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Former EA boss John Riccitiello believes that PS4 and the new Xbox will both be commercial successes. I can’t keep track of the number of people who have told me they don’t believe the new consoles, long rumoured to be coming from both Microsoft and Sony this fall, will succeed,” …
Read More »Sony: Don’t mistake Vita caution for lack of optimism
Is it an outrageous statement to say that vast swathes of the games industry have already written Vita off? After a terrible start Vita sales have stabilised and it has certainly grown into a great platform with an increasingly impressive range of software. But can it ever hope to be …
Read More »Sony’s PS4 announcement – what and what not to expect
It’s nearly here. After years of speculation and weeks of rumour, tomorrow night we will finally get our first look at Sony’s next console. But what exactly will Sony be telling us tomorrow night? Bear in mind that a PS4 launch could well be as much as nine or ten …
Read More »2013: What industry leaders want to see
MCVasks UK games industry experts about why 2013 will be much, much better than 2012. Christoph HartmannPresident, 2K2013 is set to be an exciting one for me personally, and for 2K. We kick off the year with the release of the eagerly anticipated BioShock Infinite in March. We can also …
Read More »Analyst believes Xbox 360 was the big Black Friday winner in the US
Analyst Doug Creutz believes Xbox 360 was the star performer in the US video games market in November. He reckons Microsoft’s machine shifted 1.35m units throughout the month, which of course included America’s crucial Black Friday shopping holiday. While strong, that would mean sales were down 20 per cent year-on-year. …
Read More »UPDATE: Dark times ahead for THQ as stock drops 40%
Things could go from bad to worse for THQ, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. Last night the publisher delayed three key releases and scrapped its financial forecasts. Should its financial position continue to deteriorate, we expect THQ to raise financing through an equity sale that could lead to …
Read More »Analyst believes Darksiders II is struggling to break even
Darksiders II has fallen short of THQ’s sales estimates, analyst Michael Pachter has stated. The game sold around 250,000 units in its debut month in the US but has since struggled. Pachter believes that while total sales are probably in excess of 1m units, the game has fallen short of …
Read More »GameStop expects only one new console launch in 2013
The boss of global games retailer GameStop doesn’t believe that both the Xbox 720 and PS4 will launch in 2013. "The Wii U, we expect it at holiday," CEO Paul Raines told Polygon. "This week, I’m getting a lot of rumours that are very interesting about 2013. We have not …
Read More »EA is well positioned for next-gen success, analysts believe
The management team at EA has convinced analysts that the publisher is well positioned to thrive in the next-gen games market. That isn’t enough to prevent the current financial year being a challenging one, Baird Equity Research’s Colin Sebastian warns, but it bodes well for life beyond the current generation …
Read More »Microsoft "has a strategy to take over the world"
Xbox 720 will be more than just a games console – Microsoft wants it to replace all of the boxes currently sitting under your television. That’s the prediction of Michael Pachter who yesterday told an audience at the Develop Conference that Microsoft has a strategy to take over the world”, …
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