digital distribution
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Australian Game Sales Down At Retail, But Does The Growth In Digital Make Up For It?
60According to the latest data from NPD Australia, the Australian Games Industry raked in $1.5 billion at retail in 2011, that’s a 12.8 per cent contraction compared to 2010, but that figure doesn’t account for the growth in digital sales, says Ron Curry, CEO of iGEA.
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Xbox LIVE Drives Microsoft’s Revenue While Retail Falters
Recent figures released by Microsoft have shown an overall increase in quarterly revenues, despite a small slump in sales at retail, an increase Microsoft believe is mostly due to an increase in dollars coming in from Xbox LIVE.
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Report Says GameFly Picking Up Digital Distribution Service
Discs-to-your-door rental service Gamefly will buy Direct2Drive from IGN, according to a report by MCV, likely expanding digital rentals’ availability over PC down the line.
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Will Digital Overtake Retail In 2011?
John Riccitiello, CEO of EA, certainly thinks so. Speaking to Industry Gamers he claimed that by “the end of [2011] , the digital business” would be “bigger than the packaged goods business.”