Gaming more popular than music and movies?

by Dean Evans at Thursday 19th March, 2009 at 10:34 am [0 comments]

The UK is fast becoming a nation of gamers. Analysts have already predicted that sales of video games will eclipse sales of music and video sales this year. And new zombie-shooter Resident Evil 5 is helping to prove the point.

Since its launch on March 13^th, Resident Evil 5 has shipped an astounding 4 million copies worldwide on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. According to the latest stats from Capcom, the game has apparently:

• Outsold every song in the UK Singles Chart this week
• Outsold U2′s chart-topping album No Line On The Horizon in total sales since release in one weekend (in the UK)
• Grossed more money than the top 5 movies in the UK (Marley & Me, Watchmen, Gran Torino, Slumdog Millionaire and The Young Victoria) – combined

In fact, the Resident Evil franchise has sold 40 million copies worldwide – that’s one copy for every 170 people in the world (based on a global population of 6,707 Million).

Resident Evil 5 tops the all-formats chart ahead of Nintendo’s Wii Fit, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X, Professor Layton and the Curious Village and Killzone 2.

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