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Week-on-week PS3 hardware sales went up by 178 per cent following the introduction of two new 60GB and 40GB bundles, Chart Track has told MCV. It was the third biggest PS3 hardware sales week ever – beaten only by the console’s first two weeks on sale back in March this …
Read More »PS3 sales rocket by 178 per cent
Week-on-week PS3 hardware sales went up by 178 per cent following the introduction of two new 60GB and 40GB bundles, Chart Track has told MCV. It was the third biggest PS3 hardware sales week ever – beaten only by the console’s first two weeks on sale back in March this …
Read More »Stringer: PlayStation network to spread beyond consoles
With the likes of PS3 Home and video-on-demand already in the works for Sony’s PlayStation Network, chief executive Howard Stringer says that PlayStation consoles are just the start of Sony’s vision for its platform. We are building a software infrastructure to distribute video and music, more particularly video, through the …
Read More »Stringer: PlayStation network to spread beyond consoles
With the likes of PS3 Home and video-on-demand already in the works for Sony’s PlayStation Network, chief executive Howard Stringer says that PlayStation consoles are just the start of Sony’s vision for its platform. We are building a software infrastructure to distribute video and music, more particularly video, through the …
Read More »Screen Digest: "There’s no stopping Wii"
Despite Nintendo’s admittance that it will not be able to meet the demand for its Wii console this Christmas, and the recent price drops on both Xbox 360 and PS3, analyst Screen Digest has said that there may be no stopping Wii’s rise to market dominance. In material terms this …
Read More »Screen Digest: "There’s no stopping Wii"
Despite Nintendo’s admittance that it will not be able to meet the demand for its Wii console this Christmas, and the recent price drops on both Xbox 360 and PS3, analyst Screen Digest has said that there may be no stopping Wii’s rise to market dominance. In material terms this …
Read More »Kaplan: Gamers were getting bored before Wii
Nintendo of America’s marketing executive Perrin Kaplan has said that consumers were getting bored of what the video games market was offering them until the arrival of the Wii, according to Next-Gen . Kaplan told Advertising Age that: A major insight that Nintendo had early on was that they saw …
Read More »Kaplan: Gamers were getting bored before Wii
Nintendo of America’s marketing executive Perrin Kaplan has said that consumers were getting bored of what the video games market was offering them until the arrival of the Wii, according to Next-Gen . Kaplan told Advertising Age that: A major insight that Nintendo had early on was that they saw …
Read More »Fils-Aime named Marketer of the Year
One of the most recognisable names in the games industry, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, has been named as the Grand Marketer of the Year by trade mag BrandWeek. Since making a splash in the games industry following his infamous kicking ass and taking names” speech at 2004’s E3, …
Read More »Fils-Aime named Marketer of the Year
One of the most recognisable names in the games industry, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, has been named as the Grand Marketer of the Year by trade mag BrandWeek. Since making a splash in the games industry following his infamous kicking ass and taking names” speech at 2004’s E3, …
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