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We still don’t know if Grand Theft Auto V will make it to retail in time for Christmas, but even Rockstar’s mammoth IP is unlikely to prevent a year of decline in the traditional markets. Venturebeat reports that analysts predict the release of the game could generate in the region …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Digital pressure on retail
Laurie Krohn, consumer retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, outlines pressures on the boxed games industry and looks at what the future might hold.. It’s fair to say that things are pretty tough in the world of boxed games – the value of the market has declined by 12.1 per cent …
Read More »Digital predicted to account for 66% of market by 2017
A new report from DFC Intelligence predicts that digitally distributed games will account for 66 per cent of total overall games revenue by 2017. It also predicts a significant expansion in the overall games software market, which it believes will grow from $52m now to $70bn in five years. Interestingly, …
Read More »NPD lifts the lid on size of alternative games market
While ISFE boasts an impressive survey of European gamers, NPD is for the first time sharing its data on non-new, non-boxed video game sales in the UK via MCV. Its latest report in the Q4 2011 spending on areas like pre-owned, rental, subscription and digital games reveals just how big …
Read More »ANALYSIS: The pre-owned market
Before March this year, GAME and Gamestation were by far the UK’s biggest pre-owned game retailers. Second-hand goods even made up a third of the group’s total revenues last year. Yet this dominant force in used games has fallen. 277 of its shops have closed. So where do these customers …
Read More »NPD says total US games market was over $1bn in April
The money generated from overall game sales in the US during April has been estimated at a whopping $1bn. This figure from The NPD Group includes sales of hardware, accessories, new and used physical games at retail, rentals, digital downloads, add-on content, subscriptions, mobile games and social network titles. It’s …
Read More »J’ACCUSE: There’s life in Vita
System 3 boss and industry veteran Mark Cale explains why PS Vita has the potential to be an iPad-beater and what Sony could do to help the handheld prosper in a tough market. PlayStation Vita launched just two months ago but today you’d never know it. Sony has some of …
Read More »UK games retail generated £10.45m last week
The launch of Prototype 2 helped the boxed market rise slightly over the prior week, with overall unit sales up five per cent to 441,401 games sold. It’s Activision’s first No.1 of the year. UK games retail generated 10.45m overall from sales last week – an increase of eight per …
Read More »Iwata admits mass-market focus cost Nintendo
Nintendo’s early success in appealing to the mass market and new gamers has eventually lead to the company’s current struggles, president Satoru Iwata has admitted. "The Wii was able to reach a large number of new consumers who had never played games before by bringing hands-on experiences with its Wii …
Read More »PS3 is leading Euro market in 2012
As part of its investor presentation last night, Nintendo revealed that Sony’s PS3 has taken control of the European hardware market since the turn of the year. Its data suggests that Sony has enjoyed weekly continental sales of between 100,00 and 50,000 units. 3DS is next in line with sales …
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