Retail
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2023 UK game sales "holding the fort" compared to 2022, but still show signs of growth
Sparkers analyst consultant Sam Naji explores how full game UK sales display signs of robustness in consumer spending
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth leads surge of new hits | Japan Monthly Charts
Square Enix's RPG nearly tripled the sales of next biggest releases, Princess Peach: Showtime and Unicorn Overlord
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GAME reportedly braced for redundancies
Majority of staff allegedly moved to zero hours contracts
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Ranch Simulator sells 1m units | News-in-brief
Toxic Dog's title moved from early access to full release on November 3, 2023
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Dragon's Dogma 2 sells 2.5m units | News-in-brief
Capcom's fantasy RPG reaches sales figure in over a week after its launch on March 22, 2024
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Phil Spencer wants to see other digital storefronts on Xbox
Xbox boss believes console players would benefit from more options to purchase games
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GameStop reportedly affected by series of layoffs
Retailer allegedly cited competition from e-commerce firms and low consumer spending as reason for redundancies
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France's record €6.1bn year in games spending due to console growth, strong retail
SELL chairman James Rebours warns market will 'normalise' in 2024 after atypical growth in 2023
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Dark and Darker coming to Epic Games Store following injunction dismissal
Nexon's preliminary injunction against Ironmace was dismissed in January
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PC games retailer Robot Cache allows players to start games 200x faster than any other games store
The digital outlet has adopted DACS Laboratories' ROCKITPLAY FastStart Technology for over 50 games
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2024 game spending down 2% is Circana analyst's "most optimistic" outlook
Mat Piscatella talks about unprecedented uncertainty in the year ahead and why we'll need more overachievers like Helldivers 2 and Palworld
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Monster Hunter World tops 25m sales | News-in-brief
Capcom's hit reaches milestone after six years of shelves as Monster Hunter series cumulative sales reach 97 million units as of December 31, 2023
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Balatro sells 500,000 copies in ten days | News-in-brief
LocalThunk's deck-building roguelike launched on February 20, 2024
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Nintendo eShop delisting of Octopath Traveler is temporary
Publisher says the 2018 Square Enix title will be "available to purchase again soon"
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Tales of Arise sells 3m units | News-in-brief
Bandai Namco's action RPG released in September 2021
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Phil Spencer says Xbox is not dropping physical media
Xbox boss clarifies that the firm's strategy "does not hinge on people moving all-digital"
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Alan Wake 2 sells 1.3m units | News-in-brief
The long-awaited sequel is Remedy's fastest-selling game to date, sold 50% more copies in two months than Control did in four
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Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth fails to dethrone Momotaro Dentetsu World | Japan Monthly Charts
Sega's latest title settles for No.3 as Konami's digital board game reclaims top spot
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Persona 3 Reload is fastest-selling Atlus game ever | News-in-brief
The title, which launched on February 2, sold one million copies in its first week
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Japanese physical sales neared $3bn in 2023 | Japan Annual Report
Tears of the Kingdom was the best-selling game at retail, with Switch OLED the best-selling console
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth becomes fastest selling game in the franchise | News-in-brief
Sega's title sold one million units during its first week, having launched on January 26
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Xbox announces Indie Selects program
A curation of indie games will be spotlighted weekly on the console's storefront
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Getting used to it | This Week in Business
GAME is ending its trade-in program, once denounced as a scourge of the industry. So why aren't we seeing more celebrating?
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UK chain GAME to exit pre-owned business
Update: Retailer's parent company Frasers Group confirms it will no longer accept trade-ins "over the coming months"
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Street Fighter 6 sells over 3 million worldwide | News-in-brief
Capcom's latest fighting game surpasses milestone after half a year on shelves