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THQ focuses on core market in 2010
3rd November 2009, 2:49pm

News: THQ focuses on core market in 2010

Publisher signs new shooter Metro 2033 for release next year; Key Q1 games include Darksiders and ATV

DS and PSP have 'peaked'
23rd October 2009, 10:26am

News: DS and PSP have 'peaked'

DFC Intelligence claims that iPhone and iPod Touch will drive future handheld growth

ANALYSIS: Q3 market data
15th October 2009, 12:00pm

News: ANALYSIS: Q3 market data

EA and Nintendo dominate but does overall market decline mean we can expect a dip in Q4?

JAPAN: Market 10% down in 2009H1
1st October 2009, 2:45pm

News: JAPAN: Market 10% down in 2009H1

Nintendo DS remains the strongest selling machine; Dragon Quest IX tops the hardware charts

360 and PS3
28th September 2009, 12:06pm

News: 360 and PS3 "not mass-market"

Game creators need the ‘core-market’ consoles to hit ‘PS2 sales’, says Miles Jacobson

UK market down ahead of Q4 rush
18th September 2009, 11:44am

News: UK market down ahead of Q4 rush

Video games sector worth £17.6m for week ending September 11th

Slight dip for UK software market
11th September 2009, 3:57pm

News: Slight dip for UK software market

Sector worth £17.8m for the week ending September 4th

Good times are ahead
25th August 2009, 2:14pm

Features: Good times are ahead

All three segments of the video game category have in each of the past four months shown declines versus the same period last year. Does this mean that its ascent has come to an end and that we are now looking at continuous declines in the future? Hardly!

Nintendo topples Mattel in toy market
21st August 2009, 12:16pm

News: Nintendo topples Mattel in toy market

Wii and DS platform holder is now the leading force in the worldwide toy and games market

New PS3 to bring “substantial market increase”
19th August 2009, 1:35pm

News: New PS3 to bring “substantial market increase”

GAMESCOM’09: SCEA hardware boss predicts big things from newly designed console

NPD: July games market down 29%
14th August 2009, 9:29am

News: NPD: July games market down 29%

North America continues to struggle as hardware sales plummet year-on-year

CHIPS opens new outlet
29th July 2009, 2:07pm

News: CHIPS opens new outlet

Brand new store opened in Market Harborough, Leicestershire

Ubisoft reports 67% YoY drop in DS sales
28th July 2009, 5:55pm

News: Ubisoft reports 67% YoY drop in DS sales

French publisher's Q1 fiscal results suggest Nintendo handheld market is suffering

Nintendo: Market could grow by 50%
22nd July 2009, 12:33pm

News: Nintendo: Market could grow by 50%

Platform holder predicts that “the right game” could produce a further 150m console gamers

NPD: Has digital stolen retail’s missing sales?
17th July 2009, 10:55am

News: NPD: Has digital stolen retail’s missing sales?

Sharp rise in download code sales and popularity of free-to-play online titles making its mark on traditional retail

NPD: Prototype keeps Nintendo from the top
17th July 2009, 10:04am

News: NPD: Prototype keeps Nintendo from the top

Activision Blizzard’s sandbox superhero outing emerges as the June victor in software market

NPD: DS dominates hardware market
17th July 2009, 9:48am

News: NPD: DS dominates hardware market

But Xbox 360 is the only home console to manage year-on-year unit sales gains

NPD: US market suffers further decline
17th July 2009, 9:36am

News: NPD: US market suffers further decline

Xbox 360 is only climber as June’s figures show 31 per cent year-on-year decrease – the worst since September 2000

10th July 2009, 11:51am

Blog: Mass Market Effect

Our cover this week offers yet more fascinating evidence of the increasingly wide acceptance that games are enjoying from ‘the
world outside’. One small chain is looking to become a ‘super indie’, while a DIY retail giant wants to try both development and publishing. Good luck to both of ‘em. As ELSPA said in its announcement of the half-year charts this week, everyone’s interested in being a gamer these days.

Pachter: PS3 will trump 360 by 2015
30th June 2009, 12:27pm

News: Pachter: PS3 will trump 360 by 2015

Though outspoken analyst adds that all three platform holders are “winners” this generation

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