Entries in 'market' (266)
Boxed PC games market 'gone by 2011'
1C’s international publishing director Darryl Still has accused retail of failing to support boxed PC games.
Natal and Wand to reach beyond Wii
In an exclusive interview with MCV, EA Europe’s senior VP Jens Uwe Intat has claimed that the upcoming Xbox 360 Natal and PS3 Motion Controller will reach audiences left untouched ...
Xbox 360 and PS3 buck ’09 dip
In a year that saw most sectors of the UK video games market suffer year-on-year declines, both the Xbox 360 and PS3 have emerged as the real winners of the ...
EA: FIFA owns 75% of footy market
In an exclusive interview with MCV, EA Europe’s senior VP Jens Uwe Intat has revealed the true extent of FIFA's current dominance in the European football game sector.
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Game publishers foresee financial upturn
The UK games industry was hit hard by the recession in 2009, and now leading execs are hopeful that the worst is behind them.
Trade looks to happier New Year
The UK games industry is looking to bounce back from a difficult 2009 – with improved Government relations key.
UK games market falls to £60.1m
UK software sales fell 30 per cent last week, as post-Christmas consumer spending slows down. Value for the week dropped to £60.1m, while unit sales fell 23 per cent.
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JAPAN: Further year-on-year decline
Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has claimed that 2009 was yet again a year of decline for the video games industry in Japan with both hardware and software sales suffering year-on-year decreases.
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UK games market climbs again
Sales for the UK video games software market grew by 13 per cent this week to 3.4 million units, driving the sector’s value up by 11 per cent to £77.3 ...
EA reclaims top spot in ‘disappointing’ Euro market
Electronic Arts’ senior vice president of European publishing, Jens Uwe Intat, has told MCV that the firm is ‘disappointed’ with the market’s performance in 2009, and that he expects it ...
Just Cause 2 pre-order rewards revealed
Square Enix Europe has confirmed that all those who pre-order the upcoming Just Cause 2 will receive and exclusive limited edition version of the game.
Riccitiello compares piracy to pre-owned
John Riccitiello has stated that the emerging force that is post-release downloadable content is the key tool in battling both the pre-owned market and piracy.
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Weekly UK video games market soars
This week’s UK software sales have skyrocketed 198 per cent to £103.1 million. It is comfortably the highest weekly figure of the year and isn’t far off 2008’s Christmas week, ...
£1.8bn second-hand games in UK
Britons are sitting on a £1.8 billion-worth of unused computer games – the equivalent of one game per person in the UK.
THQ focuses on core market in 2010
THQ has signed the rights to a new Russian-made FPS – as it bids to grow its core gamer audience in the next 12 months.
DS and PSP have 'peaked'
Though both DS and PSP are expected to continue to lead the market for quite some time, both Sony’s and Nintendo’s machines have peaked – leaving Apple’s iPhone and iPod ...
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ANALYSIS: Q3 market data
Electronic Arts maintained a generous chunk of market share in the third quarter of the year, MCV-published data can reveal.
JAPAN: Market 10% down in 2009H1
The ongoing decline in the Japanese video game market has so far continued in 2009, with Famitsu reporting that the sector showed a 10.5 per cent decline year-on-year for the ...
360 and PS3 "not mass-market"
The games industry will suffer more staff cuts and studio closures unless its ‘core-market’ consoles begin to reach PS2-levels.
UK market down ahead of Q4 rush
The UK software market fell once again, despite the release of Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band.
Slight dip for UK software market
The UK software market has dipped just slightly in terms of software this week.
Nintendo topples Mattel in toy market
Whilst we’re all aware of Nintendo’s lofty achievements in the video games sector, the Japanese gaming specialist is making major progress in other industries too and has now been named ...
New PS3 to bring “substantial market increase”
Sony expects its recently revealed PS3 redesign to reinvigorate the console’s fortunes in the market, hopefully reversing the year-on-year sales declines seen in both Europe and North America.
NPD: July games market down 29%
July proved another tough month for video games retailers in North America, with the overall value of the market declining 29 per cent year-on-year with a total value of $1.19bn.
