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Whether Blu-ray’s rise to ascendancy will gather the required pace needed before the mainstream adaptation of digital movie downloads arrives is yet to be seen, but sales of HD discs players have performed well year-on-year. TechRadar reports that annual Blu-ray player sales climbed 72 per cent in 2008 in North …
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Supermarket battle hots up as Somerfield enters the fray
Somerfield has unveiled a shock warplan to become a leading games retailer – as fellow supermarkets Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s aggressively expand their buying teams in a bid to grab more market share. In yet another new route to market for UK publishers, The Co-operative, which bought Somerfield for 1.5 …
Read More »Are we immune?
Indeed, the latest GfK-ChartTrack figures this week suggest healthy hardware sales and a slightly up software sector. No wonder, then that we continue to chronicle the expanding nature of games retail. As HMV CEO Simon Fox says elsewhere in this issue, the retail landscape has changed more in the last …
Read More »GAME appoints new finance director
Leading UK games retailer GAME has announced that current group finance director David Thomas is leaving his post and will be replaced in July by Ben White. Barratt leaves to become group finance director at Barratt Developments. White will leave his current post of group reporting and investor relations director …
Read More »E3 Expo undaunted by Swine Flu risk
UK retailers and publishers are closely monitoring the spread of Swine Flu in Los Angeles ahead of E3 – as the region’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger calls a State of Emergency. However, the expo’s organiser, the ESA, told MCV this week that the show is progressing as planned”.So far State and …
Read More »Eurogamer Expo doubles up for 2009
The Eurogamer Expo will return in the form of individual London and Leeds events this year, which will also boast on-site HMV shops. The entertainment retailer has signed on both as sponsor and official retail partner for the consumer show, which debuted last year. Eurogamer’s Expo kicks off on October …
Read More »A man for all seasons
What would you pick out as the highlights, either in terms of strategy or products, from your first 18 months at EA Sports?Strategy-wise I think what Wii was doing was a challenge to us, but you’ll see that the next round of products has a very strong focus on that …
Read More »Carphone Warehouse ups gameplan
The Carphone Warehouse has moved into video games retail, and plans to increase its presence ahead of the arrival of Best Buy early next year. The High Street chain launched five of its new ‘Wireless World’ stores in November last year – and MCV understands that 40 more will be added …
Read More »DSGi running scared of Best Buy
DSGi has locked down its sales figures on core products as it looks to hide vital information from emergent retail giant Best Buy – leaving GfK-ChartTrack with no choice but to ban the firm from its panel. The retailer, which owns PC World, Currys and Dixons, told GfK-ChartTrack last week …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 betters Wii for second successive month
PS3’s Japanese resurgence is showing no signs of abating with news that Sony’s console has successfully outsold Nintendo’s Wii for the second month on the trot in the territory. Reuters reports that Sony sold 108,530 PS3 console in April. That’s down on the 146,948 sold in March but still ahead …
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