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GameStop vice chairman and COO Daniel DeMatteo has dismissed the number of full games being made available for digital downloads as ‘insignificant’. Speaking in an earnings call following the company’s stellar Q2 results yesterday, DeMatteo also expressed doubts over whether the new 160GB PS3 will be used for much more …
Read More »No PS3 price cut this year
SCEE president David Reeves has rued out any move to drop the price of PlayStation 3 hardware this year. There is no price cut,” he told VG247. When press on specifically on whether or not there would be a PS3 price cut in 2008, Reeves reiterated, No,” adding, We’re not …
Read More »GameStop reports record Q2
Video game retail giant, GameStop, has reported record financials for the second quarter of 2008. Net earnings reached $57.2 million for its Q2, an increase of 162.1 per cent over the same period last year. Sales also leapt 34.8 per cent to $1,804.4 million. The firm highlighted GTA IV, Metal …
Read More »Sony confirms new PSP/PS3 UK prices
Sony has confirmed UK prices for its newly announced PSP and PS3 models to MCV. The firm’s 160Gb PS3 will hold an SRP of 339.99, whilst the ‘PSP 3000′ will set consumers back 149.99. The PSP 3000 will launch on October 15th, with the 160GB PS3 following on Halloween (October …
Read More »Official: GTA IV sells 6.3m worldwide
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV is 2008’s biggest selling game so far, shifting a whopping 6.29 million copies since January 1st. New stats from the Top Global Markets Report – compiled of data from GFK (Europe), NPD (US), ChartTrack (UK) and Enterbrain (Japan) – shows the title has sold just …
Read More »Global sales supergroup formed
The might of territory sales monitors GFK (Europe), Chart-Track (UK), NPD (US) and Enterbrain (Japan) have joined forces to form a new global sales monitoring ‘supergroup’. The new coalition will release the Top Global Markets Report, which will integrate point-of-sale (POS) data for video game software sales in the world’s …
Read More »Activision: Bonds UK release hasnt slipped
Activision has just told MCV that Quantum of Solace hasn’t slipped for the UK market and will be released October 31st as originally planned. The publisher told us that the comments regarding an apparent delay in release for the upcoming Bond title were intended for the German market only, and …
Read More »MCV needs your pictures!
Do you have a pic of your sales director doing the dosey doe with Lara Croft? Was your store manager ever snapped burning his Carmageddon POS stuff? Perhaps your MD had his arms round a man dressed as Croc – with a face that said ‘this is definitely going to …
Read More »LEIPZIG 08: Ubisoft opens Poland office
Ubisoft has opened a new business office in Warsaw, Poland. Edge reports that the HQ will focus on growing the firn’s market share in Eastern Europe. The publisher announced the news at Leipzig Games Convention yesterday. Ubisoft Eastern Europe export area manager Rose-Marie Nargaud will head up the office. "Opening …
Read More »Fallout 3 dated for October 31st
One of the most anticipated games of the past two years has finally been given a firm release date – with MCV exclusively revealing that Bethesda’s Fallout 3 will arrive on all formats in Europe on October 31st. The hotly-tipped action RPG from the creator of smash hit The Elder …
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