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No Man’s Sky edges out Madden for August’s most popular game videos

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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No Man’s Sky dominated the game videos posted in August on YouTube.

That’s not necessarily the biggest surprise, considering how much controversy surrounded the game’s launch. But it is a pretty good indicator that sales must have been good for the Sony exclusive that debuted on August 9.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.