Video Game Industry
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The video game sector is recession-proof?
News With strong sales in recent weeks, and a perceived truism that people want inexpensive entertainment in tough times, some think video games could stay strong.
Tags: Gamer, Sales/revenue, Video Game, Video, Stock, Sales, Video Game Industry, Van Baker, Electronic Arts Inc., NPD Group Inc.
Game industry blasts brain study claims
News The video game industry has hit back at claims that computer games can damage children's brains, and insists that gaming can be beneficial.
Distant threats loom for Game Boy
News There are few sure bets in the turbulent video game industry, but there's little doubt that Nintendo's Game Boy Advance will be a quick hit when it arrives Monday in North America.
EA cutting 1,100 jobs
News In its Q3 earnings, the video game giant gave more information about layoffs it first announced in October. But instead of 10 percent, it's 11 percent.
Tags: Layoffs, Games, Microsoft Corp., Video Game, Workforce, Video, Video Game Industry, layoff, Electronic Arts Inc., job
'PS3 Slim' rumor fervor hard to fathom
News commentary Given that Sony's flagship video game console has lagged badly behind its Nintendo and Microsoft rivals, it's hard to see why people are so worked up over a device that might not even exist.
Tags: Game players, Product marketing, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Corp.
Video game industry sales finally take a hit
News Industry still performing better than most, but in March, for the first time in the recession, its year-over-year revenues dropped.
Tags: Games, Game players, Video Game, hardware sale, Video, Sales, Nintendo Wii, Hardware, Sony PlayStation 3, NPD Group Inc.
Video game industry sales down 17 percent--again
News NPD Group says that despite the latest figures showing a year-over-year decline in sales, it's hard to reach the conclusion that the industry has begun to soften.
Tags: Digital media, Games, Game players, Video Game, Video, Sales, Digital media, Nintendo Wii, console, handheld
EA boosts layoffs to 10 percent of workforce
News Electronic Arts announces plans to broaden the scope of its layoffs, to close or consolidate nine locations, and to reduce its product line.
Tags: Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Budgeting/cost control, HR policies and procedures, Workforce, Europe, Sales, British Columbia, layoff, Forecasting
Early returns show strong holiday video game console sales
News Microsoft said its Xbox 360 had the strongest holiday season of its lifetime, while Sony and Nintendo both tout their own sales success.
Tags: Games, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Microsoft Corp., Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Sales, Video Game Console, Forecasting
ComScore: Black Friday e-commerce hits US$534M
News The Thanksgiving weekend was all right, according to ComScore and the National Retail Federation. Predictions for the entire holiday shopping season aren't so rosy.
Tags: E-commerce, Consumer Technology, Games, E-business, Electronics, PriceGrabber, Sales, e-tail sale, e-tail, NRF
S'pore: Where games mean big business
News The host of this year's World Cyber Games, Singapore kicks off its national playoffs where hundreds of gamers will fight to represent the country in the grand final this November.
Tags: Government, Gamer
Plans for Linux game console fizzle
News Indrema, which hoped to carve a niche in the lucrative video game industry with a console based on the Linux operating system, announced Wednesday that it is going out of business.
Game industry shoots down brain claims
News The gaming industry hits back at claims that video games can damage kids' brains and insists the activity can be beneficial.
Getting serious about games
News Web 2.0 and big businesses to contribute to the phenomenal growth of the video games industry.
Tags: Web 2.0, Gamer, Female, Male
Nintendo to make Game Boy online, new Pokemon game
News Nintendo Co said it will sell an adapter that links its Game Boy handheld game unit to the Internet through a cell phone, keeping pace with similar moves by rival game makers Sony Corp and Sega Enterprises Ltd.
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