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EA has revealed its financial results for Q4 of fiscal 2012, as well as fiscal 2012 as a whole. EA’s total net revenue hit $1.36bn during Q4, a 24 per cent increase over the $1.09bn reported at the end of this same period in fiscal 2011. Net revenue of packaged …
Read More »UK games retail generated £10.45m last week
The launch of Prototype 2 helped the boxed market rise slightly over the prior week, with overall unit sales up five per cent to 441,401 games sold. It’s Activision’s first No.1 of the year. UK games retail generated 10.45m overall from sales last week – an increase of eight per …
Read More »Friday’s Five-Second Facts
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting. 284mLoss reported at Nintendo for the year ending March 31stRead more 17.3mUncharted games sold worldwide to dateRead more 2.1%Decline in like-for-like store sales at GameStop for its financial year ending January 28th, 2012Read more …
Read More »20 best indie games retailers revealed
MCV has teamed up with distributor Koch Media to kick off Independent Retail Month, starting with a list of 20 of the most successful UK indie games retailers. It may be tougher than ever being an independent retailer but there are still plenty thriving, from bricks and mortar chains to …
Read More »UK games retail generated £9.7m last week
The market fell below the 10m mark for the first time this year during the week ending April 21st. Unit sales dipped 17 per cent to 422,280. This was due to another week with few new releases hitting shelves. In fact, The Witcher 2 was the only new title to …
Read More »Games and consoles TV advertising at five-year low?
This week we review the current state of the games and consoles TV advertising market in 2012 so far, in comparison to the previous five years. The lines represent TV activity, benchmarked against 2008. The bars represent the year-on-year percentage change in activity (2012 vs 2011).The analysis does not make …
Read More »Microsoft confirms E3 2012 press briefing
Microsoft will hold its pre-E3 media conference on June 4th, the platform holder has confirmed. The Monday press briefing will take place at The Galen Center in Los Angeles. Attendees are being asked to arrive by 9am PST (5pm UK time). Sony’s E3 2012 press conference will take place later …
Read More »The changing length of games TV ad campaigns
The average games industry TV campaign has increased over the past five years from 2.58 weeks in 2008 to 2.97 in 2010 and now 3.39 weeks in 2012. The average length of a console ad campaign has grown marginally since 2008, from two to 2.33 weeks. The PS Vita was …
Read More »UK games retail generates £12.3m
Despite a handful of new releases hitting shelves, the UK games retail market only grew by a fraction during the week ending March 31st. Sadly it’s becoming a regular occurrence in the charts, and one that’s been exacerbated this week with hundreds of GAME?and Gamestation stores closing down. Games retail …
Read More »Top Ten games TV campaigns: 2011 vs 2012
Games and consoles TV advertising has experienced a 25 per cent year-on-year decline in activity from the start of 2012 to March 11th. This week we look at how the biggest campaigns of 2012 so far compare to 2011’s. The combined number of TVRs in the Top Ten is currently …
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