Wholesale Games Industry and Market News
Bethesda’s First iOS Title Earns $5M in Two Weeks
Although it was first planned as a marketing strategy for the forthcoming Fallout 4, Fallout Shelter has become a significant accomplishment for Bethesda, who is primarily known for their…
What to Expect from Gamescom 2015
Gamescom is the biggest gaming convention in the world, held in Cologne, Germany, with more than 335,000 visitors last year, and expected to be home to over 700 exhibitors…
Playstation Now Aims to Extend Lifecycle of Older Games
Sony’s Playstation Now cloud-based service for playing legacy games aims to extend the life of titles from previous consoles. The on-demand facility offers PS3 titles on the PS4 console….
Batman is Back to the Top of the Wholesale Chart
Week of 20/07/2015.
1. Batman: Arkham Knight – Warner Bros. Interactive
2. Rory McIlroy PGA Tour – EA Sports
3. F1 2015 – Codemasters
Playstation 4 1TB Released
The new 1TB PS4 model was out on the shelves on 15 July for the UK market. Sony’s latest Playstation 4 comes with a 1TB hard drive, twice as…
Xbox Saved by $1.15bn Strategy Against the RRoD
The Red Ring of Death was the plague that nearly ended Xbox. Those three red lights on the front of the Xbox 360 were feared by all owners of…
UK Games Development Studio Numbers on the Rise
Research by The Independent Games Developers Association (TIGA) has shown that game studios in the UK were closing in 2014 at a rate 30% slower than that in 2013.
PewDiePie’s $7.5m Game Streaming Business
Youtube celebrity and Let’s Play streamer PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, has been reported to have earned $7.5 million in 2014 in revenue from his videos, in…
F1 2015 on Top of Best Selling Wholesale Video Games Chart
Week of 13/07/2015:
1. F1 2015 – Codemasters
2. Batman: Arkham Knight – Warner Bros. Interactive
3. Lego Jurassic World – Warner Bros. Interactive
Chinese Resist Consoles Despite Lift on Ban
Despite January 2014’s lift on their ban on foreign games consoles the Chinese market remains reluctant to adopt the PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
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