Entries in 'boxed' (105)
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 ...
Physical still dwarfing digital sales
A new study entitled ‘The D2 Report: Discs & Digital – The Business of Home Entertainment Retailing’ from the Entertainment Merchants Association claims that traditional boxed product still accounts for ...
Boxed PC leads digital by 2.3m
Statistics from American sales analyst NPD claims that the boxed PC games market just managed to out-value digital sales in the US in 2009.
64% prefer discs to digital
New research claims that consumers consider physical product to be more important in games than in newspapers, films or music.
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Sega: PC sales are stronger than reported
Publishing giant Sega has defended PC gaming, calling it a strong and vital market for the games industry.
More growth to come for disc-based media
These are nervous times for bricks and mortar retailers, but despite the continued growth of digital games retail, EA believes that there is still room for growth in the boxed ...
EA: The line between boxed and digital is blurring
Publisher EA has offered a detailed insight into its plans going forward, and they reveal an unparalleled focus on digital console content.
New Tomb Raider goes digi-only
One of the highest-profile brands in video gaming is taking the bold move of bypassing retail altogether with the confirmation that Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will be ...
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Casual giant eyes consoles
The team behind popular casual portal Miniclip.com are turning their best online games into console titles. The site has more than 550 games and an audience of over 50 million ...
US: Braid gets boxed release
US publisher and developer MumboJumbo is to release a boxed version of XBLA hit Braid for the PC in North America.
LucasArts pledges High Street support
Despite huge success for its 2009 digital strategy LucasArts says retail releases are still a key part of its business.
Riccitiello: Digital to overtake boxed product in 2010
In the wake of EA’s long-expected purchase of social network gaming specialist Playfish earlier this month, boss John Riccitiello has predicted that emerging online-based gaming models will overtake traditional console ...
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Livingstone: Pre-owned threatens boxed market
UK development legend Ian Livingstone has raised concerns over the growth in pre-owned sales on the High Street – suggesting the practice may force publishers and studios to bypass traditional ...
LittleBigPlanet sequel looks unlikely
There were lots of puzzled looks when Capcom recently revealed that it is to release a disc-based successor to Street Fighter IV rather than expand its title via DLC, but ...
More Big Fish for retail
Casual games giant Big Fish has teamed up with Focus Multimedia to launch eight new PC titles at retail this Christmas.
DSi-only Hair Salon coming to retail
Users of Nintendo’s download-only DSiWare store are already accustomed to software made specifically for Nintendo’s latest handheld iteration, but 505 Games is for the first time bringing a DSi-only title ...
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PES to go download only?
In a remarkable admission, Konami’s long-time Pro Evolution Soccer producer Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka has admitted that future versions of Pro Evolution Soccer may not be available as a boxed product.
PSP Minis ‘will probably come to UMD’
New incentives may lie ahead for developers working on PSP Minis. The sub-100MB-sized games may soon end up on store shelves as packaged UMD games, according to Sony.
US: Plants vs Zombies confirmed for retail
PopCap has confirmed a boxed retail release for PC hit Plants vs Zombies in North America, where it will cost $19.95 and hit shelves late this year.
Pain gets Blu-ray retail release
Well over a year since its release on the European arm of PSN in March 2008, Sony is to grant Idol Minds’ action physics title Pain a boxed retail release ...
Riccitiello: Retail revenues will feel the squeeze
Software sales currently account for around 80 per cent of the games market – that could decline to 50 per cent in the next two years, according to EA boss ...
Warner reverses Watchmen digital exclusivity plans
Having touted the digital-only release of episodic adventure Watchmen last year as a ‘risky experiment’, Warner has seemingly had a re-think following its confirmation of a boxed retail ...
Katamari Forever to be Blu-ray game in Europe
Publisher Namco Bandai has told MCV's sister site CasualGaming.biz that the upcoming PS3-exclusive Katamari Forever will be a boxed title in Europe.
PC receives high-profile backing from EA
Whilst High Street sales of PC software can paint a picture of decline, the un-monitored online revenues coming from the format are drastically increasing – a fact that helped EA ...
Moore: Boxed PC games 'aren’t working'
The outspoken boss of EA Sports and former Xbox boss Peter Moore has stated that the current business model of boxed PC games is no longer viable for the publisher.
