Entries in 'crisis' (11)
GAME crisis drives market depression
The collapse of GAME took a heavy toll on the UK games retail market last month.
Sony warns of Euro crisis impact
PS3 platform holder Sony has predicted a “huge impact’ to its earnings as a result of the deepening European financial crisis.
‘Industry will move on from PSN crisis’
The PSN downtime has cost the games industry millions of pounds in lost revenue, while new releases have hit shelves untested.
Games industry facing ‘first big crisis’
In a chilling warning ahead of the global games industry gathering at E3’s LA Convention Center, Namco Bandai’s VP of sales, marketing and publishing Olivier Comte has outlined what he ...
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Activision Blizzard considering further acquisitions
Activision’s president and CEO of publishing Mike Griffith has stated that the global economic crisis, and more importantly resulting deflated company values, could pave the way for his firm making ...
Riccitiello: EA got too fat and too reliant
Outspoken EA boss John Riccitiello has boldly stated that his company had become too complacent with itself, adding that the worsening economic recession could be “a blessing in disguise” as ...
NPD: Games industry “already being affected by the recession”
The latest stats from NPD show that 2008 was a record year for the video games industry in North America – but signs that the worsening global economic climate is ...
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UK economy suffering “frightening deterioration”
A survey conducted by The British Chambers of Commerce have found that the nations’ economy is in the midst of a “frightening deterioration”, with December’s High Street numbers proving the ...
Microsoft: Tough times are ahead
Microsoft’s VP of strategy and business development for Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business Shane Kim has warned that the games industry will not be completely insulated from the effects of the ...
Credit crunch could be Blu-ray’s death knell
The effects of the current global economic global crisis could see sales of Blu-ray discs and associated technology dramatically underperform this Christmas, according to some industry observers at the recent ...
