Entries in 'cost' (47)
SWTOR breaks EA funding records
It’s one of the most bankable franchises in the world of entertainment, and such is EA’s faith in BioWare’s upcoming MMO Star Wars: the Old Republic that it has spent ...
Why Blu-ray and DLC don’t see eye to eye
Sony has told MCV that SCEE policy is the reason behind why many of the boxed expansion packs that get released on Xbox 360 and PC only get a PSN ...
First paid DLC for Bad Company 2
The first paid-for DLC for EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has been revealed – and it’s called the Kit Upgrade DLC.
WoW pet making $2.5m an hour
The ‘Celestial Mount’ in-game item for Activision-Blizzard’s MMORPG-hit World of Warcraft caused such high demand on it’s first day of availability that the studio claim they had to scale down ...
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MW2 Stimulus was ‘too cheap’
Activision’s decision to give its Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus DLC a premium price point of 1200 Microsoft Points (£10.20) was met with outcry by much of the game’s fanbase – ...
Sony 3D glasses to cost £90
Electronics giant Sony is expected to release its first commercially available 3DTVs in the UK market this June – but as is the case with all early adopters, those wishing ...
No premium Mii clothes, vows Nintendo
Though the differences between Nintendo’s Miis and both Xbox Avatars and PS3 Home are numerous, perhaps the most conspicuous separator is the fact that while Sony and Microsoft have looked ...
Games RRP increase on the cards?
Gamers could face an unwelcome price hike at some stage this year as the price of procuring polycarbonate – a key material in the disc manufacturing process – continues to ...
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Apple iTablet landing in March?
More news reports swirl around the new supposed Apple tablet device - with sources telling the Wall Street Journal the touch-screen kit arrives in March and will cost $1,000.
PSN subscriptions hinted yet again
The Japanese arm of PlayStation platform holder Sony has spoken openly about the possibility of introducing a monthly charge to use some aspects of the currently free PlayStation Network service.
EA alters Battlefield Heroes pricing
Changes to the cost of in-game items in EA’s online-only free-to-play shooter Battlefield Heroes have been met poorly by the title’s community, with claims that it is now almost impossible ...
MW2 dev costs put at $40-50m
Infinity Ward prised as much as $50 million from Activision’s budget to develop Modern Warfare 2, reports suggest.
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Asda admits to selling below cost
The truth is out: Supermarkets lose money on the triple-A titles on which they choose to slash prices.
PS3 manufacturing cost down 70%
The predictions have been going for over two years and continue to this day, but a new admission from Sony suggests that the way might at last have been ...
7m Brits download illegally
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property claims that seven million UK residents have illegally downloaded files from the internet in the last 12 months, with the cumulative value of ...
41% of all PC software is pirated
A new study has claimed that a remarkable 41 per cent of all software installations on PC last year were based on illegally pirated copies – a figure which amounts ...
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Xbox Live 1 vs 100 to be free for Gold members
Having missed its initial launch window alongside Microsoft’s revamped New Xbox Experience dashboard update, details are now starting to trickle through regarding intriguing online console quiz title 1 vs 100.
Wii manufacturing costs have dropped 45% since launch
A global business analyst at Credit Suisse has claimed that the cost of manufacturing a Wii console has dropped by 45 per cent since the system launched in 2006.
Now Sony voices OnLive scepticism
Sony has become the second platform holder to voice its doubts about the ambitious proposals outlined by streaming games service OnLive.
Sony cuts cost of developing for PS3
Sony has lowered the price of PlayStation 3 development kits and introduced new tools at GDC this week
SCEE has no plans to reduce headcount
SCE has confirmed to MCV that it has no plans to reduce the headcount of its European operations as part of Sony's worldwide cost-saving restructuring efforts.
Cost of Beatles deal was “very rich”
Though the exact numbers remain unknown, the chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Martin Bandier has told Variety that the deal struck between MTV and Apple Corp for the ...
