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Electronics retailer Dick Smith has apologised to customers after running a sale with little stock, by slashing the price of its games. The Australian company angered gamers with its sale – which offered Xbox 360s for as little as AUD$99 and PS3s for AUD$199 – after many discovered its stores …
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GUIDE: How to become an independent retailer
Former employees of the 277 closed GAME stores are interested in opening their own independent games shop. Game Guide and Complete EPOS chief Chris Ratcliff explains how they can do it… Suddenly there’s a gap in the market and the indies are making hay while the sun shines and enquiries …
Read More »UK games retail generates £12.3m
Despite a handful of new releases hitting shelves, the UK games retail market only grew by a fraction during the week ending March 31st. Sadly it’s becoming a regular occurrence in the charts, and one that’s been exacerbated this week with hundreds of GAME?and Gamestation stores closing down. Games retail …
Read More »Tesco: Games retail ‘unsustainable’
The current games retail model is not working, says Tesco’s entertainment chief. Mass market retailers have told MCV they are finding it hard to justify giving shelf space to games because they are high-risk and low margin products. But Tesco’s Rob Salter says that this situation can be changed if …
Read More »WRC 3 races to retail this October
Black Bean Games’ rally racer WRC 3 will hit UK shelves this October on PC, consoles and PS Vita. It’s the latest official game of the 2012 FIA World Rally Championship and has once again been developed by Milestone. The title has a new graphics and game engine, as well …
Read More »UK games retail revenues drop to £14.1m
UK games retail generated 14.1m last week – a dip of 21.2 per cent from the 17.9m made during the week prior. Unit sales also dropped 11.2 per cent to 570,969 forthe week ending March 17th. EA continued its chart dominance last week with four games in the Top Five. …
Read More »Next Xbox won’t block used games, says retail boss
GameStop exec says a market without second-hand sales is 'unproven'
Read More »UK games retail generated £17.9m last week
The UK games retail market rallied last week thanks to the release of EA’s Mass Effect 3 and Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken. The pair helped break a two-week decline, generating a 47.9 per cent increase in market value to 17.9m. Unit sales rose 27.2 per cent. However, the market …
Read More »Riccitiello: "Other retailers will absorb the business" if GAME goes
He carefully avoided naming it, but EA’s CEO last week said it’s "all but a certainty" GAME has two terrible weeks ahead. But he thinks other retailers will pick up the slack. Speaking at a Wedbush Morgan technology investors event last week, John Riccitiello said the firm is "still praying …
Read More »Battlefield Evolved and Dark Knight Rises appear in retail list
A 2012 release schedule from a major UK High Street retailer obtained by MCV has mentioned two new titles for the first time. Firstly, it suggests that Warner Bros’ upcoming summer movie hit The Dark Knight Rises will be accompanied by a video game tie-in. Furthermore, owing to the nature …
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