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GameStop has said that Pokemon Sun and Moon has been its best performing game of 2016. The RPG, which came out last week in the US and is out in the UK today, also attracted the highest pre-order numbers the retailer has seen for five years, GameSpot reports. This bodes …
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Titanfall 2 price slashed by over 50%
The slow sales of EA’s Titanfall 2 have led to a big price cut for the title less than a month after release. Leaked in-store ads from High Street retailer HMV show that the game will be cut to 19.99 on both Xbox One and PC. The chain was not …
Read More »Updated: Call of Duty holds off Watch Dogs 2 to retain No.1
Updated: Ubisoft has since reached out to MCV concerning Watch Dogs 2’s boxed sales performance in the UK thus far. Original story: Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 2 has failed to capture the top spot in its first week of release. The publisher had previously admitted that pre-orders for the title had …
Read More »Vive and Oculus Rift sales predicted to hit 770k by year end
2016 has been the year of VR, but how many units are actually in the hands of consumers? That’s the big question that still hangs over the sector, and one that SuperData has now tried to answer. As reported by Upload VR, the research specialist predicts the following install bases …
Read More »Compatible Xbox 360 games re-released in Xbox One boxes
Microsoft is making the most of its market-leading backwards compatibility feature by delving into its Xbox 360 back catalogue. As spotted on Reddit, some games (in this instance, Fallout 3 and Doom 3) have been reprinted and put into an Xbox One style box. The cover banner has both the …
Read More »Save the date: MCV Awards return next March
Time to dust off your finery and get your dancing shoes ready. The MCV Awards are returning for 2017 to recognise the best and brightest the UK games industry has to offer. The UK games market’s most prestigious awards show will return on Thursday, March 9th at The Brewery in …
Read More »UK physical games market down 50% year-on-year
Last week, the UK boxed games market was down by more than 50 per cent year-on-year. According to GfK figures, the sales period for the week ending Saturday, November 12th 2016 saw 651,637 games sold, a 52 per cent dip when compared with the week ending Saturday, November 14th 2015. …
Read More »International Factfile 2016: Peru
Peru is the 52th biggest games market in the world, data firm Newzoo reports, and generating an estimated $103m (83m) in revenue for 2016. PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that the market should continue to grow at a seven per cent rate until 2018. The firm has labelled the country’s industry as a …
Read More »NES Classic Mini sold 263k units in first four days in Japan
Nintendo’s new NES Classic Mini has hit shelves in Japan and has had a rather good start to its life. According to data provided to MCV by Famitsu, the hardware sold 262,961 units during its first four days on shelves. The machine launched in the region on November 10th; the …
Read More »Report points to £199.99 and £249.99 Nintendo Switch launch price
The Nintendo Switch will be priced at 199.99 for the entry-level SKU in the UK, it has been claimed. Lets Play Video Games claims to have word from two sources that retailer GAME has been told that it should expect to sell the new console for 199.99 when it launches …
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