS4 + PS5 + Switch + Xbox + PC / 23.11.21)

This is how the game sales figures are generated in Germany

Usually, game manufacturers at best announce worldwide sales figures for their games – rather rarely or not at all for individual markets and countries. The data from market researcher GfK, which collects the figures on an ongoing basis on behalf of the Game Industry Association, therefore provides at least a sense of the magnitudes in Germany. This in turn results in the so-called ‘Sales Awards’ in gold, for which at least 100,000 games must be sold in the first twelve months. Further levels: 200,000 (platinum) and 500,000 (special award). The GamesWirtschaft evaluation shows that exclusive titles from Sony Interactive (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5) and Nintendo (Switch) in particular are extraordinarily successful. Games from third-party manufacturers – such as Electronic Arts, Bethesda, Ubisoft, Activision, Capcom or Square Enix – are usually released at least for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC and in rare cases also for Nintendo Switch.

Best-selling games with release in 2021

  • Marked green = game developed in Germany
  • Marked yellow = game developed in Austria
  • Marked red = game developed in Switzerland

Sold more than 500,000 times

  • FIFA 22 (Electronic Arts / PS5 + PS4 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + PC + Switch / 1.10.21)
  • Farming Simulator 22 (Giants Software / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X/S + PC / 22.11.21)
  • Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo / Switch / 29.10.21)
  • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo / Switch / 12.2.21)

Sold more than 200,000 copies

  • Battlefield 2042 (Electronic Arts / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X/S + PC / 19.11.21)
  • Call of Duty Vanguard (PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + PC / 5.11.21)
  • Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X/S + PC / 7.11.21)
  • It Takes Two (Electronic Arts / PS + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X/S + PC / 3/26/21)
  • Pokémon Radiant Diamond (Nintendo / Switch / 11/19/21)
  • Pokémon Radiant Pearl (Nintendo / Switch / 19.11.21)
  • Resident Evil 8: Village (Capcom / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + PC / 7.5.21)

Sold more than 100,000 copies

  • Big Brain Academy: Head to Head (Nintendo / Switch / 3.12.21)
  • F1 2021 (Electronic Arts / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + PC / 16.7.21)
  • Just Dance 2022 (Ubisoft / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + Switch / 4.11.21)
  • Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Nintendo / Switch / 16.7.21)
  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Square Enix / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox + Switch / 10/26/21)
  • Metroid Dread (Nintendo / Switch / 8.10.21)
  • Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom / Switch / 3/26/21)
  • New Pokémon Snap (Nintendo / Switch / 4/30/21)
  • Outriders (Square Enix / PS4 + Xbox One + PS5 + Xbox Series X / 1.4.21)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. (Sony Interactive / PS5 / 11.6.21)

Best selling games with release 2020

  • Marked green = game developed in Germany
  • Marked yellow = game developed in Austria
  • Marked red = game developed in Switzerland

Sold more than 2 million times

  • FIFA 21 (Electronic Arts / PS5 + PS4 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + PC + Switch / 6.10.20)

Sold more than 1 million copies

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo / Switch / 20.3.20)

Sold more than 500,000 copies

  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + PC / 10.11.20)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War (Activision / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + PC / 13.11.20)
  • Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red / PC + PS4 + Xbox One / 10.12.20)
  • Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo / Switch / 18.9.20)
  • The Last of Us Part 2 (Sony Interactive / PS4 / 19.6.20)

Sold more than 200,000 copies

  • 51 Worldwide Games (Nintendo / Switch / 5.6.20)
  • F1 2020 (Codemasters / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 10.7.20)
  • Ghost of Tsushima (Sony Interactive / PS4 / 17.7.20)
  • Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + Switch / 12.11.20)
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony Interactive / PS4 + PS5 12.11.20)
  • Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo / Switch / 17.7.20)
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 (Activision Blizzard / PS4 + Xbox One) / 9/4/20)

Sold more than 100,000 copies

  • Highway Police Simulator 2 (Z-Software / Aerosoft / PS4 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + PC / 2/20/20 (PS4 version))
  • Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (Activision Blizzard / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + PC + Switch / 2.10.20)
  • Doom Eternal (Bethesda / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 20.3.20)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Bandai Namco Entertainment / 17.1.20)
  • Hyrule Warriors: Time of Devastation. (Nintendo / Switch / 20.11.20)
  • Immortals Fenyx Rising (Ubisoft / PS4 + PS5 + Xbox One + Xbox Series X + Switch + PC / 3.12.20)
  • Marvel’s Avengers (Square Enix / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 4.9.20)
  • SnowRunner (Focus Home / Astragon Interactive / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 28.4.20)
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (THQ Nordic / PS4 + Xbox One + PC + Switch / 23.6.20)
  • Star Wars Squadrons (Electronic Arts / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 2.10.20)

Best-selling games with release in 2018 and 2019

  • Marked green = game developed in Germany
  • Gelb markiert = in Österreich entwickeltes Spiel
  • Rot markiert = in der Schweiz entwickeltes Spiel

Mehr als 1,5 Millionen Mal verkauft

  • FIFA 20 (Electronic Arts / PS4 + Xbox One + Switch + PC / 24.9.19)
  • FIFA 19 (Electronic Arts / PS4 + Xbox One + Switch + PC / 28.9.18)
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games / PS4 + Xbox One / 26.10.18)

Mehr als 500.000 Mal verkauft

  • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 5.10.18)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Activision / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 12.10.18)
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Activision / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 23.8.19)
  • Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 27.3.18)
  • Landwirtschafts-Simulator 19 (Giants Software / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 19.11.18)
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man (Sony Interactive / PS4 / 7.9.18)
  • Super Mario Party (Nintendo / Switch / 5.10.18)
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo / Switch / 7.12.18)

Mehr als 200.000 Mal verkauft

  • ANNO 1800 (Ubisoft / PC / 16.4.19)
  • Battlefield 5 (Electronic Arts / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 20.11.18)
  • Borderlands 3 (2K / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 13.9.19)
  • Days Gone (Sony Interactive / PS4 / 26.4.19)
  • God of War (Sony Interactive / PS4 / 20.4.18)
  • Just Dance 2020 (Ubisoft / PS4 + Switch + Wii + Xbox One + PC / 5.11.19)
  • Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo / Switch / 31.10.19)
  • Need for Speed: Heat (Electronic Arts / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 8.11.19)
  • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo / Switch / 10.1.19)
  • Pokémon: Let’s Go, Evoli (Nintendo / Switch / 16.11.18)
  • Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu (Nintendo / Switch / 16.11.18)
  • Pokémon Schild (Nintendo / Switch / 15.11.19)
  • Pokémon Schwert (Nintendo / Switch / 15.11.19)
  • Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo / Switch / 18.10.19)
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 14.9.18)
  • Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Activision / PS4 + Xbox One / 13.11.18)
  • Star Wars: Jedi – Fallen Order (Electronic Arts / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 15.11.19)
  • Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo / Switch / 28.6.19)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo / Switch / 20.9.19)
  • Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Ubisoft / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 12.3.19)

Mehr als 100.000 Mal verkauft

  • Anthem (Electronic Arts / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 22.2.19)
  • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo / Switch / 13.7.18)
  • Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy (Activision / PS4 + Xbox One + Switch / 21.6.19)
  • Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Activision / PS4 + Xbox One + Switch / 29.6.18)
  • Death Stranding (Sony Interactive / PS4 + PC / 8.11.19)
  • F1 2019 (Codemasters / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 25.6.19)
  • Fallout 76 (Bethesda / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 14.11.18)
  • Far Cry New Dawn (Ubisoft / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 15.2.19)
  • Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox One / 2.10.18)
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Deep Silver / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 13.2.18)
  • Kingdom Hearts 3 (Square Enix / PS4 + Xbox One / 25.1.19)
  • Mario & Sonic bei den Olympischen Spielen: Tokyo 2020 (SEGA / Switch / 1.11.19)
  • Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo / Switch / 22.6.18)
  • Metro Exodus (Deep Silver / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 15.2.19)
  • Resident Evil 2 (Capcom / PS4 + Xbox One / 25.1.19)
  • Sekiro: Shadow’s Die Twice (Activision / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 3/22/19)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. (Ubisoft / PS4 + Xbox One + PC / 4.10.19)
  • Yoshi’s Crafted World (Nintendo / Switch / 29.3.19)

Archive Update May 16, 2022: Crazy success for TT Games and Warner Bros: within just three weeks, has become LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga sold more than 200,000 copies in Germany. And also Elden Ring was, is and remains a bestseller: Bandai Namco Entertainment and From Software have sold more than half a million copies since the end of February – by far the most successful new release of 2022. In total, there are three new entries, which are marked in the list below. Update as of April 14, 2022: In the period from the day of release (March 4) to the end of March, 200,000 motorsport fans signed up for Sony’s racing simulation Gran Turismo 7 opted for. The game is available for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. This makes the title one of the top titles alongside Elden Ring and Horizon: Forbidden West among the most successful video game novelties Rockstar’s game collection Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition has sold more than 100,000 copies in Germany since November 2021. Update March 17, 2022: Within a few days, both. Horizon: Forbidden West (Feb. 18) and the action role-playing game Elden Ring (2/25) from Bandai Namco Entertainment have both surpassed the 200,000 copies sold mark in Germany. The new additions are marked in the list below. Update Feb. 17, 2022: No less than three Nintendo new releases for the Switch have surpassed relevant sales marks by the end of January:

  • Mario Party Superstars (500,000+ units)
  • Pokémon Legends, which was only released on Jan. 28. Pokémon Legends: Arceus (200,000+ units)
  • Big Brain Academy: Head to Head (100,000+ units)

Of note is the continued success of the co-op adventure It Takes Twowhich has sold 5 million copies worldwide – including 200,000 games in Germany. This is because the surprise hit, produced by Swedish indie studio Hazelight Studios and distributed by Electronic Arts, can only be mastered in pairs – the title is unplayable for pure solo players. Update, January 17, 2022: The Swiss-developed Farming Simulator 22 is one of only three games released in 2021 to have sold more than half a million copies in Germany by the end of the year, according to industry association Game’s count. The other two titles: FIFA 22 (Electronic Arts) and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo). Also new in the overview of best-selling computer and console games (see below): Pokémon Shining Pearl and Metroid Dread (both Nintendo), Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Square Enix) and the Ubisoft dance game Just Dance 2022. Update December 22, 2021: Five days after the regular sales report, the industry association files the entry for Call of Duy: Vanguard Replenish. According to the report, Activision Blizzard’s action game, which is available for PlayStation, Xbox and PC, found more than 200,000 buyers between November 5 and 30. The actual sales figures should be much higher by now: Because the next sales award is only unlocked again from 500,000 units, which is the predecessor Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War achieved in February 2020. The game finished the 2020 overall sales charts in 5th place. Update December 17, 2021: Even more interesting than what’s in the industry association’s latest sales report is what’s not it says: Because although the Activision shooter Call of Duty Vanguard was launched on November 5, the blockbuster obviously did not sell 100,000 units in Germany by the end of the month. That is the criterion for the “Sales Award” in gold. The situation is different at Electronic Arts: For the direct competitor Battlefield 2042 at least 200,000 units are reported, as well as for a number of other novelties such as the indestructible Farming Simulator 2022 (Giants Software), Mario Party Superstars, Pokémon Radiant Diamond (both Nintendo) and Capcom’s Resident Evil Village. That the Xbox exclusive title Forza Horizon 5 is not listed, presumably because the racing game is already included in Xbox Game Pass. The net player numbers are therefore likely to be much higher than the sales figures for downloads and physical games. Update from November 17, 2021: As expected FIFA 22 continues its winning streak – literally: Within one month, Electronic Arts has sold at least 500,000 copies of the soccer simulation in Germany. It is to be expected that, analogous to the predecessor, the one million unit mark will already be exceeded in November. As of now, the most successful new releases of the year must also include Ubisoft’s Far Cry 6 must also be counted. According to measurements by the industry association, more than 200,000 PC and console owners have opted for the USK-18 first-person shooter. The complete overview of the best-selling computer and console games of the 2020/21 season can be found below. Update from September 20, 2021: The faltering PlayStation 5 supply is now affecting demand for PS5 exclusive games: The Sony blockbuster, available since June. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart which has been available since June, failed to break the 200,000-unit mark in Germany by the end of August. From Demon’s Souls (November) and Returnal (April) sold fewer than 100,000 games each. The only new addition in August 2021: the Nintendo Switch photo safari. New Pokémon Snap, which has been on the market since the end of April. Update August 16, 2021: The June 11 release of. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the first PlayStation 5-exclusive game to sell more than 100,000 copies in Germany – which, conversely, means that this is on Demon’s Souls and Returnal so far. At the same time, Californian studio Insomniac Games manages to sell more than 100,000 copies within a few months after Spider-Man: Miles Morales the next PlayStation bestseller. Worldwide Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart has sold more than 1.1 million copies. That means that around one in ten of the more than 10 million PS5 owners has bought the action game. Other new entries:

  • Like its predecessors F1 2021 also makes it into the best list: It is the first edition of the Formula 1 game after the acquisition of Codemasters by Electronic Arts.
  • Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is now the 22nd Switch title from Nintendo, which has found more than 100,000 buyers in Germany alone since the console went on sale. No other platform has such a high density of console-exclusive bestsellers.

Update as of July 19, 2021: With FIFA 21 manufacturer Electronic Arts has managed to sell more than two million units in Germany within a year of its release. While FIFA 19 and FIFA 20 each reported a maximum of 1.5 million units, the record has now been broken. This is in line with GfK’s half-yearly figures: According to this FIFA 21 the second best-selling PC and computer game nationwide between January and June 2021, behind Super Mario 3D World & Bowser’s Fury. Second new entry: the Switch game released in September 2020. Super Mario 3D All-Stars from Nintendo has found more than half a million buyers since it went on sale. Update June 14, 2021: Even away from Call of Duty Activision also regularly manages to sell bestsellers: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 has sold more than 200,000 copies since September 2020, according to GfK Entertainment’s calculations. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time has sold 100,000 copies since going on sale in October 2020. Capcom reached six-digit figures much faster: Resident Evil 8: Village took just a few days at the beginning of May to win over a six-figure number of PC, PS4, PS5 and Xbox owners. Developed in Dortmund, Germany, by Z-Software and marketed by Aerosoft, the Highway Patrol Simulator 2 has been on the market for PC since 2017 – but the console versions did not follow until 2020. In total, the simulation has found 100,000 buyers. Update from 25.5.2021: Square Enix sold more than 100,000 copies of the action game Outriders within a few days. Outriders was already known ahead of time. The game is available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X / S, Xbox One, PC and Google Stadia. It has taken incomparably longer in the case of SnowRunner the off-road adventure has already been on the market since the end of April 2020 and has found a six-digit number of buyers in just under twelve months. Update as of 4/22/2021: Within a few days of its release on April 1, the Square-Enix action game Outriders has sold more than 100,000 copies, the industry association Game announced today via Twitter. Update 4/2021: Ubisoft’s dance game Just Dance is and remains a long-running hit: Just like its predecessor, Just Dance Just Dance 2021 has found more than 200,000 buyers in Germany. The same applies to the Switch exclusive title Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Furywhich was only launched on the market in February. This makes Nintendo the first game of the 2021 season to achieve this feat. Also off to an extremely successful start is another Switch novelty: Capcom’s Monster Hunter Rise sold 100,000 copies within a few days. Update 3/17/2021: For the first time since ANNO 1800 in April 2019, a studio from the German-speaking region has once again managed to sell more than 100,000 copies of a PC or console game in Germany: Vienna-based THQ Nordic subsidiary Purple Lamp Studios reports this sales figure for the action-adventure SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated. The game is released in June 2020 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and Stadia. This is according to the latest GfK figures commissioned by the Game industry association. As in previous years, it has also Activision with the latest Call of Duty-As in previous years, Activision has also managed to break the 500,000 mark with the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops: One: Since November, half a million PC, Xbox, PS4 or PS5 owners have bought the first-person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War has been chosen by half a million PC, Xbox, PS5 and PS5 owners since November. Nintendo also remains on track for success, having sold more than 100,000 copies since February of Switch exclusive title Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury sold. Update 2/11/2021: Analog to FIFA 20 there has also been FIFA 21 took only four months to sell more than 1.5 million units in Germany. The Switch board game collection 51 Wordwide Games has found more than 200,000 buyers since June 2020. With Immortals Fenyx Rising Ubisoft has cracked the mark of 100,000 copies – the action adventure is also available for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S. All new additions as of January 31, 2021 are marked accordingly in the list below. Update from 18.1.2021: With Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the first Switch title to sell more than one million units in Germany in the first few months after release. An even more massive debut was recorded by Cyberpunk 2077: In the three weeks between Dec. 10, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2020, at least 500,000 copies were sold in this country. The new arrivals at a glance:

  • 1 million copies sold: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • 500,000 copies sold: Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us Part 2, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
  • 200,000 copies sold: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  • 100,000 copies sold: 51 Wordwide Games, Hyrule Warriors: Time of Devastation, Just Dance 2021

Update 12/15/2021: With the new additions Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War are the first games in the bestseller list that were also developed specifically for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Both action games are rated 18+ and have each sold more than 200,000 copies in Germany (download and disc) in just two weeks. The Sony exclusive title Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (USK 12) is part of the launch portfolio of the PlayStation 5, but is also available for PlayStation 4 – 100,000 superhero fans have already snapped it up. Always on Fridays, always for free: Subscribe to the GamesWirtschaft newsletter now! Yakima 4 Timer.




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