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This week saw the launch of the slimmed-down Xbox 360 S in Japan, but figures from Media Create as reported by Spong show that the new console sold just 700 units, accounting for less than 20 per cent of total Xbox 360 hardware sales. The best selling machine of the …
Read More »MS predicts 3m+ Kinect sales this Q4
Xbox 360 motion camera Kinect will sell over 3m units this holiday period following its launch this November, platform holder Microsoft has claimed. Our estimates that we will sell in excess of 3m units this holiday,” Microsoft Xbox product director Aaron Greenberg told Gamasutra. Our key indicators are feedback from …
Read More »Halo Reach sells 300k in UK on day one
MCV can reveal that 300,000 copies of Microsoft’s Halo Reach were sold in the game’s first 24 hours on sale in the UK. This already puts Halo Reach at number ten in the all-time UK weekly sales league table, leaving it in prime position to climb the listings through to …
Read More »Xbox 360 S tracking ahead of PS3 Slim
With both the Xbox 360 and PS3 having undergone physical redesigns in the last year, a study by Gamasutra claims that while both have seen an uplift in sales it’s Xbox 360 that has benefited the most. In its first three months of availability the PS3 Slim saw year-on-year sales …
Read More »More digital Dead Rising on the way
Speaking at its ongoing Tokyo Game Show press conference, publisher Capcom has confirmed that a second downloadable Dead Rising game is on the way, and will also be exclusive to Xbox 360. Called Dead Rising 2: Case West, the game will star Frank West, the popular protagonist from the first …
Read More »PS3 Triple Pack success
GamesAid has thanked retailers for their support in making the PS3 Triple Pack a hit, with sales set to surpass 100,000. The money raised has gone straight to support Paddington Academy, which this week posted impressive exam results in the GCSEs and A-Levels. 94 per cent of students in the …
Read More »Multi-SKU strategy boosts FIFA brand
The flood of FIFA games released this year means FIFA 11 could attract the largest audience in the series’ history. In addition to strong sales of FIFA 10, the brand has benefited from the release of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, Facebook game FIFA Superstars and the PC-only FIFA Online. …
Read More »Online multiplayer driving sales decline
The legions of fans continuing the play the online segments of titles such as Modern Warfare 2, Bad Company 2, Gears of War 2, Halo 3 and FIFA 10 remains the main reason why the global games industry continues to suffer year-on-year sales declines, according to analyst Michael Pachter. Furthermore, …
Read More »Stardock: Disastrous sales lead to jobs cuts
US developer Stardock has been forced to make studio redundancies after the unsuccessful launch of its strategy title Elemental. The Michigan-based developer has made downward revisions to its revenue projections following Elemental’s launch last month. There will be massive consequences for Stardock’s game studio,” said company CEO Brad Wardell. Wardell …
Read More »Activision aims to trump MW2 sales record
Activision reckons it can break its own sales record when Black Ops arrives on November 9th. The publisher has dismissed analysts who say Call of Duty reached its peak last year with Modern Warfare 2, which is currently the UK’s biggest selling game according to Chart-Track. The publisher is breaking …
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