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Analysts and retailers say yes, but questions remain over the future of traditional handheld gaming. Christopher Dring reports on the effect the price cut and new games could have. Nintendo 3DS’ stuttering start had many in the trade worried. The handheld began life with a bang, shifting some 113,000 units …
Read More »July shocker for UK retail
UK boxed game sales have just suffered their worst month this year. July’s GfK Chart-Track data shows the full extent of the market decline. Games retailers generated 44.76m last month, a drop of 26.4 per cent compared to the same period the year before. In terms of unit sales, 2,327,966 …
Read More »MCV INTERVIEW: Rod Cousens on… Wii U, Vita, EA and pre-owned
The veteran Codemasters CEO has no qualms about speaking his mind, particularly when it comes to the UK games industry. And with those E3 announcements still fresh in the memory and Christmas nearly upon us, Christopher Dring sat down with the man himself to discuss everything from the challenges at …
Read More »Vita will not be out this year
Sony VP Kazuo Hirai has announced that PlayStation Vita won’t reach European and US shelves this year. It had been rumoured for some time that the device would miss its Q4 target, and now that has been confirmed. Retailers had previously told MCV they were hopeful the handheld would arrive …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Simon Fox, HMV
HMV is dead, right? That’s what some publishers and the Daily Mail think. So imagine Christopher Dring’s surprise when speaking to the firm’s very much alive CEO Simon Fox. Last week MCV was in a presentation where HMV was talked about in the past tense, and some press think you’ve …
Read More »HMV: ‘Games industry needs to support us’
Record companies and movie studios rallied around HMV earlier this year. Now it is time for the games industry to step up. Speaking to MCV, HMV CEO Simon Fox has issued a call to publishers for better support following its traumatic start to the year. The retailer is now back …
Read More »Iwata on that 3DS price crash
Last week Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had to handle some tough questions from investors following the firm’s decision to slash the price of 3DS by a third. The transcript of this Q/A can be found on Nintendo’s investor site, and has been reprinted here. Content-based companies like Google and Amazon …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Martin Good, THQ
For all its focus on core gaming, THQ still has a very successful and growing kids, family and casual business. Christopher Dring quizzes the division’s executive vice president Martin Good It is easy to forget with all the Homefront hype, Saints Row momentum and endless Danny Bilson interviews that there …
Read More »Infinity Ward wants more support for smaller games
The team behind retail’s most important game says the industry must show more support for the smaller titles on the release schedule. Call of Duty creative strategist Robert Bowling says he’s active in promoting games on Twitter and Facebook, insisting coverage should not be reserved for just the highest profile …
Read More »Sega’s consumer business suffers £30m loss
Sega Sammy has made a 17.4m loss for the first quarter of its financial year. One of the biggest areas to suffer was its consumer business, which includes console and PC games. Sega sold 2,330,000 games during Q1, far below its performance the year before. In total the consumer business …
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