The prosperity of the entire UK trade has been placed in danger by the supermarket price cutting that has led to FIFA 10 and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising going on sale for under 30. That’s according to leading publishers and retailers, who have today hit out at unnecessary and worrying” …
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Premier PR picks Byron for games team
The PR agency handling the next series of Doctor Who has set its sights on games – by hiring Simon Byron to head up its new division. London-based Premier Public Relations officially opens its newly-formed video games division this week, run by former Barrington Harvey director Byron. The 60-strong agency …
Read More »Supermarket price slashing continues
Fears over whether supermarkets will slash prices on more new titles this Q4 are looking justified today, as ASDA reveals that it will sell Codemasters’ Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising at 27 from midnight tonight. The offer comes after supermarkets offered FIFA 10 for sub-30 last weekend – with Tesco …
Read More »US: PSPgo raises PSP sales by 300%
The launch of the PSPgo has tripled Sony’s handheld sales in the US, and doubled the number of downloads made for the format. SCEA exec Patrick Seybold told Kotaku that three days after the device’s debut, the firm’s top retail partners” reported a 300 per cent increase in PSP hardware …
Read More »US: Amazon to sell PSN games
Digital codes for PlayStation Network titles are now available to buy at the Amazon video game store. The line-up includes games for both PSP and PlayStation 3, with 200 titles already available. Amazon already sells WiiWare and Xbox Live Arcade titles through its website. We are excited to expand our …
Read More »Steam: We cant release digital data
Digital download market leader Steam has told MCV that it will not release its sales data to chart companies – and that an official downloads ranking is not important. It is rumoured that parent company Valve’s secrecy over sales data is the final obstacle for companies such as GfK-ChartTrack and …
Read More »Football Manager ‘Q4’s biggest PC game’
Publisher Sega has predicted that the upcoming Football Manager 2010 will be the biggest PC release of Q4. The game is the latest in the long-running Sports Interactive franchise and is due for release on PC on October 30th. And in anticipation of its arrival, Sega has prepared an extensive …
Read More »US: DSi sales top 2.2 million
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed the DSi has shifted more than 2.2 million units in North America alone. In an interview with CNBC, the Nintendo exec praised the strong performance of the new handheld, expecting this success to continue in the upcoming holiday season. Fils-Aime also discussed …
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