Sony beefs up PS3 media ability (Reuters)
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 its main PS3 model in a bid to better compete with Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS).
Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan for first time: survey (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft's Xbox 360 has outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan for the first time, helped by the popularity of the new role-playing game "Tales of Vesperia," a recent survey showed.
Sony adds online movies to...
AFP - Sony on Tuesday added online movie sales and rentals to the repertoire of PlayStation 3 videogame console features.
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Computer games to out-sell music and...
For years they have been the preserve of spotty teenage boys sitting in
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Gaming's Reality Check
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USATODAY.com - This year's downscaled E3 video game expo drew about 4,500 gamemakers, analysts, retailers and journalists to L.A. last week - less than a tenth of E3's size two...
Xbox 360 beats PS3 in Japan (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 beat Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 in Japan weekly sales for the first time two weeks ago, riding robust demand for a recent Xbox 360 title produced by Namco Bandai Holdings (7832.T), a magazine publisher said.
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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Future fun
Nintendo boss talks about what's next for the Wii
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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...
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A feature guide to current-generation gaming consoles
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Sony Making Play For Its PS3 Console (Investor's Business Daily)
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 Nintendo.
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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...
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Holiday titles, price cuts in focus...
Reuters - As top video game makers
gather next week in Los Angeles for the E3 trade show, they
will be touting hot titles, new online offerings and,
potentially, console...
07/10/08
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Exclusives are Dead, Long Live...
The era of exclusive video game deals is winding down, says an analyst for Reuters, citing rising development costs making third-party studios gun-shy about putting blockbusters...
Xbox 360 sales surpass Wii, PS3 ...
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on
Wednesday its Xbox 360 game machine beat Nintendo Co Ltd's
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July video game sales jump 28 percent...
AP - Even in a seasonally slow month and with the economy in the doldrums, U.S. sales of video game hardware and software soared 28 percent in July, hitting $1.19 billion.
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July video game sales jump 28 percent
Even in a seasonally slow month and with the economy in the doldrums, U.S. sales of video game hardware and software soared 28 percent in July, hitting $1.19 billion.
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