- On est déjà en rupture de stock de wii en Angleterre :
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- Résultats de Codemasters pour l'année fiscale 2007 :
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Retailers have admitted that they will be unable to cope with unprecedented demand for Nintendo Wii consoles this Christmas, as appetite for the video games continues to grow.
New stocks are selling out within hours of delivery, websites are crashing and some online "clearing houses" - which alert shoppers to the whereabouts of new stock - are being contacted by 100,000 people a day.
Dixons.co.uk, the website, sold out of thousands of consoles within two hours of them going online on Wednesday. Amazon, another online retailer, is believed to have sold 1,400 machines in a 10-minute period last week. The consoles are being sold on auction sites such as eBay for almost twice their £179.99 retail price.
New stocks are selling out within hours of delivery, websites are crashing and some online "clearing houses" - which alert shoppers to the whereabouts of new stock - are being contacted by 100,000 people a day.
Dixons.co.uk, the website, sold out of thousands of consoles within two hours of them going online on Wednesday. Amazon, another online retailer, is believed to have sold 1,400 machines in a 10-minute period last week. The consoles are being sold on auction sites such as eBay for almost twice their £179.99 retail price.
- Résultats de Codemasters pour l'année fiscale 2007 :
Codemasters vient d'annoncer une croissance de 38% pour l'année fiscale 2007, avec un chiffre d'affaires de 71,5 millions de livres (100 millions d'euros). Ces bons résultats sont notamment dûs aux performances de la firme aux Etats-Unis où les ventes ont progressé de 151%, notamment grâce à un accord de distribution signé avec Warner Bros. Sur cette même année, les bénéfices opérationnels de la firme ont grimpé de 1,1 millions de livres à 5,6 millions (7,8 millions d'euros). Dans cette période, Codemasters a aussi investi 40,5 millions de livres dans la création de jeux, et dans le développement de la technologie Neon qui sera notamment utilisée dans Opération Flashpoint 2 : Dragon Rising.
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