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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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Video Game Sales Get Crushed, iPhone May Be Culprit

Posted: May 14, 2010 at 5:07 am

Video game sales in the US were decimated in April. It is not clear whether this is due to the growth of free games, especially online and on social network sites, ...
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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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Are Video Games Really Recession Proof? (GME, ERTS, ATVI, THQI, TTWO)

Posted: January 18, 2008 at 1:38 pm

NPD released its monthly video game data showing that December video game spending increased 30.9% from December 2006. What is interesting is that software sales of game titles were up ...
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Nintendo Executives Follow 24/7 Wall St. (NTDOY, MSFT, SNE, GME) (7974.JP)

Posted: December 14, 2007 at 1:14 pm

Just one week ago 24/7 Wall St. suggested that Nintendo (OTC:NTDOY) might try a Hail Mary Pass and offer a voucher with a guarantee if they can ramp more from ...
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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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GameStop’s New Highs After Earnings & Guidance (GME)

Posted: August 23, 2007 at 8:02 am

GameStop (NYSE:GME) is trading up 7% pre-market on what will be new yearly highs and all-time highs after posting earnings.  A quick summary is $0.13 EPS  on revenues of $1.3382B ...
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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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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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