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The gaming accessories market expects a surge in peripheral sales when Project Natal and PlayStation Move hit store shelves. MCV quizzed 15 manufacturers – all of which are preparing their own products to accompany the motion tech. Mad Catz Europe’s general manager Brian Anderson said: We’re enormously excited about the …
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Digital price comparison site launches
A new digital game downloads price comparison site fronted by an ex-director of Koch Media has gone live. Deals4downloads collates the latest digital offers, and claims consumers can save an average 50 per cent from over 15 partners including Amazon and Steam. CEO Sebastian Lindig has 20 years experience in …
Read More »Sega urges digital caution
Though digital retail will inevitably grow to occupy a key chunk of the console games market, the VP of sales and marketing at Sega US Alan Pritchard has warned that the industry must not repeat the mistakes seen in the mobile rush earlier this decade. We are obviously looking at …
Read More »Walmart confirms pre-owned plans
As claimed by MCV just last week, US retailer Walmart has confirmed that it is to have a second stab at cracking the pre-owned video games market. Walmart is always looking for new ways to help give customers more convenience and savings, and we continually test concepts with new products …
Read More »â??Pre-owned a bigger problem than piracyâ??
Blitz Games Studiosâ?? co-founder Andrew Oliver says second-hand games can effectively quarter owed royalty pay
Read More »Xbox 360 and PS3 price cuts this year
MCV has been told by a senior global publishing source that price cuts for the Xbox 360 and PS3 will be announced by the end of the year, and possibly as early as next month’s E3. In addition, it is believed that there’s a strong possibility that Nintendo is also …
Read More »Expect 3DS to get a new name
Though the name 3DS seems to cover all the bases pretty thoroughly – it’s like the ‘DS’ and it’s ‘3D’ – it looks as if the next handheld to come from the Nintendo stable will get a new name before it arrives at retail. Speaking at a recent financial briefing …
Read More »EA resorts to $10 pay-wall in war on pre-owned
Second-hand EA Sports games will not come with free online access
Read More »Ape Escape swings onto PS3
The new PS3 Move-compatible Ape Escape will hit retail before the end of the year, Sony has announced. An official Tweet by ApeClub, the franchise’s digital arm, said: Ape Escape’s PS3 release date is now Q2 – Q4 2010.” The IP originally kicked off on the PlayStation in 1999 with …
Read More »â??A major new hardware cycle is coming. Hereâ??s whyâ?
Games Investor Consulting director Nick Gibson fires back at suggestions that the console business is dead
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