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Nintendo

Just How Well Is The Wii U Selling In Australia?

Nintendo is usually very quick to release sales information, particularly when its consoles are flying off the shelves at record rates, so the absence of any concrete information about Wii U sales is worrying. Regular Kotaku contributor Daniel ‘Vooks’ Vuckovic has done a stellar job of looking into the performance of the Wii U locally in Australia.

News

US Video Game Retailers Do A Good Job Of Not Selling Adult Games To Kids

Last year, the Federal Trade Commission in the US ran an undercover shopper sting, aimed at testing various retailers’ compliance with age ratings for media products. Kids aged 13-16, without the supervision of an adult, were asked to try buyin unrated DVDs, explicit albums and M-rated video games.

14 March 2013

News

All The King’s Men: How GAME Australia Fell Apart At The Seams

In July 2012 GAME Australia closed its doors for the last time. 700 members of staff, 90 stores, 20 years. All lost. Gone. But two years previously, when the UK’s Chief Executives sent its best men to save GAME from the doldrums, no-one could have predicted how quickly it would all go wrong. This is the story of how one retailer tried to reinvent itself, but came tumbling apart at the seams.

16 February 2013

In Real Life

Nude Photos, Drugs And Cockroaches: Wild Stories From Game Retailers

Retail is a tough racket. It’s no easy gig. Sometimes, it’s boring. Sometimes, it exhausting. And sometimes, it’s completely bonkers. Here are some colourful, disgusting and just odd moments from the trenches of gaming retail, dealing with your fellow gamers.

14 February 2013

News

David Jones Is Getting Out Of The ‘Low Performing’ Games Business

I’d be very surprised if anyone reading Kotaku Australia bought their video games from David Jones, but we’ve just received word that the retail giant has decided to stop selling games in their stores.

13 February 2013

News

The Australian Retail Games Market Contracted By 23 Per Cent In 2012

Australian spent a total of $1.161 billion on video games during 2012, a number that represents a 23 per cent contraction in the market locally but, despite this, the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA) remains confident that the Australian industry as a whole, inclusive of digital spending, is continuing to grow.

4 January 2013

PlayStation

Rumours Of PS4 Restricting Used Games Sends GameStop Stock Tumbling

GameStop’s stock price closed lower by $US1.30 — a 5 per cent loss overall — after word this morning that Sony had applied for a patent on technology that could restrict how used games are played on its next console.

In Real Life

What Will 2013 Do To Aussie Games Retail?

Australia’s not exactly blessed with lots of competing video game retail chains. What’s the story likely to be in 2013, and does physical retail matter any more in any case?

8 December 2012

In Real Life

The Inside Of An Amazon Warehouse Is A Terrifying Sight

You’ve no doubt ordered something from Amazon once. Maybe you ordered something from the site just now. It carries all kinds of stuff for all kinds of people, but have you ever wondered where it’s all kept? Well, it’s kept in gargantuan warehouses like this one, which is no doubt being looked after by top men. Top. Men.

3 October 2012

Nintendo

Seems Like Wii U Games WIll Be Cheaper Than Expected

Well, most of them will — and that includes Nintendo’s first-party titles.

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