The newest Call of Duty game was always going to be a hit. But it’s shattered the five-day worldwide sell through record, not just amongst games, but all entertainment forms, by some margin. Activision sold $775 million worth of games in the first five days since Call of Duty: Modern…
Read MoreInteresting little bit of data here; although the Nintendo 3DS is selling very well in Japan, the games are most definately not. Enterbrain (the Japanese company behind Famitsu that keeps track of sales data as well) has reported that in October, despite selling 304,000 units of hardware, just 122,000 games…
Read MoreInteresting little bit of data here; although the Nintendo 3DS is selling very well in Japan, the games are most definately not. Enterbrain (the Japanese company behind Famitsu that keeps track of sales data as well) has reported that in October, despite selling 304,000 units of hardware, just 122,000 games…
Read MoreAnalyst firm, Ovum, has predicted that the Asia Pacific digital games market will grow to be worth $30 billion by 2016. That number indicates a compound annual growth rate of 18 per cent. Ovum analyst, Mark Little, said via a release that the casual games market is the primary driver…
Read MoreAnalyst firm, Ovum, has predicted that the Asia Pacific digital games market will grow to be worth $30 billion by 2016. That number indicates a compound annual growth rate of 18 per cent. Ovum analyst, Mark Little, said via a release that the casual games market is the primary driver…
Read More1,000 professionals were recently surveyed at the London Games Conference. Over 57 per cent believe digital sales will overtake retail sales. The question was simple: in which year will digital sales overtake boxed products? While only 3 per cent believe it will happen this year (well, it won’t), the numbers…
Read More1,000 professionals were recently surveyed at the London Games Conference. Over 57 per cent believe digital sales will overtake retail sales. The question was simple: in which year will digital sales overtake boxed products? While only 3 per cent believe it will happen this year (well, it won’t), the numbers…
Read MoreBandai Namco has done a brilliant job of showing there’s still businss opportunities in Japan. It posted a prodit for the first half of the year of ¥5.4 billion ($69.2 million). This compares to a loss of ¥2.6 billion ($33.3 million) for the same period last year. Bandai Namco’s performance…
Read MoreBandai Namco has done a brilliant job of showing there’s still businss opportunities in Japan. It posted a prodit for the first half of the year of ¥5.4 billion ($69.2 million). This compares to a loss of ¥2.6 billion ($33.3 million) for the same period last year. Bandai Namco’s performance…
Read MoreGameloft’s accountants are happy folks. The digital download specialist developer/ publisher has had a massive year so far. Compared to the same three quarters of last year, Gameloft’s nine month sales total, is €117.4 million, up 16 per cent. The first quarter was the best for the publisher (a 20…
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