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The games and consoles TV advertising market is at a five-year low.This market consists of six key sectors, and we’re going to look at which are responsible for the decline. The bars in the chart (below) represent the year-on-year percentage change in TV activity. The squares demonstrate the relative contribution …
Read More »Brand Map: 39% of Pokémon players are female
Over a third of Pokmon players are female, according to a new GameVision Brand Map report. 39 per cent of all players of Nintendo’s huge franchise are female, which is higher than the average game (31 per cent).Males aged 15 to 19 comprise a further 13 per cent of the …
Read More »UK games retail generated £10.45m last week
The launch of Prototype 2 helped the boxed market rise slightly over the prior week, with overall unit sales up five per cent to 441,401 games sold. It’s Activision’s first No.1 of the year. UK games retail generated 10.45m overall from sales last week – an increase of eight per …
Read More »Friday’s Five-Second Facts
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting. 284mLoss reported at Nintendo for the year ending March 31stRead more 17.3mUncharted games sold worldwide to dateRead more 2.1%Decline in like-for-like store sales at GameStop for its financial year ending January 28th, 2012Read more …
Read More »Indie retailer offers £21,000 ‘PC desk’
Bolton-based PC gaming retailer Scan Computers International is selling a 21,000 PC – which doubles up as a desk. Scan was recently listed as one of this year’s 20 best indie games retailers as part of MCV and Koch Media’s Independent Retail Month. The pricey PC rig is designed and …
Read More »20 best indie games retailers revealed
MCV has teamed up with distributor Koch Media to kick off Independent Retail Month, starting with a list of 20 of the most successful UK indie games retailers. It may be tougher than ever being an independent retailer but there are still plenty thriving, from bricks and mortar chains to …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Xbox Live’s next step
Hundreds of press and industry members attend the annual glitzy launch events for each Call of Duty game. Celebrities make appearances at huge venues like Old Billingsgate, from Sophie Ellis Bextor to Joe Calzaghe. Thousands of consumers queue up for midnight store openings. Then there’s the eye-catching point-of-sale imagery and …
Read More »Four out of five games are bought for men
The female gamer is in decline, research has found. Statistics from Kantar Worldpanel show that the boxed games market is proving more popular with males aged 18 to 24, while casual and female gamers are switching over todigital platforms. Three quarters of games sold in 2008 were bought for males …
Read More »More Sonic accessories due in September
Peripherals specialist Lazerbuilt has secured the rights to Sonic the Hedgehog. The firm will produce accessories for consoles and mobile devices.The range is due to arrive at retail this September. Lazerbuilt says it will not only target children aged between seven and 12 years old with Nintendo 3DS and DS …
Read More »Gree acquires Modern War developer Funzio for $210m
Japanese social gaming giant Gree has acquired mobile game developer Funzio in a deal worth $210m. Funzio has developed a raft of popular free-to-play App Store titles like Modern War, Kingdom Age and Crime City, which have been downloaded over 20m times. Players can purchase extra in-game currency to progress …
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