Entries in 'annual' (27)
Sony reports £3.5bn annual loss
Japanese electronics giant Sony has reported a ¥456.7bn (£3.5bn) loss for the year ended March 31st 2012.
Nintendo reports first ever annual loss
3DS and Wii platform holder Nintendo has reported a ¥37,320m (£284m) loss for the year ended March 31st 2012.
What's causing the drop in games TV advertising?
2012 games and consoles TV activity up to February 12th has remained fairly static year-on-year, with a three per cent decline in individual TVRs.
Rift subscription fees lowered
Trion Worlds has dropped the subscription price of its PC MMO Rift with bigger savings given to those who pay annually.
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2011 US games market down 8% leaving UK as worst performer
NPD has confirmed that the US video games market declines eight per cent year-on-year to $17.02bn in 2011.
No five-year wait for next SSX, says EA
SSX is on course to become a regularly released series again, EA has told MCV.
New EA scheme lets gamers download FIFA 12 before it hits shelves
Consumers will be able to download FIFA 12 days before the game hits store shelves, EA Sports has confirmed.
Consumers soon “won’t pay $60 for a game anymore”
Though such a radical transition is still some way off, the senior VP of worldwide development at Electronic Arts has hinted that the FIFA series will at some stage have ...
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Analyst questions annual franchises
Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed may have proved that the annual release model can be a success outside of the sports genre, but analyst Michael Pachter has warned others ...
Amazon tops online rankings list
Amazon UK and Argos have stayed at last year's number one and two spots respectively, while Tesco has knocked Play.com off the number three spot, moving it down one place ...
Epic would 'love' Gears of War on PS3
The president of acclaimed developer Epic has revealed his desire to bring the Gears of War franchise to Sony's PS3.
FIFA’s disc-less future
In an exclusive interview with MCV, EA Sports boos Peter Moore has outlined an ambitious plan to transform FIFA from a franchise that relies on annual disc-based releases to a ...
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F1 to become annual franchise
Publisher Codemasters wants to release a new title in its newly arrived F1 series every year – though it will have to secure the necessary rights first.
Expect more Halo, more often
Following the cash bonanza that was the release of Halo Reach, Microsoft has confirmed that it intends to increase the rate at which it pumps out new Halo titles.
MS ups Xbox Live Gold price
Microsoft has upped the price of Xbox Live Gold membership in the UK, US, Canada and Mexico.
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.
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Uncharted 2 takes 10 AIAS awards
Californian studio Naughty Dog was jubilant last night after winning a spectacular ten awards at this year’s Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.
XBLA revenues hit $100m in ‘09
An annual report from Forecasting and Analysing Digital Entertainment (FADE) claims that Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade download service generated revenues in excess of $100m in 2009 – a new record ...
Steam membership jumps 25% in ‘09
Valve’s popular digital distribution network Steam now has over 25m members, the Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead developer and thriving distribution platform owner has revealed.
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.
NPD: Music genre down 46%
Though the signs are that the world is slowly pulling out of recession, punters are seemingly still proving reluctant to shell out the high cost demanded of modern rhythm action ...
Sony hit by $1bn annual losses
PlayStation platform holder Sony has reported losses of $1.04bn for the year ending March 31st – a stark dip compared to the $3.7bn profit seen in the same period in ...
Mums and dads spend nearly £2bn a year on entertainment
Parents spend on average £247 per child per year on digital entertainment, new research has found.
Annual PC market worth $11bn
Whilst the fragmentation of the PC market across traditional retail and online has made the entire segment hard to track, and even created the (debatable) belief that the sector is ...
NPD: Sony hails ‘continued momentum’ for PlayStation brand
Sony is labelling 2008 as a year of ‘continued momentum’ in North America as NPD stats showed that total PS3 hardware sales for the territory were up 40 per cent ...
