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Developers Identifying Shift in Gaming Audience to Older Players

Across all platforms, the various sectors of the gaming industry are growing at an incredible rate, with more people than ever playing all types of titles. The simple fact is, regardless of how highly rated the games are by console and PC gamers, mobile games, lite games, and online browser games have made this form…

30 September 201910 February 2021 Tech Digest Correspondent Gaming, News

Fortnite allows players to merge accounts

Fortnite is allowing players to merge accounts that have been created across different consoles, following Sony’s late decision to let users cross-play with people using rival consoles. Sony has been reluctant to allow gamers on the PlayStation 4 to play Fortnite with others on Xbox One or Nintendo Switch, but gave in to pressure in…

8 February 20198 February 2019 Chris Price Gaming, News

Sony PlayStation 4 sales pass 90 million mark after successful Christmas

Sony has now sold more than 91.6 million PlayStation 4 consoles, helped by a sales boost in the run-up to Christmas. The Japanese firm managed to sell a total of 5.6 million units during the 2018 festive season, while more than 50.7 million PS4 games were sold over the same period, taking the total number…

8 January 20198 January 2019 Chris Price Gadgets, Gaming, PlayStation 4

Optic wins Call of Duty World League, Paris Open

The road to the 2017 Championship of the Call of Duty World League (CWL) Presented by PlayStation4 has continued with a big win from OpTic Gaming, earning themselves the lion's share of the $100,000 prize pot. FaZe Clan, Rise Nation and Infused rounded out the top spots after three days of intense competition at CWL…

21 February 2017 Chris Price Gadgets, Gaming

Microsoft loses $400m on Xbox One

In news that will no doubt please Sony, Microsoft - which spent $2.1 billion producing and marketing the Xbox One - has reported a loss of $400 million (£238m) since launching the console in November last year. The Independent reports that the news comes from Microsoft’s annual earnings report for 2014, and shows the loss…

11 August 2014 Stuart Gadgets, Gaming, Microsoft, PlayStation 4, Sony, Video games, Xbox One

Xbox One sales double after Kinect-less release, says Microsoft

In news that will surprise nobody, it seems that forcing people to buy a peripheral they do not want does not make good business sense. Microsoft's Xbox Wire blog is reporting that Xbox One sales have doubled in the US since the launch of the non-Kinect bundle. "Over the past month, we’ve seen a strong…

17 July 2014 Stuart Gaming, Kinect, Microsoft, PlayStation 4, Video games, Xbox One

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Tag: PlayStation 4

Developers Identifying Shift in Gaming Audience to Older Players

Fortnite allows players to merge accounts

Sony PlayStation 4 sales pass 90 million mark after successful Christmas

Optic wins Call of Duty World League, Paris Open

Microsoft loses $400m on Xbox One

Xbox One sales double after Kinect-less release, says Microsoft

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