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Few retailers claim as large an audience as Amazon. In total, the UK arm of the retail giant generated a massive 6.3bn in 2015 with research outlet Kantar Worldpanel saying that Amazon has a 22 per cent share of the entertainment market – the largest for this sector. But, speaking …
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Retail banks on FIFA 17 to rejuvenate stagnant market
Retail buyers are banking on FIFA and Xbox One S to revitalise a struggling physical games market. Last week’s major releases – including the new PS4 and PES 2017 – failed to rejuvenate the sector after a summer of low sales. No Man’s Sky was a bright spot in a …
Read More »‘We want indie retailers,’ says Oculus
Oculus has vowed to support indie retailers with the upcoming launch of its VR headset. Speaking to MCV, the firm’s head of content Jason Rubin said Oculus is committed to supporting all retailers – not just the big ones such as GAME, Tesco and Amazon. However, he concedes, the bigger …
Read More »New COO at GAME as retail boss Charlotte Knight resigns
High Street retailer GAME has appointed a new chief operating officer. Guy Lister joins from shoe firm Office, where he served as chief customer and marketing officer. He previously held roles at New Look, River Island, and Marks and Spencer. The company has also announced that Charlotte Knight, GAME’s UK …
Read More »‘Oculus Rift will drive gamers to physical retailers’
VR giant Oculus says in-store demos for its Rift headset will cause consumers to flock to the High Street. Oculus head of content Jason Rubin said that retailers are happy to make the trade-off between floor space and demo space due to the fact that it will attract a large …
Read More »Oculus Rift gets UK retail release date… and a price increase
VR pioneer Oculus Rift will become available from a range of UK retailers from September 20th. However, while the unit was previously available for 500 directly from the Oculus website, that price has now been increased to 549. We’d presume that Brexit is the villain, here. At launch the Rift’s …
Read More »Online play icon was removed from No Man’s Sky retail packaging
The discovery of a change to the UK packaging for No Man’s Sky has fuelled the heated conversation about the game’s online functions. Pictures have appeared online of a sticker placed on the rear of the game’s box. It pictures a PEGI 7 logo and violence warning. Removing it reveals …
Read More »Sub-£200 price is crucial to NX success, says UK retail
UK retail buyers have told MCV that they have ‘high hopes’ for Nintendo’s new console, but only if it’s affordable. Every retailer surveyed says that a sub-200 price tag will be ‘essential’ if Nintendo hopes to stage a comeback in the console market. The games industry sorely misses a strong …
Read More »Overwatch conquers a weak June for UK games retail
Overwatch was the best-selling title at UK games retail last month. But June was severely down compared with the year before, with just 1.2m games sold – a drop of 33 per cent. 34m was generated through software sales, a huge decline of 40 per cent year-on-year. June 2015 was …
Read More »Retail braced for another Pokémon Christmas following Pokémon Go success
Sales of 3DS games and hardware have jumped by over 100 per cent as the Pokmon Go mobile phenomenon takes over the world. GfK figures reveal that the combined sales of previous Pokmon 3DS games increased by 145 per cent last week. Licensing sources have also told MCV that Nintendo …
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