It's Game Developers Conference time, and that means plenty of news -- some good; some great. Thus far, the most eye-catching announcements out of GDC '09 have come from two upstart hardware makers -- one trying to bring console gaming to users around the globe, the other aiming to take the console ...
The economic wolf is at your door, but acid-spewing aliens are threatening you and your squad-mates on some desolate planet. Or it's the ninth frame and you are one strike down against an opponent whose bowling prowess is considerably better than President Obama's. So those worries about jobs and th...
This week, the gaming industry saw a challenger in the portable gaming market grow more powerful, and its name is iPhone. The platform's upcoming 3.0 software, which Apple previewed, includes new ways for game makers to make money, which may attract even more developers with even more serious offeri...
This week, Nintendo once again topped the news in the world of video games, taking a risk with the exclusive release of a violent, Mature-rated game for the Wii, a console that generally supports wares of a more family-friendly variety. Meanwhile, Take-Two announced a big loss for the first quarter ...
This week Nintendo unveiled its lineup of upcoming titles for the year. Sony CEO Howard Stringer did some executive shuffling in an apparent effort to re-energize the consumer electronics company. Also, Microsoft got some good news from Japan, scoring a hit with its latest exclusive title, "Star Oce...
The gaming industry was the recipient of news both good and bad this past week. On the up side, the monthly NPD Group sales report for January indicated gaming continues to be relatively recession-resistant. Gamers also have something to cheer now that Nintendo has announced the U.S. release date fo...
Not content to essentially dominate online book sales -- not to mention a slew of other merchandise categories -- Amazon.com launched a new game download service Tuesday. Aimed at casual gamers, the e-tailer's new Game Downloads store offers users more than 600 downloadable PC games, all priced for ...
Despite a stellar holiday season and the sale of its 10 millionth Wii video game console, Nintendo has taken a bearish view on the future as the global economic crisis continues to deepen. The hardware maker revised its profit forecasts for fiscal year ending next March, lowering it by 33 percent fr...
Nintendo's dominance of the console gaming market continued in December, according to sales figures collected by the NPD Group. The Wii set a new monthly record as consumers picked up some 2.15 million consoles in December alone. The good news continued for Nintendo; its portable gaming platform, th...
Microsoft announced Monday that 2008 was the best year ever for its Xbox 360 video game system, despite a year-long U.S. recession that has seen consumer spending plummet. The company's worldwide lead over rival Sony's PlayStation 3 widened by 8 million units in 2008, while its total number of 360s ...
Sony has drastically reduced the production costs associated with its PlayStation 3 video game console by 35 percent, according to information technology researcher iSuppli. The latest generation of the PS3 costs just under $450 per unit to produce, down 35 percent from the prior generation's prod...
Consumers may have turned away from some sectors of the retail industry as the global economic crisis deepened in November; however, the video game market continued its record-breaking year in the U.S., according to the latest sales report from The NPD Group, a retail sales tracking firm. Consumers ...
A variety of retail-watching experts are churning out Black Friday sales facts, figures and customer inclinations, and while it wasn't a rip-roaring Black Friday compared to previous years, it wasn't all that bad -- particularly for the hot-selling consumer electronics sector. Comparison shopping si...
Facing down the nastiest alien creatures in "Gears of War 2" may seem like a cakewalk compared to the big boss battle awaiting the video game industry this Christmas -- maintaining strong sales during an extremely challenging economic environment that has resulted in gaming retail outlets Circuit Ci...
U.S. video games sales were down slightly in September, according to data from research firm NPD Group. Sales of hardware, software and accessories dropped 7 percent from the year-ago period to $1.27 billion. "This is the first true monthly decline the industry has experienced since March of 2006.
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