digital downloads
News
Atlus Stops Undersupplying PSP Games
2:40AM Mike Fahey | It’s not the fact that Atlus has released a selection of its best PSP games in downloadable form on the PlayStation Network, but how they announce said release: no more purposefully undersupplying retail channels! More »
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Amazon Has Your PlayStation Network Access Codes
2:20AM Mike Fahey | Amazon.com becomes an extension of the PlayStation Store today, as the online retailer begins offering access codes to PlayStation Network add-on content and games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. More »
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GameStop Has A New Digital Media Man
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Game retailer GameStop is clearly taking the threat of digital distribution seriously, creating a new position within the company—General Manager, Digital Media—and putting Chris Petrovic to work on generally managing all that stuff. More »
Culture
New York Drops DLC Tax Plans
2:40AM Mike Fahey | New York Governor David Paterson’s December tax proposal that would see the state nickel and diming downloadable content has been scrapped in favour of large amounts of federal stimulus money. More »
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Survey: 47% Of PC Game Purchases Are Digital
3:30PM Luke Plunkett | Getting sales data for the PC market is hard. The NPD Group try, but they don’t cover digital downloads, so there are big holes in their data. Enter Rock Paper Shotgun’s ginormous reader survey. More »
Phantom Launches Game Store, Readies Upgraded Lapboards
4:00AM Mike Fahey | Phantom Entertainment, creators of the doomed-from-the-start Phantom gaming console, have just launched their very own online video game store, while also announcing funding for the next production run of their Phantom Lapboards. More »