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The PC games market has now surpassed the console gaming sector in terms of revenues, an analyst has claimed. DFC Intelligence owner David Cole told PCR: "On a global basis PC games have surpassed console games but the new console systems means consoles should show an increase. "The MOBA games …
Read More »Smartphone shipments grew 43% in 2013
Data from Futuresource Consulting Research has revealed tremendous growth in the smartphone market throughout 2013. The firm says that global smartphone shipments grew 43 per cent last year, hitting 1.02bn units. Tablet shipments, meanwhile, grew 57 per cent to 243m units, with 90m units being shipped in the quarter ending …
Read More »PCs suffered largest ever global sales decline in 2013
Global PC sales fell at their fastest rate ever in 2013. That’s according to Gartner which says that global PC shipments for the period fell ten per cent compared to 2012 to 315.9m units, equalling the sales seen in 2009. For Q4 global PC shipments reached 82.6m units, down 6.9 …
Read More »Global PS4 sales pass 2.1m units
Sony has revealed that PS4 has now sold 2.1m units globally since it first arrived in North America on November 15th. The console sold 1m units in its first 24 hours of availability in the US and last week sold a record-breaking 250k units in its first 24 hours in …
Read More »Now PS3 sales reach 80m units
Sony has revealed that worldwide PS3 sales have, as of November 1st, reached 80m units. Microsoft announced that the Xbox 360 had hit the 80m sales milestone just over two weeks ago. We’ll call that a draw for second place in the current-gen race, shall we? Sony has also revealed …
Read More »Pokemon X & Y sell 4m in opening weekend
Nintendo has revealed some impressive sales numbers for Pokemon X & Y’s opening weekend. The games – the first entries in the Pokemon series on 3DS – sold 4m units between them on Saturday October 12th and Sunday October 13th. And Friday October 11th in the UK. The impressive number …
Read More »Skylanders revenue hits $1.5bn
A day after Disney hailed the success of Disney Infinity, rival Activision has emphasised the on going dominance of its own toy/games crossover brand. The publisher has announced that the Skylanders IP has to date generated over $1.5bn in global revenue and has been the best selling console and handheld …
Read More »Nintendo has sold 654.12 million consoles in the last 30 years
654.12m. That amazingly high figure is the number of consoles that Nintendo has sold in the last 30 years. That number breaks down into two parts, GoNintendo reports. Firstly, Nintendo has sold 268.97m home consoles – that includes sales of the NES (Famicom), SNES (Super Famicom), N64, GameCube, Wii and …
Read More »Average global broadband connection speed hits 3.1Mbps; UK hits 7.9Mbps
The average internet user from anywhere in the world enjoys a connection speed of 3.1Mbps. That’s according to a new report from Akamai entitled The State of the Internet. It’s the first time the global average has surpassed 3Mbps. The global peak speed averages out at 18.4Mbps. The UK misses …
Read More »The quiet success of Ubisoft’s Rocksmith
The music genre is dead, right? Erm, no, perhaps not. Ubisoft has confirmed that music title Rocksmith has sold a very impressive 1.4m units worldwide since its release in October 2011. There have also been 3m track downloads from the game’s digital store. The publisher is also quoting a study …
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