Mad Catz reports record sales for Q2, led by Tritton peripherals

by JC Fletcher on November 5, 2010 1: 15 AM Mad Catz-bundle With Catz today announced record net sales in its fiscal 37.4 million Q2, which ended in September. This 73.2 per cent higher than the second quarter of last year. Operating profit was $ 1.9 million, another record and clearly preferable to last year's negative $ 200000.

Xbox 360 sales account for the largest share of sales, 37 per cent. PS3 sales increased percentage, and everything else has shrunk proportionately.The biggest selling item categories wasn't FightSticks, as expected, or even modern warfare 2-branded controllers--it was audio products, including the acquisition of new Tritton. Specialized controllers were best sellers.

"While the second-quarter net sales benefited from initial deliveries of the rock group products and our newly acquired Tritton gaming line," said Darren Richardson, President of Mad Catz, "it is important to note that thanks to our strong portfolio of new products in all of our brands, we will continue to increase for the quarter where the two product lines will be removed from our sales."

EA Announces 100 million sales for life, free download FIFA Ultimate Team

on Mike Schramm-5 Nov 2010 07: 00 Electronic Arts announced its FIFA Football franchise has sold more than 100 million units since its inception 18 years old, which is a lot of virtual soccer ball. FIFA Soccer 08 helped push this series for ages sign sale 2.6 million copies of his first five days, making it the fastest selling sports video games of all time.

To celebrate, EA gave this year's version of his necktie Office games, FIFA Ultimate Team 11, free of charge together with the main games last year DLC was sold for a fee, but FIFA 11, players can download the new regime and it features both expanded multiplayer mode, where players can set their groups, as well as full-featured Web applications for the auction and trading players outside of the header.

It's pretty kickin drops ' awesome, if you ask us if you have FIFA 08 on the Xbox and PS3, you can pick up the Ultimate Team for free from the menu in the game right now.

Square Enix returns down but not out as a franchise store sales

by James ransom-Wiley on November 5, 2010 12: 15 AM if you think we are going to explain that mess scribbles above--fuggedaboutit! What we understand by Square Enix six-month financial report (April-September 2010) is rather small net income: ¥ 1.723 billion ($ 21.4 million). Although any company will pocket change for loss of profit, Square Enix, really down 36% from the same period last year and software sales in the first half of this fiscal year have relied on heavily "contribution of profitable sales of main chapters, moved in March"--in other words: Final Fantasy XIII picked up the slack.

And who were slackers? Square Enix have identified five main title, released during the period:

Finally Square Enix heralded recent partnership with a Chinese online game publisher Shanda games;It shows two of the three strategies set forth the company's growth: globalization and becomes the Network Center.As in the third? Square Enix's three-pronged attack also stresses "strengthening our own KP. so when the next Final Fantasy goes again?

[Image: year-over-year comparison of monthly revenues from existing outlets; source: Square Enix]