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Epic Games VP Mark Rein has been unimpressed by second screen experiences to date, and believes we are yet to see a killer app for the technology in games. I think we’ve yet to see the real value of the second screen idea, if you’re talking about [Xbox] SmartGlass and …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto is the UK’s fourth biggest video games brand
There’s reason to be excited ahead of next week’s Grand Theft Auto V launch. GfK Chart-Track has told MCV that GTA is the fourth biggest revenue-generating brand in the UK games industry. The stat tracker revealed a number of GTA facts ahead of the blockbuster arrival of GTA V. The …
Read More »NPD: US digital games spending up, but not enough to offset physical decline
Digital full game downloads and DLC spending grew 27 per cent in the US games market during Q2 2013. That didn’t stop the sector experiencing a three per cent overall decline in the video games content sector, with the total falling to $2.88bn. When hardware is added the decline increased …
Read More »Activision: Microsoft has to win the value argument, win hearts and minds
Microsoft is perfectly entitled to charge $499 for Xbox One – but it will need to convince the public that the RRP is justified. That’s the verdict of Activision Publishing boss Eric Hirshberg, who believes that $499 is a viable RRP providing consumers are convinced that they’re getting value money. …
Read More »Mattrick: Xbox one is "over-delivering value"
Xbox boss Don Mattrick has argued that, even at 429, the Xbox One is over-delivering value”. "It’s a lower number than some of the analysts had forecasted," Mattrick told Bloomberg TV (as spotted by Joystiq) of the machine’s RRP. "We’re over-delivering value against other choices, I think, consumers can get. …
Read More »Nvidia declares PC gaming’s dominance
The PC gaming sector remains the most powerful, diverse and important in the world, Nvidia has argued. The company’s SVP of content and technology Tony Tamasi told an audience at E3 that the arrival of next-gen consoles is a huge positive for PC gaming, as developers will no longer be …
Read More »US video games market slips 9% in 2012
The total value of the US video games market declined nine per cent in 2012. NPD estimates that the overall the sector was worth $14.8bn, down from $16.34bn in 2011. The number includes sales of physical and digital games (the latter presumably with a bit of guesswork) as well as …
Read More »Toy sales expected to fall 1.8% in 2013 while games tumble 28.3% in 2012. Why?
Yes, we all know that retail is a tough environment at the moment. But video games are amongst the worst performers of 2012. Sister site Toy News reports that IBISWorld data predicts that the UK toy market will likely decline by just 1.8 per cent throughout 2013. The 2012 games …
Read More »Apple boss Tim Cook defiant as share price slips
Eighty per cent of our revenues are from products that didn’t exist 60 days ago.” Think about that for a moment. It’s quite remarkable, really. Apple has in that time released a new iPhone, two new iPods, a new iPad and a new MacBook Pro. I mean, no company would …
Read More »Black Ops II beats Modern Warfare 3 with $500m sales in first 24 hours
Call of Duty: Black Ops II has sold an estimated $500m worth of units in tis first 24 hours. That beats the $400m made by last year’s Modern Warfare 3 in the same period. What hasn’t been revealed, though, is how many units the game sold. Modern Warfare 3 managed …
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