Reg Hardware

2008 a top year for UK games sales

Doug Glass

Seaworthy 

Go

Got one for sub drivers?

Iain

"Shift to consoles" 

Stop

"Over here, there was a big shift to consoles, with console-oriented software sale up 38 per cent year on year."

It's worth remembering that these numbers only measure sales of physical product in shops. When they miss everything sold over Steam and competitors, along with all those World of Warcraft subscription fees, any statement on the health of the PC game market seems somewhat less than rigorously researched.

PsyWulf

Hmmm 

Paris Hilton

Amirite in remembering the contrived statements and media notices that piracy was killing the gaming industry's sales swiftly?

Right...tin foil hat time

Paris - she knows how to boost sales

Britt Johnston

but games cost more than in 2003... 

What about comparing units sold?

Anonymous Coward

You failed to mention.. 

Coat

How the order of software sales, with PS3 sitting pretty at the top, with the most profitable platform.

Wii, nobody buys games, besides MarioKart and Wii Sports.

360, piracy is so rampant, vast numbers of users just get their games on Bittorrent.

PSP ditto.

DS ditto.

IR

It must be piracy! 

Pirate

Oh wait, sales went up? It's the great use of DRM stopping piracy!

Charles Tsang

@Doug Glass 

Boffin

French Sub Joking aside, yes, there is.

Look up "Dangerous Waters" by Sonalysts.

Very good, but very complex. There are some good guides out there about starting with the MH60 Helicoptor to get used to basic operations (with dipping Sonar and sonar buoys).