US games sales decline to continue until GTA 5, next-gen systems are released

Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia needs NPD figures for March 2013 to become lower by 10-15% once the amounts are reported tomorrow. Speaking within an industry note, the analyst doesn’t expect the sector to exhibit any improvement until GTA 5 and also the new consoles from The new sony and Microsoft are launched. Bhatia needs Bioshock Infinite to [...]

Wii U accounted for 1.6% of total UK software sales in January

Wii U software isn’t selling well based on data that leaking onto the web a week ago. Fresh reviews launched today support the amounts, placing software sales on Manufacturers’s console just 1.6% of overall United kingdom sales. A week ago, an MCV report published on NeoGAF recommended that Wii U software sales only paid for for [...]

UK console sales down a third in 2012

Britain isn’t purchasing as numerous consoles as previously, based on findings collated by UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. It appears as though hardware sales are slowing down because the next-generation looms coming. In comparison to 2011, hardware sales fell by you use 33.1% this year – that’s a small amount of 31.3% for handhelds [...]

Sandy Hook fallout won’t impact game sales, says analyst

Subsequent action following a Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings – whether it's a lately suggested congressional bill targeted towards researching violent games – or any other measures won't affect game sales, Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz has predicted. Talking to Gamespot, Creutz says traders within the games industry have become concerned that any [...]