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Frustrated global sales analysts, rejoice; the leading charts authorities in the world are close to agreeing a new monthly report that will offer definitive sales data for ‘the whole planet’. The news comes after GFK-ChartTrack, NPD and Enterbrain launched the Top Global Markets Report last month – bringing together monthly …
Read More »Atari: ‘We’ll be a billion dollar distributor’
Namco Bandai’s investment in Infogrames’ European and Asian distribution business will create an entirely new spin-off firm that could bring up to a quarter of the European trade’s games to market. That was the message from Infogrames CEO David Gardner as he revealed his company’s intentions to MCV. Namco Bandai …
Read More »New UK 360 price cuts on the way
It looks as though there’s going to be another wave of Xbox 360 price cuts in time for Christmas in the UK – at Woolworths, at least. According to a leaked scan of the new Woolworths magazine by a cheeky employee, the Xbox 360 Arcade will be put on sale …
Read More »DSGi competitor hits UK market
French retail giant Casino is set to launch a major assault on the UK, with the firm setting its sights on stealing market share from DSGi, Comet, Tesco and Amazon amongst others. The firm will be launching its online arm, Cdiscount into the UK before the end of this year, …
Read More »FreeStyleGames acquired by Activision
Acitvision Publishing has strengthened its stable of UK studios with the acquisition of FreeStyleGames. The publisher said the music game talents of the Leamington Spa-based team, which previously worked on original PSP/PS2 title B-Boy (which won the Develop Award for best audio in 2007), attracted it to the studio.For more, …
Read More »US: Monthly growth slows amid credit crunch concerns
Amid a global climate of credit meltdowns and consumer struggles, the US games market continued to grow in August, but its rate of growth has dropped to its lowest in over two years. August sales were nine per cent up on the same month in 2007 – reason to cheer, …
Read More »US: Microsoft hails 600 per cent 360 Arcade sales hike
Microsoft is understandably delighted by its August sales victory over Sony’s PS3 , and has highlighted the massive surge in Xbox 360 hardware sales in early September in its response to NPD’s August US sales figures. Having been crowned the victor in its battle of Sony in August, Microsoft immediately …
Read More »US: Sony highlights huge year-on-year sales growth
Despite losing out to Xbox 360 in the August US hardware battle , Sony has concentrated on the many positives the firm can enjoy in its response to the latest NPD stats. PS3 shifted 185,353 units in the US throughout August, with sales so far in 2008 hitting two million …
Read More »US: Nintendo praises positive response to its hardware
Nintendo has released an understated, though understandably chuffed, response the news that Nintendo’s DS and Wii claimed first and second spots respectively in the US August hardware charts , according to data from NPD. The positive public response to Nintendo DS and Wii has stayed strong throughout 2008,” Nintendo of …
Read More »US: 360 tops PS3 in August hardware sales
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has edged out Sony’s PS3 in the US during August, shifting 195,400 units compared to its rival 185,200 PS3s. However, both platforms were eclipsed by the DS (518,300 units), Wii (453,000) and Sony’s PSP (253,000). "The PSP and PS3 systems achieved the greatest percentage gain of all …
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