News Archive: Retail
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30th September, 2008
Microsoft: Xbox 360 outselling PS3 two-to-one
Company continues aggressive marketing and PR campaign in build up to Christmas
Force Unleashed sales drop 38 per cent
But title still number one seller in UK despite competition from Wii Fit
GAME reports record £36.4m first half profits
Group sales up 64.2 per cent as demand for home consoles outpaces previous generation
29th September, 2008
Xbox Live Arcade revenues up 67 per cent
Summer of Arcade releases see level of unique members purchasing titles jump by 58 per cent
26th September, 2008
Xbox 360 outsells PlayStation 3 in Japan
Nintendo formats continue to dominate hardware sales in the region
25th September, 2008
Pokemon Platinum holds onto top of Japanese chart
Sales dominated by titles for handheld platforms, accounting for six of the top ten
24th September, 2008
Spore dominates US PC chart
Sim-everything title occupies three spots in the top ten, including the core title, collectors edition and Creature Creator
Dell to target emerging markets
PC retailer hopes in-store presence will boost first computer purchases
Force Unleashed racks up 1.5 million sales
High demand forces LucasArts to manufacture additional copies
23rd September, 2008
Xbox 360 sales up 32 per cent following UK price cut
First weekend at new price boosts hardware sales as PlayStation 3 hardware drops eight per cent
Force Unleashed sales lead on Xbox 360
Nearly half of all sales of multiformat title on Microsoft's console
19th September, 2008
GameStop confident of meeting Wii demand this Christmas
US retailer doesn't expect repeat of widespread shortages
18th September, 2008
Nintendo prepares five new DS bundles for Christmas
New offers to retail in October priced £120 - £130
Retail expects huge demand for Xbox 360 following price cut
But opinions split on whether Microsoft is now at an advantage over Sony and the PlayStation 3
Pokemon Platinum tops Japanese charts
DS title joins spate of new games to debut in the chart's top ten
17th September, 2008
Activision Blizzard and EA dominate US PC chart
The Sims, Spore and World of Warcraft fill out top ten
Xbox 360 outsells Wii in Japan
Microsoft's console finally shifts large numbers following price cut and new RPG release
16th September, 2008
Mercenaries 2 holds onto UK top spot
Pandemic Studio's title faces off competition from Tiger Woods PGA Tour and Spore for another week.
15th September, 2008
Spore breaks into Euro charts
Title comes in first and sixth places in German and Spanish sales respectively
Woolworths refuses to comment on leaked 360 price cut details
Retailer says catalogue is confidential until officially published in October
12th September, 2008
Wii "inhospitable platform for third-party publishers"
Poor Madden sales on Nintendo console evidence of difficulties for publishers, says analyst
Retail points to Xbox 360 price cuts for Christmas
Struggling UK chain Woolworths offers Arcade, Premium and Elite units at discounted prices
Success and spin as format holders celebrate August sales
"Xbox 360 owns sports," says Microsoft, PS3 sales leap over 90 per cent and Nintendo continues to extend its hardware lead
11th September, 2008
NPD: Nintendo DS leads US hardware sales
Wii consoles also sold well in August, although annual growth was just 3%
NPD: August software sales up 13% in the US
Three Madden SKUs lock out the most popular chart positions across the month
Microsoft: 360 sales up 100 per cent following price cut
US retailers report boost for all SKUs over first weekend at new price point
Rhythm Heaven Gold tops quiet Japanese chart
Nintendo platform titles dominate top ten in a low-selling week
Pre-owned games market "damaging" single-player games - Braben
Second-hand game sales could be replaced by rental market, according to Frontier Developments boss
10th September, 2008
Sims 2 Apartment Life heads US PC chart
Blizzard and EA dominate the top ten, taking nine of the slots between them
Morrisons move to start a "bloody war" in UK retail
Supermarket's half-price promotion could send shockwaves through the market
9th September, 2008
Game sales to overtake music at HMV
Retailer continues to secure more space for videogames as music sales decline
Survey reveals full price games put consumers off
43 per cent of respondents said they would rather wait for games to drop in price
NPD: Analysts expect over 20% software growth for August
Monthly US performance buoyed by Madden and Too Human
8th September, 2008
DS tops Japan's August sales
Nintendo's handheld has regained the monthly top spot, selling 333k units
Morrisons begins half price chart sale
UK supermarket's week long sale will see DS titles at £12, Wii titles for £15 and PS3 and 360 titles for £25
EA cuts price of Rock Band Instrument bundle
Price lowered as title ships for PlayStation 3, PS2 and Wii
5th September, 2008
Videogames boost HMV sales
Demand for consoles drives up sales and counters Waterstone's lacklustre performance
4th September, 2008
Nintendo continues dominance of Aussie chart
Eight out of the top ten titles are for the Wii or DS platforms
New PlayStation platform titles surge onto Japanese chart
Current chart split evenly between Sony's and Nintendo's platforms
WoW: Battle Chest tops US PC chart
Blizzard once again locks out half of the top ten chart positions for the platform
3rd September, 2008
Spore expected to sell 2 million in US in September
Colin Sebastian predicts EA title to post strong initial sales
Analyst increases software growth estimates
Michael Pachter bumps up 2008 predictions significantly for US and Europe
2nd September, 2008
Sony announces PSP 3000 details for Japan
New edition of the handheld to retail at same price point as the old version
1st September, 2008
Microsoft unveils Japanese Xbox 360 price cut
New retail price makes the arcade console the cheapest in the region's market
Microsoft cuts peripheral prices in Australia
Price point reductions of up to 40 per cent for Xbox 360 items
