Sentences with phrase «increase sales of the hardware»

Barnes & Noble is hoping that the low prices, and updates to its online store that launched last month, should help increase sales of both hardware and the media to play on it.

They also physically created more copies of the cartridge than there were active Atari 2600 systems in use, thinking that the game would be so popular that it would increase sales of the hardware.

Not exact matches

While software sales were down, the release of several blockbuster consoles over the holidays — including the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 — resulted in a 99.8 percent increase in hardware sales during the period.

In recent months, Apple has been emphasizing the size of its overall user base, which includes used iPhones, rather than focusing strictly on new device sales, a sign of the increasing importance of making money off users without selling them new hardware.

Total hardware sales could reach $ 2.2 billion assuming a $ 180 average retail price, which would represent a revenue increase of over $ 1.2 billion / year.

IHS is also optimistic about the PS4's overall profitability saying that «lower research and development costs for PlayStation 4 hardware, additional revenue streams from online service subscriptions and a more aggressive transition to higher margin digital content sales are combining to strengthen Sony's games business outlook even in the face of increased competition from cheap Android consoles and alternative devices eating into consumers» gaming time, including smartphones and tablets.»

The various Nintendo Switch games in the Top 20 all saw an increase in sales this week (despite the drop in Hardware sales), thanks to the public holiday on Friday and the recent launch of Super Mario Odyssey bringing in lots of new users hungry for games.

Hardware sales also increased, and topped 132 000 units thanks to the release of the New Nintendo 2DS (43 000 units sold).

The Japanese Wii U version of the game entered the Media Create sales charts as the highest - selling game in the country during its debut week, with 69,675 copies sold, and was credited for a sharp increase in Wii U hardware sales in the same period.

During that week, Software sales topped 1 900 000 units, and Hardware sales topped 344 000 units, which is 132.18 % and 134.04 % of Week 50 sales respectively: another noticeable increase quite obviously attributed to the holiday period.

Even if their software sales continue to increase and I believe it is a done deal to achieve profit of the hardware by 2016, I don't see them bucking the trend here.

Despite the Switch's annual success, PlayStation 4 was the top - selling console for the month of February, while the 55 percent increase in hardware spending year - over-year can be attributed to the Switch and Xbox One, meaning PlayStation 4's February 2018 sales remained consistent with its February 2017 sales.

The new Corvette Stingray and Cadillac CTS models may be racking up all kinds of prestigious honors in their homeland, but several thousand miles away, it remains to be seen if that hardware will pay off in the form of increased sales in Japan.

During a summer conference for financial analysts, Michael Dell suggested that the burgeoning mobile market represents a chance to increase sales of servers and other hardware.

B&N further said that the consolidated NOOK business across all of the company's segments, including sales of digital content, device hardware and related accessories, increased 85 percent in the second quarter to $ 220 million, on a comparable sales basis.

They're also reporting that they now have 14.5 million registered users, an increase of 2.5 million in only 3 months, with 15 percent of the new user base coming from the US, as well as a sizeable increase in hardware sales — 145 %, in fact.

For the first three years of this decade tablet sales continued to increase every year as manufactures kept a constant stream of new hardware appearing on the market.

The consolidated NOOK business across all of the company's segments, including sales of digital content, device hardware and related accessories, increased 85 % in the second quarter to $ 220 million, on a comparable sales basis.

Nook business across all the company's segments, including sales of digital content, device hardware and related accessories, increased 140 percent, to $ 277 million.

Amazon's course, hoping that cheap devices will result in such a significant increase in sales that it will be worth the initial investment so long as no money is actually being lost on the hardware itself, may be the least obviously profitable of these.

Nook business across the company, «including sales of digital content, device hardware and related accessories,» increased 85 percent in the quarter year - on - year, to $ 220 million, «on a comparable sales basis» — but, as Publishers Marketplace points out, Nook sales were $ 277 million in Q1 2012.

Worldwide omnichannel sales increased by 24.8 % on the strength of new hardware sales.

Nintendo stands to lose more than they gain by doing that, because they'd lose sales of hardware, (which by default is a substantial chunk of change, due to each console sold being worth at least 6 $ 50 games) for a miniscule increase in software, from people who's interest in games like Breath of the Wild would immediately die once the next Witcher hits their console.

- Nintendo is selling three physical Switch games for every console sold in the UK and Spain - this matches the performance of Wii - Nintendo says the Switch's global tie - ratio is 3.6 - 78 % of Nintendo Switch games are sold in boxes, by comparison only 47 % of PS4 games are sold physically - the only blips in Switch sales have occurred during moments of stock shortages - there was a significant spike in hardware sales around the launch of Super Mario Odyssey - across Spain and the UK, 469,000 Switch consoles have been sold for the first 36 weeks of its life - this is about 49 % of what the Wii managed to do over the same period (which launched over Christmas)- this is 300 % of what the Wii U managed to achieve - Switch may grow significantly again if Nintendo continues its trend of updating the hardware with new iterations - there is currently enough stock to satisfy demand at the moment - if demand increases for the holiday season, GAME says «we don't have a warehouse full of stock ready to go.»

«The majority of hardware platforms increased their sales from August 2015 to September 2015 when comparing sales on a per - week basis.

PS4 exclusives «God of War III: Remastered» (+79 %), «The Order: 1886» (+406 %) and «Bloodbourne» (+148 %) enjoy strong sales increases thanks to PS4 hardware bundle promotions with «God of War» re-entering the Top 10 at No10.

The market research company NPD Group reported in August 2008 that sales of video game hardware and software increased by 28 percent in July 2008, reaching almost $ 1.2 billion [source: Fox News].

Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, The NPD Group's Liam Callahan confirmed that the game industry saw a year - over-year sales increase thanks to Halo 5 and the debut of Microsoft's Xbox One Elite Controller: «Overall sales across physical software, hardware, and accessories experienced a modest 2 % growth in October 2015 compared to October 2014.

Through the first two months of 2015, sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware have increased by more than 90 percent over sales in the same period in 2014.

A big part of this increase is due to the Nintendo Switch s brisk hardware sales.

Sony's response to tonight's NPD figures focused on PS3's tenth consecutive month of year - over-year growth, citing an 18 percent increase in hardware sales and 58 percent revenue increase since last May.

A strong second month for Animal Crossing: New Leaf helped sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware and software increase by 14 and 45 percent, respectively, over the same time frame last year.

«Our top retailers have reported a 300 % lift in PS3 hardware sales and an increase of 140 % in total hardware revenue across the PlayStation portfolio when comparing the first week of September to the week before the $ 299 price adjustment»

The combination of increased figure sales and the introduction of amiibo cards meant that the amiibo and accessories division is now generating around half as much as Nintendo's home console hardware segment.

In other words I expect VR to provide a small increase in hardware sales but ultimately the majority of sales to come from those who already own a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One.

It was an enormous hit, helping to bring about an unprecedented year - on - year increase in sales of Xbox 360 hardware, and a correspondingly huge influence on the direction of Microsoft's third Xbox console, which was coming together slowly in the shadows.

Retail tracking firm NPD has revealed the total U.S. game and hardware sales for the month of October, which hit $ 1.08 billion — a one percent increase in sales over last year.

Take these two elements, add in fun, exclusive titles starring some of the biggest names in gaming, and overall sales of Nintendo hardware systems so far in 2015 have increased by nearly 60 percent over sales during the same time frame in 2014.

Total hardware sales in 2015 have increased by more than 20 percent over sales during the first three months of 2014.

The Xbox 360 is the only console system showing a unit sales increase year - to - date, while the DS has the highest sales of all hardware platforms both for the month, and year - to - date.»

«When we launched Pokémon GO with Niantic, there was a direct impact on Pokémon hardware and software sales increasing,» Doug Bowser, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Nintendo of America, told AlistDaily.

A strong launch for Animal Crossing: New Leaf and the continued strength of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Luigi \'s Mansion: Dark Moon helped sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware and software increase by more than 40 percent and nearly 105 percent, respectively, over the same time last year.

With increased smart speaker adoption, the companies in this space will also begin to tackle monetization — that is, beyond sales of the hardware itself.

A strong second month for Animal Crossing: New Leaf helped sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware and software increase by 14 and 45 percent, respectively, over the same time frame last year.

Moreover, carriers don't have much of an incentive to increase iPhone sales due to the large subsidies involved, and Android manufacturers have «drastically» improved their hardware and the ecosystem:

This is largely as a result of increased demand from buyers not looking to play games but rather using the hardware for mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, driving sales of GTX 1060 and 1070 cards immensely.

Total hardware sales increased by 302.34 % and 417.62 % for the PS4 family and the 3DS family of consoles respectively, week - on - week.

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