{"id":63065,"date":"2014-04-04T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T12:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=63065"},"modified":"2014-04-04T14:33:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T12:33:43","slug":"sa-retailers-reveal-best-selling-games-of-2014-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/63065-sa-retailers-reveal-best-selling-games-of-2014-so-far","title":{"rendered":"SA retailers reveal best selling games of 2014 (so far)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drum roll please, we are here to announce the top selling games of 2014 in South Africa (so far).<\/p>\n

It has been an interesting year for gaming with the PlayStation 4 finding its legs in the local market and epic new games being launched for the next-gen console. The PC and current-gen market are far from being eclipsed by the new kid on the block though, and feature strongly in the sales wrap.<\/p>\n

We spoke to local retailers and asked them what had been selling well this year so far.<\/p>\n

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Kalahari – Top Selling Games – 2014<\/strong> (Jan, Feb)<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Makro – Top Selling Games 2014<\/strong> (Jan, Feb)<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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AWX – Top Selling Games 2014<\/strong> (Jan, Feb)<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls<\/td>\nPC<\/td>\nFIFA 14<\/td>\nPS3, PS4, Xbox 360<\/td>\nThief<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Battlefield 4<\/td>\nPC<\/td>\nCall of Duty: Ghosts<\/td>\nPS3 and PS4<\/td>\nCall of Duty: Ghosts<\/td>\nPS3, PS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FIFA 14<\/td>\nPS3<\/td>\nMinecraft<\/td>\nXbox 360<\/td>\nBattlefield 4<\/td>\nPS3, PS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gran Theft Auto 5<\/td>\nPS3<\/td>\nGrand Theft Auto 5<\/td>\nPS3<\/td>\nFIFA 14<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
InFamous: Second Son<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\nGrant Turismo 6<\/td>\nPS3<\/td>\nAssassin’s Creed 4<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Last of Us<\/td>\nPS3<\/td>\nNeed for Speed Rivals<\/td>\nPS3, PS4<\/td>\nLightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13<\/td>\nPS3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thief<\/td>\nPC, PS4<\/td>\nInjustice: Gods Among Us<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\nTomb Raider: Definitive Edition<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call of Duty: Ghosts<\/td>\nPS3<\/td>\nAssassin’s Creed 4<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\nKillzone Shadowfall<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\nKinect Sports Ultimate<\/td>\nXbox 360<\/td>\nRocksmith 2014<\/td>\nPS3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3<\/td>\nPS2<\/td>\nForza 4<\/td>\nXbox 360<\/td>\nNeed for Speed Rivals<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Please note that Takealot, BT Games, and Zaps Online declined to provide sales figures.<\/p>\n

GFK’s statistics for February<\/a> showed that FIFA 14 did will on PS3, PS4, and Xbox 360, while GTA 4 and Battlefield 4 dominated sales on PC.<\/p>\n

Here are the GFK stats for January and February 2014.<\/p>\n

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Gfk – Top Sellers: January and Februay 2014<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grand Theft Auto 4<\/td>\nPC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Battlefield 4<\/td>\nPC, PS3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FIFA 14<\/td>\nPS4, PS3, Xbox 360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call of Duty: Ghosts<\/td>\nPS4, PS3, Xbox 360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tomb Raider Definitive Edition<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minecraft<\/td>\nXbox 360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Last of Us<\/td>\nPS3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Killzone: Shadowfall<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls<\/td>\nPC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thief<\/td>\nPS4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Gfk covers around 90% of the SA gaming retail market, and 95% of the SA gaming consoles retail market. Gfk also tracks online retailers, as well as both the physical and online sales of the retailers which have physical and online outlets.<\/p>\n

It is quite clear that FIFA 14 on the three consoles has dominated early year sales, followed closely by Battlefield 4 for PC, PS3, and PS4, and Call of Duty: Ghosts on the PlayStation platforms.<\/p>\n

Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls did well locally with SA gamers contributing to the expansion’s strong sales worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How may of the top selling games do you own? Let us know in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n

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SA retailers and market research group Gfk reveal which PC, PS3, PS4, and Xbox 360 games have done well in the early stages of 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":63074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[12205,12251,4356,21,6136,129,1239,79],"class_list":["post-63065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-12205","tag-best-selling-games","tag-gfk","tag-headline","tag-pc-games","tag-playstation-3","tag-playstation-4","tag-xbox-360"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63075,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63065\/revisions\/63075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}