Retail (Page 72)

Feature

Pre-owned crackdown is a sad excuse for business innovation

Taking away our right to share games will solve none of the industry's enormous financial and business model problems; it may even make them worse

May 31, 2013 Rob Fahey

59 comments

News

Take-Two doesn't need next-gen to succeed

Strauss Zelnick on hardware agnosticism, day-and-date tablet releases of AAA titles, used game fees, and second-screen skepticism

May 30, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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News

Humble Bundle 8 makes $1m in 18 hours

Average purchase price is $5.69, Notch the biggest buyer

May 30, 2013 Rachel Weber

News

HMV's head of PR departs

Gennaro Castaldo leaves retailer to join the BPI

May 29, 2013 Rachel Weber

News

3DS buoyed by Shin Megami Tensei IV in Japan

Popular RPG franchise hits the top-spot, 3DS sales spike

May 29, 2013 Matthew Handrahan

News

Resident Evil: Revelations is UK #1

HD version of horror title heads straight to the top spot

May 28, 2013 Rachel Weber

Feature

GameStop brushes aside concerns about Xbox One and used games

Following the earnings call, we analyze the year ahead for GameStop as controversy over Xbox One and used games heats up

May 23, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Feature

GameStop sales slide 6.8%

Retailer blames late stage of console cycle for shortfall, sees 30% dip in new hardware sales

May 23, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

News

Namco Bandai scores #1 in Japanese charts

Summon Night 5 knocks Tomodachi Collection off the top spot

May 22, 2013 Rachel Weber

2 comments

News

GameStop president: PS4 and Xbox One games can be resold

"It's a recognised way to make these games more affordable"

May 22, 2013 Rachel Weber

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News

Nintendo's Wii U cut to $239 at Target

Target joins Asda in discounting the flagging Wii U

May 21, 2013 Mike Williams

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News

Metro: Last Light replaces Dead Island Riptide as UK No.1

Another hit for publisher Deep Silver/Koch as rest of top ten slides

May 20, 2013 Matt Martin

Opinion

Nintendo Wii U: Death By Apathy

With no support from Electronic Arts, the Wii U just experienced its Dreamcast moment. Will other publishers now follow suit?

May 17, 2013 Matt Martin

44 comments

News

Apple celebrates 50 billion App Store downloads

$9 billion paid out to developers since launch in 2008

May 17, 2013 Rachel Weber

News

Game sales nosedive 25% at US retail in April

Warner Bros' Injustice: Gods Among Us takes the top spot on the charts in a dismal month for retail games

May 16, 2013 James Brightman

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News

Xbox 360 tops consoles in US in April with 130,000 sold

Hardware sales continue to go down, but Microsoft is maintaining its streak of outselling the other consoles in the US

May 16, 2013 James Brightman

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News

Tomodachi Collection stays on top in Japan

While hardware sales dip

May 16, 2013 Rachel Weber

1 comment

News

Activision's market share climbed to almost 20% in 2012

Ubisoft, Take-Two and Microsoft also gained while others lost share

May 16, 2013 Matt Martin

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News

Microsoft sunsetting Points payment system

Microsoft Points are going away as the next Xbox hits the scene

May 15, 2013 Mike Williams

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News

GameStop digital exec leaves for venture capital firm

Former id Software veteran Steve Nix has joined Dallas Venture Partners

May 14, 2013 James Brightman

News

Sales declines expected through July

Cowen and Company projects double-digit NPD sales declines until Madden hits; April game sales expected down 13%

May 13, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

News

Dead Island: Riptide makes it 3 weeks at #1

While retail version of Walking Dead enters UK chart a 9

May 13, 2013 Rachel Weber

News

Tomodachi Collection back to #1 in Japan

While sales rise on hardware chart

May 10, 2013 Rachel Weber

News

6 new HMV stores for Republic Of Ireland

Retailer confirms plans for new outlets as it returns to territory

May 10, 2013 Rachel Weber

1 comment

News

GAME expecting £20 million in earnings

Retail chain comes out of administration profitable

May 9, 2013 Mike Williams

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