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Microsoft Sells 8 Million Kinects In Sixty Days As Ballmer Rules

Posted: January 6, 2011 at 4:51 am

Steve Ballmer gave his annual address at the Consumer Electronics Show. Among the things that he mentioned was that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) had sold 8 million Kinect video game consoles ...
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Media Digest 7/7/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 7, 2010 at 3:55 am

Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) shares have recovered as a relief well nears the leak. Reuters:   Saudi investors are seeking a 10% to 15% stake in BP. Reuters:   Microsoft Corporation ...
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Microsoft (MSFT): Kill The Zune

Posted: September 9, 2008 at 5:21 am

Microsoft (MSFT) is about to launch its latest version of the Zune multimedia player. To date the company has sold two million units. In contrast, Apple (AAPL) has sold over ...
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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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Forget $300 Million Already…Halo 3 Will See $500 Million Very Soon (MSFT, GME, ERTS, TTWO)

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 6:34 pm

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has generated over $300 million in sales from Halo 3 titles in the first week alone, with $59.95 of that being from me.  There were more than 1.7 ...
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Halo’s Next Generation (or Halo 4) Already Guarded (MSFT, GME, BBY)

Posted: September 24, 2007 at 11:02 pm

The lines are out.  The costumes are on.  Halo 3 is on imminent release.  10 minutes for the east coast.  Halo 4, or the next version/series of Halo, is already ...
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How Investors Are Looking at Halo 3 (MSFT, GME, ATVI, TTWO, BBY)

Posted: September 24, 2007 at 8:21 am

By now, everyone on earth knows of the launch of Halo 3.  Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bungie Studios is launching this at Midnight tonight.  This should pretty easily surpass the $125 million ...
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For HALO 3, GameStop Aims To Out-Dork All Dorks (GME, MSFT, BBY)

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 4:38 pm

We have covered the launch of HALO 3 for Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox 360 as one of the musts for gamers, and even covered how this would impact other gaming companies.  ...
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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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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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EA Guidance Sees Weakness From Halo 3 & Grand Theft Auto Competition (ERTS, THQI, TTWO, MSFT)

Posted: August 1, 2007 at 3:42 pm

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) has posted results with a gross profit of $229 million, but its actual net loss was $132 million.  Its diluted EPS was -$0.42 net and -$0.22 ...
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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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