Tag Archives: digital

Research shows that 55 per cent of Xbox 360 owners downloaded at least one digital title in 2010. Market research firm EEDAR reports that this is up from 43 per cent in 2009 and outperforms rival consoles, according to GamesIndustry.biz. PS3 users that download games rose from 42 per cent …

The founder of mobile games firm Ngmoco has said that EA is best positioned to face the transition from boxed sales to digital downloads. Neil Young – also a former EA Los Angeles executive – claimed that publishers such as Activision are doing a worse job of preparing a strong …

Gamers can now buy Xbox Live Arcade titles from GAME’s flagship London Oxford Street store. It is the next stage in the firm’s roll out of XBLA games in-store. The trial features 30 XBLA games and DLC sold in over 40 GAME outlets. Game cards range in price from 2.04 …

Former Sumo Digital man assumes senior studio director role at acclaimed UK developer

The question about why we don’t have a digital sales chart yet rolls around regularly. This time things are different.UKIE’s effort is so close you can taste it but need just a nudge at to make it a reality. Of course a ‘digital chart’ can broadly be anything – the …

The industry must unite and start sharing data if we’re ever going to get a digital download chart. That’s the message from UKIE this week as pressure mounts from the highest level for the industry to move away from retail-only sales rankings. In the US, Electronic Arts has hit out …

Underlining the growing digital aspirations of the major third party publishers, EA has set itself a lofty goal for the years ahead. Speaking to Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian, EA’s chief financial officer Eric Brown has claimed that the firm is aiming to generate revenues in excess of $40m+ …

Following recent criticism from publisher EA, NPD has once again pledged to introduce digital sales numbers into its monthly US video games sales data. "We are expanding the number of digital retailers we have relationships with in order to develop a digital POS (point of sale) service," NPD analyst Anita …

The need for a sales chart that integrates both physical and digital sales has never been greater. The industry has been living under the assumption that following the record performances posted in 2008 the market has been suffering a steady rate of decline. But the problem is that our market …

Media firm Computec is offering one million Euros of investment to the winner of its Make The Game competition. The German company has challenged UK studios to design an innovative new browser game, with up to €250,000 offered in royalty fees alone for the best title. Winning developers will also …