Best Buy Adds Video Game Staff

APRIL 14, 2011 • During its 2012 fiscal year Best Buy will add dedicated sales staff to its in-store video game sections. The employees will man their own special gaming desks where  preorders and DLC can be ordered. The plan is to create a more effective gaming destination within each location. Impact: Unlike a chain such as GameStop, Best Buy has limited customer support for selling video g.....

Australia 3DS Fastest Selling Handheld Ever

APRIL 14, 2011 • Nintendo Co. Ltd. Reported that after four days of release, its new Australia 3DS platform was the fastest selling handheld in the country’s history, moving 31,000 units. The best console launch previously was the Wii in 2006, which sold 32,000 units during its first week on sale. In the U.S., Nintendo reported for the month of March that the DS sold 460,000 units, while 3DS sold 400,000, and the Wii sold 290,000. .....

Ben Cousins Leaves Electronic Arts

MARCH 31, 2011 • Ben Cousins, the general manager of Electronic Arts’ free-to-play division, has announced that he was leaving the publisher. Responsible for shepherding the recent release of Battlefield Play4Free, Cousins wrote on his Twitter account that it was time for him to leave with the release of the game. The earlier Battlefield Heroes has more than 7 million registered users. I.....

Xbox 360 Discs Add Capacity

MARCH 28, 2011 • Via a future Dashboard update, Microsoft Corp. is planning to add 1GB of storage space to Xbox 360 discs. Currently the maximum game data allowed 6.8GB of space out of a potential of 7.95GB. The rest has been reserved for DVD video and security sectors. The extra space will be.....

British Petroleum Stocks Nintendo 3DS

MARCH 28, 2011 • Novel for non-traditional game retailer at the launch of a new console, British Petroleum is stocking the £229.99 Nintendo 3DS, and a selection of games for the system, at more than 100 of its service stations in the United Kingdom. Impact: Retail expansion of video games has been slowly occurring on a global basis.  Games bring consumers in the door and they can be used as .....

Interview Joymax Set For A Breakout

MARCH 26, 2011 • Ask gamers in Turkey about South Korean publisher Joymax and there’s a very good chance they will recognize the company thanks to the popular free MMO Silkroad Online. The same would not be true in North America where Joymax is not very well known. However, that situation is changing. Joymax is making a big push to raise its market share worldwide. Last year Joymax merged with another Korean gamemaker, WeMad.....

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