Showing posts with label Netherlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Netherlands. Show all posts

Monday, 8 March 2010

PS3 passes Xbox 360 in Netherlands

According to Foknieuws citing GfK figures, PS3 has now passed 360 in total sales in the Netherlands. Wii has sold more than both PS3 & 360 combined, whilst NDS is "head and shoulders above the rest".

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Friday, 12 February 2010

Netherlands 2009

Total Dutch software unit sales were down by 7.0% in 2009 to 10.35m units from 11.13m in 2008. PC software was hardest hit, falling by 18.6% from 3.03m in 2008 to 2.47m in 2009. Console software was less severely hit, down 2.6% to 7.89m from 8.10m a year earlier.

In terms of value total software dropped by 8.4% from €342.39m in 2008 to €313.73m in 2009. PC software was down 16.9% to €40.24m from €48.40m. Console software was down by 7.0% to €273.49m from €293.99m.

Hardware units were heavily down, dropping by 23.5% from 1.476m to 1.128m. Hardware value was down from €312.50m to €228.05m.




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Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Benelux region market report

MCV's full Benelux Market Report can be read from page 19 of this PDF.

BENELUX MARKET OVERVIEW

According to Screen Digest forecasts, video game sales in Benelux fell ten per cent year-on-year in 2009 – down from €511 million to €461 million.

The firm also says software unit sales had fallen seven per cent yearon- year.

The biggest decline was on handheld consoles, with DS, PSP and GBA game sales down six per cent in 2009. However, unit sales for Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games increased by nine per cent year-on-year.

Wii continues to dominate the sector, accounting for 51 per cent of home console owners in the Benelux region.


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Wednesday, 16 December 2009

PS3 sales in the Netherlands

According to GfK there are around 500,000 Blu-Ray players in the Netherlands, approximately two thirds of which are PS3s. That puts the PS3 at around 330,000 in the country.

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Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Mixed results for Dutch market in H1 2009

PC games saw a decline in both value and units from 1.35m worth €19.7m in 2008 down to 1.16m worth €18.6m in 2009. Console software rose from 3.25m units worth €115.24m in 2008 to 3.40m worth €116.6m in 2009.

Hardware saw a slight drop with 0.54m units sold in 2009 compared to 0.55m in 2008. The drop in value was sharper at €108.68m compared to €118.04m in the previous year.



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