Entries in 'drop' (65)
Apple reports first quarterly profit drop in a decade
A net profit of $9.5bn for the quarter ending March was not enough to see Apple avoid its first quarterly profit decline in a decade.
Ubisoft says Wii U "will find its public"... as long as Nintendo cuts the price
Nintendo’s Wii U could yet be successful provided Nintendo lowers the console’s RRP.
Apple's value drops £80bn in two months
Shares in tech giant Apple have slid 20 per cent since the launch of the iPhone 5 in September.
Q4 games advertising revenue drops 40% this Christmas
The age of excess is clearly over. UK games firms are spending £99m on advertising this Christmas, MCV can reveal.
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Pirate Bay traffic returns to pre-block levels
Peer-to-peer activity on The Pirate Bay in the UK is almost back at the level it was before the site was blocked.
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.
US game sales dip 11% in Q3
US consumers spent an estimated $4.2bn on video games in Q3 overall – a year-on-year drop of 11 per cent.
Mafia Wars 2 sheds 900k users in under a month
Casual games title Mafia Wars 2 has suffered an exodus of players in November.
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Zynga gets its first taste of economic slowdown
Casual games giant and CityVille publisher Zynga has reported a slight slow down in growth for the first time in its history during its June quarter.
Xbox price drop not on the cards
Consumers hoping to see an Xbox 360 price cut to counter the recent drops on PS3 look to be in for some disappointing news.
HMV predicts big PS3 boost in UK
The newly-announced PlayStation 3 price cut will provide a “substantial sales boost” to the UK games market, says HMV.
Games credited for crime drop
In a rare bit of positive news coverage for the sector, a piece penned by BBC News Washington DC correspondent Tom Geoghegan has named games as one of the key ...
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Square Enix issues gloomy forecast
Japanese publisher and developer Square Enix has issued a stark warning about its expected performance for the current financial year, which closes at the end of March.
Price cuts for DSi and DSi XL
Nintendo has confirmed that it is to cut $20 off the price of its two most recent versions of the DS in North America from September 12th.
E3 2010: Sony rules out PS3 price drop
The idea of announcing a PS3 drop at E3 has not even been discussed at Sony, SCE UK sales director Mark Howsen has told MCV.
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Fewer people playing Facebook games
Facebook has lost a substantial amount of its game users since altering its notification system, with FarmVille alone recording a dip of 4.4 million players.
Average Wii price down to £155
The price of the Nintendo Wii has tumbled at retail.
MCV’s research, which monitored the sale of hardware across 25 leading UK retailers, shows that the average price of Wii ...
Sony gives PSPgo an Easter boost
A routine Bank Holiday sale or an effort to encourage struggling hardware sales – call it what you want, but PSPgo owners old and new will be greeted with some ...
Has EA given up on Rock Band?
Conspicuous by its absence in EA’s forward planning for the financial year ahead was any mention of the once golden franchise that is Rock Band, leading to speculation that the ...
PlayStation revenues down $1.3bn in ‘09
Sony has described 2009 as “a turning point” for PS3 and ELSPA said the console was last year’s “star” performer, but new analysis from Gamasutra paints a ...
NPD: 2009 market falls 8%
The North American video game market was worth $20.2bn in 2009 – an eight per cent decline compared to 2008’s $21.4bn.
EA expects prices to fall
While rival Activision seems keen to up the price that gamer’s fork out on their favourite hobby, EA has claimed that consumers can expect to see games come down in ...
Konami predicts profit slump
Ahead of the publication of firm numbers for its current financial year, publisher Konami has issued a stark word of caution to investors, warning them that the numbers are likely ...
Q-Games angered by PSP piracy
One of the most exciting developers in the market – and more importantly one of the leading lights on Sony’s PS3 arm of PSN – has vowed to never release ...
