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Screen Digest says consumers are confused at the number of options available on the market

Nintendo’s ‘obsolete’ machine sold 420,000 units in 2008 in developing markets

Though overall sales of the PlayStation brand fell 18 per cent in year ending March 31st

8.5 per cent profit increase year-on-year though quarterly performance takes a hit

Record-breaking numbers for year ending February 28th are ten per cent up on the previous year

41 per cent of all festive spend on 9-14 year olds went toward games and consumer electronics

Sales at technology depertment drop 13.9 per cent year-on-year

Whilst units sales see a 43.1 per cent year-on-year hike in strong 2008 Down Under

Eight years of continued growth as 2008 like-for-like sales climb 12.3 per cent

Screen Digest report says European and North American spend totalled $1.4bn last year

But Apple's iPhone software has seen huge gains year-on-year

Though like-for-like sales down 4.8 per cent compared to 2007

UK readership climbs one million to hit 4.5m in 2008

Lagging performance of PC title Age of Conan leads to departure of Olav Sandnes

Last year sees like-for-like sales jump 12.3 per cent on 2007 as retailer plans on opening 400 new stores this year

Rising dollar fails to prevent price war in fourth quarter and leads to a boost demand

But a strong Q4 leads to promising outlook for 2009; Guild Wars 2 delayed until 2010/2011

Net income and revenue both on the up after strong sales of Metal Gear Solid and PES 2009

1,100 staff now set to lose their positions; 12 ‘facilities’ to be closed