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As predicted by analysts, Nintendo has failed to return to profitability and posted its second successive annual loss. For the year ended March 31st net sales reached 635.422 (4.2bn) – 5.2 per cent short of the company’s 670,000m (4.42bn) forecast. Net income missed its 14,000m (920.3m) target by a whopping …
Read More »FIFA wants Call of Duty’s No.1 crown
Watch out Call of Duty – EA believes FIFA 14 could be the best selling game of the year. The upcoming soccer sequel was unveiled to the press at a special event in Guildford last week. It boasts a number of new features, which EA believes will fire the game …
Read More »20% of Australian video games sold online
NPD Group is stating that during all-important December last year, one in five customers was going online for their purchase. This is up from one in ten (10%) for the same period in 2012. The majority of such online purchases were for items under AUD$50, with a significant drop-off occuring …
Read More »Dustforce dev discusses the importance of digital sales promotions
The developer behind indie title Dustforce has explained the importance of digital sales promotions to the eventual success of the title. Hitbox launched the game in January 2012. It admits in its very thorough report that it had no idea what kind of sales performance it ought to expect. But …
Read More »Platinum Games gives itself a ‘D’, says it needs to sell more games
The president of Platinum Games may be pleased with the quality of the studio’s output, but he’s less than happy with its sales. "The team has been working really hard," Tatsuya Minami told Polygon. "They’ve held up their end of the bargain and done a really good job of putting …
Read More »Platinum Games dissatisfied with sales
Bayonetta was Japanese studioâ??s biggest seller by the end of 2012
Read More »Poor Gears/God of War sales indicate disappointing March at US retail
Financial services firm Cowen & Company has released estimated sales numbers of console-exclusives Gears of War: Judgment and God of War: Ascension, stating that the typically strong selling franchises appear to have significantly underperformed.” Games Industry reports that, in an investor note, the company estimated the latest Gears of War …
Read More »Blackberry Z10: "Returns outnumbering sales"
The new flagship Blackberry Z10 seems to be in danger of turning into a commercial disaster. The Wall Street Journal has word from two separate reports that paint a tremendously worrying picture for the handset. The Z10 launched in various territories between January and March of this year. A report …
Read More »Fez sells over 200,000 copies in its first year
Canadian developer says success allowed him to consider his next move
Read More »UK boxed game sales jump in March
2.67m boxed games were sold last month in what was a decent March for retail. That number is a slight 1.5 per cent drop over the same period in 2012, but it’s a big improvement over the significant declines posted in January and February. In fact, games stores generated 70.6m …
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