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It was September 2003 when THQ released Finding Nemo. The Traveller’s Tales-developed adventure based on the hit Disney/Pixar movie was a phenomenon. It shifted millions worldwide. In the UK alone it sold over 500,000 units on just PS2 and Game Boy Advance. Fast forward to February 2011 and THQ CEO …
Read More »Apple stock exceeds $500
The stock in computing behemoth Apple has exceeded $500 per share for the very first time. As of this morning the company is trading at $509.46, resulting in a market cap of $475bn. The rate of growth has been astronomical, by any standards. Apple stock was trading at around $300 …
Read More »Top five kids gaming sites’ share of TV ad market
Children’s social gaming sites such as Moshi Monsters accounted for almost ten per cent of all video game TV advertising last month. From January 1st to 22nd 2011 there were just two of these sites advertising on UK TV, Moshi Monsters and Fight My Monster.These accounted for 5.9 per cent, …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market generates £12.1m
The UK games retail market remained steady with 12.1m generated from video game sales – the same as the week prior. Unit sales rose marginally with 571,229 games sold. But with little new releases on the shelves, there wasn’t enough to give the market a much-needed kick. EA’s FIFA 12 …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market drops 35%
The UK games retail market had a tough start to the New Year. Overall revenue generated for week one stood at 20.9m – a dip of 34.9 per cent year-on-year or 57 per cent over the week prior. Just shy of 1m boxed copies were sold last week, representing a …
Read More »HMV backing away from video games
The competition from supermarkets and online retailers has lead HMV to admit that it is reconsidering its interest in the video games market. Though the retailer’s market share remained static for both music and DVDa, its gaming market share fell by 16 per cent over Christmas. Games now account for …
Read More »UK video games market falls 13% in 2011
The overall UK video game market was worth 2.52bn in 2011 according to the latest UKIE figures. That represents a year-on-year drop of 13 per cent from 2.88bn and a third year of decline. In 2009 the UK market was worth 3.31bn and in 2008 it reached a record value …
Read More »Japanese market declines 8% in 2011
The Japanese video games market suffered an overall decline of eight per cent year-on-year in 2011, according to the latest Famitsu data. In total the market was worth 454,380m. Andriasang reports that the software sector fell by 14 per cent to 274,640m throughout the period, though the launch of platforms …
Read More »Ad vans reach over 30,000 gamers
A fleet of vans with exterior screens have promoted games to tens of thousands of consumers across UK cities. The vehicles were most recently used to advertise Disney Universe where they were active every Friday and weekend from in the run up to Christmas. Since November they achieved an opportunity-to-see …
Read More »2011 REVIEW: What MW3 vs BF3 says about the market
It was supposed to be the fight that would define the year.Call of Duty had met its match. For the first time ever, the game was to go up against EA’s long-running Battlefield series. Although both have had similar lifespans, they had until this Q4 never launched head-to-head. EA entered …
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