Official PC Digital Sales Chart Launches
This week sees the launch of the very first PC gaming digital sales charts, anywhere in the world. UKIE and Ipsos Media have put together the new UK charts using actual sales data, gathered from publishers and retailers alike.
The chart has been in beta testing for a year already, to iron out any issues, and now the first chart has gone public – letting us finally see what impact digital sales are having on the industry. Although figures were not collected directly from Steam, the individual publishers collated Steam data and have fed that back to UKIE, so that the chart can be even more accurate.
It is a real boon that Steam sales have been included in one way or another, as Steam has had a massive impact on the way that PC gamers buy and play their games over the last few years.
You can see the chart below, but we have also included the digital & boxed combination charts, to show the contrast between the two. As usual, you can read our review of each game by clicking on its title:
PC boxed & digital game sales combined (Units)
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PC digital game sales (Units)
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The PC digital DLC/expansion game sa
Robin Parker
If I'm not playing on a good Adventure Game - still longing for the long-past Golden Age of the genre, when Lucasarts and Sierra ruled supreme - you might find me searching for a local arcade, in the hopes that it still houses titles such as Sunset Riders or WindJammers.
