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The cost of manufacturing a PS3 is currently around ten per cent higher than the system’s retail price. That was the claim made by Sony’s CFO Nobuyuki Oneda, who – according to news site Andriasang – compared manufacturing to retail costs during the company’s earnings report last week. Analysts have …
Read More »New GTAIV episode announcement imminent
Rockstar is gearing up to unveil the second instalment of GTAIV’s downloadable content, just days after reports suggested that the company will not be showing any new content at E3. There has hitherto been mixed messages concerning the arrival of GTAIV’s next episode. Back in March, a Take-Two earnings announcement …
Read More »Sega Sammy halves annual losses
Sega Sammy Holdings Inc has reported that its annual fiscal results are in the red for the second year in the row – but that losses halved from the previous period. The company said in an earnings statement for the year ended March 31 that it had suffered a net …
Read More »NPD: Hardware and software suffers in April
The US saw an 8 per cent year-on-year decline in hardware sales while software tumbled 23 per cent, according to data provided bythe NPD group. Physical software sales stood at $510.74 million, a significant drop from the 660.1 million during April 2008. However, NPD analyst Anita Frazier was quick to …
Read More »NPD: April stung by 17% sales slide
The US videogame market has seen its second successive fall in sales, dropping 17 per cent year-on-year. Sales reached $1.03 billion, according to research firm NPD. That figure includes sales of software, hardware and accessories. Last year, April sales reached $1.24 billion. Coupled with the 17 per cent year-on-year decline …
Read More »Nintendo backs Cologne trade show
Nintendo has signed up to exhibit at the Gamescom trade expo in Cologne in August. The platform holder is the latest company to pledge its support to the show, which takes place on Wednesday, August 19th to Sunday, August 23rd 2009. General manager of Nintendo Germany Dr. Bernd Fakesch said: …
Read More »Empire staff offered ‘wake’ by Mastertronic
Mastertronic has offered to throw former Empire staff a ‘wake’ – in response to a request from an ex-employee in today’s MCV magazine. A venue is yet to be decided, but the non-formal event will take place next week on Thursday, May 21st. One of the 49 employees made redundant …
Read More »Goodbye Atari, hello Namco
Atari’s European operation will be history within weeks, as Namco Bandai swoops to complete its acquisition of the business, MCV understands. Atari Europe’s sales and marketing staff will be safely transferred to newly-formed business Distribution Partners – which will handle all Namco Bandai product in Europe, Asia, Australia and New …
Read More »His master’s vision
Games accounted for a large slice of the PowerPoint pie at HMV’s annual presentation to suppliers and partners last week. Held at the recently re-branded HMV Forum in Kentish Town, the event saw the entertainment retailer in good health and a confident mood as it discussed the ways in which …
Read More »The media is facing a ‘profound structural revolution’
These were the words of Maurice Levy (pictured), chief executive and chairman of Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s biggest ad agencies. He was speaking to a glum audience of magazine types at the FIPP 2009 World Magazine Congress in London. He also said, "Who can believe, honestly, that young …
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