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GameStop reveals record festive sales
The world’s largest games retailer GameStop has reported its sales for the nine-weeks ending January 5th 2008 – and much like its UK counterpart games, it enjoyed a hugely successful Christmas. Total sales for the period were $2.3 billion, a 34.7 per cent year on year increase. The top five …
Read More »DS and 360 star in record-breaking 2007
A handheld sector spearheaded by DS and a home console market led by Xbox 360 have pushed 2007 software sales to unprecedented heights, MCV can reveal. Full year figures courtesy of ELSPA and ChartTrack reveal another spectacular year of game sales and a significant boost in market value. Total software …
Read More »Zavvi boasts strong sales after debut Christmas
Zavvi has released results based on its first Christmas since it began trading under its new name, and reports a year on year sales rise comapared to Virgin Megastores’ 2006 festive period. The new chain boasts a 10.8 per cent increase in sales on the previous year when trading as …
Read More »What are you looking forward to in 2008?
Chris Lewis, Regional VP, EMEA Home and Entertainment, Microsoft: I’m looking forward to 2008 in lots of ways, but certainly as the year where gaming comes into its own – no longer a fad or annual staple of "hottest Christmas gift" features, but a valid entertainment choice that holds its …
Read More »PSP GPS add-on for Europe this Spring
Sony has confirmed that its GPS add-on Go! Explore will arrive at European retail this spring. Go! Explore includes the software on UMD and a GPS receiver accessory that will link the console to the worldwide global satellite system, thus being able to pinpoint its position anywhere on the planet. …
Read More »CES 2008: PSP keyboard on the way
Hot on the heels of the news that PSP owners will soon be able to chat for free over the internet with the upcoming Skype for PSP package, it has now been confirmed that a PSP keyboard is also in the works. Gamespot reports that work is at an early …
Read More »CES 2008: Games for Windows market share expands
Microsoft has announced that eight new titles have been added to its Games for Windows range – Capcom’s Bionic Commando, Eidos’ Conflict: Denied Ops and Tomb Raider: Underworld, Sega’s Space Siege and Empire: Total War, Stardock’s Sins of a Solar Empire, LucasArts’ LEGO Indiana Jones and Microsoft’s own Train Simulator …
Read More »Store closure threat for Dixons group
DSGi may be forced to close as many as 200 of its UK stores after announcing that its profits were likely to be down as much as 50 million, a senior retail analyst has predicted. Tony Shiret, Credit Suisse’s senior retail analyst, predicted that the group’s new chief executive, John …
Read More »CES 2008: Manufacturers react to Warners Blu-Ray backing
In a massive blow to Toshiba’s HD-DVD hi-def disc format, content giant Warner Bros has announced that it is to release future HD movie content exclusively on Sony’s Blu-Ray format, with production of Toshiba’s HD-DVD discs to cease by May. Warner chairman and CEO Barry Meyer said of the decision: …
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