Games Industry Market Data
Microsoft: Console still accounts for 42% of the total video games market
With Microsoft and Sony about the throw millions and millions of pounds at launching their next-gen consoles, some observers may quite rightly ask one question – why?
Steam top ten sellers chart: May 12-18
Bordelands 2 is out in front of this week’s Steam top sellers list, thanks to the release of new DLC and a deep discount promotion over the weekend.
UK games price war hurting foreign retail
Games retailers across EMEA regions say they are facing bankruptcy – and it’s all our fault.
GungHo's Puzzle & Dragons makes $3.76m per day
Japanese smartphone game Puzzle & Dragons is making some serious cash for owner GungHo.
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Steam top ten sellers chart: May 5-11
Total War: Rome II took Steam’s top ten chart by storm this past week, with pre-orders elevating the game to the top spot months ahead of its official launch.
ANALYSIS: Are smart devices killing the console?
62 per cent of the British population now own a smartphone and 29.3 per cent a tablet.
The Death of TV Advertising
There was a time when you couldn’t flick on Coronation Street without seeing Ant and Dec prance about on a Wii Fit Balance Board.
£30.9m - the amount spent on unauthorised IAPs in Britain each month
Microsoft has calculated a truly staggering figure for the monthly spend on unauthorised apps and in-app purchases in the UK.
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Steam top ten sellers chart: April 28 - May 4
Tomb Raider took the top spot on Steam's weekly top ten selling products list, stealing it away from Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon – thanks to a major discount promotion.
$10,000 App Store gift card up for grabs as Apple approaches 50bn app downloads
Apple’s App Store is on the verge of delivering its fifty billionth download.
Mario Party 9 and Animal Crossing named in Guardian's violent games Axis of Evil
Call of Duty, Halo 4, Far Cry, Borderlands – all violent games, yes, but the real damage is being done by those that conceal their violence behind a duplicitous family-friendly ...
Steam top ten sellers chart: April 21-27
Dead Island Riptide has taken the top spot in Steam’s top sellers list for the week ending on April 27th.
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Amazon boosts its entertainment market share as GAME drops 3%
Supermarkets and Amazon have boosted their entertainment market share at the expense of GAME and HMV.
Steam top ten sellers chart: April 14-20
Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles for the week ending on April 20th, with the HD update of Age of Empires II beating out Bioshock Infinite for the second ...
Apple's tablet market share tumbles 10% in UK
While the iPad may still be able to lay claim to dominion over the UK tablet market, the growing popularity of Android tablets has led to a ten per cent ...
20% of Australian video games sold online
NPD Group is stating that during all-important December last year, one in five customers was going online for their purchase.
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Dustforce dev discusses the importance of digital sales promotions
The developer behind indie title Dustforce has explained the importance of digital sales promotions to the eventual success of the title.
Indian video games industry grew 16% in 2012
The Indian games industry grew to Rs 15 billion ($277m) in 2012, recording a growth of 16% over the previous year, the Indian Media and Entertainment Industry Report 2013 has ...
Say what you see - Catch Phrase the best performing paid game in UK App Store charts
Cult TV quiz IP Catch Phrase is back thanks to hugely popular iOS app Classic Catch Phrase.
Steam top ten sellers chart: April 6-13
Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling products chart for the week ending on April 13th.
UK boxed game sales jump in March
2.67m boxed games were sold last month in what was a decent March for retail.
Are publishers shunning boxed product?
Free-to-play and downloads are the fastest-growing business models of the past five years, but how many video games publishers actually rely on them rather than more traditional methods of releasing ...
Who made the best game in the world? Find out in the Develop 100
MCV sister site Develop's ranking of the best games of all time as voted for by game critics is now live.
The Japanese video games market actually GREW in the last 12 months
The Japanese video games market grew by 1.2 per cent year-on-year for the 12 months ending March 31st.
Just how far short of expectations did Square Enix's console games fall?
Outgoing Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has revealed the exact extent of the publisher’s console game sales disappointments.
