Ask a Game Dev
JUNE 22, 2023
I’ve only ever had the chance to buy a console early once and that was a special dispensation from Nintendo to buy a Wii (at a discount) from them directly as thanks for being a developer on a launch title. The rest of the time, I’ve had to buy new game consoles the same way everybody else does.
Ask a Game Dev
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
A console dev kit is a lot like a networked computer fused with a game console. It has beefier hardware than the retail console (because it needs to be able to hold and run debug builds of the game). Game consoles today typically have plugins for Microsoft Visual studio to handle the remote debugging process.
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Game Development News
JUNE 28, 2023
Bandai Namco has announced it is opening a new ‘interactive retail experience’ store in July 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP
iXie gaming
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Game Daily
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Games retailer GameStop has released its financial report for Q3 of the current fiscal year, and the numbers highlight continued losses for the embattled company. One of the largest sales categories, console hardware, dropped 6% during the quarter, to $627 million in sales, and software sales fell 19%, to $352 million.
Game Development News
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After weeks of deliberation and thousands of votes, 500 of the UK game industry's brightest and best came together to honour the winners of the 25th anniversary MCV/DEVELOP Awards
Game Daily
JUNE 20, 2023
Of course, this still happens, but the rise of digital sales has significantly diminished their financial significance, and thereby the power of GameStop, America’s biggest physical games retailer. Over the years, various attempts to diversify into digital retailing, mobile phones and, most recently, NFTs, have come to nothing.
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