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How would you describe the average British gamer?

Gamers? Ha! A bunch of overweight, spotty boys cooped up in their rooms because they’re too socially awkward to step outside, right? Wrong. So very, very wrong. CVG has word of a new survey from gaming social network Pixwoo that finds that the average British gamer is as follows: They’re …

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Income halved at Konami

Publisher Konami has seen a 48 per cent drop in net income for the nine months ending December 31st. The final figure came in at 8.82bn, down from 17bn the year before. Revenue fell 18 per cent to 160.1bn. The company’s Digital Entertainment division accounted for roughly half of its …

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Capcom profits soar despite Resident Evil 6 "failure"

It’s been a good for the first three quarters of Capcom’s financial year despite what the company itself describes as the failure” of Resident Evil 6. Net sales for the period ending December 31st 2012 soared 44.6 per cent at 72,699m while operating income jumped 45.9 per cent to 9,838m. …

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Increased R&D + Decreased income = New Xbox approaching

The New Xbox feels a lot closer this morning than it did last night. The headline from Microsoft’s Xbox financials was the 94 per cent drop in operating income. But combine that with the massively increased R&D figure, and you have an inescapable conclusion. R&D expenses were up 44 per …

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Square Enix on track for FY2013 sales and income boost

Japanese publisher Square Enix believes it is on track to see an increase in both net sales and net income for the current financial year. That’s despite posting an operating loss of 1,163m for the three months ending June 2012, which is down from the 2,178m profit posted in the …

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Income up + sales up = happy Capcom

Japanese publisher Capcom has posted solid results for the quarter ending June 30th 2012. It reported a 244.4 per cent year-on-year increase in operating income to 2,669m and a 55.8 per cent jump in net sales. Net income for the three months ending June 30th climbed 290.2 per cent to …

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Apple misses analyst forecasts but reports annual growth

A jump in both iPad and iPhone sales has lead to a strong quarter for Apple, although its numbers fell short of analyst’s expectations. Revenue hit $35bn for Q3 2012, up from $28.57bn the year before. Analysts had expected Apple to reach over $37bn. Net income climbed from $7.3bn to …

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Losses narrow as 3DS fights on for Nintendo

Nintendo has reported a 10,331 million operating loss for the quarter ending June 30th 2012. That’s an improvement over the 93,928 million loss reported in the same period the year before. Net losses reached 17,231 million which, again, is an improvement over the 25,516 million net loss a year before. …

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Income soars at Square Enix

Square Enix has reported a 175.2 per cent jump in net income for nine months ending December 31st 2011. Total net income for the period hit 5,013m (41.4m). Operating income was up 24.5 per cent at 11,220m. Net sales fell 2.5 per cent, however, to 95,738m. The publisher now expects …

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Amazon warns of potential loss this quarter

Online retailer Amazon has warned that it may well post a loss for its current financial quarter. This is despite a 35 per cent leap in revenues for the quarter ending December 31st, which hit $17.43bn. Despite this net income, fell 70 per cent from $416m in 2010 to $117m. …

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