Archive for the 'Games Retailers' Category

Digital Distribution News

Posted by Raoul on October 16th, 2006

A plethora of announcements this past week further cement the age of digital distribution for video games.
Psychonaut was officially released on Steam this week (as I had previously mentioned). I expect digital sales of the game to approach or surpass the original retail sales.
Activision has also announced they will bringing several of their past games […]

Why Second Hand Games Won’t Matter

Posted by Raoul on September 11th, 2006

There seems to be a general unease in the industry about the second hand games market. Publishers dislike it intensely. Some even go as far as claiming that it leads to less investment in research and innovation, and as consequence, more sequels and movie tie-ins. According to the same publishers, it also leads to higher […]

Fair Trade

Posted by Versus on August 8th, 2006

So I’m sat there looking at my collection of Xbox & PS2 games trying to decide which game I should play next, and it dawns on me that there are a handful of titles on my shelves collecting dust. I’m never realistically going to play them again, however much the collector in me wants […]