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The US saw an 8 per cent year-on-year decline in hardware sales while software tumbled 23 per cent, according to data provided bythe NPD group. Physical software sales stood at $510.74 million, a significant drop from the 660.1 million during April 2008. However, NPD analyst Anita Frazier was quick to …
Read More »PS3 price cut predictions return
Sony yesterday predicted that PS3 unit sales would increase by 3m (30 per cent) in the next 12 months – a figure that Lazard Capital Markets’ Colin Sebastian says can only be achieved via a $100 price cut to the machine. PS3 guidance suggests pending price reduction – timing and …
Read More »Jamie MacDonald to leave SCEE WWS
Sony’s Jamie MacDonald is to leave the company at the end of this month. SCEE this morning confirmed to Develop that the Sony World Wide Studios VP and London Studio boss will exit on May 29th – however both MacDonald and the format-holder have chosen not to comment further on …
Read More »His master’s vision
Games accounted for a large slice of the PowerPoint pie at HMV’s annual presentation to suppliers and partners last week. Held at the recently re-branded HMV Forum in Kentish Town, the event saw the entertainment retailer in good health and a confident mood as it discussed the ways in which …
Read More »Sony hit by $1bn annual losses
PlayStation platform holder Sony has reported losses of $1.04bn for the year ending March 31st – a stark dip compared to the $3.7bn profit seen in the same period in 2008. It is the company’s first annual loss of 14 years, though it’s not as bad as the previously predicted …
Read More »Jamie MacDonald to leave Sony
SCE WWS VP and London Studios chief departing on May 29th
Read More »Industry veterans form Loose Cannon Studios
New game studio working on original IP
Read More »Newest Unreal Engine 3 features profiled
Epic's vice president discusses the UE3 features revealed at GDC 09
Read More »The media is facing a ‘profound structural revolution’
These were the words of Maurice Levy (pictured), chief executive and chairman of Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s biggest ad agencies. He was speaking to a glum audience of magazine types at the FIPP 2009 World Magazine Congress in London. He also said, "Who can believe, honestly, that young …
Read More »Canessa to head up Blizzards Battle.net
Former PopCap vice president Greg Canessa is to take charge of Blizzard’s Battle.net operations following his recently revealed move to the acclaimed MMO publisher. We can confirm that Greg Canessa has taken a position at Blizzard Entertainment as project director for Battle.net,” a statement given to WoWInsider explained. He will …
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