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Sony has revealed that PS4 has now sold 2.1m units globally since it first arrived in North America on November 15th. The console sold 1m units in its first 24 hours of availability in the US and last week sold a record-breaking 250k units in its first 24 hours in …
Read More »Read our exclusive Phil Harrison interview on the future of Xbox inside the latest MCV
In this week’s issue of MCV, we talk to Microsoft’s corporate VP Phil Harrison about the launch of the Xbox One and what lies ahead in the next-gen. We also bid farewell to the now previous generation of consoles and take a look at some of the biggest event, scandals …
Read More »HMV ramping down tech, stepping up games, music and film
HMV is reducing the amount of high-end technology it sells, the retailer has told MCV’s sister site PCR. HMV director Steve West revealed that the firm has cut back on selling items such as tablets to make way for products which our customers more readily associate with the HMV brand” …
Read More »PS4: Retailer Ezone lists 28th December launch date for India
After Landmark, now electronics retail chain Ezone has chimed in on the launch date for the PS4 in India. While Landmark mentions a late-December launch window for the console, Ezone has specifically mentioned a 28th December date. The retailer is also accepting preorders with a Rs 5,000 advance payment. Strangely, …
Read More »UK games retailers gear up for Black Friday
GAME and Green Man Gaming are joining Amazon in a bid to make Black Friday a UK event. Black Friday is a US sales holiday to coincide with Thanksgiving. Amazon has run Black Friday sales over the last few years, and this year’s event – which lasts all week and …
Read More »GAME adds 12 new shops for Christmas
UK retailer GAME has opened 12 new stores in the run-up to the Christmas trading period. Game Retail’s stores director Dave Howard confirmed to MCV that the chain has opened four new permanent stores and eight temporary stores, while four stores have been relocated. The firm hopes the new outlets …
Read More »iBuyPower releases pictures of its first Steam Box
The picture to your right shows what will soon become one of the first commercially available Steam Boxes. It’s made by iBuyPower, which has told The Verge that it hopes to have the device on the market in 2014. It currently runs an early version of Steam OS and, to …
Read More »Xbox One doubles 360’s week one UK sales; Forza 5 highest placed exclusive in charts
Microsoft’s brand new Xbox One claimed 80% of the UK’s total hardware sales last week, doubling the week one sales of Xbox 360. Forza 5 is the highest place Xbox One exclusive at No.5 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 and is joined by two others in …
Read More »Vita/PS4 ‘Ultimate’ bundle in-bound this year
It’s not all about PS4 this Christmas for Sony, with the firm throwing 2.5m behind Vita, too. The company is putting together PS4 and Vita into an ‘Ultimate Bundle’, which will launch before Christmas. Gamers that own both consoles can stream their PS4 games to their Vita and play off-screen, …
Read More »GAME: Xbox One launch sales will ‘easily surpass’ Xbox 360
UK retail giant GAME has hailed last night’s Xbox One launch an incredible success, and says that the console’s sales will easily beat the launch of Xbox 360. The firm created a pop-up GAME store at Trocadero for the launch of the console, with 26 year-old Charlie Pulbrook from Kent …
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