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The latest research from TNS Worldpanel Entertainment suggests that the average selling price for video games has fallen over the last year. In the 52 weeks ending May 24th 2009, the average price across all formats fell to 21.97, a decline of two per cent, according to the firm. The …
Read More »US: 2009 releases fail to perform on Wii
Almost all 2009 releases on Wii have been outsold in the States by games launched in previous years, with only EA Sports Active standing tall. The latest NPD data, analysed by Gamasutra, shows that EA’s new fitness game is the only title in the top five best-selling Wii games of …
Read More »NPD: Has digital stolen retails missing sales?
The notion that games are recession proof is now well and truly forgotten – but perhaps the rise of both digital downloads and free-to-play online gaming is as big a culprit as global banking greed. NPD figures show that the North American video game market declined by 31 per cent …
Read More »NPD: DS dominates hardware market
Amidst the gloom of yet more annual falls in the US video games market, hardware sales for June were better than expected hitting $1.7m – NPD had expected that number to be around $1.55m. As always, Nintendo’s machines were the star performers with DS shifting 766,500 units and the Wii …
Read More »Dirt 2 dated for September
Codemasters has revealed that Colin McRae: Dirt 2 will launch worldwide in September. The off-road racer is set to hit PS3, 360, Wii, DS, PSP and PC on September 8th in the US, September 10th across Europe and September 11th in the UK. The game is developed in-house at Codemasters’ …
Read More »Capcom confirms RE4 on iPhone
The temporary appearance of Resident Evil 4 on the Japanese Apple App Store yesterday was an official a confirmation as is possible, and Capcom has now gone on to acknowledge the existence of the game and confirm its rollout plans. The game, whose official name is Resident Evil 4: Mobile …
Read More »Pachter predicts PS3 price cut once again
Outspoken games industry analyst Michael Pachter has, once again, predicted that Sony is planning to cut the price of its PS3 console in the near future. In a preview note issued ahead of NPD’s US market report on Thursday, in which Pachter expects a significant 43 per cent year-on-year drop, …
Read More »PES 2010 striking Wii this year
Wii owners were forced to wait over five months for 2008’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 to make the move from Xbox 360, PS3 and PC to their platform, but Konami has stated that the Wii version of PES 2010 will be out this autumn. Though the game won’t match the …
Read More »US: Digital casual games come to retail
Online monetization firm PlaySpan has announced that a new code card range in conjunction with PBS Kids Play called Ultimate Game Card that will be stocked in over 800 of the toy firm’s stores across North America. The cards can be used to pay for online subscriptions to PBSkids.org, a …
Read More »Warner outlines new Watchmen roadmap
Emerging publisher Warner has dated its upcoming slate of Watchmen game offerings, with Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 heading to Xbox Live Arcade later this month in Europe and on August 26th in the US. There’s plenty more to come, too. Whilst Watchmen was once destined for a …
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