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Customers with defective iOS handsets are to be given the option of trading them toward a newer model, it has been claimed. 9to5Mac reports that Apple will next week begin allowing those whose iPhones have damaged screens, cameras and buttons to hand them over for credit toward the purchase of …
Read More »Opinion: PC game makers should relish High Street interest
‘UK games stores made a major mistake ditching PC games.’ I’ve heard that said a few times, typically by smart PC developers who have made their fortune selling fun, affordable indie games on Steam. The numbers back up their assertion. Depending on which data supplier you believe, between 550m and …
Read More »Sony drops pricing info from its PlayStation Blog updates
Readers of the PlayStation Blog are used to posts highlighting new deals and quoting prices in pounds and euros. That, however, is now a thing of the past. From now on gamers will have to actually click through to Sony’s online store to discover the price of a game. That’s …
Read More »Games High Street decline faring better than wider physical entertainment market
Kantar’s latest Entertainment Barometer report paints a picture of decline for physical games retail – although it’s faring better than the wider entertainment market. The analyst says that sales of physical games fell 3.5 per cent year-on-year for the 12 weeks ending December 20th. However, that compares favourably with the …
Read More »Retail dismayed by £500 Oculus Rift
The Oculus Rift is too expensive and lacking in must-have games, UK stores have warned. But VR is an exciting new area for the global games market and, in time, Oculus Rift could still emerge as the market leader. MCV contacted leading games stores following the news that the first …
Read More »GameStop reports Christmas growth
Global video games retailer GameStop has said that like-for-like store sales for the nine weeks ending January 2nd were up 4.4 per cent. That represents 4.9 per cent growth in the US and 3.9 per cent internationally. Total global sales grew 1.8 per cent to $2.99bn, up from last year’s …
Read More »Two hours and counting: How to keep gamers playing (and paying) beyond Steam’s refund barrier
Six months after Steam launched its divisive refund programme, Slitherine’s Olivier Georges examines how developers can overcome the platform’s ‘two-hour frontier’
Read More »Amazon rolls out Prime Now to new cities
Retailer Amazon has introduced its one-hour delivery service to three new cities. Having previously hit London, now shoppers in Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle can pay for delivery of a selection of items within one hour. There is also a free two-hour delivery service for qualifying members. Amazon adds that one …
Read More »GAME’s share price crashes after troubled trading update
Over a third of the value of retailer GAME has been wiped this morning after it revealed the extent of its trading struggles. At the time of writing GAME’s stock value is down 39.25 per cent this morning, representing a loss of 80.75p per share. GAME shares currently trade at …
Read More »GAME revenues dip sharply in Xmas run-in, warns of ‘challenging’ trading conditions
Retailer GAME needs a big couple of days before Christmas to help reverse what has been a poor pre-Christmas spell for the company. It has reported a 6.7 per cent decline in gross transactional value to 466.8m across the group for the 21 weeks ending December 19th. UK gross transactional …
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