{"id":99430,"date":"2016-08-05T10:56:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T08:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=99430"},"modified":"2016-08-05T10:57:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T08:57:59","slug":"these-are-the-best-selling-video-games-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/99430-these-are-the-best-selling-video-games-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"These are the best-selling video games in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MyGaming collected data from various retailers in order to determine the best-selling games in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Makro<\/strong>, <strong>BT Games<\/strong>, and <strong>AnimeWorx<\/strong> all provided us with data a list of their best-selling games.<\/p>\n<p>MyGaming also contacted <strong>Incredible<\/strong> <strong>Connection<\/strong> and <strong>CNA<\/strong>, who unfortunately did not respond by the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that console games are generally more popular than PC games in retail stores, with the majority of best-selling games being console versions.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the best-selling games in South Africa, according to physical retailers:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.makro.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Makro<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>FIFA 16<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Black Ops 3<\/li>\n<li>Uncharted 4<\/li>\n<li>Far Cry Primal<\/li>\n<li>Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Fifa-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99508\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Fifa-16.jpg\" alt=\"Fifa 16\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Fifa-16.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Fifa-16-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Fifa-16-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Fifa-16-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btgames.co.za\/home\/home.asp\" target=\"_blank\">BT Games<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Uncharted 4<\/li>\n<li>Tom Clancy\u2019s The Division<\/li>\n<li>Far Cry Primal<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Black Ops 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Legacy best-sellers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call of Duty Black Ops 2<\/li>\n<li>Minecraft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Blops-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99510\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Blops-2.jpg\" alt=\"Blops 2\" width=\"920\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Blops-2.jpg 920w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Blops-2-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Blops-2-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awx.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">AWX<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Uncharted 4<\/li>\n<li>Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division<\/li>\n<li>Ratchet &amp; Clank<\/li>\n<li>DOOM<\/li>\n<li>Far Cry Primal<\/li>\n<li>Dark Souls III<\/li>\n<li>Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition<\/li>\n<li>Overwatch Origins Edition<\/li>\n<li>The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine<\/li>\n<li>Monster Hunter Generations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Uncharted-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99512\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Uncharted-4.jpg\" alt=\"Uncharted 4\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Uncharted-4.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Uncharted-4-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Uncharted-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Uncharted-4-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Which brand of graphics card should you buy?\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/98724-which-brand-of-graphics-card-should-you-buy.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Which brand of graphics card should you buy?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Highest-rated video games of 2016 (so far)\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/99002-highest-rated-video-games-of-2016-so-far.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Highest-rated video games of 2016 (so far)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How to buy an Oculus Rift in South Africa: what it will cost\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/99350-how-to-buy-an-oculus-rift-from-south-africa-what-it-will-cost.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to buy an Oculus Rift in South Africa: what it will cost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MyGaming collected data from various retailers in order to determine the best-selling games in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":93041,"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":[6,3,11681,4],"tags":[11178,20574,2480,12711,1966,1827,14066,2163],"class_list":["post-99430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-awx","tag-best-selling","tag-bt-games","tag-business","tag-games","tag-makro","tag-retail","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99430","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\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99506,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99430\/revisions\/99506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}