The UK's leading source for Hardware and Games reviews

Home

Tech

Modding

Gaming

Forum

101 articles tagged as sales

The end

Time to say goodbye from all of us at bit-tech.net

November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

EA profits from PS2 most of all

Despite all the focus on next-gen consoles and DirectX 10, EA has revealed that most of the profit is makes stems from PS2 games.

February 6, 2008 | 10:24

The sky is falling

PC game sales only account for 14 percent of total sales, according to the latest half cracked study that ignores most PC games sales. Is it the beginning of a bad joke, or are the first pieces of the computer game sky falling? Brett Thomas discusses the hype, marketing, and utter idiocy.

February 2, 2008 | 08:16

PC game sales constitute 14 percent of total sales

It isn't looking good for PC gamers as it is revealed that of all last years games sales, only 14 percent of them came from PC titles.

January 30, 2008 | 09:24

iPhone flags in UK markets

A UK tabloid has claimed that Apple is 'encouraging' UK retailers not to divulge sales figures for their flagship iPhone due to embarrassingly slow sales over the festive period.

January 14, 2008 | 08:42

Crysis, UT3 sales disappoint developers

Crysis and Unreal Tournament 3 were two of the biggest and most anticipated games this year - so why aren't they selling very well?

December 17, 2007 | 09:47

UK music retailers say ‘DRM is killing us’

The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has called for the music industry to put an end to DRM, citing it as the reason why music sales are declining in the UK.

November 22, 2007 | 14:09

Nintendo leading software sales, beats Microsoft

New figures are in, placing Nintendo as the market leader in software sales, followed by Sony and Microsoft in that order according to iSuppli.

October 31, 2007 | 12:48

Nintendo cannot meet Christmas demand

Reggie Fils-Amie, Nintendo of America President, has spoken frankly about how Nintendo will do this Christmas, admitting that the demand may still be greater than supply.

October 1, 2007 | 09:25

PS2 to sell for three more years?

The PlayStation 2 was one of the best consoles ever made - but should we really be using the past tense? Sega doesn't think so and are sure there's still life in the old gal.

September 27, 2007 | 11:06

BioShock sequel coming, 1.5m copies shipped

During an analyst call last night, Take-Two revealed plans to turn BioShock into an ongoing franchise.

September 11, 2007 | 10:29

Sony goofs by showing declining Blu-ray sales

Sony meant to show that Blu-ray sales have been double that of HD DVD. Instead, it's shown that sales of both formats have been decreasing.

September 7, 2007 | 15:02

Windows install base to top 1bn by end of 2008

At Microsoft's 2007 Analyst's Day, Steve Ballmer revealed that the Windows install base will go past the one billion mark in 2008.

July 29, 2007 | 11:49

World of Warcraft has 9 million subscribers

Blizzard has announced that the world’s most popular MMOG, World of Warcraft, now has over nine million subscribers worldwide.

July 25, 2007 | 12:37

Vista is not helping PC sales

Market research firm In-Stat has stated that the launch of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system has had no impact on PC sales.

May 24, 2007 | 11:29

Xbox 360 will make profit next year?

Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft, has let loose some interesting news regarding Xbox 360.

May 4, 2007 | 11:35

'Father of PlayStation' retires from Sony

The inventor of the PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, has stepped down at Sony in a corporate reshuffle.

April 27, 2007 | 13:22

Blu-ray takes early lead in HD Format War

Sony takes an early lead in the HD Format War and Blu-ray is outselling HD DVD by 2:1.

April 25, 2007 | 13:24

Can you hear me now?

Internet radio is the latest technology to find itself in the crosshairs of the RIAA's money schemes, and it looks like it may be DOA in no time flat. But why would the RIAA kill it? Brett Thomas puts on his tin-foil hat to talk about pop-tarts and record sales, and how Internet radio just doesn't sell as well.

April 21, 2007 | 08:32

Vista sold 20m licenses in first month

Microsoft has released the sales figures for Vista's maiden voyage. The results? "A lot."

March 28, 2007 | 08:37

Laptops to overtake Desktop sales

Laptops are due to outsell desktops by 2011, meaning that the market for low-power kit exceeds that for chunky desktop components.

March 22, 2007 | 15:20

Vista's impact Mac sales will be minimal

A report published by a market research firm claims that Windows Vista will have little to no impact on Apple's Mac sales.

February 15, 2007 | 13:14

AMD outsells Intel in US retail

UPDATED: AMD managed to score a major win against Intel during the back to school season. According to analysts, AMD managed to outsell Intel for the very first time in US retail over the course of a calender month. The sales figures are mainly focused around PIB sales, and doesn't include major OEM sales.

October 17, 2005 | 19:13