Purchasing digital copies of PC and console games has become the favoured way for gamers to get their hands on the latest releases, rather than obtaining a traditional physical copy. Retail stores have noticed a huge decline in sales over the past few years which has contributed to many high …
Read More »Tesco is giving up on Blinkbox
Over the last few months, Tesco has been winding down on its loss-making digital download service, Blinkbox. The movie watching side of the business was sold off to TalkTalk a few weeks ago but Tesco still owned Music and Books services, which are now either being sold off or shut …
Read More »EA doesn’t see games going all digital this generation
Digital downloads will be a huge part of console gaming this generation but Electronic Arts CFO, Blake Jorgensen, doesn't see EA going all digital any time soon. There is a good reason for this though: digital makes up less than 30% of the publisher's sales. During the Credit Suisse 2013 …
Read More »HMV digital music app pulled from IOS App Store
HMV has had a hard time over the last year, the company went bankrupt and almost closed down completely until Hilco came in and took over the retail chain. Since then, HMV has been working on adjusting to the digital age and it has now done so with the launch …
Read More »GameStop considering resale of digital content
US video game retailer GameStop and owner of the Impulse digital download platform, has said that it is currently mulling over the idea of allowing the resale of digital games. “It’s very interesting,” said GameStop CEO Paul Rains while speaking with GameSpot. “There are some technologies out there in Europe, …
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