GTA IV Helps Boost Sales of Video-Game Consoles (NewsFactor)
May 2, 2008
NewsFactor - As most people are probably aware, 2008 is a presidential election year. One of the things political analysts will be looking at closely is whether the winning candidate has "coattails," or the ability to boost the vote totals of fellow party members running for the House and Senate.
Japan: PS3 Catches Up to Wii, Xbox 360 on Life Support
In Japan, the Wii's lead over the PS3 shrank from six-to-one in May to just one-point-seven-to-one in June, according to Japanese magazine publisher Enterbrain. According to the publisher, Nintendo sold 235,990 Wii in a five week period ending June...
Microsoft, Sony Copy Nintendo's Playbook (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Nintendo raised the bar for casual, easy-to-play video games again Tuesday, as rivals Microsoft and Sony scrambled to imitate the family-friendly appeal of Nintendo's Wii game console with their own product announcements this week. 
Ten Cool Wii Games
A host of new games, many developed by tiny development teams, are coming for the Wii. Here are some fun ones.
05/13/08
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Xbox 360 sales beat out Wii, PS3 ...
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on
Wednesday its Xbox 360 game machine beat Nintendo Co Ltd's
(7974.OS) Wii and Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 to reach
10 million units in...
05/14/08
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Xbox 360 sales surpass Wii, PS3 ...
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on
Wednesday its Xbox 360 game machine beat Nintendo Co Ltd's
(7974.OS) Wii and Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 to reach
10 million units in...
05/15/08
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Nintendo launches new fitness video...
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS)
launched its "Wii Fit" exercise game in the United States on
Monday, hoping to get gamers off the couch and appeal to new
audiences such...
05/19/08
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Sony Making Play For Its PS3 Console...
Investor's Business Daily - More than two years into the current video game hardware cycle, Sony finds itself in the unusual position of third place behind rivals Microsoft and...
06/13/08
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U.S. game sales jump 47 percent in...
Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware
and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two
Interactive Software Inc's "Grand Theft Auto 4" and Nintendo Co ...
05/16/08
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Why Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sales milestone isn’t so impressive
Microsoft is boasting that the Xbox 360 is the first current-gen system to hit 10 million units sold in the US. These numbers leave out the year-long head start the Xbox 360 enjoyed, as well as the Wii's worldwide dominance. Read More...
WiiWare: downloadable indie games come to the Nintendo Wii
WiiWare is Nintendo's answer to Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade and Sony's PlayStation Network. Ars goes hands on with the service to offer reviews of the launch titles and impressions of the service overall.Read More... 
GTA helps boost video game sales
US sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 per cent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software's Grand Theft Auto IV and Nintendo's Wii console stole the...
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Invade and conquer: Space Invaders...
In 1977 Tomohiro Nishikado, a 33-year-old Japanese computer programmer, was a
company employee, like millions of others. In his spare time he played video
table-tennis,...
07/05/08
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'GTA IV' needs just 5 days to run...
USATODAY.com - In making Grand Theft Auto IV the top selling game of April, despite its only being in stores five days, consumers opted for the Microsoft Xbox 360 version at a...
Video Games Booming as Xbox 360...
NewsFactor - The sluggish economy doesn't seem to be hurting the video-game market. U.S. sales of game hardware and software skyrocketed 57 percent in March compared to the...
04/18/08
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Nintendo rolls out Wii games, Sony...
Reuters - Riding the success of its popular
Wii video game console, Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) on Tuesday
unveiled fresh titles for gamers to throw frisbees and rock on,
while...
07/16/08
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Sony beefs up PS3 media ability ...
Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) said it would
rent and sell movies and TV shows over the Internet for its
PlayStation 3 video game console and double the hard drive
capacity of...
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Keeping Up Nintendo's Momentum
After overseeing several years of rapid growth at Nintendo, President Satoru Iwata faces new challenges: how to keep players of the company's videogames interested, and how to cultivate a new wave of customers.
Microsoft Blames Xbox Shortages for Lagging Sales (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft says a shortage in console availability is the reason its Xbox 360 console trailed substantially behind competitors in recent U.S. sales.
Big 3 mimic each other at E3: more,...
AP - One word sums up the announcements made by the Big Three gaming companies at the E3 this week: more.
07/17/08
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Nintendo wins over outside game...
Reuters - In the video game industry, the
spoils of the console wars come in the form of support from
third-party software publishers selling games to run on your
machine.
07/17/08
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Future fun
Nintendo boss talks about what's next for the Wii
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Videogames getting more social ...
AFP - Videogame makers are riding the social-networking wave with a flood of soon-to-be-released titles that let friends play online as teams and even create their own characters.
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Videogames getting more social ...
AFP - Videogame makers are riding the social-networking wave with a flood of soon-to-be-released titles that let friends play online as teams and even create their own characters.
07/17/08
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Nintendo Wii trounces XBox as US...
Nintendo's Wii has surpassed Microsoft's Xbox 360 as the best selling games
console in the US.
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