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January marked another sales victory in the US for Sony’s PS4, according to NPD data. VentureBeat reports that PS4 enjoyed another sales win over Xbox One. Microsoft’s machine only managed to outsell Sony’s in two of 2015’s months – April and October. And that’s despite some heavy discounting on Xbox …
Read More »New Naruto Shippuden title sneaks to the top spot in Japan
New Bandai Namco Naruto title Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 debuted at No.1 in Japan, according to data from Famitsu. The game sold 55,414 units in its first week on shelves, and was the only new title to launch in the region last week. Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 was also …
Read More »International Factfile 2016: France
The French video games market generated more than $2.4bn (1.6bn) in revenues in 2015, which is a slight increase of 1.4 per cent compared to the previous year. The industry is expected to keep on growing by 1.5 per cent until 2018. France is the third European market in terms …
Read More »The REAL Russian games industry
You’re wrong about Russia. We might be jumping to conclusions, but you probably think of Russia as a games market ruled by PC, with Counter-Strike and World of Tanks the most popular titles and piracy flowing as freely as vodka. That may have been accurate once, but Russia has since …
Read More »Chinese dev Linekong invests $20m in US studio
'A lot of Chinese companies will come to the West and take the business more seriously,' says US GM Roy Liu
Read More »New Zealand government to ‘claw back’ $3.5m grant from Gameloft
Mobile studio was the largest games company in the country; 160 laid off following closure
Read More »What next for console gaming in Japan as PlayStation moves HQ to California?
Sony’s strategic joining of its Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment divisions represents a seismic shift in the gaming landscape. More important then the seemingly logical melding of games and internet was Sony’s decision to uproot PlayStation HQ from its long-term home in Tokyo and move it all the …
Read More »International Factfile 2016: Brazil
In 2015, the Brazilian video games market’s revenue reached $1.5bn (1.02bn), with a 23 per cent growth compared to the previous year. Sony Brazil is currently the market leader, according to data firm Euromonitor, which states the company’s value sales grew by 18 per cent within video games in 2014. …
Read More »JRPG Odin Sphere Leifthrasir debuts at No.1 in Japan
Atlus’ remaster of 2008 JRPG Odin Sphere has shot to the Japanese top spot according to data from Famitsu. Entitled Odin Sphere Leifthrasir, the title performed best on PlayStation Vita, selling 39,718 units. The PlayStation 4 charted at No.3 while the PS3 SKU came in at No.10. Another new entrant …
Read More »Tokyo VR Startups launches incubator for local virtual reality devs
Group led by CEO of mobile publisher Gumi aims to turn Japanese capital into a global hub for nascent platform
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