Entries in 'value' (97)
Software Sales Monitor: Market makes £60.9m
The UK games market fell by 50 per cent week-on-week. But that’s not bad news – it still generated £60.9m compared to last week’s record high of £120.8m.
Software Sales Monitor: Market dips 19%
The boxed games market value fell to £31.7m this week down from last week’s £39.1m – a change of 18.9 per cent.
Sledgehammer: Modern Warfare 3 not aiming to shock
Despite claims to the contrary, the developers of Call of Duty say that they do not see the use of shocking content as a marketing tool for their games.
Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps 36%
It was a big week for the UK games market, with the total value up by 36 per cent to £39.1m, and unit sales up by 31 per cent to ...
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Core games star in strong September
A big month for core gaming helped UK games retailers take £125.6m during September.
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.
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.
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.
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Games market steps up a Gear
Christmas came early for UK retail last week: physical game sales rose to its highest point since the first week of the year.
UK Software Sales Monitor: Market falls to £11.7m
A lack of major product saw the UK games market drop significantly to £11.73m this week – a fall of 34 per cent.
UK Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps to £17.6m
The weekly games software market value hit £17.6m this week – up 28 per cent over the £13.7m generated last week.
Experts says digital will pass discs in two years
Sales of online games are expected to pass physical retail from 2013, an analyst at DFC Intelligence has claimed.
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UK Software Sales Monitor: Market falls to £9.03m
As if last year’s ten-year low wasn’t bad enough, this week the market value fell even further.
Ten-year low for UK games retail
Looters kicked the UK games retail market while it was down last week, as the sector posted its worst results in ten years.
UK software sales monitor: Market makes £11.5m
The weekly entertainment UK software value rose to £11.5m, up slightly from the £11.2m generated from game sales last week.
UK games market tumbles to new low
Another month, another bleak story about the state of the UK games retail market.
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GAME shares hit 8 year low
Having effectively issued a profit warning yesterday morning, shares in Europe's largest video games retailer GAME have dropped to their lowest point in over eight years.
Take-Two shares fall
Shares in publisher Take-Two have fallen by four per cent meaning that since mid May the company has lost over 15 per cent of its overall value.
LA Noire pumps £10m into retail
Rockstar has done it again, with new IP L.A. Noire providing a major boost to UK games retail.
300,000 PS3s stuck in Holland
The ongoing patent disagreement between PS3 platform holder Sony and Korean electricals manufacturer LG has hit the courts today, revealing the true extent of the debate.
Was 2010 gaming's record year?
The need for a sales chart that integrates both physical and digital sales has never been greater.
PC games market reaches record high
The global PC games market has shown growth in through 2010 to reach a record $16.2bn in value, according to PC Gaming Alliance's third annual Horizons research report.
NPD: US market down 5.7% in 2010
The latest numbers from US games tracker NPD have shown that the US video games market declined 5.7 per cent year-on-year in 2010.
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.
