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Microsoft’s European marketing boss for Xbox has questioned the continued concentration on Q4 and Christmas by publishers. David Gosen told MCV that he was concerned by the seasonality” of the UK trade – and called on suppliers to take more risks when choosing release dates for major titles. We still …
Read More »Microsoft suffers first ever quarterly drop
Global software and hardware company Microsoft has suffered its first quarterly drop in revenues and sales in its 23 years as a public company, though its Xbox operations remained one of strongest parts of the business. Revenues for the quarter ending March 31st were down six per cent on the …
Read More »JAPAN: Microsoft planning fresh 360 offensive
With the Xbox 360 having passed the one million unit sales barrier in Japan last month, Microsoft has announced a fresh offensive for its console in the Far East. At a press conference last night, the platform holder revealed that it’s going to hand out 1m Microsoft Points to Japanese …
Read More »Xbox 360 Game of the Year Bundle rolls out
Microsoft is to launch a brand new Xbox 360 Elite SKU at North American retail next month called the Xbox 360 Game of the Year Bundle. The package, which was announced by Major Nelson, includes an Elite Xbox 360 console, which as always will come in black and include a …
Read More »UK retail ‘wants to be part of digital revolution’
UK retail has told MCV that it wants to be a part of the digital revolution, following news that Amazon is selling Xbox Live Arcade game codes in the US. Key UK retailers have told MCV that they would be ‘very interested’ in selling digital games through their websites. However, …
Read More »JAPAN: Xbox 360 tops satisfaction poll
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has topped a consumer satisfaction poll in Japan, outperforming both Nintendo and Sony’s console offerings. The survey, released by ASCII Media Works, asked both console owners and potential buyers to rate all the consoles in six categories; Value for money, variety of compelling software, graphical strength, hardware …
Read More »Sony and Microsoft wage Metacritic war
Amidst all the talk of NPD’s March year-on-year hardware sales comparisons, chart-topping software battles and third party revenue numbers, Sony and Microsoft both chose to play the PR game on another front – Metacritic review aggregations. In its post-March response, Sony stated that: Approximately one in every three PS3 titles …
Read More »NPD: Hardware and digital sales surge for Microsoft
Microsoft was understandably upbeat following the release of NPD’s March statistics, which showed that Xbox 360 was the only console to see year-on-year hardware sales increases. The 360 sold 330,000 units throughout the month, a 25 per cent increase on the same month in 2008. The numbers, the platform holder …
Read More »NPD: Xbox sales jump amid hardware downturn
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 managed to buck trends in March by becoming the only console to enjoy a year-on-year sales boost. The Xbox 360 sold 330,000 units across North America in March; a figure which Microsoft was pleased to explain accounted for a 25 per cent year-on-year sales increase. The system’s …
Read More »NPD: March market suffers 17% sales slide
The North American video game market has been dealt a heavy yet expected blow as the latest NPD figures show year-on-year declines for March. The US market generated a total of $1.43bn in March; a significant 17 per cent fall from the same period last year, and a slight trim …
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