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MCV catches up with Games Media Legend and IGN’s US head of news and features, Colin Campbell. What did winning the Games Media Legend award at the Games Media Awards mean to you? I live in California. When I got back from London my 7-year-old said, "You went all that …
Read More »2011: The Year In Numbers
We don’t really need to say how difficult 2011 has been for UK games retail. Year-to-date, 44,243,352 games have been sold generating 1.14bn in revenue. That’s 12.7 per cent down in units and seven per cent down in value compared to 2010. But for all the bleak figures, there was …
Read More »UK retail sells 3m games last week
UK games retailers took a whopping 73.9m last week from game sales alone. In total 2,978,493 titles were sold last week. It’s up over the week before, although slightly down on the comparable week in 2010. But this year there’s still a full sales week to come, including a Saturday …
Read More »Vita shifts 321,000 units in Japan
PlayStation’s new portable console has been out in Japan for a few days now, and the first numbers are in. Famitsu (citing Enterbrain) says 321,407 Vita machines were sold in its first two days on sale. It’s a decent figure, higher than what the original PSP managed. But it is …
Read More »ANALYSIS: What’s next for HMV?
HMV’s financial update this morning did not make for pleasant reading. And the business media – unsurprisingly – has been sticking the knife in. To them – and indeed many analysts and experts – HMV is on the way out. The retailer is just a few short months away from …
Read More »HMV suffers difficult first half, may sell Live division
Entertainment giant HMV has posted challenging first half results, and admits it may have to sell its Live music division. The company’s Board says it has regular discussions with its banks and is confident in the Group’s ability to continue. But admits that the economic and traditions conditions "may cast …
Read More »Doctor Who ready for Vita launch
Doctor Who will attend the UK’s Vita launch, MCV understands. In game form, at least. Featuring Matt Smith as The Doctor and Alex Kingston as River Song, Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is a high-definition digital download title and will be ready for the launch of Sony’s new machine in …
Read More »Xmas games sales are lagging, forcing price cuts
Some of the biggest brands in games are not selling fast enough, forcing retail to slash 50 per cent off new releases. The High Street has even taken an axe to big sellers – such as Elder Scrolls – in a last ditch attempt to entice customers into stores. Since …
Read More »UK stores report £268m bonanza
Forget the doom and gloom on the High Street. UK games retailers generated 268m in software sales last month. That’s a 1.7 per cent rise over November 2010. GfK Chart-Track figures show that 8,261,205 games were sold last month. The No.1 game will surprise nobody, with Call of Duty: Modern …
Read More »UK CHARTS: November 2011
At last, UK games retail has reason to cheer following a strong month of sales. But November wasn’t all about Call of Duty:?Modern Warfare 3 and Assassin’s Creed:?Revelations. Back in?2009, terrified publishers ran away from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, delaying their games into 2010. This year, Activision’s competition …
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