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The cost to the UK video games market should HMV fail to find a buyer could be as little as four per cent. That’s thanks to HMV’s relatively small share of the UK games market. Nonetheless, its demise would theoretically leave the High Street with just a 16 per cent …
Read More »Samsung expected to increase lead over Apple in 2013
Annual growth of 35 per cent is expected to further increase Samsung’s lead over former market leader Apple in 2013. That’s according to Strategy Analytics, which predicts smartphone shipments will grow 27 per cent to 875m units this year, although that’s down sharply from the 41 per cent jump seen …
Read More »Samsung on track to eclipse Apple in smartphone market in 2013
ComScore data suggests that Samsung will soon bypass Apple to become the top choice smartphone brand in the UK. For the three months ending October 2013 Apple claimed a 28 per cent share of total UK smartphone subscribers aged 13 and above. That’s a year-on-year gain of 1.5 per cent. …
Read More »iOS recaptures US smartphone crown thanks to iPhone 5
New data from Kantar Worldpanel suggests that the launch of the iPhone 5 has propelled iOS back into the leading position in the US handheld market. For the 12 weeks ending October 28th iOS claimed a 48.1 per cent share of US smartphone sales, leaving Android with 46.7 per cent. …
Read More »Digital could overtake physical in 2-3 years, EA’s Moore believes
The sale of digital product could account for the majority of EA’s revenue within 24 to 26 months. That’s according to EA COO Peter Moore, who told Reuters that: "There will come a point, whether it is two or three years from now, when we say ‘We are doing more …
Read More »Ubi plots market share grab with early Assassin’s Creed III release
The next Assassin’s Creed will arrive earlier than usual as Ubisoft looks to grow its best-selling franchise. Assassin’s Creed III hits retail on October 31st for PS3, 360 and PC.?That’s two weeks earlier than its usual mid-November release window. Ubisoft believes the game will hold its own against the Q4 …
Read More »Focus Multimedia achieves record market share
UK publisher Focus Multimedia dominated the budget market in October 2011, achieving its largest ever market share in a single month. The firm accounted for 31.4 per cent of all budget PC software sales in terms of units, according to last month’s GfK Chart-Track report. By contrast, Focus’ nearest competitor …
Read More »High Street loses ground to supermarkets
Watch out GAME and HMV: supermarkets and online retailers are taking a bigger slice of the UK games software market. In fact, when combined online retail and grocers are now bigger games retailers than specialists. Although, of course, the specialists are online retailers, too. According to GfK Chart-Track data published by …
Read More »Gioteck doubles market share
The accessories market has a new leader in the form of Gioteck. The company doubled its market share last month and became the No.1 third-party peripherals brand in terms of unit sales, according to GfK Chart-Track. Gioteck achieved year-on-year growth of 19.2 per cent in terms of January unit sales …
Read More »Ubisoft seizes 21% market share on Kinect
Ubisoft has conquered 21 per cent of the Kinect market in Europe. According the firm’s third quarter financials for the three months ended December 31st, 2010, titles such as Your Shape: Fitness Evolved mean Ubisoft accounts for more than one fifth of the motion controller’s games sales. The company’s European …
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