Entries in 'decline' (99)
Q1 2013 halts decline of US games market as digital grows 15% to claim majority share
The US video games market has ceased its decline, according to the latest numbers from NPD.
Decline in boxed software sales is hitting Japanese market hardest
A failure to keep pace with changes to the international games market has hit the Japanese games industry hardest.
Q1 sales down 6.7% at GameStop
Global games retailer GameStop has reported a like-for-like annual sales decrease of 6.7 per cent for the quarter ending May 4th 2013.
Activision: Call of Duty is not in decline
Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg has hit back at critics that claim the Call of Duty series is past its peak.
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Microsoft: Console still accounts for 42% of the total video games market
With Microsoft and Sony about the throw millions and millions of pounds at launching their next-gen consoles, some observers may quite rightly ask one question – why?
Reduced demand for console Q&A
Game quality assurance firms have felt a sizable decrease in their console projects, which has put pressure on some companies to seek new business from other parts of the entertainment ...
US games market falls 10% in March
Hit releases such as BioShock Infinite and Tomb Raider were sadly unable to stop another month of annual decline in the US video games market.
Strong Q4 can't help GameStop escape downturn; Hardware sales fall sharply
International games retailer GameStop has reported a year-on-year increase in profits from $943.2 to $974.9 for the 14 weeks ending February 2nd.
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Nearly half of the UK's video games retailers closed in 2012 - PwC
Video games have been named as the biggest victim of the UK’s 2012 High Street slump.
Activision predicts year-on-year decline for Call of Duty
The next Call of Duty – likely to be Modern Warfare 4 – will likely sell less than this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
PlayStation sales down 15.1% as Sony lowers handheld sales forecasts once again
Sales in Sony’s games division fell 15.1 per cent in the quarter ending December 31st, although overall Sony has enjoyed somewhat of a reversal of fortune.
US video games market slips 9% in 2012
The total value of the US video games market declined nine per cent in 2012.
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Digital up, pre-owned down as GameStop reports 4.6% sales drop
Global games retailer GameStop has fared better than the overall games market by posting a sales drop of just 4.6 per cent for the nine weeks ending December 29th ...
Retail narrowly avoids Christmas drop, grows 0.3% YOY
UK retail sales values were up ever so slightly by 0.3 per cent year-on-year fro December.
Console sales down by a third in 2012
Sales of video games consoles in 2012 fell 33.1 per cent year-on-year.
Overall UK games market down 17.4% in 2012
The ERA has said that the UK video games market declined 17.4 per cent to £1.598bn in 2012.
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Toy sales expected to fall 1.8% in 2013 while games tumble 28.3% in 2012. Why?
Yes, we all know that retail is a tough environment at the moment. But video games are amongst the worst performers of 2012.
Call of Duty suffers 14 per cent sales decline in first month in US
Month one sales for Call of Duty: Black Ops II were down 14 per cent on the 2011 November sales of Modern Warfare 3, a report has claimed.
Will Black Ops II outsell Modern Warfare 3? Does it matter?
All the research suggests that Call of Duty has peaked.
Apple's value drops £80bn in two months
Shares in tech giant Apple have slid 20 per cent since the launch of the iPhone 5 in September.
UK games retail down 40% in June
2.1m games were sold at retail last month – a drop of more than 40 per cent compared with June 2011.
GTA V won't be enough to save 2012 retail market
We still don’t know if Grand Theft Auto V will make it to retail in time for Christmas, but even Rockstar’s mammoth IP is unlikely to prevent a year of ...
GameStop posts 12.5% like-for-like Q1 decline
That it “outperformed the market” will likely not completely appease GameStop’s shareholders after the company reported a 12.5 per cent decline in like-for-like sales for its fiscal Q1.
2m games sold in UK during quiet April
The UK games retail market was down a third in a tough April for the trade.
What's driving the decline in games advertising?
The games and consoles TV advertising market is at a five-year low. This market consists of six key sectors, and we’re going to look at which are responsible for the decline.
