Entries in 'market' (270)
OPINION: We need real market data
With a hole of £500m in the High Street when it comes to games, I don’t think anyone expected fireworks from the end-of-year data.
What’s the 'real' market value?
The UK games market in 2010 was down more than £400m year-on-year, but critics say this doesn’t show the true health of the market.
Japanese market declines 9% in 2010
Andriasang has got hold of Enterbrain's annual Japanese video games market report, and it reveals another year of decline in the region.
3DS: Our New Year’s revolution
Nintendo’s 3DS could save the struggling UK games market, claim industry bosses.
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Games and video - the markets compared
The UK movie market remained static in 2010 with an annual value of £2.6bn, according to a new report by the BVA.
UK 2010 games market hits £2.875bn
Official figures from UKIE show that in 2010 the UK video games market was worth a total of £2.88bn.
Games eclipse fitness DVD market
Fitness video games are outselling their DVD rivals according to Chart-Track figures.
Games market down as sector fragments
Retail will not match 2009’s sales figures, despite a Q4 sales surge.
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EA claims 40/60 digital/boxed split
Publisher EA has pledged a big drive toward emerging digital markets – a strategy in direct contrast to rival Activision, which just yesterday pledged to exact opposite.
Activision has no social gaming plans
Despite the likes of EA, Capcom and Ubisoft continue to enjoy growing success in sectors such as the App Store and Facebook, publishing giant Activision has said it has no ...
Bigpoint aims for Call of Duty
Heiko Hubertz, the CEO of Bigpoint, has told MCV that his company’s upcoming browser shooter Ruined could threaten the stability of the console FPS market.
‘PC market impossible for smaller publishers’
French publisher Focus Home Interactive has declared it ‘impossible’ for smaller publishers to sell PC titles at UK retail.
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Screen Digest warns of market shrinkage
The UK market won’t recapture the Wii heyday of 2008 for some time, according to Screen Digest.
‘Valve monopoly is killing PC market’
Steam’s grip on the PC download sector has made the market far too competitive to bother with, rivals warn.
MCV understands that at least two big-name digital retailers are facing ...
Losses slashed at EA
EA has announced a loss of $201m for the quarter ending September 30th 2010 – that’s nearly half the $391m loss the publisher reported in the same period in 2009.
US: September numbers show more decline
The total value of the US games market hit $1.22bn in September, down from the $1.32bn seen in the same period the year before.
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Tesco wants 20% of games market by 2012
Supermarket behemoth Tesco wants to have a 20 per cent share of the UK games software market.
Digital claims just 4% of UK market
The rise of digital games sales is destroying High Street and ruining an entire sector. Or not.
Licence ambush scares off new IP
UK studio Bizarre Creations has warned that new IPs might suffer in the run-up to Christmas.
Microsoft wants to lead PC revolution
Microsoft has hit back at criticism that it isn’t doing enough to support PC gamers.
Wii ‘can still hold its own’
Unless Microsoft and Sony move to lower the RRPs of Xbox 360 and PS3 the Wii should still be able to maintain its position in the video games market well ...
Digital passes boxed in PC games market
A new report from American stat analysis group NPD suggests that the value of digital PC games market is now far greater than the boxed sector.
PC Champ Man ‘on hold’
The decline of the boxed PC games market has claimed one of its most high-profile casualties yet with news that the PC arm of famed football management series Championship Manager ...
Games growth outpaces US economy
Though the global games market is having to face up to some tough times at the moment, a new report from the Entertainment Software Association has outlined the true extent ...
