Wholesale Games Industry and Market News

Todd Howard and Pete Hines of Bethesda have informed that the full, uncompromised experience of Fallout 4 will be coming to VR.

Gamestop has issued a statement saying they think the Nintendo Switch could sell even better than Nintendo’s best-selling home console the Wii.

Sony has announced that sales of Horizon: Zero Dawn have hit 2.6 million within the first two weeks after the release date.

Nintendo plans to manufacture 16 million Switch consoles, up from 8 Million, for the next Financial Year.

SEGA has revealed that their next Sonic game, which up until now was known as project Sonic 2017, will be called Sonic Forces.

Trade body Ukie recently found that the UK Video Games industry had increased in value during 2016 by 1.2%, making it worth £4.33 billion in total.

Week ending on 18/03/2017:
1. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands – Ubisoft
2. LEGO Worlds – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
3. Horizon Zero Dawn – Sony

Research firm SuperData this week estimated that the Nintendo Switch has so far sold 1.5 million units worldwide.

Sony announced this week that Playstation 4 games will be coming to their online game streaming service PS Now in 2017.

Microsoft has confirmed that the upcoming Project Scorpio will have an internal power supply unit and a 4K DVR Game Capture capability.