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As night follows day talk of a hardware problem has accompanied last week’s global Xbox One launch. Whereas PS4 has its now catchily-titled ‘Blinking Blue Light of Death’ fault, online reports suggest that some Xbox One launch units are suffering from a somewhat less catchphrase-friendly disc drive error. Affected users …
Read More »Xbox One doubles 360’s week one UK sales; Forza 5 highest placed exclusive in charts
Microsoft’s brand new Xbox One claimed 80% of the UK’s total hardware sales last week, doubling the week one sales of Xbox 360. Forza 5 is the highest place Xbox One exclusive at No.5 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 and is joined by two others in …
Read More »Xbox One matches PS4’s 1m day one sales
Microsoft has announced that it too has conjured one million day one sales of its new console. That means Xbox One matches PS4’s 24 hour numbers, although of course Microsoft’s machine yesterday arrived in 13 territories whereas Sony launched into just the US and Canada on its first day. It …
Read More »EA confirms Xbox One FIFA 14 controller bug
FIFA 14 owners on Xbox One have been warned of two bugs that are currently affecting the game. The first occurs if gamers boot FIFA 14 while two controllers are connected that are both assigned to profiles. The problem can be avoided by having only one controller connected when launching …
Read More »GAME pondering possible stock market return – report
In what would complete one of retail’s most impressive turnarounds, GAME is said to be lining up a possible return to the stock markets. The Telegraph reports that OpCapita owner Henry Jackson and Game Retail boss Martyn Gibbs are currently pondering the 200m move that would see Jackson and his …
Read More »Minecraft introduces one-click Twitch broadcasting
Twitch and Mojang have teamed up to introduce simple Twitch broadcasting to the PC version of the smash-hit game. Users who wish to do so must visit their Mojang account page and link a Twitch account to their profile. Then it merely needs to be activated in the game’s options …
Read More »DFC predicts GameCube-like sales for Wii U
Another analyst has issued a damning verdict on the future fortunes of Nintendo’s Wii U. GamesIndustry reports that DFC Intelligence analyst David Cole says in an upcoming report that the firm is lowering its lifetime Wii U sales forecasts, predicting that it will struggle to reach a quarter of Wii’s …
Read More »Q3 sales up 20.5% at GameStop as grand Theft Auto V and 3DS star
GameStop has reported a strong set of numbers for the quarter ending November 2nd. The world’s largest games retailer has reported a like-for-like sales increase of 20.5 per cent for the period, well ahead of forecasted levels. Net earnings grew 45.3 per cent to $68.6m. New game sales grew 43.1 …
Read More »Bookies tip PS4 for next-gen dominance this Christmas
Paddy Power has installed PS4 as its firm favourite to be the best-selling console of 2013. It has shortened odds on Sony’s machine to just 1/8 while odds on Xbox One claiming the crown have, in its words, tumbled” from 11/4 to 9/2. It’s been all one way traffic in …
Read More »Yamauchi says Gran Turismo 7 could hit PS4 next year
Gran Turismo 7 could be released on PS4 as early as 2014. That’s according to series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, who told Top Gear that the expedited development cycle is due to PS4’s better” architecture. "We don’t want to take too long on Gran Turismo 7," he stated. "Best-case scenario? Next …
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