Entries in 'global' (67)
GameStop posts 12.5% like-for-like Q1 decline
That it “outperformed the market” will likely not completely appease GameStop’s shareholders after the company reported a 12.5 per cent decline in like-for-like sales for its fiscal Q1.
PlayStation Vita sales at 1.8m
1.8m. That’s how many PlayStation Vita units has been sold by Sony worldwide as of March 31st 2012.
Vita unit sales hit 1.2m, tracking faster than 3DS?
Sony has announced that total worldwide sales of the PlayStation Vita have now passed 1.2m units.
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Just Dance IP grooves its way to 25m sales
Ubisoft’s powerhouse Just Dance series has now reached the 25m global unit sales barrier.
Kinect sells 18m, arrives on PC next month
At CES in Las Vegas, Steve Ballmer's keynote speech finally revealed a concrete global sales number for Kinect - 18m units.
OnLive claims UK audience of 'millions'
THE UK launch of games streaming service OnLive reached ‘millions’ of users, says CEO Steve Perlman.
Analysts predict tight sales race between PS3 and Xbox 360
The PS3 could catch or even overtake the global install base of the Xbox 360 in 2011, analysts have predicted.
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F2P Resistance game goes live
Sony has not just surprised fans with the announcement of a new free-to-play game set in the Resistance universe – it’s also made the game live.
Apple App Store downloads pass 15bn
Significant gaming force Apple has announced that it's sector-bossing App Store has now passed the 15bn download milestone worldwide.
Global PS3 sales overtake Xbox 360
New stats from from two separate sources have stated that Sony's PS3 console has now passed Microsoft's Xbox 360 in terms of total unit sales across the globe.
1m sales and counting for Homefront
Console shooter Homefront has passed the 1m unit sales barrier just over a week after its release.
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Gran Turismo 5 sales pass 6m
Developer Polyphony Digital has revealed that total global sales of Gran Turismo 5 have now passed 6m units.
NGP: Sony can't guarantee 2011 launch
Despite promising a NGP launch in 2011 at its Tokyo press event yesterday, Sony has warned that its unlikely that consumers in the three major markets – the US, Japan ...
Michael Jackson game hits 2m
Having enjoyed a very strong Christmas, Ubisoft's Michael Jackson: The Experience has now sold over 2m units across Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.
Games account for just 3.3% of piracy
A report from torrent blog TorrentFreak suggests that video game piracy accounts for just 3.3 per cent of all illegally available online content.
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Kinect sales reach 2.5m
Total global sales of Xbox 360 Kinect have now hit 2.5m units, platform holder Microsoft has announced.
StarCraft II shifts 3m copies
Blizzard has confirmed that its massively hyped PC strategy title StarCraft II has now sold in excess of 3m copies worldwide in its first month of availability.
Starcraft II hits 1m on day one
Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed that last week’s new release Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty sold over 1m copies worldwide in its first 24 hours of availability.
New Ignition to be ‘Pixar’ of games
UTV Ignition will leave its sub-distribution days behind as it transforms into a triple-A digital games giant.
Handheld piracy worth £29bn
£28,772,303,165.695 – that’s the amount that a recent study by Japanese trade body The Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association reckons piracy has cost the global handheld video games industry.
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PS3 market share hits 31%
It’s a big ask, but it’s possible that Sony’s PS3 could just catch Xbox 360 in terms of total global sales by the end of the 2010 – that’s according ...
New boxed sales just 54% of market
Sales of brand new boxed games on the High Street now account for just 54 per cent of the overall video games market according to a new study entitled the ...
Wii captured 47% of market in ‘09
Nintendo’s Wii accounted for 47 per cent of the global home console market in 2009, according to a report from Ibis Capital.
‘PS3 to outsell Wii by 2013’
Sony’s PS3 is not only on the up – it stands to become the largest global console and outsell the Wii in just three years time. That’s the prediction from ...
