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GAME has already reduced its price point for Sony’s PlayStation Move, despite the device not being due until September. Originally giving a price tag of 39.99, the UK retailer has now reduced the Move to 34.99, according to VG247. The new Move price now undercuts that of Amazon (37.91) and …
Read More »3DS to challenge Kindle and iPad
More details are emerging about Nintendo’s intended scope for its new 3DS handheld – with latest comments from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata suggestion newspaper and magazine content functions like those seen on the Kindle and iPad In a new interview with Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Iwata said the online functions of …
Read More »Amazon preparing digital market assault?
Global online retail giant Amazon could be preparing to square up to both the leading figures in digital distribution and browser based gaming, according to a prediction from one analyst. Amazon postings indicate upgrades coming to video game site,” Lazard Capital’s Colin Sebastian wrote. Our periodic checks of job postings …
Read More »Kindle app development kit confirmed
Dev kit for Amazon's high-end e-reader entering beta next month
Read More »MW2 triumphs in UK Amazon charts
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has topped the 2009 list of best-selling items in Amazon’s video game category. The popular shooter fended off competition from rival titles and a wealth of Nintendo products, which dominated sales on the online retailer’s US site. Also successful was FIFA 10, which took …
Read More »US: Wii dominates Amazons bestseller list
The Wii dominated the top-selling list of Amazon’s video game category, accounting for nine of the Top 10 items. Nintendo hardware outsold software across all formats in 2009, with the US version of the online retailer’s site listing the standard Wii SKU as the bestselling item of the year. The …
Read More »HMV appoints new Head of Online
Entertainment retailer HMV has announced the immediate appointment of Sarah Hughes as its new head of online. Hughes joins from rival online firm Amazon and will head a team of 15 within the chain’s marketing department in a role that has been expanded to cater for HMV’s growing online aspirations. …
Read More »Former Amazon exec sets up games retailer
Ex-Amazon finance director John Pollard has launched his own online video game retail website. According to the Lancashire Telegraph, Playgamesuk.com is based in Preston Road in Ribchester and Pollard hopes to double his company’s 1 million turnover. They basically sold games they no longer wanted and it proved so popular …
Read More »Price war to clear Wii stock
ShopTo has responded to Amazon’s 139.99 Wii by cutting the price even lower. The online indie is selling the machine for 134.85. However, like the Amazon deal, ShopTo have discounted the older Wii SKU, which does not include a copy of Wii Sports Resort or MotionPlus add-on. Retailers are being …
Read More »Wii drops to £140 at Amazon
Amazon.co.uk has slashed 60 off the price of the original Wii bundle today. The deal sees the pack, which includes Wii Sports, sell for 139.99 on the site – down from a trade price of 199.99. The bundle also includes one wireless Wii Remote and one Nunchuk. The deal seems …
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