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After a huge price slash of the Playstation 3 console on 22nd August, Sony has confirmed that sales in Australia have risen over 400%. The data is based on NPD Group findings and retailers information, and pertains to both the 160Gb and 320Gb models of the console. Michael Ephraim, managing …
Read More »Child of Eden offered as digital Kinect extra
With Christmas rapidly approaching, Microsoft has decided to spruce up its Kinect hardware offer. The platform holder is to shortly begin including a code that entitles buyers to download Ubisoft’s Child of Eden with every Kinect and Kinect Adventures bundle sold at retail. The new SKU will retail for the …
Read More »Former Activision exec calls for new consoles
Xbox 360 is approaching its sixth birthday, and the Wii and PS3 their fifth. This is when a new console cycle would traditionally begin. But the market has changed. The Wii U is on the way, of course, but a true next-gen console is at the very least two years …
Read More »3DS price roundup in Australia / New Zealand
With the huge Nintendo 3DS price drop now in effect, MCV takes stock of what prices each Australian / New Zealand retailer are hitting. Australia EB Games: $248 GAME: $249 (or $254 with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time 3D) JB HiFi: $239 (or $249 with The Sims 3 …
Read More »PS3 hardware sales down year-on-year
Sony sold 1.8m PS3 consoles in the quarter ending June 30th 2011. That’s around 600,000 fewer units than it sold in the same quarter last year. It’s a disappointing result for a machine that has shown such momentum in the last two years and looks set for a fantastic 2011, …
Read More »Nintendo announces AU/NZ price drop for 3DS
Nintendo Australia has confirmed its plans to drop the suggested retail price of the 3DS in Australia and New Zealand, starting 12th August. The current SRP for the 3DS is AUD$349.95, and the price drop will see it retailing in Australia for AUD$249.95 or NZD$343.99 in New Zealand. Nintendo Australia …
Read More »Riccitiello: The console cycle has gone forever
It may be the case that new hardware is in the works at both Sony and Microsoft, but EA CEO John Riccitiello thinks that the console cycle as we know it is well and truly over. Most of us recognize that the industry has radically changed and the pace of …
Read More »US: Game sales drop 10%
Retail sales of games, accessories and consoles in the US fell ten per cent year-on-year in June, NPD data shows. Sales of consoles alone totalled $366.6m during the month, compared to $401.7m generated during the same period last year. Software sales accumulated $469.5m – a dip of 12 per cent …
Read More »Market rebound unlikely unless we get hardware price cuts
Ahead of the publication of the June US video games market numbers, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted big drops for every major format. We expect hardware sales of 325,000 Wii units (down 23 per cent year-on-year), 355,000 Xbox 360 units (down 21 per cent year-on-year), 240,000 PS3 units …
Read More »E3 2011: uDraw boss ‘unsurprised’ by Wii U
Martin Good, executive VP of THQ’s kids, family and casual games label, isn’t shaken by Nintendo’s newly announced Wii U. The uDraw series hasn’t been around for a whole year yet, but the capabilities and functions of the Wii U controller could displace THQ’s purpose-built tablet if Nintendo was to …
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