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Last year at E3, Microsoft’s Don Mattrick was convinced that The Xbox 360 would become the number one selling console globally. It looks like he was right.For the first time since competition launched in 2006, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is indeed the world’s top selling console last year. According to GeekWire.com, who arduously collected data from each company’s public earnings reports, Microsoft sold more Xbox 360 consoles than ... [»]
Whether we want to admit it or not the second hand games market is a problem, the publishers hate it as they feel they are losing out on income and the retailers adore it as they are starting to make more money on second hand games than new games thanks to the lack of licensing fee’s payable. Should retailers be forced into giving the publishers a ... [»]
If there is one thing that the Xbox 360 dominated in the early months of the release it was it’s software attachment rate. It was something the PS3 got mocked for as a lot of early PS3’s were sold as media players and thus started the meme about the ... [»]
So starting this Friday we’re throwing the doors open on our first ever Festival of Gaming which is being used to celebrate the culture of gaming and to show the world that gaming isn’t only relegated to the basements of pimply faced teens but has ... [»]
2011 has been the year of the rivalry, with Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 dominating the headlines. In between gameplay videos, numerous comparisons and a little mud-slinging, the two giants created an interesting dynamic, with a lot of players standing by their preferred FPS title.
The two titles have both released to generally favourable reviews and scores, as well as fan appreciation, but ... [»]
Nintendo’s new 3D handheld, the 3DS hasn’t done so well at retail. Or at least that’s what we’ve all believed. Turns out, that’s not exactly true. Sure, its initial momentum wasn’t exceptionally high - but it’s picked up. Guess that huge price drop’s helped then.According to Nintendo of America’s meaty master Reggie Fils-Aime the device has seen a significant upswing, and has garnered "positive momentum since the digital content came onboard with ... [»]
No that’s not a typo, according to VG247 Modern Warfare 3 has smashed the 5 day entertainment record by bringing in $775 million in 5 days. That’s seven hundred and seventy five million dollars in 5 days, that’s incredible.So which titan of the entertainment industry did Modern Warfare ... [»]
Skyrim, the game that’s currently got its grasp on the minds of gamers everywhere has been out for just 4 days. Just about every gamer I speak to is obsessed with Skyrim - regaling me with their own in-game tales and stories. So it’s certainly popular - but how well’s it been selling?In short: Incredibly.
In just two days on sale, The Elder Scrolls ... [»]
About a year ago, Call of Duty : Black ops broke the video game day one sales record to become the biggest and best selling entertainment property in the world. It moved over 7 million copies on launch day. Funnily, it beat out the previous year’s Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2, to do that. Funny how history repeats itself, eh?While many (mostly angry, anti COD ... [»]
The world may be on the brink of yet another financial crisis, but that hasn’t stopped legions of faithful gamers from spending their hard-earned cash on the latest titles. Developers and publishers have been raking in the cash, with the most successful games selling several million copies in their first week of release.
In the race for best-selling game of 2011, it seems that EA ... [»]
It’s been - and, for the next two months - will continue to be an absolutely incredible year for gamers. We’ve gotten an amazing array of games on all available platforms - too many, some might think. Which of the fantastic releases we’ve gotten this year has had the most sales though? The answer may surprise you.Thanks to Nintendo’s year-end financials, we’ve got the details - and according to the NPD, which charts sales in ... [»]
In a strange turn of events it seems that Sony and Amazon have fallen out over something because as of right now there are no longer any PSN codes or titles available to purchase via Amazon. So far no one is really saying anything but it’s a strange ... [»]
Sony’s conceded that Microsoft has a bigger slice of the hardware sales pie, with 1.6 Xbox 360’s sold in the US for every single PS3. You’d expect that sort of ratio to stick around when it comes to video games sales - but it doesn’t which Sony’s only to happy to boast about.“If you look at the index ratio ... [»]
Think PC Gaming is dying? Think again. If anything, thanks to consoles seeming a little underpowered next to their PC brethren, there’s been a bit of a surge in good old mouse and keyboard gaming. While sales of multiplatform console and PC games tend to, internationally at least, be skewed towards consoles - but if sales of Portal 2, one of this ... [»]
The numbers have been punched, the data has been compiled and the money has been tallied.
Sony just busted out a record year for the Playstation 3, totaling a record-setting and monstrous 14.3 million PS3s sold over a 12 month period ending on March 31st. So, you would think that as a result, the Playstation 3 ... [»]
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