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Xmas games sales are lagging, forcing price cuts
Some of the biggest brands in games are not selling fast enough, forcing retail to slash 50 per cent off new releases.
UK CHARTS: November 2011
At last, UK games retail has reason to cheer following a strong month of sales. But November wasn’t all about Call of Duty:?Modern Warfare 3 and Assassin’s Creed:?Revelations.
UK stores report £268m bonanza
Forget the doom and gloom on the High Street. UK games retailers generated £268m in software sales last month.
MW3 sets $1bn sales record
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has become the fastest piece of entertainment to generate $1bn in sales, toppling movie blockbuster Avatar.
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US retail game sales reach $3bn in November
The US games retail market generated $3bn overall in November representing a year-on-year rise of 0.4 per cent.
OPINION: 3DS finally finding its feet
For a while I’ve been hopeful that more people will see the depth that 3DS has to offer. I don’t mean the 3D display – because, in many ways, that’s ...
Software Sales Monitor: UK market climbs to £62.2m
The UK games market generated £62.2m last week, up 13.9 per cent over the seven days prior. Unit sales also rose 19.6 per cent from 1.9m to 2.2m in the first week of December.
EA: Battlefield 3 stole market share from Modern Warfare 3
Peter Moore, the high-profile COO of publisher EA, has insisted that its recent release Battlefield 3 successfully captured a slice of Modern Warfare 3’s market share.
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3DS flying high as it overtakes competition
Nintendo 3DS became last week’s biggest selling games device – and it might even sell out before Christmas.
Nintendo: '3DS is approaching 3m sales in Japan'
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata believes the 3DS is about to cross the 3m sales mark in Japan and will reach a 4m milestone by April.
Estimated Kindle Fire sales reach 2m units
A market researcher has stated that Amazon may have sold as many as two million units of its Kindle Fire tablet.
Week one or bust? The shocking truth about new releases
Much like the big Hollywood movies, triple-A games have become all about the opening weekend.
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Software Sales Monitor: Market makes £54.6m
The market value dipped ten per cent to £54.6m, down from last week’s £60.9m. That’s still a huge amount and should increase as Christmas approaches.
3DS beats DS year one sales numbers
Despite a troubled start to its life, Nintendo’s 3DS has after just eight months on the market beaten the year one sales numbers of its predecessor the DS.
Xbox 360 enjoys biggest week ever
Microsoft has recorded its best weekly sales in the history of the Xbox brand, selling just under 1m units in seven days.
Battlefield 3 sales top 8 million
Electronic Arts has announced sales of its blockbuster first-person shooter have surpassed the eight million milestone.
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October sales surge for iPhone 4S
A surge of punters picking up a brand new iPhone 4S in October saw Apple sell more smartphones than all Android smartphone makers combined, according to new Kantar Worldpanel research.
Activision predicts Skylanders shortage
Bobby Kotick has warned the markets to expect shortages of its innovative kids title Skylanders this Christmas.
Modern Warfare 3 topped Sainsbury's sales list
In its first week of release, Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the single best selling product at supermarket giant Sainsbury’s.
Kinect's year one Japanese sales revealed
In celebration of its first birthday in Japan, Famitsu has published firm Japanese sales data for Xbox 360 motion camera Kinect.
GameStop cuts Battlefield 3 to £22.97
Having kicked off its Black Friday promotion with the now sold out Uncharted 3 for £22.97, GameStop.co.uk has now gone live with an amazing offer for EA’s Battlefield 3.
FEATURE: 'A digital chart is vital'
MCV quizzes UKIE board member and Sega UK MD John Clark on the importance of including digital sales into the weekly charts...
Modern Warfare 3 tops Japanese charts
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has achieved a rare feat for a Western-developed FPS by debuting at the top of the Japanese software charts.
PlayStation Move sales closing on Kinect
Kinect may be a more familiar fixture in the headlines, but a new report suggests that PlayStation Move may be steadily closing the sales gap.
We Sing series hits a million
Nordic Games has confirmed that total lifetime sales to date for its We Sing series have now hit one million units worldwide.
