The head of Toyota (NYSE:TM) recently said that a recall of four million cars with floor mat problems would not hurt company profits anywhere near as much as a surging yen and falling dollar. The...
Video games and video game consoles are sold across a broad spectrum of consumers whether they are measured by income or region. The games are also inexpensive enough so that they should be a...
A senior Japanese video game executive is telling Reuters that Sony’s (SNE) recent $100 price cut on the PS3 game platform will not be the last. Perhaps the consumer electronics giant will end...
Video games had a great Febuary. MarketWatch writes "Sales of game software in North America reached nearly $669 million for the month, up 47% from the same period last year, according to data...
Sony (SNE) has cut the price of its Playstation 3 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It is also releasing a 40-gigabytes console version, which is aimed at the inexpensive Nintendo Wii. The...
Not may years ago, when the iPod was in its infancy, Sony might have looked at buying Apple to own the new multimedia platform. Sony already had a PC business and the Mac operations could have fit...
Nintendo is now one of the ten largest Japanese companies based on market capitalization. Sony (SNE) is not. Nintendo joins a list that includes Toyota (TM), Honda (HMC), and Canon (CAJ)....
In a move that may be meant to capitalize on shortages of the Nintendo Wii, Sony’s (SNE) game unit will reduce the price of its PlayStation 3 game console in Japan, and introduce a new...
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) has signed a deal with a division of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) to build a 48-megawatt photovoltaic power plant that expands an existing 10-megawatt plant near Boulder...
There has been a lot of coverage of the Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle e-book reader.  But what happens when you hear there has been yet another price cut on the device?  Some have tried to use...
Sony (SNE) TV has come up with a novel idea. It will let consumers watch five minute versions of TV golden oldies including "Diff’rent Strokes" and "The Partridge Family" on...
Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei fell .5% to 9,157. Sony (SNE) and Canon were both up over 4%.The Hang Seng rose 2% to 15,741. China Overseas Land Investment was up over 5%. PetroChina (PTR) was...
Sony’s (SNE) PS3 has not sold as well as the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii. But, the Japanese company has dropped prices and more games are coming out to add to the library of...
After month upon month of being bested by the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), the Sony (NYSE: SNE) PS3 is emerging from the shadows. Sales of video games rose 11% in North America in...