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Publishers do not like second hand game sales. They believe that pre-owned is killing their businesses. It is discouraging gamers from buying new games after a certain period and is money made by retailers that is not being passed to the creators. Yet in recent months the rhetoric has changed. …
Read More »PS4 becomes fastest-selling console in UK history
Sony’s new home console beats eight-year record set by PSP
Read More »Amazon announces air drone parcel delivery service
Online retailer Amazon is hatching a plan to deliver orders to your home using automated flying drones. No, really! As detailed in the video below, the idea is that orders can be with buyers in around 30 minutes. In fact, the only thing holding the Prime Air initiative back is …
Read More »Rubin: Nintendo is irrelevant as a hardware manufacturer
Naughty Dog co-founder and former boss of now defunct publisher THQ has written off Nintendo’s position in the hardware business. "Nintendo is irrelevant as a hardware manufacturer in the console business," Jason Rubin told GameTrailers, as reported by GameRevolution. He added, however, that the platform holder is a "worldwide treasure" …
Read More »PS4 has sold over 250k in the UK
Over 250k PS4 consoles were sold in the UK in the machine’s first 48 hours on sale. Retail sources have confirmed the extent of PS4’s tremendous performance to MCV following Chart-Track’s confirmation this morning that PS4 is the UK’s fastest selling console ever. MCV estimates that UK PS4 sales reached …
Read More »PS4 beats Xbox One to fastest selling UK console ever crown
Sony’s PS4 is officially the fastest selling console in UK history. Gfk Chart-Track has confirmed that the machine has beaten PSP’s eight year-old sales record of 180k units sold in its first week. Xbox One sold 150k units in its first week. (Note that in both instances ‘week’ refers to …
Read More »Cricket game bowled out of development after release
Production cancelled on Ashes 2013 after game was pulled from Steam
Read More »Rune Factory developer Neverland closes
20 year old Japanese studio blames changing business environment for bankruptcy
Read More »Report: Xbox tops hardware sales at Walmart, Target on Black Friday
Xbox One and Xbox 360 were reportedly the top selling consoles at Target and Walmart during Black Friday, accounting for 61 per cent of hardware sales between the two retailers. The figure comes from an InfoScout report spotted by Polygon, which notes that hard sales figures weren’t provided by the …
Read More »Steam concurrent users reach 7m over holiday weekend
Steam saw record numbers for concurrent users this past weekend, at one point boasting more than 7m accounts online simultaneously. VG247 reports that Valve’s digital platform surpassed the milestone yesterday morning, peaking at 7,190,578 concurrent users. Valve’s Dota 2 drew a peak of 542,906 concurrent users, making it far and …
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