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We all expected sales of Assassin’s Creed IV and Battlefield 4 to be down. After all, this is only ‘part one’ of their launches. Both games will return, looking better than ever, on Xbox One and PS4 at the end of the month. But judging this transition is tricky. The …
Read More »Next-gen transition blamed for low Call of Duty: Ghosts pre-orders
Pre-orders for Call of Duty: Ghosts are down compared to last year’s Black Ops II, Activision has admitted. It would be easy (and quite possibly wrong) to label this as the beginning of Call of Duty’s decline. Indeed, former EA man John Riccitiello would likely toe that line. However, Activision …
Read More »Microsoft details transition from MS Points to real currency on Xbox Live
The long-lamented Microsoft Points system will be retired as part of Xbox 360’s autumn update. When you use your existing Microsoft Points to initiate a purchase or redeem a Points card with your Microsoft account later this year, we’ll deposit into your account an amount of money equal to or …
Read More »Xbox 360’s transition from hardcore to casual "was an accident of circumstance"
One of the founders of the original Xbox programme at Microsoft has lashed out at the direction the company has taken with Xbox 360. Nat Brown was one of the key figures behind Microsoft’s assault on the living room and while he understand Microsoft’s want to make the Xbox 360 …
Read More »EA: We’re going through "an unbelievably difficult transition"
Outspoken former Xbox exec and current EA COO Peter Moore has admitted that the industry is experiencing more turbulence now than at any other period in its history. "We’re going through, as an industry, just an unbelievably difficult transformation, that is not from one business model to another but from …
Read More »Bach: Sony PS3 mismanagement helped Xbox 360 success
Former Microsoft executive Robbie Bach has said that mistakes made by the Sony management in the transition between PS2 and PS3 played a big part in the tremendous success of Xbox 360. Some of the success of Xbox was due to the fact that Sony did some really not so …
Read More »Moore: Publishers must adapt or die
EA COO Peter Moore has issued a stark warning to his rival publishers – you’ll die off if you’re not ready for the digital transition. Conceding that a certain element of consolidation is inevitable within the publishing sector over the next few years, Moore emphasized that all publishers need to …
Read More »THQ: Transition from boxed to digital is underway
Cloud gaming will prove a positive development for consumers, publishers and developers, THQ CEO Brian Farrell has told an audience at the Cloud Gaming USA conference in San Jose. "The box, ship and done model is transitioning to: observe, measure, and modify," he said, as reported by GamesIndustry. "Games [are …
Read More »GAME: We’re ready for transition’
GAME CEO Ian Shepherd has told MCV the retailer is well prepared for the future of the video games market. Next month the company will be announcing plans to better address the increased prominence of digital games and content. The new agenda will put GAME in good stead for the …
Read More »Nokia takes Symbian in-house
The Symbian Foundation has announced plans to "transition the role of the non-profit organisation". Which means… what? According to its announcement, the Foundation will become "a legal entity responsible for licensing software and other intellectual property, such as the Symbian trademark". That means Nokia will take on development of the …
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