Tag Archive: Sales

March 16, 2009 – 9:55 am, Sony facing pressure from game makers to drop PlayStation 3 pricing

Source: Bloomberg

March 16, 2009 – 9:40 am, Capcom: Resi 5 ships 4 million to retail worldwide

Source: VG247

March 10, 2009 – 10:50 am, Kotick urges hardware manufacturers to drop console prices below $199

Source: VG247

March 6, 2009 – 1:10 pm, Pachter: The Lost and Damned has sold 1 million and will sell another million by year’s end; next DLC episode this fall and new Grand Theft Auto in 2010

Source: VG247

March 6, 2009 – 12:45 pm, The Witcher shifts 1.2 million copies to-date, making it one of the top 100 best-selling PC games ever

Source: The Witcher Official Forums

March 3, 2009 – 3:20 pm, David Jaffe rants about used game sales for ten minutes, GamePolitics responds

Source: GamePolitics

March 2, 2009 – 11:25 am, Toys R Us getting into used games

Source: Cheap Ass Gamer

February 27, 2009 – 12:00 pm, EA COO John Pleasants: Cutting releases for the year, increasing marketing, and embracing digital distribution

Source: Forbes

February 25, 2009 – 2:55 pm, Rumor: Sony gearing up to announce PlayStation 3 price cut within the week

Source: GI.biz

February 23, 2009 – 1:15 pm, Capcom: Street Fighter IV has sold over 2 million units worldwide in less than a week
February 21, 2009 – 4:30 pm, Starbreeze reports strong quarterly sales of $2.8 million

Source: VG247

February 20, 2009 – 6:45 pm, Sony: Worldwide PlayStation 3 sales top 21 million; new plans to invade Latin America

Source: VG247

February 20, 2009 – 11:15 am, Rockstar believes DSi launch will spur sales of Chinatown Wars

Source: MCV

February 18, 2009 – 6:55 pm, Left 4 Dead sales jumped 3000% (yes, you read that right) during Steam half-off sale

Source: Shacknews

February 18, 2009 – 5:55 pm, Southpeak sees quarterly revenues rise 76% to $17.3 million

Source: GI.biz

February 18, 2009 – 3:55 pm, Games cost too much, Valve argues

Source: EDGE

February 13, 2009 – 11:00 pm, NCsoft sees quarterly profits drop 22%; Guild Wars 2 pushed back

Source: VG247

February 13, 2009 – 10:00 am, Everyone chill, Reggie’s got this

Source: VG247

February 12, 2009 – 10:30 pm, January NPD released; Nintendo dominates hardware and software sales (for a change)

Source: VG247

February 12, 2009 – 11:55 am, Midway files for bankruptcy, claims it will “continue business as normal”

Source: Shacknews

February 11, 2009 – 6:00 pm, An overwhelming helping of news from Activision’s quarterly financial conference call

Source: Primotech

February 11, 2009 – 1:45 pm, The Force Unleashed pushes over 5.5 million copies across the galaxy

Source: Gamasutra

February 8, 2009 – 10:10 am, EA not backing down from a challenge

Source: VG247

February 4, 2009 – 2:55 pm, THQ’s revenue dropped 30% over the last quarter; plans to cut almost 25% of its workforce

Source: Gamasutra

January 30, 2009 – 1:30 pm, Eurogamer interviews SCEE boss David Reeves, who promptly rips into the Xbox 360’s stability issues, brushes off exclusivity agreements, and reaffirms the PlayStation 3’s strength

Source: Eurogamer

January 29, 2009 – 10:25 am, Sony sees sales drop 32% last quarter; sluggish gaming hardware sales partly to blame

Source: Gamasutra

January 22, 2009 – 1:50 pm, Ubisoft reveals Q3 sales figures; dates Assassin’s Creed 2, I Am Alive, Splinter Cell: Conviction and many others for 2009-10

Source: Primotech

December 13, 2008 – 5:00 pm, The Washington Times thinks Sony is sabotaging the PlayStation 3

Source: Washington Times

December 11, 2008 – 1:15 pm, Ubi CFO Alain Martinez: “It’s not ratings that mean everything,” but instead about “quality and innovation”

Source: Gamasutra

November 21, 2008 – 5:05 pm, Gabe Newell happy with Left 4 Dead reception; wants to read the minds of gamers

Source: Edge Online