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Video Game Sales Drop Moderates In May, Holidays Critical

Posted: July 2, 2010 at 5:24 am

Game and game console sales have been extremely weak for a year-and-a-half as the recession sapped demand for consumer electronic devices. This has not been offset by price cuts for ...
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Sony CEO Makes $8.8 Million For Driving Company Into The Ground

Posted: June 18, 2010 at 5:21 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) CEO Sir Howard Stringer spends his time jet setting among his offices and homes in Tokyo, New York, and his native Wales. Sony has lost money two ...
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Nintendo Unit Sales Drop 21% From Last Year

Posted: May 6, 2010 at 5:34 am

The news is bad for Nintendo. It reported its fiscal year numbers. The video game company posted its first full-year drop in revenue in six years. Wii sales were down ...
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At Last, A Ray Of Sunshine For Video Game Sales

Posted: April 16, 2010 at 5:20 am

The recession nearly ruined the video game business, pushing some publishers such as Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) to the financial brink. Even Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) reported huge losses and laid ...
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Nintendo Brings 3D To Video Games

Posted: March 23, 2010 at 4:17 am

Nintendo has been able to keep a lead over Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) in the high-end game console business. Its Wii routinely outsells the Xbox 360 and PS3. Now Nintendo ...
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Video Game Business Hurt In February, Nintendo Crushed

Posted: March 12, 2010 at 8:53 am

The video game industry had another rough outing in February as revenue fell 15% from last year. Total sales of games and consoles totaled $1.26 billion in the US. Microsoft ...
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Another Strong Month For Video Game Sales (NTDOY, MSFT, ERTS, TTWO)

Posted: September 14, 2007 at 7:36 am

NPD has its data out for the month of August showing another massive month in video game sales.  Game titles and hardware showed roughly a 46% combined gain over August ...
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Ninetendo Wii Pass Microsoft Xbox For Global Lead

Posted: August 29, 2007 at 5:27 am

Data out today show that Nintendo's Wii has now sold 10.57 million units worldwide. That passes the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 at 10.51 million. The Wii was introduced after Xbox, ...
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Grand Theft Auto Delay Bad For Take-Two, Good For Other Game Publishers (TTWO, MSFT, ERTS, THQI, ATVI, GME)

Posted: August 2, 2007 at 4:51 pm

Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TWO) is showing how its woes are far from over.  The company is lowering guidance because it delayed the launch date for its upcoming blockbuster game Grand Theft ...
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Nintendo’s US Sales Smack Microsoft (MSFT) And Sony (SNE)

Posted: July 25, 2007 at 9:34 am

New data out from NPD, show Nintendo putting the wood to Sony (SNE) and Microsoft (MSFT) in game console sales during June.PC World provided a table of June sales compared ...
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Nintendo Lays Siege To Micosoft (MSFT) And Sony (SNE) Again

Posted: July 25, 2007 at 4:34 am

Nintendo's profit increase 4x in the quarter ending in June to $669 million. The company increased guidance for the year and the company raised its profit forecast by 40%.Sales of ...
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Sony (SNE) Goes After Nintendo Portable

Posted: July 18, 2007 at 4:58 am

Sony (SNE) is tired of having sand kicked in its face by Nintendo. The smaller company's Wii game platform handily outsells the PS3 and will probably continue to do so, ...
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Nintendo Shows Why It’s Ahead

Posted: July 11, 2007 at 2:19 pm

Nintendo today announced a game controller that is operated the user's feet. Called the "Nintendo Balance Board", the new product allows gamers to manipulate the action on their screens while ...
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Sony (SNE) PS3 Price Cut: Another Sign Of Weakness

Posted: July 9, 2007 at 4:09 am

It would be tempting to think that Sony (SNE) is cutting its PS3 price in reaction to hardware problems with the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox. But, the decision is probably due ...
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Another Missed Chance For Sony (SNE) PS3

Posted: July 6, 2007 at 9:00 am

After almost every analyst that follows the gaming industry said Sony (SNE) would cut prices on it PS3 game platform, the company's president said "no dice." Reuters reports that there ...
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