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Disney’s hit movie Frozen is to be emblazoned onto the side of Sony’s PS4. Gematsu reports that the Limited Edition Frozon PS4 will boast a special Anna and Elsa laser seal hard-drive bay cover”. It launches on July 16th and will cost 42,980 (250). What it doesn’t include is a …
Read More »White PS4 will get standalone European release this year
An alternative colour for the PS4 is due to hit European retailers later this year, SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has said. Until now the white model has only been confirmed for inclusion in the Destiny hardware bundle due out on September 9th. However, CVG spotted an interview with …
Read More »PS4 Driveclub console bundle confirmed
Sony will be bundling its upcoming racer DriveClub with PS4 hardware. A new Driveclub bundle including a console, controller and copy of the game has been given a European RRP of €439.99 – which should translate to between 375-380 in the UK It’s expected that the bundle will hit around …
Read More »Japanese market flat for H1 2014; PS3 sales beating Wii U
An increase in hardware sales and a decrease in software has left the Japanese games market flat for the first half of 2014, according to Famitsu data. Hardware sales grew 6.4 per cent compared to the same period last year while software sales declined 3.8 per cent, leaving the overall …
Read More »Retailer lists The Last of Us: Remastered PS4 bundle
Sony is readying a The Last of Us: Remastered PS4 hardware bundle, according to one online retailer. Amazon France has the SKU listed for €429.99 (345) that includes a black console and controller as well as a copy of the game. Sony recently lowered the price of the title from …
Read More »Reggie: Amiibo can have ‘significant impact’ on Wii U sales
Upcoming toys-to-life range Amiibo can give Wii U hardware the sales boost it so definitely needs, Nintendo America boss Reggie Fils-AIme has argued. "I think Amiibo can have a significant impact on driving the install base for Wii U on the sales of figures themselves," he told Polygon. "I think …
Read More »Wii U sales fall in Japan as Vita sales creep back up
The PlayStation Vita has crept ahead of Wii U in Japan as the momentum gained from the release of Mario Kart 8 has started to wear off. The latest Famitsu data shows that Nintendo’s machine sold 10,366 units in the week ending June 15th. That’s down from 12,576 units last …
Read More »GameStop: Kinect-less Xbox One ‘flying off the shelves’
Retailer GameStop has suggested that the latest cut-price Xbox One bundle is selling well. Microsoft’s 349/$399 SKU for the first time doesn’t include the Kinect 2.0 camera and as a result is 50/$100 cheaper than the bundle that does include Kinect. It went on sale on June 9th. "They went …
Read More »Wii U sales quadruple in US after Mario Kart 8 launch
Mario Kart has repeated what it accomplished in both the UK and Japan by giving Wii U hardware sales a boost in the US. Analyst David Gibson says that the game sold 450,000 units in its first three days of release in America, boosting Wii U console sales by 4.1 …
Read More »Xbox One priced Rs 39,990 in India, launches 23rd September
The Xbox One will launch in India on 23rd September and will be priced Rs 39,990; the same as the PlayStation 4. The announcement was made last night, following Microsoft’s Xbox E3 media briefing. The Rs 39,990 price is for the console-only SKU of the Xbox One. The Xbox One …
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