Entries in 'consoles' (142)
PlayStation 2 hits 150m sales
Almost 11 years on from its Japanese debut in March 2000, Sony's PlayStation 2 has now passed 150m unit sales across the world.
PS3 games drive Sony results
Nine months into Sony's current financial year and the PS3 has already outstripped its total sales for the 2009 fiscal year, Sony has reported.
Jacobson wants to score on consoles
Sports Interactive’s Miles Jacobson wants to see a console version of Football Manager.
PopCap console games head to retail
Some of PopCap’s most popular casual games are making their way to UK retailers thanks to Mastertronic.
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Capcom: 'Gamers have abandoned handheld consoles'
Smartphones are usurping traditional games hardware, says Capcom.
Repair Shop turns attention to games trade
A consumer-facing console repair specialist is shifting its focus to retail.
EA crowned top publisher of 2010
Electronic Arts has been named the leading games publisher for the second year in a row.
US: MS claims Xbox 360 sell-out
Microsoft's community voice Larry 'Major Nelson' Hyrb has claimed that the platform holder had such a successful Christmas in America that it actually ran our of hardware by the end ...
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Retail told to pass on VAT increase
Major UK distributors have advised games retailers of new SRPs to accommodate next month’s VAT increase, confirming that trade prices will not be lowered.
Wii sales see Xmas surge
Despite competition from Kinect and Move, Nintendo hardware sales have increased as spending ramps up for Christmas.
BioWare: There are too many games
As any keen gamer will know, this last Q4 has proved very expensive for anyone looking to buy all of the big console releases – and one of the co-founders ...
GAME boosts hardware trade-in deals
Both GAME and Gamestation are offering customers and extra 20 per cent on their normal trade-in price for anyone who hands over their old hardware between today (November 26th) and ...
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PC ‘a generation ahead’ of PS3/360
PC gaming is technically so far advanced compared to consoles that it is effectively ‘a generation ahead’, according to the boss of Crysis and Crysis 2 developer Crytek.
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.
Blizzard working on Diablo console concept
World of Warcraft and StarCraft developer Blizzard has moved to quash rumours that a version of Diablo III will be appearing on consoles.
Farrell reiterates RRP concerns
The standard $59.99/£49.99 RRP for console software is “keeping people out” of the console market at retail. That’s according to THQ president Brian Farrell, who reiterated his stance at the ...
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PS3 ‘to catch 360 by 2012’
EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich has predicted that the global install base of the PS3 will overtake Xbox 360 by the end of 2012.
LGC 2010: New Battlefield can ‘disrupt’ consoles
Having this morning confirmed a brand new, free-to-play instalment of its popular Battlefield series, publisher EA has said that the emergence of such titles threatens to rock the world ...
YouView turns TVs into consoles
The humble TV set-top box is finally emerging as a genuine challenger to Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony.
THQ: New consoles ‘last thing we need’
The cost and turbulence caused by the transition to a new generation of hardware is not what the games industry currently needs, according to THQ president and CEO Brian Farrell.
Blitz: No discs for PS4/Xbox720
Platform holders’ desire to gain complete control of the software retail chain will mean that the next generation of home consoles will not include any capacity for digital media, developer ...
HMRC warns over game stock deals
Retailers must be more vigilant with rogue traders if they want to avoid having their tax returns voided.
EA: Sims 3 on console dated
Publisher EA has confirmed that The Sims 3 will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS on October 26th.
New Bungie game made for PS4 and Xbox 3
Bungie has stated that its still mysterious debut game for new partner Activision is being deliberately designed to carry over to a new generation of console hardware.
Blizzard teases console projects
Blizzard has told MCV that the development of a new game for consoles remains a possibility.
