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Though yesterday’s decision to slash the price of the 3DS is no doubt good news for the machine’s prospects, it has proved disastrous for Nintendo itself. Bloomberg reports that shares in the company fell by a huge 21 per cent in Japan Osaka Securities Exchange yesterday. That’s an all-time record …

US analyst Michael Pachter believes that the PS Vita will achieve what the PSP did not and eat into Nintendo’s handheld market share. However, it’s not all good news – he also predicts that the overall portable games market will decline at the expense of smartphone gaming growth. "We continue …

Shares in publisher Take-Two have fallen by four per cent meaning that since mid May the company has lost over 15 per cent of its overall value. Market Watch says that despite nearing 1m unit sales in the US alone, recent Rockstar release LA Noire has failed to meet sales …

Bethesda’s online-centric shooter Brink saw over two thirds of its week one sales claimed by Xbox 360. Brink was this morning confirmed as the UK’s new No.1. Eurogamer reports that Microsoft’s platform accounted for 69 per cent of total boxed sales. PS3 claimed 23 per cent. Though you’d expect a …

Good news at last – more money was made from games software in April 2011 than the same period last year. According to UKIE/GfK Chart-Track data, retailers made almost 70m from game sales last month, a modest increase of 1.8 per cent compared to April 2010. It’s the first time …

GAME group’s executive officer Ian Shepherd has identified online as the key to a return to growth for the chain. "We know that customers are shopping across multiple channels, and placing equal importance on their experiences online, on mobile platforms and in stores," he stated. "We have an opportunity to …

Chart-Track has reportedly revealed that the Xbox 360 version of Valve’s Portal 2 was by far the most popular of the three SKUs released. ShopTo.net claims to have confirmation that Microsoft’s machine accounted for 54 per cent of overall sales. PS3 claimed just 35 per cent, despite the fact the …

The stock market price of Japanese gaming specialist Nintendo has declined for four straight days in a row. The company’s total value has now decreased by over 15 per cent since the end of February. As reported by Andriasang, investment services company Fisco primarily points the finger at the disruption …

US sales tracker NPD has issued a note to analyst Michael Pachter requesting that he stops handing out NPD data to media outlets. In October of last year the company announced that it was to change the way in which it publishes its monthly video game sales data, omitting most …

As well as shooting straight to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track UK All Formats Top 40 this week, new shooter Crysis 2 has also set a new 2011 for EA. The game is officially the publisher’s biggest launch of the year, outpacing the likes of Bulletstorm, Dragon Age …