Entries in 'decline' (97)
US: Analyst predicts Wii December victory
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that Wii emerged as the best selling home console of December in the US.
Music genre plummets by 75% in two years
The value of the console music genre has decreased by a massive 75 per cent in the last two years, according to a new study.
NPD: October down 4% year-on-year
American sales tracker NPD has announced that the US video games market was worth $1.07bn in October 2010 – that’s four per cent down on the same month in 2009.
LGC 2010: New consoles ‘won’t save market slump’
A fresh trio of game consoles released in the next few years won’t be enough to stop a seven-year slump in the games market, a leading games analyst has said.
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UK dev workforce falls 9%
A stabbing wake-up call was dealt to the UK games industry today with new independent data revealing that the sector’s workforce has contracted by nearly nine per cent since 2008.
US: September numbers show more decline
The total value of the US games market hit $1.22bn in September, down from the $1.32bn seen in the same period the year before.
UK Wii revenues decline 40%
Following dips in both sales and revenue at leading UK games retailer GAME, the chain has pegged Nintendo’s hardware duo of Wii and DS as one of the main ...
EA takes blame for NFS decline
Speaking to an audience at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2010 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference, EA boss John Riccitiello has outlined EA’s role in the critical decline of ...
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Digital passes boxed in PC games market
A new report from American stat analysis group NPD suggests that the value of digital PC games market is now far greater than the boxed sector.
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 ...
PC Champ Man ‘on hold’
The decline of the boxed PC games market has claimed one of its most high-profile casualties yet with news that the PC arm of famed football management series Championship Manager ...
NPD: June market fails to sparkle
The US video games market suffered yet another year-on-year decline in June, with its $1.1bn worth of sales representing a six per cent year-on-year decline.
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Pachter: Industry in permanent decline
“We expect investors to remain spooked by the May results, as they are beginning to reinforce the notion that the video game industry is in a state of persistent secular ...
Pre-owned blamed for market decline
The growing trade in pre-owned games is the driving force behind the High Street’s struggle to combat year-on-year declines in video games sales, according to a report by analyst group ...
UK Wii sales down 45.1% year-on-year
An analysis of the UK video games market by Nick Parker claims that UK hardware unit sales of Nintendo’s Wii are down 45.1 per cent for the year-to-date ending March ...
Annual falls for Nintendo
Nintendo has reported an 18 per cent decline in net income for the year ending March 31st 2010 at $2.45bn. Revenue was $1.53bn – a decline of 22 per cent.
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NPD: February sales slump 15%
The value of the video games market in the US fell 15 per cent year-on-year in February to $1.28bn – a number that has surprised even NPD itself.
Nintendo expects 2010 Wii decline
Platform holder Nintendo has confessed that the chances of Wii topping its 2009 sales performance over the next 12 months are slim – though the firm is still hopeful that ...
Publishers bullish following ABCs
The specialist press has been fighting its corner after a mixed bag of ABC results.
VC games investment plummets
The amount of money invested in the video games sector by venture capitalists in North America was down 29 per cent in 2010 according to a new data from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Konami profits slip 40%
Japanese publisher Konami has reported profits of $116.7m for the nine months ending December 31st – a 40 per cent year-on-year decline. Profits were down 18 per cent compared to ...
Annual Xbox sales fall 13%
Microsoft sold 5.2m Xbox 360 consoles in the quarter ending December 31st – 13 per cent down on the 6m units it sold in the same period in 2008.
Boxed PC games market 'gone by 2011'
1C’s international publishing director Darryl Still has accused retail of failing to support boxed PC games.
JAPAN: Further year-on-year decline
Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has claimed that 2009 was yet again a year of decline for the video games industry in Japan with both hardware and software sales suffering year-on-year decreases.
Nintendo cuts Wii manufacturing
Though it remains the daddy of the current console market, sales of Nintendo’s Wii are showing year-on-year declines across the board – and the company’s manufacturing partners are now feeling ...
