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This Week In The Business: Xbox One Stand-Off
“We’re going to sell more Xbox One S’s next year than we will X. That’s always been part of the plan.” — Xbox boss Phil Spencer talking about the continued importance of the Xbox One S as it puts a focus on Xbox One X at E3.
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This Week In The Business: Flipping The Switch
10 million — The number of Nintendo Switch systems expected to ship this year, according to Niko Partners’ Daniel Ahmad. Other industry watchers have been less optimistic, with Superdata projecting 5 million systems this year, and IHS expecting 4.4 million.
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This Week In The Business: A Tough Year For Hardware
“I’m tired of shooting people for no reason other than not getting killed.” — Martin Greip, art director of Eat, Create, Sleep, talking about games that lack meaning and how big budget games are “estranged from the real world.”
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This Week In The Business: Those Old Brick-And-Mortar Blues
20 per cent — Watch Dogs 2‘s launch week sales at UK retailers were down 80 per cent compared to the performance of the original Watch Dogs. It was the latest in a string of disappointing UK launches for AAA games this spring.