Wholesale Games Industry and Market News

Atlus, video game developer, announced that shipments of the latest entry to the Persona franchise, Persona 5, have topped 2 million worldwide.

Take-Two Interactive President Karl Slatoff believes that physical game sales are going to slowly disappear over the course of the next 5-20 years.

Sony Japan Asia announced the PlayStation Awards 2017 winners. The show is an annual event that rewards PlayStation titles based on the sales performance.

Are you interested in buying digital land in a game that hasn’t been released yet? This is the proposition by the makers of Star Citizen game.

Researchers at Purdue University found increase in car accidents in locations, called PokéStops, where users can play (Pokémon Go) while driving.”

EA’s stock price has dropped by 8.5 percent compared with other S&P 500’s which are up 2%, meaning £3.1 billion of shareholder value has been wiped out.

Sony DADC (Digital Audio Disc Corporation) has announced a new start up within the company, the Consumer Sales business unit.

According to SuperData the revenue from microtransactions in free-to-play PC titles will reach around $22 billion (£16.4 billion) in 2017.

Today according to a report from Canalys over 1 million virtual reality headsets were shipped in the three months ending September 30, 2017.

High street video game retailer GAME feel optimistic even though recently announced a £10 million loss for the 12 month period from July 2016 to July 2017.