Entries in 'statistics' (13)

Mario Party 9 and Animal Crossing named in Guardian's violent games Axis of Evil

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 ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 1st 2013 at 11:04AM in News
Overall UK games market down 17.4% in 2012

Overall UK games market down 17.4% in 2012

The ERA has said that the UK video games market declined 17.4 per cent to £1.598bn in 2012.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 2nd 2013 at 10:19AM in News
699 games kick started by Kickstarter

699 games kick started by Kickstarter

A total of 699 games projects have been successfully bankrolled by creative funding project Kickstarter.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 22nd 2012 at 12:51PM in News
FEATURE: The rise of social games

FEATURE: The rise of social games

There are more UK consumers playing social games online than ever before, but how are they spending their money? With the help of PopCap Games and other industry experts, MCV ...

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Feb 2nd 2012 at 2:39PM in News

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Web stat unity 'will not be easy'

Web stat unity 'will not be easy'

The UK games media says it must stop confusing advertisers and agree on an industry standard for measuring web traffic.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 25th 2011 at 8:21AM in News
Only 6% of console owners download games

Only 6% of console owners download games

A new report from American stats body NPD has thrown more doubt over the current market importance of digital games retail – specifically in the console market.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 29th 2010 at 9:10AM in News
Zynga's scope, size and power

Zynga's scope, size and power

Speaking at Oracle’s OpenWorld conference today, Zynga's CTO Cadir Lee has revealed a number of stats and details which show what an impressive infrastructure and vast operation it runs.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 24th 2010 at 1:47PM in News
Piracy accounts for dropping DS sales

Piracy accounts for dropping DS sales

Measuring the true scale of the impact of software piracy is a tough task, but Nintendo has said that illicit copying of DS titles is to blame for a near ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 20th 2010 at 11:33AM in News

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US: 52% of PSP owners are female

US: 52% of PSP owners are female

We hear lots about the success Nintendo has enjoyed in the emerging casual games sector, but new statistics about the North American PSP audience suggest that Sony has achieved great ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 6th 2010 at 1:23PM in News
VidZone downloads pass 2m

VidZone downloads pass 2m

Hit music video streaming service VidZone has seen its PS3 client downloaded over 2m times, VidZone Digital Media has confirmed.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 4th 2010 at 11:33AM in News
MW2 most pirated game of ‘09

MW2 most pirated game of ‘09

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the most pirated game of 2009 according to BitTorrent tracking statistics, Gamasutra reports.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 4th 2010 at 11:02AM in News
EEDAR and Nielsen combine to offer invaluable game data

EEDAR and Nielsen combine to offer invaluable game data

Stat tracking specialist Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) has teamed up with Nielsen to provide improved data to its list of clients.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Nov 3rd 2009 at 11:32AM in News

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GfK-ChartTrack: ‘We want digital chart this year’

GfK-ChartTrack: ‘We want digital chart this year’

Sales monitor GfK-ChartTrack has revealed to MCV that it hopes to set up a chart of UK digital downloads by the end of this year.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 20th 2009 at 11:02AM in News