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James Brown, consumer retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, examines the rising importance of consoles as media hubs and casts an eye toward the role they may one day play in the entertainment sector… When the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, admitted just ahead of this year’s E3 that the company …
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The PS4 is looking ahead to its next 10m sales
1m sales in the UK. 10m units worldwide. PS4 has had the best possible start to life. But what now? And does a rapid rise mean a steep decline? MCV asks the man in the know, PlayStation CEO Andrew House… So you’ve hit 10m worldwide at a record pace. Does …
Read More »How PlayStation recaptured the UK
As the last generation drew to a close, PlayStation limped over the line in third place, soundly beaten by Nintendo and Xbox.Now it is king of the consoles again with 1m PS4s sold in 42 weeks. MCV discusses the comeback with UK MD Fergal Gara There was a moment last …
Read More »‘Boris Johnson is demolishing the spiritual home of the UK games industry’
Rupert Loman has told MCV that the planned destruction of Earls Court Exhibition Centre will not hinder the growth of the EGX event. The co-founder and CEO of Gamer Network, the parent of Eurogamer and host of the annual games show, was speaking ahead of the event’s sixth iteration next …
Read More »Destiny sales reach $325m in first five days
Activision has confirmed the first actual sales data for Bungie’s Destiny. The game sold-through” more than $325m worldwide in its first five days on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360, according to an assortment of data sources. With the publisher having already confirmed that it had sold $500m of …
Read More »Twitter reckons it’s the video games sales platform you’ve been waiting for
Selling video games with a single click at the exact moment a user is interested is the is the future of games retail, Twitter believes. Speaking at Games Retail 2020 this afternoon, Twitter UK’s Samir Bhana explained that Twitter is a platform that exists in the moment and is shaped …
Read More »Why is there no PC keynote at E3?
PC gaming may be the forgotten sector of the modern PC market, but it’s also the most financially important. That’s according to Green Man Gaming’s Darren Cairns who told an audience at Games Retail 2020 today that, according to Juniper Research, PC, handheld and console revenues will hit $43.2bn by …
Read More »Egmont: Our best-selling Minecraft book has sold 1m in the UK
Book publisher Egmont has revealed that its best-selling official Minecraft book has sold 1m units in the UK. The firm says it is the official Minecraft titles that are proving most popular, with the best-selling unofficial book – Minecraft for Dummies – only selling 20,000 units. The statistics were revealed …
Read More »Chart-Track predicts UK boxed market to hit £2bn in 2016
The UK games boxed market will be worth 1.98bn by 2016, Chart-Track says. The firm expects significant growth from boxed games and hardware over the next two years due to the launch of Xbox One and PS4. These are just conservative figures,” Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch said during the Games …
Read More »The Wolf Among Us lands on PS4, Xbox One in November
The Wolf Among Us will arrive on current-gen consoles this November, Telltale Games has announced. A post on Twitter from the developer reveals the episodic adventure title will debut on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in both digital and physical formats. Retail launches for current platforms PS3, PS Vita and …
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