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Two of the UK’s leading retailers have confirmed that Nintendo’s 3DS is their facets selling video games console ever. "The 3DS has been huge for us," an ASDA spokesperson told Eurogamer. "In fact, it was our biggest ever format launch, driven by really strong online sales and our a fantastically-priced …

Asda will open 168 new shops this year, but the majority of them won’t stock video games. That’s because 147 of these shops are former Netto stores – outlets considerably smaller (about 8,000 sq ft) than your typical Asda supermarket (roughly 38,000 sq ft). However, the grocer told MCV it …

Supermarket giant Asda will open 168 stores this year. It marks the largest year of store-growth for the firm in the company’s history. Most of those shops will be converted Netto stores – 147 to be precise. The first Netto stores, which are much smaller than traditional Asda’s traditional out-of-town …

Sanjib Dosanjh is Asda’s new category director for music, video and games. He takes the role from Fergal Gara. Gara has now moved into the new role of development director for home and leisure, with a brief to develop the grocer’s non-food business across Asda’s entire portfolio. This includes Asda …

The huge growth in the second-hand market has seen a surge in sales for disc repair specialists. Total Disc Repair, whose machines are used by Asda among others, claims there are almost 5,000 of its devices on the market. The spike in demand follows the need to clean recently traded-in …

No doubt many readers will already have their hands on that long-awaited copy of Gran Turismo 5, which launches in the UK today. But for those who haven’t, new High Street deals on the game are still emerging. Supermarlet Asda has confirmed that it will sell the game for jusy …

Retail’s defence of pre-owned is a simple one. Consumers trade in their games so they can buy new ones. It helps inflate sales of newly released titles, and the specialist retailers all have stats to back up this claim, too. But unfortunately that argument has broken down now the likes …

Andrew Thompson, the head of games at supermarket Asda, has told MCV that increasing competition in the games sector forced it to adopt a pre-owned games strategy. Tesco, Argos and Best Buy all let customers trade in against anything in store. And he adds that publisher’s do understand the retailer’s …

UPDATE: Asda has confirmed that it will have free stock of both the solus Kinect SKU and the Kinect hardware bundle for the launch of Microsoft’s motion device tomorrow. "After working hard with Microsoft to ensure day one availability we have reached a position where we will have stock for …

Watch out Play and Amazon – Asda wants a slice of your market share. The retail giant told MCV that improving its online offer is key to its plans for 2011. This ties in with Asda’s bid to grow its games market share, which the firm says is already in …