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Official figures from UKIE show that in 2010 the UK video games market was worth a total of 2.88bn. This is down on the overall 2009 value of 3.31bn. In total, console software sales reached 1.45bn with growth on both Xbox 360 and PS3. Xbox 360 games sales hit 538m …

Mastertronic is distributing a new party game this Christmas that will finally decide who’s best: men or women? The Ultimate Battle of the Sexes – out last week (Friday, December 17th) – is a mini-game collection for Wii that pits men against women in a range of tasks. Each mini-game …

So in our chart analysis of games sales during the last big spending week before Christmas has shown Black Ops at No.1, with Wii Fit Plus and Just Dance claiming No.1s of their own. We’ve seen PS3 score a huge chunk of the top ten sales – in the face …

Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus may have been just the ninth-bestselling game in the UK last week – but while it didn’t come close to toppling Black Ops from No.1, it scored a small victory outside of the All Formats chart. The fitness game made it to the top of the …

John Riccitiello has come up with a solution to Nintendo’s falling profits: cut the price of the Wii to just $99. The Electronic Arts CEO believes that such a price point would help the platform holder’s sales explode” at retail, according to Industry Gamers. He also claims this would keep …

Xbox 360 owners spend more time playing online than PS3 and Wii players, research has revealed. 54 per cent of Xbox 360 gamers play video games online, compared to 46 per cent of PS3 players and 27 per cent of Wii owners. A survey from research firm Nielsen also shows …

Analyst Michael Pachter has lamented Nintendo’s reluctance to release a successor to the Wii this year, claiming that the decision will allow Sony and Microsoft to make significant strides into Nintendo’s core markets. Keep in mind that my early 2009 prediction of a Wii HD expressed my view that Nintendo …

Sony’s PS3 will add to significant strings to its digital content bow this week with the addition of streaming content services from both Channel 4 and ITV this week. That’s according to The Guardian, which claims that the launch will mark a change of strategy for ITV which, until now, …

There seems to be no way of throwing of Ubisoft’s groove as the leader of the dance games market on Wii as the publisher reveals its next title. Dance Juniors will arrive on February 4th and is targeted at younger gamers – so expect it to feature classic kids tunes …

Nintendo DS was the best selling console of November in the US, according to NPD. Nintendo said its family of DS products sold 1.5 million units last month, driven by the new red SKU. Meanwhile, Xbox 360 was the biggest selling home console by shifting 1.37 million units – an …