Tag Archives: physical retail

Sales of boxed PC games in the UK fell by more than 36 per cent, to just over 1m games sold, in 2015. The latest statistics from GfK Entertainment show that a total of just 21.3m was spent on physical PC games last year in Britain – a drop of …

The narrative goes that boxed games retail is dying as the digital market thrives. The digital sector has, in many ways, lowered the barrier to entry in the games market and been one of the main factors in the booming indie movement. Oh course, the physical games market is still …

Sales of physical games in the UK generated just 22.5m last month, the lowest figure for an August since the mid-1990s. It is the 14th worst month in UK games industry history – 12 of which took place during 1996 and 1997. The only month in recent memory to reach …

Publisher Majesco has decided to exit physical retail and instead is focusing its efforts on the digital download market. That’s according to a public letter to shareholders from CEO and co-founder Jesse Sutton. In its efforts to focus on the digital market, the firm has also dramatically reduced its headcount. …

Warner Bros has confirmed that the PC version of the upcoming Batman: Arkham Knight will not be released in a box in the UK. This follows reports earlier in the week from retailer ShopTo that the latest entry in Rocksteady’s Batman Arkham series would be a digital-only release for PC …

After years of decline, the number of physical shops selling games increased in 2014. 5,665 stores sold video game products last year, according to the Entertainment Retailer’s Association’s Yearbook. That’s an increase of 1.3 per cent year-on-year. And that number does not include every indie retailer, either. The surprise growth …

EA is getting ready to unleash the latest version of The Sims into retail. And if you have seen the boxed PC games charts at any point in the last five years, you will have likely noticed how The Sims 3 and the huge number of expansion packs launched in …