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Grand Theft Auto 6 Budget Estimated to Be Over $1 Billion, Take-Two CEO Says 'It Was Expensive'
Grand Theft Auto 6 is believed to be one of the most expensive video games of all time. While Rockstar Games has not revealed the game's budget, analysts estimate that development costs range between $1 billion and $1.5 billion. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, too, admitted the game was "expensive".
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Nintendo Switch 2 Sets All-Time Launch Week Sales Record in the US, Beating Sony's PS4
Nintendo Switch 2 sold over 1.1 million units in its launch week ending June 7 in the US, data from Circana showed. The console has set a record for all-time launch week units sold for video game systems in the US, beating Sony's PS4.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Projected to Sell Over 14 Million Units in 2025, Mario Kart World to Drive Sales
Nintendo is estimated to sell 14.7 million of the new Switch 2 video-game consoles this year, as per Omida's research. The new console debuts on June 5 at a suggested retail price of $450 (roughly Rs. 38,390).
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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2023: Best Deals on Video Games on PS5, PS4, and Xbox Consoles
Amazon Great Indian Festival sale is into its fourth day, bringing discounts on a wide range of products and devices. The e-commerce giant is also offering an additional discount of 10 percent on SBI credit and debit card transactions. We’ve already covered the best deals on gaming consoles, gaming laptops and smartphones earlier. Here, we’ll t...
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Sony Quarterly Profit Slides 31 Percent as Movie Business Disappoints, PS5 Sales Bring Relief
Japan's Sony on Wednesday said first-quarter profit tumbled due to weaker performances from its movies and financial businesses. In April-June, operating profit slid 31% to 253 billion yen ($1.8 billion), in line with estimates.
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Global Video Gaming Revenue Expected to Hit $187.7 Billion in 2023 as Console Sales Rise by Over 7 Percent
The global video games market would return to growth in 2023 on the back of strong sales of consoles such as Sony's PlayStation 5, according to gaming market research firm Newzoo. The research firm said it expects industry revenue to rise 2.6 percent to $187.7 billion (roughly Rs. 15,54,231 crore) in 2023, driven by a 7.4 percent rise in console sa...
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Google Play Store Clarifies Dos and Don'ts for Video Game Apps Wishing to Sell NFTs
Google officially allows video game publishers to facilitate the sale of NFTs on its Play Store. The search engine giant is making it very clear that it will not tolerate app developers engaging in deceptive behaviour. Google expects complete transparency from the video game publishers making their products available on the platform.
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HBO’s the Last of Us Series Success Drove the Video Game’s Sales, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan Says
Sony confirmed Wednesday that the success of hit HBO drama The Last Of Us is boosting sales of the game series upon which it is based, in a stand-out case of the group repurposing its popular franchises. ‘We could see very, very clearly that every time an episode of that show dropped, that sales of the game increased very dramatically,’ Sony In...
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Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K Drive Take-Two Quarterly Sales to $1.39 Billion, Beating Wall Street Estimates
Take-Two Interactive Software on Wednesday beat analyst estimates for quarterly adjusted sales on strong demand from legacy titles "NBA 2K" and "Grand Theft Auto", sending the video game publisher's shares up 8 percent in extended trading.
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Sony Asks UK to Block Activision Takeover Deal or Force Microsoft Call of Duty Sale
Microsoft has offered to license Call of Duty to Sony for a period of 10 years, a month after it struck a similar deal with Nvidia. Sony, on the other hand, has asked the UK to block the deal or make Microsoft sell Call of Duty.
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Lost Sega Game With Michael Jackson's Footage Found In Car Boot Sale
This is the first known copy of the contents of the Scramble Training, and was sold at the car boot sale over the summer.
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EA Lowers Annual Booking Forecast for 2022 Amid Decades-High Inflation, Strong Dollar
Electronic Arts has lowered its annual bookings forecast, amid the rising dollar and a fall in demand for games during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. While research suggests that the gaming market is expected to grow just 2 percent in 2022, Apex Legends creator EA had no major releases in the first three quarters of 2022, until FIFA 23 was launc...
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PS5 India Restock: PlayStation 5 Pre-Orders to Go Live on September 26
PS5 is getting restocked in India soon, with pre-orders going live on September 26. Amazon India briefly put up a banner, detailing the PlayStation 5 restock, which coincides with its Great Indian Festival sale starting September 23. The banner was eventually taken down, but listed both PS5 Digital Edition and the Blu-ray disc-equipped versions for...
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Sony Sees Profit Rise on Music, Films; Says People Playing Less Games as COVID-19 Restrictions Decrease
Sony reported a 3 percent increase in profit for the second quarter, as the company continues to deal with challenges posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and a waning interest in video games. Sales for the last quarter rose 2 percent to JPY 2.31 trillion (roughly Rs. 37,45,00,000 crore) aided by strong demand for Sony’s music and movie ope...
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PS5 India Restock: PlayStation 5 Digital Edition Pre-Orders to Go Live on July 23
PS5 is getting restocked in India, with pre-orders going live on July 23, 12pm noon. This restock will only consist of the Digital, disc-less version of the next-gen console, and will be available via leading video game and electronic stores.
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Grand Theft Auto 6 Budget Estimated to Be Over $1 Billion, Take-Two CEO Says 'It Was Expensive'
Grand Theft Auto 6 is believed to be one of the most expensive video games of all time. While Rockstar Games has not revealed the game's budget, analysts estimate that development costs range between $1 billion and $1.5 billion. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, too, admitted the game was "expensive".
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Nintendo Switch 2 Sets All-Time Launch Week Sales Record in the US, Beating Sony's PS4
Nintendo Switch 2 sold over 1.1 million units in its launch week ending June 7 in the US, data from Circana showed. The console has set a record for all-time launch week units sold for video game systems in the US, beating Sony's PS4.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Projected to Sell Over 14 Million Units in 2025, Mario Kart World to Drive Sales
Nintendo is estimated to sell 14.7 million of the new Switch 2 video-game consoles this year, as per Omida's research. The new console debuts on June 5 at a suggested retail price of $450 (roughly Rs. 38,390).
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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2023: Best Deals on Video Games on PS5, PS4, and Xbox Consoles
Amazon Great Indian Festival sale is into its fourth day, bringing discounts on a wide range of products and devices. The e-commerce giant is also offering an additional discount of 10 percent on SBI credit and debit card transactions. We’ve already covered the best deals on gaming consoles, gaming laptops and smartphones earlier. Here, we’ll t...
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Sony Quarterly Profit Slides 31 Percent as Movie Business Disappoints, PS5 Sales Bring Relief
Japan's Sony on Wednesday said first-quarter profit tumbled due to weaker performances from its movies and financial businesses. In April-June, operating profit slid 31% to 253 billion yen ($1.8 billion), in line with estimates.
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Global Video Gaming Revenue Expected to Hit $187.7 Billion in 2023 as Console Sales Rise by Over 7 Percent
The global video games market would return to growth in 2023 on the back of strong sales of consoles such as Sony's PlayStation 5, according to gaming market research firm Newzoo. The research firm said it expects industry revenue to rise 2.6 percent to $187.7 billion (roughly Rs. 15,54,231 crore) in 2023, driven by a 7.4 percent rise in console sa...
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Google Play Store Clarifies Dos and Don'ts for Video Game Apps Wishing to Sell NFTs
Google officially allows video game publishers to facilitate the sale of NFTs on its Play Store. The search engine giant is making it very clear that it will not tolerate app developers engaging in deceptive behaviour. Google expects complete transparency from the video game publishers making their products available on the platform.
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HBO’s the Last of Us Series Success Drove the Video Game’s Sales, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan Says
Sony confirmed Wednesday that the success of hit HBO drama The Last Of Us is boosting sales of the game series upon which it is based, in a stand-out case of the group repurposing its popular franchises. ‘We could see very, very clearly that every time an episode of that show dropped, that sales of the game increased very dramatically,’ Sony In...
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Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K Drive Take-Two Quarterly Sales to $1.39 Billion, Beating Wall Street Estimates
Take-Two Interactive Software on Wednesday beat analyst estimates for quarterly adjusted sales on strong demand from legacy titles "NBA 2K" and "Grand Theft Auto", sending the video game publisher's shares up 8 percent in extended trading.
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Sony Asks UK to Block Activision Takeover Deal or Force Microsoft Call of Duty Sale
Microsoft has offered to license Call of Duty to Sony for a period of 10 years, a month after it struck a similar deal with Nvidia. Sony, on the other hand, has asked the UK to block the deal or make Microsoft sell Call of Duty.
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Lost Sega Game With Michael Jackson's Footage Found In Car Boot Sale
This is the first known copy of the contents of the Scramble Training, and was sold at the car boot sale over the summer.
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EA Lowers Annual Booking Forecast for 2022 Amid Decades-High Inflation, Strong Dollar
Electronic Arts has lowered its annual bookings forecast, amid the rising dollar and a fall in demand for games during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. While research suggests that the gaming market is expected to grow just 2 percent in 2022, Apex Legends creator EA had no major releases in the first three quarters of 2022, until FIFA 23 was launc...
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PS5 India Restock: PlayStation 5 Pre-Orders to Go Live on September 26
PS5 is getting restocked in India soon, with pre-orders going live on September 26. Amazon India briefly put up a banner, detailing the PlayStation 5 restock, which coincides with its Great Indian Festival sale starting September 23. The banner was eventually taken down, but listed both PS5 Digital Edition and the Blu-ray disc-equipped versions for...
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Sony Sees Profit Rise on Music, Films; Says People Playing Less Games as COVID-19 Restrictions Decrease
Sony reported a 3 percent increase in profit for the second quarter, as the company continues to deal with challenges posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and a waning interest in video games. Sales for the last quarter rose 2 percent to JPY 2.31 trillion (roughly Rs. 37,45,00,000 crore) aided by strong demand for Sony’s music and movie ope...
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PS5 India Restock: PlayStation 5 Digital Edition Pre-Orders to Go Live on July 23
PS5 is getting restocked in India, with pre-orders going live on July 23, 12pm noon. This restock will only consist of the Digital, disc-less version of the next-gen console, and will be available via leading video game and electronic stores.
