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Kickstarter games revenue has rebounded from its crash in 2014, according to a new report – though that hasn’t equated to more developers seeing success on the crowdfunding platform. A recent analysis by consultant Thomas Bidaux posted on Games Industry finds projects under Kickstarter’s games category brought in $41.6m thus …
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Big hitters seeing revenue dive weeks after launch
Read More »Take-Two nets $365m during fiscal Q2
Take-Two has beaten its quarterly revenue expectations by almost $50m, as revealed during its latest financials. The 2K and Rockstar parent was previously predicted to generate $318.3 million in revenue during its fiscal Q2, but well surpassed that sum to bring in $364.9 million – a 169 per cent annual …
Read More »Halo 5 made more money in first 24 hours than Spectre
007 may have a licence to kill, but it was Master Chief that emerged triumphant in last week’s battle of the brands. Halo 5: Guardians generated 7.7m during its first 24 hours on sale, Xbox has announced, beating the Box Office opening for the new James Bond movie Spectre. The …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V ships 5m units
Konami revenue is unsurprisingly up year-on-year thanks to the launch of Metal Gear Solid V. The company says it has since September shipped 5m copies of The Phantom Pain, including downloads. It did not specify how much is being made by the game’s premium multiplayer DLC, nor if the game …
Read More »Apple makes $11bn profit in Q3, but stays quiet on Apple Watch sales
Consumers might be buying fewer iPads, but Apple’s unlikely to run out of money anytime soon. The tech titan has released its financials for its Q3 period, revealing that it generated nearly $11 billion in profit over the last three months. This is a good third higher than the same …
Read More »GameStop sees rise in revenue for past quarter
GameStop has reported better-than-expected quarterly results for the period concluded at the beginning of May. Total revenue for the three-month stretch was up 3.2 per cent to $2.06bn, while net income jumped 8.5 per cent to $73.8m. The American retail chain also boasted a 17 per cent increase in operating …
Read More »Watch Dogs success and digital boom see Ubisoft financials fly in 2014
The strength of Ubisoft’s core brands and the growth of its digital offerings have seen the publisher outperform its financial targets for the last year. According to the firm’s full report for the full 2014-2015 financial year, software sales generated €1.46 billion in FY2014-2015, up by 45 per cent compared …
Read More »Konami profits are up year-on-year
Publisher Konami has reported a 147 per cent increase in net profit for the year ending March. The numbers don’t quite fit the wider narrative of a company in decline, what with the recent fallout with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and the cancellation of Silent Hills – both of …
Read More »Global gaming revenue to reach $91.5bn in 2015, according to Newzoo
Newzoo has released info from its upcoming Global Games Market Report, with the research firm projecting worldwide revenue to jump 9.4 per cent to $91.5bn this year. Games Industry points to Newzoo’s findings, which also projects the Chinese market surging past US this year as the single largest contributor to …
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