Entries in 'value' (97)
MW2 sales pass $550m worldwide
It just can’t stop breaking records! Publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold-through a staggering $550m in its first five days on sale.
£1.8bn second-hand games in UK
Britons are sitting on a £1.8 billion-worth of unused computer games – the equivalent of one game per person in the UK.
UK games market sees value soar
The UK video games market’s weekly sales shot up 54 per cent to £27.8m last week – its highest weekly figure since Easter.
JAPAN: Market 10% down in 2009H1
The ongoing decline in the Japanese video game market has so far continued in 2009, with Famitsu reporting that the sector showed a 10.5 per cent decline year-on-year for the ...
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UK market down ahead of Q4 rush
The UK software market fell once again, despite the release of Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band.
Slight dip for UK software market
The UK software market has dipped just slightly in terms of software this week.
Tesco wants VAT increase delay
Supermarket giant Tesco has called on the Government to delay a rise in VAT scheduled for January 1st, according to this report on the Daily Telegraph.
NPD: Microsoft dubs Live ‘untold phenomenon’
An unsurprisingly upbeat Microsoft has heaped praise on the continuing success of Xbox Live in its response to the June NPD figures and the news that Xbox 360 was the ...
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PC downloads worth $1bn in 2009
The value of the PC digital distribution will comfortably sail past the $1bn barrier this year.
id acquisition worth $105m+
Maryland-based media empire Zenimax media had raised $105 million in debt financing to facilitate the acquisition of landmark Texan developer id.
Gaming market to reach $91 billion by 2015
Global Industry Analysts expects the global gaming market will be worth $91 billion by 2015.
41% of all PC software is pirated
A new study has claimed that a remarkable 41 per cent of all software installations on PC last year were based on illegally pirated copies – a figure which amounts ...
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AUSTRALIA: Market jumps 47.8% in 2008
New data from market research body OzToys has claimed that the Australian video games market grew by an impressive 47.8 per cent year-on-year in 2008, hitting a total value of ...
MMO subscriptions grow by 22% in 2008
Whilst the publishing world may be vocal in its increasing interest in free-to-play online game models, a new report by Screen Digest shows that the subscription based MMO market grew ...
Annual PC market worth $11bn
Whilst the fragmentation of the PC market across traditional retail and online has made the entire segment hard to track, and even created the (debatable) belief that the sector is ...
Casual sector to top $1bn by 2013
Research and analysis firm Parks Associates has predicted that the annual market value of the “premium casual games business” will exceed $1bn by the year 2013.
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NPD: January market sees 13% growth
The latest results from stats firm NPD show that the North American video game market grew 13 per cent in January compared to the same month the year before to ...
Games overtake films in global entertainment market
Statistics from market research company Media Control Gfk International suggest that gaming has overtaken DVD and Blu-ray in terms of worldwide market value, Edge Online reports.
AUSTRALIA: Market jumps by 47 per cent
Australia has become the latest nation to following the footsteps of the UK, USA and Canada (though sadly not Japan) by reporting impressive rises in the value of ...
JAPAN: Year-on-year market decline predicted
Ahead of the release of its official figures next week, Famitsu publisher Enterbrain is predicting a significant decline in the value of the Japanese video games market in 2008.
NPD: November games market defies credit crunch
The games industry’s recession-proof credentials have been given another shot in the arm with the news that NPD stats show the North American games market hit $2.91 billion in November ...
GameStop: Pre-owned games are vital to new game sales
The CEO of leading North American and global games retailer GameStop has insisted that the pre-owned sector is a vital element in the market for new games, and that moves ...
