{"id":8559,"date":"2010-11-16T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"kalahari-net-s-top-20-selling-games-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/8559-kalahari-net-s-top-20-selling-games-of-2010","title":{"rendered":"Kalahari.net\u2019s top 20 selling games of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kalahari.net is SA’s largest online retailer and it is particularly popular among gamers thanks to the combination of free delivery, competitive pricing, and generally high service levels. <\/p>\n

According to Kalahari’s recent festive season shopping survey:<\/p>\n

• <\/span>87% of the estimated five million connected South Africans plan on shopping online;<\/p>\n

• <\/span>Online sales are estimated to increase by up to 25% compared with 2009;<\/p>\n

• <\/span>33% plan on spending up to a quarter of their monthly wage on gifts this December;<\/p>\n

• <\/span>iPhone4 is the most sought after gift follwed by eReaders;<\/p>\n

• <\/span>Jamie Oliver and Madiba battle it out as the most sought after book gift;<\/p>\n

• <\/span>Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol is the current hot holiday read;<\/p>\n

• <\/span>Susan Boyle is tipped to be the best seller for the second year running with her debut album I Dreamed a Dream.<\/p>\n

Below are the top 20 selling games on Kalahari for 2010 so far. The list should be a pretty good indicator of local game sales in general, as Kalahari is one of the most well established game reseller in SA.<\/div>\n
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Rank<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Title<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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StarCraft II – Wings of Liberty Wings of Liberty (PC)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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FIFA 11 (PS3)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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God of War 3 (PS3)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Call of Duty: Black Ops (PC)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Red Dead Redemption (PS3)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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6<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (PS3)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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The Sims 3: Ambitions (PC)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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8<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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9<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Battlefield Bad Company 2 – Limited Edition (PC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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God of War Collection God of War & God of War II (PS3)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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11<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Sports Champions (PS3 Move)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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12<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Age of Empires Collector’s Edition (Exclusive Range) (PC)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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13<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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FIFA 11 (360)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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14<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Medal of Honor (Limited Edition) (PS3)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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15<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Singstar: ABBA (PS2)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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16<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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17<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Medal of Honor Limited Edition (PC)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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18<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Wii Fit Plus (including Balance Board) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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19<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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20<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Heavy Rain (PS3)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Discuss game sales in 2010<\/a> in the forums<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

StarCraft II tops local sales charts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559","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\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}