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Wii platform holder Nintendo has told MCV that it is powerless to up the street price of the Nintendo Wii – adding to the concerns of many of the nation’s indies. MCV today exclusively revealed that Nintendo is to up the trade price of the Nintendo Wii by around 19, …
Read More »DS Lite trade price safe for now
Following the news that Nintendo is to up the trade price retailers pay for the Wii – leading to fears that the machine’s price on the High Street could increase – Nintendo has told MCV that it has no immediate plans to up the trade price of the DS Lite. …
Read More »Wii price set to rise in the UK
Nintendo has confirmed to MCV that it is to increase the trade price of its Wii console for UK retailers, a move that could lead to the console’s price rising on the UK High Street. However, retail will decide whether the machine’s current 179.99 price point sticks, or whether consumers …
Read More »Government urged to delay VAT increase
Ahead of the proposed reimplementation of the 17.5 per cent VAT rate on December 31st, The British Retail Consortium has urged Government to postpone the change, Retail Week reports. VAT was dropped from 17.5 per cent to 15 per cent last year as part of the Government’s plan to avoid …
Read More »Konami enjoys strong 2008
Net income for the nine months ending December 31st 2008 reached YEN 17,826, a 17 per cent increase on the same period the year before. Operating income for the period hit YEN 34,703m, up from the YEN 27,610m seen in the same period the year before. Net revenue climbed from …
Read More »Guitar Hero III sales pass $1bn
Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith has claimed that 2007’s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has now surpassed a sales value of $1bn – a milestone the exec claims has never before been achieved by a single title, Edge Online reports. Click here to read the full story.
Read More »GameStop celebrates record festive sales
North American and global games retailer GameStop has posted some strong numbers for its festive sales period, showing that the company enjoyed its best ever performance for the nine weeks ending January 3rd. Sales for the firm totalled $2,856m, up 22.3 per cent from the $2,335m seen in the same …
Read More »Like-for-like sales up at GAME
The UK’s leading games retailer GAME has revealed that its total group sales for the 44 weeks up to November 29th are up 27.4 per cent compared to same period in 2007, with like-for-like sales increasing by 11.2 per cent. For the UK and Ireland total sales climbed 25.1 per …
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