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Sony continues to dominate the next-gen hardware market in America, NPD numbers show. PS4 shifted 284,000 units in February – ten per cent ahead of Xbox One’s 258,000 unit sales. Xbox One is tracking 61 per cent ahead of Xbox 360 in comparable launch terms. Speaking of Xbox 360, that …
Read More »Apple shortens iPhone returns policy period
Apple has shortened its return policy for the iPhone from 30 to just 14 days. The new time frame now matches Apple’s other product return policies for its Mac, iPod and iPad ranges. The 14 day return policy also now matches most wireless carriers, meaning consumers lose that particular benefit …
Read More »New Nvidia GeForce bundles offer free Daylight or F2P currency
There’s a host of new gaming bundles available to customers who splash out on Nvidia’s top hardware. The GPU maker has detailed two new bundles for its GTX GeForce graphics cards and GTX-powered notebooks, which includes a digital code for Daylight or 90 of in-game currency for Heroes of Newerth, …
Read More »PS4 and PS3 Watch Dogs hardware bundles confirmed
Sony and Ubisoft have confirmed both PS4 and PS3 hardware bundles to accompany the launch of Watch Dogs on May 27th in the UK. Both will include the 60 minutes of additional content for the game that is available only on PlayStation. Over the last few months, our development team …
Read More »Japanese hardware market up 179.1% as PS4 arrives
The games console hardware market enjoyed a sharp year-on-year increase in Japan thanks to the launch of PS4, Famitsu has revealed. Data supplied to MCV shows that for February hardware sales were up 179.1 per cent year-on-year at 189.5m (1.11m). The software market climbed 113.8 per cent to 192.5m (1.12m). …
Read More »Iwata reaffirms Nintendo’s commitment to dedicated hardware
Dedicated video games hardware will remain Nintendo’s core focus, the company has pledged. We believe that we can capitalize the most on our strengths through a hardware-software integrated platform business, and therefore this type of dedicated video game platforms will remain our core focus,” president Satoru Iwata said in a …
Read More »Sony reveals Lego The Hobbit PS3 bundle for North America
A new PlayStation 3 bundle featuring Lego The Hobbit is heading stateside this spring, Sony has announced. Detailed on the US PlayStation Blog, the bundle will pack a 500 GB PS3 and a copy of the upcoming Lego title covering Peter Jackson’s first two films in The Hobbit trilogy for …
Read More »Free supply of PS4 expected by April
PS4 will remain in short supply until around April, predicts Sony. The new console has been a huge success for the platform holder. According to UK retailers, PS4 is the best-selling games machine this year so far, and since January has sold around double the number of units of its …
Read More »Sony reveals Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes PS4 hardware bundle
The Japanese arm of Sony has confirmed a Metal Gear themed PS4 console. As pictured on the Sony Japan website, the ‘Fox Edition’ PS4 includes a 500GB console complete with a gold Fox emblem as well as a DualShock 4 controller and a physical copy of Metal Gear Solid V: …
Read More »January PS4 sales nearly double Xbox One in US
Sony has taken an impressive lead over the Xbox One across the pond. Figures from NPD reveal the PS4 leads hardware sales in the US – a feat Sony says it has achieved despite "severely constrained" stock of the console. Despite trailing to its rival, the Xbox One is still …
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