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Margin Makers: Guide to Final Fantasy merchandise

2016 was the year Final Fantasy made its grand return. It began with the Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV event in Los Angeles in April, where publisher Square Enix revealed when the long-awaited RPG would be launching. The firm also unveiled its massive push for title, which included three games, an …

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Margin Makers: Guide to Skyrim merchandise

Speaking to MCV earlier this year, Bethesda’s PR and marketing chief Pete Hines said that Dishonored 2 was the most important thing for the publisher this year. But what about Skyrim’s remastered edition? Even though I think Skyrim is going to do tremendously well, I don’t think we need to …

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Margin Makers: Guide to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare merchandise

It’s that time of the year: the latest Call of Duty just launched. As with every CoD, Infinite Warfare comes with its fair share of merchandise and guest stars. The latest names added to an already long list of cameos are Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and actor Danny McBride. They …

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Margin Makers: Guide to PSVR merchandise

Sony’s PlayStation VR finally hits shelves today. Even if history ultimately decides VR was just a gimmick, the impressive amount of hype surrounding PSVR will at least guarantee a couple millions headsets to be shifted in the first few weeks, and who knows what success may follow. Christmas will also …

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Margin Makers: Guide to Q4 line-up merchandise

There’s a lot to be excited about during the last quarter of 2016. As well as a wealth of new hardware, including virtual reality headsets, slim versions of existing consoles and a more powerful PlayStation 4, there’s a rather diverse line-up of blockbusters coming to shelves in the coming months. …

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Margin Makers: Guide to PlayStation merchandise

It’s been an odd week for Sony, after its alleged Slim PS4 leaked online when someone managed to buy one on Gumtree. Sony is expected to announce the PS4 Slim today (September 7th) during an event that was planned long ago. Reports from The Wall Street Journal further say that …

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Margin Makers: Guide to Sega merchandise

For the past 30 years, Sega has endured ups and downs, to put it mildly. It may never return to its ‘90s glory days, but it is currently enjoying a new lease of life on PC and mobile. Sega has revitalised its iconic character Sonic, created in 1991, by launching …

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Margin Makers: Guide to Dark Souls merchandise

Dark Souls III hits shelves today for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. It is surrounded by a fair amount of hype, expectation and related merchandise, including a 300 Prestige Edition and much more affordable products such as mugs and comic books. These items should be popular as the Dark …

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Margin Makers: Guide to consoles merchandise

Console players are always keen on enhancing their gaming experience with the latest controller or the newest headset – and then brag about it on Reddit in an attempt to win the never-ending console war. Therefore, merchandise revolving around PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (and Wii U to a lesser …

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Margin Makers: Guide to The Division merchandise

Tom Clancy’s The Division has only been out for two weeks but it is already breaking records. The RPG has sold more copies in its first 24 hours than any game in Ubisoft’s history and has become the best-selling Q1 game ever. The firm did not provide any sales numbers …

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