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Kinect sales reach 10m

Kinect sales reach 10m

Microsoft has celebrated Kinect’s first birthday this week by announcing lifetime sales of 10m units for the device.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 31st 2011 at 10:38AM in News
EA has shipped 10m Battlefield 3 units in one week

EA has shipped 10m Battlefield 3 units in one week

Over 10m units of DICE-developed military shooter Battlefield 3 have now been shipped worldwide, EA has announced.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 28th 2011 at 8:32AM in News
Losses grow but EA sales beat expectations

Losses grow but EA sales beat expectations

Publisher EA has published higher than anticipated sales numbers for its financial Q2 ending September 30th 2012.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 28th 2011 at 8:14AM in News
EA: FIFA 12 has outsold PES 2012 by 25-to-1

EA: FIFA 12 has outsold PES 2012 by 25-to-1

Though MCV is not able to verify the official numbers, EA’s VP and GM of Northern Europe Keith Ramsdale has claimed a significant sales triumph in the football games war.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 20th 2011 at 12:51PM in News

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Future mag sales soar 750% thanks to Apple Newsstand

Future mag sales soar 750% thanks to Apple Newsstand

Sales of Future’s UK magazine portfolio have increased by a staggering 750 per cent since the release of Newsstand as part of Apple’s iOS5 last week.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 18th 2011 at 12:25PM in News
Three days and 4m sales for iPhone 4S

Three days and 4m sales for iPhone 4S

Apple has announced that it sold in excess of 4m iPhone 4S handsets in the device’s first three days of availability.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 17th 2011 at 2:14PM in News
US games market down again

US games market down again

The US video games market suffered yet another month of decline in September, according to the latest data from NPD.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 14th 2011 at 3:25PM in News
Software Sales Monitor: Market falls to £26.3m

Software Sales Monitor: Market falls to £26.3m

It’s the post-FIFA blues this week, with unit sales falling 43 per cent to 887,494 and the market value plunging further, down 51 per cent to £26.3m week-on-week.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Oct 13th 2011 at 11:15AM in News

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iPhone 4S tops 3m pre-orders

iPhone 4S tops 3m pre-orders

Around 3m customers have pre-ordered the upcoming Apple iPhone 4S in less than one week. 

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Oct 12th 2011 at 10:44AM in News
Software Sales Monitor: Market soars to £53.8m

Software Sales Monitor: Market soars to £53.8m

The market value leaped 94 per cent week-on-week to £53.8m following FIFA 12's release – the biggest week for games retail so far this year.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Oct 7th 2011 at 9:51AM in News
OPINION: The FIFA success story

OPINION: The FIFA success story

The triumph of FIFA 12 tells us a number of things about how the games market has changed in 2011.

Michael French
by Michael French
on Oct 7th 2011 at 8:19AM in News
Retailers cash in on £120m audio craze

Retailers cash in on £120m audio craze

The High Street could make in excess of £120m this year from the booming online game headset market.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Oct 7th 2011 at 8:15AM in News

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EA top of the league with 1m FIFA sales

EA top of the league with 1m FIFA sales

Electronic Arts has netted 1m UK sales of FIFA in record time.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Oct 7th 2011 at 8:10AM in News
New, boxed games lose out in US market

New, boxed games lose out in US market

NPD’s Games Industry: Total Consumer Spend report has claimed new, boxed game sales in the US accounted for the minority of the market in Q2 2011.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 5th 2011 at 2:45PM in News
Resident Evil Revelations out January 27th

Resident Evil Revelations out January 27th

Capcom’s 3DS survival horror shooter Resident Evil Revelations will hit UK shelves in January next year.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Oct 5th 2011 at 10:41AM in News
1 week, 3.2m sales - FIFA 12 is a hit

1 week, 3.2m sales - FIFA 12 is a hit

FIFA 12 was released just last week (September 30th) and already the game has achieved total worldwide sales of 3.2m units, according to internal EA estimates.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 5th 2011 at 8:09AM in News

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Capcom Europe gets new sales director

Capcom Europe gets new sales director

The European arm of Street Fighter and Resident Evil publisher Capcom has announced the appointment of a new sales director for EMEA territories.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 4th 2011 at 9:48AM in News
Dark Souls debuts at No.1 in Japan

Dark Souls debuts at No.1 in Japan

Ahead of its release in the UK this Friday (October 7th) Namco Bandai’s famously hard RPG Dark Souls has debuted at No.1 in the weekly Japanese software charts.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 3rd 2011 at 1:14PM in News
UK CHARTS: FIFA 12 smashes FIFA 11 records

UK CHARTS: FIFA 12 smashes FIFA 11 records

EA’s FIFA 12 has shot to the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week in an impressive way.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 3rd 2011 at 10:02AM in News
eBay profits from iPhone 4 sell-off

eBay profits from iPhone 4 sell-off

Auction site eBay looks set to benefit from a surge of sales of second hand Apple iPhone 4s as Apple fans look to sell off their old model ahead of ...

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Oct 3rd 2011 at 8:25AM in News
UK Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps to £27.7m

UK Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps to £27.7m

The UK games retail market generated £27.7m last week, a 136 per cent rise week-on-week and the second highest number this year.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Sep 30th 2011 at 11:54AM in News
Gears of War 3 sells 3m copies in week one

Gears of War 3 sells 3m copies in week one

Microsoft has confirmed that Gears of War 3 sold 3m units in its first week on the market.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 29th 2011 at 2:26PM in News
Digital sales rocket at GAME

Digital sales rocket at GAME

We’ve all raised our eyebrows at some of GAME’s digital initiatives, but the retailer has been proved very much correct with sales of digital products up over 40 per cent ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 27th 2011 at 8:35AM in News
Samsung Galaxy S II notches 10m sales

Samsung Galaxy S II notches 10m sales

Samsung announced that the Korean electronics giant has sold over ten million Galaxy S II smartphones with five million in just eight weeks.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Sep 26th 2011 at 10:23AM in News
UK CHARTS: Gears of War 3 shoots to the top

UK CHARTS: Gears of War 3 shoots to the top

Gears of War 3 is the new UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1 on its first week of release.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 26th 2011 at 9:22AM in News