Collectibles and other non-game mechandise is one of the major selling points retailers have to capitalise on with customers; because after all, while you can download a game, you can’t download a character miniature. Except Ubisoft just snubbed the retailers. Only available online Ubisoft has just launched Ubicollectables, a series…
Read MoreCollectibles and other non-game mechandise is one of the major selling points retailers have to capitalise on with customers; because after all, while you can download a game, you can’t download a character miniature. Except Ubisoft just snubbed the retailers. Only available online Ubisoft has just launched Ubicollectables, a series…
Read MoreRetailers in the games industry have it tough. Because games are a commodity, the only real way they can compete with one another is by price, and throw in online retailers and digital distribution channels, and their margins are hit even harder. While there’s the occasional attempt to modernise the…
Read MoreRetailers in the games industry have it tough. Because games are a commodity, the only real way they can compete with one another is by price, and throw in online retailers and digital distribution channels, and their margins are hit even harder. While there’s the occasional attempt to modernise the…
Read MoreIf you’ve picked up the Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars on the 3DS, you might have opened the box to be welcomed by this: Seriously, aside from the warranty and health & safety info, that’s the extent of the manual. Game manuals can be one of the…
Read MoreIf you’ve picked up the Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars on the 3DS, you might have opened the box to be welcomed by this: Seriously, aside from the warranty and health & safety info, that’s the extent of the manual. Game manuals can be one of the…
Read MoreIt’s no secret that games retailers are facing some serious threats in the near future from digital distribution. Slowly but surely, a consumer’s games spend will go into these more convenient and often less expensive shopping experiences, and that will cannibalise into the retailer’s own sales. Indeed, it’s not just…
Read MoreIt’s no secret that games retailers are facing some serious threats in the near future from digital distribution. Slowly but surely, a consumer’s games spend will go into these more convenient and often less expensive shopping experiences, and that will cannibalise into the retailer’s own sales. Indeed, it’s not just…
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