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Read More »The Sony Interview: Play to Win
Sony’s stinging attack on the Xbox One business model at E3 saw the PlayStation firm take pole position in the next generation console race. Here, SCEE CEO Jim Ryan tells MCV why it hasn’t won yet… What’s the aim for PS4 2m consoles sold by Christmas? (Laughs). I think right …
Read More »Sony: The vast majority of people don’t want to buy online
The day may well arrive when video games leave the High Street for good. But that’s for consumers to decide, not platform holders. That’s the message from Sony, which has said that one of its key objectives with PS4 was to create a level playing field” and let consumers dictate …
Read More »Date set for MCV Awards 2014
The UK games trade’s biggest night of the year will return to London again on Thursday April 10th 2014. Around 600 retailers, publishers, developers, distributors, media and service providers will attend the MCV Industry Excellence Awards, recognising the strongest performers across all sectors of the business over the preceding 12 …
Read More »MCV India calls for dedicated regional video games trade body
The Indian games industry is one of the world’s future powerhouses – and now is the time to form a trade body to support it. That’s the call to action from MCVuk.com’s sister site MCV India. That is pretty much what any international game company looking to enter India has …
Read More »Xbox One and PS4 break records at Amazon.com
The excitement surrounding the next generation of consoles has led to a record-breaking performance on Amazon.com. The US retailer has announced a record week for its Video Games store that saw a 4,000 per cent year-on-year increase in console orders throughout E3. Not a shock, maybe, as the hardware market …
Read More »Flipkart, Game4u kick off monsoon sales
It’s the season of flooded streets and water-born diseases, and it’s just the excuse retailers needed to offer huge discounts on games. Both Flipkart and Game4u have kicked off their monsoon sales, offering discounts of up to 75%. On Flipkart.com, the sale extends to over 500 console titles, including Skyrim’s …
Read More »Bleszinski: Console digital shift still happening
Microsoft and Sony will implement slow and subtle move to online on next-gen hardware
Read More »Iwata: Wii U price cut is not an easy option to take
Hopes that Wii U might increase its competitive position via a price cut in the run-up to Christmas have seemingly been dashed. That’s because Nintendo has already priced the Wii U as competitively as is financially possible, CEO Satoru Iwata told CNBC, as spotted by GamesRadar. From the very beginning …
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