Entries in 'market' (233)
ANALYSIS: The pre-owned market
Before March this year, GAME and Gamestation were by far the UK’s biggest pre-owned game retailers.
GameStop sales fall but chain 'outperforms market'
Same-store sales at US retailer GameStop dropped 12.5 per cent year-on-year.
NPD says total US games market was over $1bn in April
The money generated from overall game sales in the US during April has been estimated at a whopping $1bn.
J'ACCUSE: There's life in Vita
System 3 boss and industry veteran Mark Cale explains why PS Vita has the potential to be an iPad-beater and what Sony could do to help the handheld prosper in ...
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UK games retail generated £10.45m last week
The launch of Prototype 2 helped the boxed market rise slightly over the prior week, with overall unit sales up five per cent to 441,401 games sold.
Iwata admits mass-market focus cost Nintendo
Nintendo’s early success in appealing to the mass market and new gamers has eventually lead to the company’s current struggles, president Satoru Iwata has admitted.
PS3 is leading Euro market in 2012
As part of its investor presentation last night, Nintendo revealed that Sony’s PS3 has taken control of the European hardware market since the turn of the year.
GAME crisis drives market depression
The collapse of GAME took a heavy toll on the UK games retail market last month.
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277 lost GAME shops could cost market £158m
The UK games market could be as much as £158m worse off due to the closure of 277 GAME stores.
UK games retail revenues drop to £14.1m
UK games retail generated £14.1m last week – a dip of 21.2 per cent from the £17.9m made during the week prior.
Video games now bigger than movies
Growth in digital has seen video games overtake movies as the most lucrative entertainment medium in the UK.
E-tail topples supermarkets in 2011
Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda and Morrisons have stalled in their bids to become the next major players in video games, ERA reports.
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UK games retail generated £17.9m last week
The UK games retail market rallied last week thanks to the release of EA’s Mass Effect 3 and Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken.
Now US reports drastic video game market falls in February
The latest numbers from sales tracker NPD show that the US video games market suffered a 20 per cent year-on-year decline to $1.06bn in February.
FEATURE: Games distribution special
You'd think distribution would be a less exciting part of the games industry, but you’d be wrong.
Software Sales Monitor: Market dips to £13.3m
The launch of PlayStation Vita wasn’t enough to prevent a drop in sales last week, though a handful of exclusive games made it into the All Formats Top 40.
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Capcom: New Resident Evil can defy the market
Resident Evil pre-order numbers are through the roof, Capcom says.
Sega dev: The console market can only get smaller
One of the most successful Japanese console game developers has predicted that the console market will continue to shrink and in its place will rise a stronger, dominant portable games ...
Apple stock exceeds $500
The stock in computing behemoth Apple has exceeded $500 per share for the very first time.
Top five kids gaming sites' share of TV ad market
Children's social gaming sites such as Moshi Monsters accounted for almost ten per cent of all video game TV advertising last month.
Software Sales Monitor: Market generates £12.1m
The UK games retail market remained steady with £12.1m generated from video game sales – the same as the week prior.
Software Sales Monitor: Market drops 35%
The UK games retail market had a tough start to the New Year. Overall revenue generated for week one stood at £20.9m – a dip of 34.9 per cent year-on-year ...
HMV backing away from video games
The competition from supermarkets and online retailers has lead HMV to admit that it is reconsidering its interest in the video games market.
UK video games market falls 13% in 2011
The overall UK video game market was worth £2.52bn in 2011 according to the latest UKIE figures. That represents a year-on-year drop of 13 per cent from £2.88bn and a ...
