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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.
Japanese market declines 9% in 2010
Andriasang has got hold of Enterbrain's annual Japanese video games market report, and it reveals another year of decline in the region.
Games and video - the markets compared
The UK movie market remained static in 2010 with an annual value of £2.6bn, according to a new report by the BVA.
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UK 2010 games market hits £2.875bn
Official figures from UKIE show that in 2010 the UK video games market was worth a total of £2.88bn.
Games market down as sector fragments
Retail will not match 2009’s sales figures, despite a Q4 sales surge.
Music genre plummets by 75% in two years
The value of the console music genre has decreased by a massive 75 per cent in the last two years, according to a new study.
Budget boosted by supermarket growth
The budget games sector has seen its sales soar at key UK supermarkets.
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How much did GameStop pay for Kongregate?
Though the price GameStop paid for casual games portal giant Kongregate wasn’t divulged as part of the surprise announcement of the acquisition earlier today, one analyst has had a ...
Social games market to hit $1.5bn in 2014
The total value of the social network games market will reach $1.5bn by 2014, according to a new report from Screen Digest.
Rockstar triggers market Redemption
Following five months of decline, the UK games market has finally posted a year-on-year increase.
THQ questions TV marketing
Danny Bilson, the VP of core games at publisher THQ, has questioned whether the huge costs of TV marketing can still be justified in the increasingly multimedia dominated world of ...
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US: Pre-owned, digital grabs 1/3 of market
New research from US stats body The NPD Group claims that in 2009 US consumers spent a total of $4.5-4.75bn on pre-owned games, game rentals, subscriptions, digitally downloaded games, DLC ...
Handheld piracy worth £29bn
£28,772,303,165.695 – that’s the amount that a recent study by Japanese trade body The Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association reckons piracy has cost the global handheld video games industry.
Andriasang reports ...
Apple overtakes Microsoft in tech race
Today marked a significant moment in the evolution of the consumer technology industry, as Apple overtook Microsoft as the world's largest tech company.
Apple nears Microsoft’s market value
Many figures in the global stock market last night became incredibly excited after it was reported that Apple had for the first time overtaken Microsoft in a leading market ranking ...
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JAPAN: Market drops year-on-year
Early numbers from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain claim that the Japanese market suffered a slight annual decline for the fiscal year ending March 31st.
MW2 DLC is ‘worth the investment’
Coming in at the higher end of Xbox Live’s pricing range, the 1200 Microsoft Points – or just over £10 – that Activision is asking for the upcoming Call of ...
UK games market holds steady in Feb
The value of the UK games software market in February fell two per cent year-on-year, according to ELSPA/GfK Chart-Track.
Value of public betas questioned
The development sector’s growing reliance on public betas has made a significant – and often troublesome – impact on the development process, according to a panel of industry experts.
Newell: DRM damages value of games
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has made known his objections to digital rights management in games, claiming that copy-protection systems diminish the value of a product.
Games software worth $64.9bn by 2013
The total value of the global video games software market will reach $64.9bn by 2013 – a jump of approximately 28 per cent on its current value – according to ...
NPD: 2009 market falls 8%
The North American video game market was worth $20.2bn in 2009 – an eight per cent decline compared to 2008’s $21.4bn.
Modern Warfare 2 sales hit $1bn
Publisher Activision has confirmed that total sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have just passed $1bn worldwide, according to the firm’s own internal estimates.
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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