Entries in 'analysis' (72)
OPINION: The handheld battleground is drawn
It may have lost many men in the battle of 2010, but General Wii still stands tall on the battlefield that is taking place under the world's TVs. From the ...
OPINION: The year of the handheld
The 3DS is just weeks away and, as revealed earlier this week, the true successor to the PSP will be with us by the end of the year. But ...
Can Kinect revolutionise the market?
While initial consumer reaction to the Kinect appears to be positive, it is too early to ascertain whether this new concept in gaming will revolutionise the market. Its social-oriented games ...
LGC 2010: Further analysis
Forget the buzzwords and gimmicks that are swamping games – we asked sponsors of this week’s London Games Conference to tell us what they thought things like online content and ...
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OPINION: New games avenues
I feel like a teenager again. I’m not bouncing with hormones of course, but am rattled by uncertainty as to what the future will bring. As a consultant it would ...
OPINION: A new era for UKIE
I spent some time last week with the new UKIE team as they prepare for next week’s grand Westminster unveiling.
Gamescom 2010 Review
This year’s Gamescom pulled in a record 254,000 visitors – 9,000 more than last year’s show. It also played host to 505 exhibitors attending the event in Cologne, up from ...
Analyst disputes gender bias claims
A US analyst has refuted claims that games featuring a female lead are being shunned by publishers due to their inability to perform in the market.
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OPINION: The UK games market
For all the doom and gloom, the six months’ figures for the UK games industry weren’t all bad news.
OPINION: Apple’s response analysed
Could Apple recall the iPhone 4? Will they dish out free bumpers for everyone? Is there actually no problem at all and we’ve allowed ourselves all to be brought into ...
NPD: US games market falls
Having delayed the announcement of last month’s US video game sales, NPD has today published the figures for both April and May in the North American video games market – ...
OPINION: E3 2010 analysis
It’s the first question that’s asked the very moment the curtains fall of the last of the platform holder E3 conferences – who won? It’s a nonsense. Anyone of sane ...
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New boxed sales just 54% of market
Sales of brand new boxed games on the High Street now account for just 54 per cent of the overall video games market according to a new study entitled the ...
Bungie could still make more Halo
Today’s surprise announcement of a ten-year publishing agreement between Activision and Bungie has rocked the games industry, but what exactly does it mean for both companies?
COMMENT: The hard work pays off at MCV Awards
It is indicative of a changing market that no single company dominated this year’s MCV Awards.
3D must 'lose cumbersome glasses’
In an analysis feature looking at the future of the sector, 3D Gaming Summit consultant John Gaudiosi has told MCV that the whole future of the 3D revolution remains in ...
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Respawn Entertainment – reading between the lines
It’s already one of the bloodiest sagas in the history of modern games development, but the feud between sacked Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella has been taken ...
There’s no stopping Just Dance
Remember, third party titles don’t sell on Wii. Or at least, that’s what some people claim, but the ongoing sales success that is Ubisoft’s Just Dance proves otherwise.
The tech behind PlayStation Move
We’ve had very few bones to chew on since Sony first announced its Motion Controller at E3 last year, but Sony’s GDC keynote last night finally gave us some meat ...
How Just Dance became a chart hit
The surprise news that Ubisoft’s Just Dance topped the All Formats Chart last month was, let’s be honest, a bit of a jaw-dropper.
ANALYSIS: Q3 market data
Electronic Arts maintained a generous chunk of market share in the third quarter of the year, MCV-published data can reveal.
GTAIV masking ’recurring problems’ at Take Two
In the wake of last night’s financial report from Rockstar-owning Take Two, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has stated that the upcoming financial uplift that will accompany the release of ...
