PlayStation 3 NEWS
1.) Sony's iTunes Challenger Confimed for PS3 ~ By: Chris Morris, Special to CNBC.com
[content is stored in the cloud and streamed,..]
... ed the media store service we told you about yesterday. Sony seems set on calling it 'Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity', though we're settling on 'Music Unlimited'. It's due later this year. The service was confirmed at ...
09-03-2010 12:37:10pm Not There? Try Google
2.) Apple Declares War on Nintendo, Sony Over Video Games ~ By: Chris Morris, Special to CNBC.com
[Value Proposition...]
... is Morris, Special to CNBC.com Apple might have shined its spotlight Wednesday on Apple TV and the new iPods, but at the same time, it had a clear message for the video game industry: We’re coming for you—and it’s going t ...
09-03-2010 12:37:05pm Not There? Try Google
3.) L.A. Noire delayed again - Analyst ~ By: Brendan Sinclair
["low confidence" in management team.]
... tective thriller has been pushed to Take-Two's next fiscal year, expresses "low confidence" in management team. In June, Take-Two Interactive said L.A. Noire would launch in the quarter ending October 31. Since that time, t ...
08-30-2010 11:30:41am Not There? Try Google
4.) Sony Games CEO and Exec Disagree over PS3 Life Cycle ~ SPONG
[ten-year lifecycle...]
... 's MD has stated that there's never been a "life-cycle" for the PS3. He's also pointed out that we're not to expect big first day sales of Move. Let's deal with the first thing first. Ray Maguire was responding to a questio ...
08-26-2010 11:32:05am Not There? Try Google
5.) Are Weak Madden Sales Signaling Trouble in Gameland? ~ CNBC
[EA is already seeing retailers dramatically discount this year’s installment of “Madden NFL”. Amazon , Wal-Mart and GameStop have all dropped the price from $60 to $50....]
... ’t catch a break this year. Sales are down 8 percent year-to-date from 2009’s disappointing numbers. Even the most optimistic analysts are now saying that the best investors can hope for is a flat year. And this week has br ...
08-23-2010 12:45:50pm Not There? Try Google
6.) USA: Video Games DRM Officially Smashed - Apple Jailbreaking Also Legal ~ SPONG
[big news...]
... 10 Follow us on... Facebook Twitter iGoogle RSS Share on... Twitter N4G digg Facebook Slashdot The US Library of Congress, which reviews the US Copyright Office's rulings and the often crippling Digital Millennium Act on a ...
07-27-2010 12:00:28pm Not There? Try Google
7.) EA, THQ Look To Virtual Goods ~ Oliver Chiang
[add on]
... he U.S. looks pretty much the same now as it did decades ago: You go to the store, purchase the game in a box and pay $50 to $60. But sales at retail stores have been falling for nearly a year, pushing game makers to seek new ...
07-27-2010 12:00:31pm Not There? Try Google
8.) Electronic Arts: 3DS is 'Magical' ~ SPONG
[I think it’s going to do incredibly well - agree]
... ic Arts' Chief Operating Officer John Schappert has nothing but good things to say about Nintendo's 3DS handheld, calling the device the 'hit' of E3 and even going so far as to label it "magical." "You put that in your hand ...
07-23-2010 11:50:30am Not There? Try Google
9.) Digital Downloads Encroach on Brick and Mortar Territory ~ cnbc.com
[the turn...]
... distribution has been a hot topic in the video game industry for years – with developers, publishers and retailers trying to forecast when it will become a real threat to traditional brick and mortar stores. New data, howe ...
07-23-2010 11:50:25am Not There? Try Google
10.) June video game sales decline again, NPD says Video game sales show another decline in June, says NPD ~ NPD
[$531.3 million]
... EW YORK (AP) -- Summer doldrums weighed on the video game industry in June, with U.S. retail sales of hardware, software and accessories down 6 percent from a year earlier, to $1.1 billion. Market researcher NPD Group said T ...
07-16-2010 13:03:44pm Not There? Try Google
11.) Sega Considering Saturn Ports Alongside Dreamcast ~ 1up
[nothing new...]
... amcast ports. But where are the Saturn games? Sega skipped an entire console generation of games when it opted to go from offering Genesis and Master System games to Dreamcast games on the various downloadable game servic ...
06-30-2010 12:49:48pm Not There? Try Google
12.) EA: Sony's PlayStation 3 is "on Fire" ~ SPONG
[hmmm... motiviations?]
... nic Arts COO John Schappert has been talking about the company's love affair with Sony's PlayStation 3, highlighting the console's sales performance to the point where he says it's "on fire." At Sony's E3 press conference, ...
06-28-2010 11:59:21am Not There? Try Google
13.) Nintendo's 3DS Opens All Eyes At E3 ~ By Cliff Edwards and Adam Satariano
[will be a good seller...]
... accessories from Microsoft and Sony with its 3D handheld device By Cliff Edwards and Adam Satariano A year ago many analysts and video game industry pundits wondered if growth for industry leader Nintendo (NTDOY) had peak ...
06-21-2010 12:11:36pm Not There? Try Google
14.) Virgin unveils competitive, cash-prize gaming service ~ By: Tor Thorsen
["lets Xbox 360 and PlayStation players compete for cash"]
... ss to share details about his ubiquitous brand's return to the games space, which will be a completely free online service based on Worldgaming.com. LOS ANGELES--In the 1980s and 1990s, Virgin Interactive was a household na ...
06-15-2010 12:18:30pm Not There? Try Google
15.) Video game innovations expected at E3 show ~ Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writer
["motion-control"]
... f War III was popular at last year's expo. This year... With revenue flagging and the next generation of consoles nowhere in sight, the video game industry is looking to hardware innovations from Microsoft, Sony and Nintend ...
06-14-2010 11:56:33am Not There? Try Google
16.) THQ realigns Online unit ~ By: Tom Magrino
[Core and Kids, Family, Casual segments]
... al segments; Martin Good to replace Doug Clemmer atop broad-audience division. About this time a year ago, THQ was in full recovery mode, having come off a dismal fiscal year in which it posted nearly half a billion dollar ...
06-11-2010 11:38:22am Not There? Try Google
17.) Game companies ready to show new ways to play ~ Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer
[3d tv $2500 + PS3 $300 + Game $60 = $3000 for 3D = tough sell...]
... tained Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer, On Thursday June 10, 2010, 4:15 pm EDT NEW YORK (AP) -- Video game makers are about to try to convince you that fancy 3-D screens, gesture-recognition cameras and ultra-sen ...
06-11-2010 11:38:20am Not There? Try Google
18.) Sony launches 3D PS3 games tomorrow ~ By: Brendan Sinclair
[could be fun...]
... uper Stardust HD, PAIN, and MotorStorm Pacific Rift demo; first 3D Move game confirmed. Sony's interest in stereoscopic 3D gaming on the PlayStation 3 was first rumored late in 2007, and tomorrow the company will finally ta ...
06-10-2010 11:34:15am Not There? Try Google
19.) Sony PS3 Games to Hit Next (3-D) Dimension ~ WSJ
[nice transition...]
... ghts the electronics and content industries’ chicken-and-egg problem. Without 3-D content, why should consumers pay the extra money for a new 3-D set? Without a consumer base of 3-D-ready home electronics, why should content ...
06-01-2010 13:46:44pm Not There? Try Google
20.) Phil Harrison Helps Found "Disruptive" Game Fund Group ~ SPONG
[hmmm....]
... Posted 19 May 2010 Phil Harrison Phil Harrison, the former Sony exec who helped shape the fortunes of the PlayStation business, has co-founded a new investment group called London Venture Partners, with an aim to fund " ...
06-01-2010 13:46:48pm Not There? Try Google
21.) SEGA Sammy Income Up 339% on Decreased Sales ~ SPONG
["successful Pachinko and Pachislot sales "]
... ile many other Japanese companies have been hit by the sluggish domestic economy, Sega Sammy's financial report for the fiscal year has seen its operating income increase by 339% on the back of successful Pachinko and Pachislo ...
05-17-2010 13:18:32pm Not There? Try Google
22.) NPD: April video game sales down 26 percent ~ Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer
["lack of game launches"]
... 26 percent in April ap Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer, On Friday May 14, 2010, 4:50 am EDT NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video games fell 26 percent to $766.2 million in April from a year earlier, hurt ...
05-17-2010 13:18:38pm Not There? Try Google
23.) Namco Bandai losses top $300 million ~ Brendan Sinclair
[death knell]
... overall revenues drop 11% as it begins major restructuring. The coming weeks will see a parade of publishers reporting results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, and that means finding out exactly how well companies ...
05-07-2010 11:41:34am Not There? Try Google
24.) Capcom annual profits fall 73.1% ~ Tor Thorsen, Mark Walton
[ouch...]
... unfavorable year-over-year comparison for Japanese publisher--which still posts $23.8 million in net income. The fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, was a good one for Capcom. Two megahits--Street Fighter IV and Resident Ev ...
05-07-2010 11:41:31am Not There? Try Google
25.) Nintendo Posts Full-Year Profit Drop ~ By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI
[the slowdown...]
... game console and DS handheld videogame player, Nintendo Co. posted an annual profit decline for the first time in six years and said it expects profit and sales to fall again this fiscal year as it plots new products to revi ...
05-06-2010 11:49:28am Not There? Try Google
26.) Game Crazy closing down completely ~ By: Tor Thorsen
[bankrupt...]
... allery and Hollywood Video locations, reports the Wall Street Journal. In February, bankrupt video renter and retailer Movie Gallery announced it was closing all but 250 Game Crazy locations. The game-rental chain was a sub ...
05-03-2010 11:57:20am Not There? Try Google
27.) Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Sony, Disney Settle Voice Case ~ SPONG
[admission...]
... soft, Disney Interactive, Tom Clancy's EndWar, SOCOM: US Navy SEALs (PS2), NASCAR (PlayStation) Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Sony Computer Entertainment, and Disney Interactive Studios have settled out of court with Bareis Techn ...
04-29-2010 11:42:07am Not There? Try Google
28.) Inside Sega's New Focus ~ 1up
[London ?]
... orientation. By Frank Cifaldi Yesterday, Sega laid off 73 of its employees as part of a structural reorganization to focus on digital games (such as iPhone, Facebook and Xbox Live Arcade) and move all administrative duti ...
04-26-2010 11:54:58am Not There? Try Google
29.) Activision raises guidance as more Infinity Ward-ers quit ~ By Tom Magrino, GameSpot
["$15 Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package had set day-one and week-one Xbox Live sales records, selling 1 million and 2.5 million, respectively"]
... pr 15, 2010 10:45 am PT Record-setting launch of Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package, continued WOW success boost publisher's Jan.-Mar. quarter; lead animation team departs. As if Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's record-set ...
04-19-2010 12:02:45pm Not There? Try Google
30.) Video Game Software Sales Rebound In March; Hardware Weak ~ By Eric Savitz
[God of War III, Sony, for PS3, 1.1 million units.]
... ounded nicely in March, according to new data from research firm NPD, but hardware revenues continued to sink. According to NPD, overall video game spending in the month was $1.52 billion, up 6% from a year ago; software sp ...
04-16-2010 11:49:45am Not There? Try Google
31.) March video game retail sales climb 6 percent ~ Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer
[down now...]
... by Nintendo, Sony's 'God of War' Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer, On Friday April 16, 2010, 6:57 am EDT NEW YORK (AP) -- After a rocky 2009 followed by two months of double-digit declines, U.S. retail sales of v ...
04-16-2010 11:49:48am Not There? Try Google
32.) Sony purposefully passed up Natal ~ By Tracy Erickson
["felt like it would be a fancier EyeToy instead of something new." - agree]
... e decision to develop a motion controller instead of seizing 3D motion capture technology in the vein of Microsoft's Project Natal. PlayStation Lifestyle was at the Engadget Show in which Dr. Richard Marks of Sony recounted ...
03-30-2010 11:40:38am Not There? Try Google
33.) Electronic Arts reboots ~ By Mina Kimes, writer
[" The video game company's shares have sunk 63% over the last three years while the NASDAQ has been flat."]
... s and analysts say it will bounce back soon. By Mina Kimes, writer Pittsburgh Steelers players Ike Taylor, left, and Santonio Holmes play a game of "Madden NFL 10." Once a blazing hot tech stock, Electronic Arts (ERTS), ...
03-30-2010 11:40:31am Not There? Try Google
34.) EA considering charging for 'very long game demos' - Analyst ~ Gamespot
[wait and see...]
... ays publisher is prepping $10-$15 prerelease DLC, confirms Visceral's Jack the Ripper as downloadable for XBLA, PSN. EA has poured significant investment into growing its digital distribution business, a strategy that has ...
03-23-2010 12:46:53pm Not There? Try Google
35.) Nintendo Plans 3-D Hand-Held ~ AP
[I get this use of 3D...]
... ame machines, Nintendo Co. plans to sell a new portable 3-D gaming device that won't require special glasses. For months, Nintendo has been rumored to be working with chip makers on a new portable gaming device to succeed t ...
03-23-2010 12:46:51pm Not There? Try Google
36.) Sega Developing 'Several' Natal, Move Games, Predicts 'Attractive' Price ~ by Leigh Alexander
[late 2010 and early 2011]
... 10 Sega Developing 'Several' Natal, Move Games, Predicts 'Attractive' Price Sega is developing "several" Project Natal and PlayStation Move games planned for late 2010 and early 2011, says Mike Hayes, the company's Eur ...
03-18-2010 12:16:07pm Not There? Try Google
37.) Is casual gaming destroying the traditional gaming market? ~ by JP Mangalindan
["Hawkins has always been ahead of the curve, sometimes too far,"]
... Trip Hawkins sees a videogame business at war with itself. It's Farmville vs. Halo and the winner could shape the next generation of game play. It was only a few years ago that the videogame industry was tagged as “the new ...
03-18-2010 12:16:04pm Not There? Try Google
38.) PS3, PSP To Get Non-Game Apps ~ SPONG
["one day turn-around" process that is said to easily port programs without any additional development required.]
... Posted 16 Mar 2010 Sony has been exploring the potential of providing non-game applications on the PlayStation 3 and PSP for some time, and now it seems like the company is ready to explore that avenue as it revealed it's ...
03-16-2010 11:34:14am Not There? Try Google
39.) Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow Nintendo ~ Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer
["Edit - Sony Launches Microphone with light on it - LAME..."]
... new motion controller ap * Companies: o Activision Blizzard, Inc. o Electronic Arts Inc. o Microsoft Corporation Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer, On Thursday March 11, ...
03-11-2010 12:18:44pm Not There? Try Google
40.) Shaun White Skateboarding rolling out this holiday ~ By: Tom Magrino
[not good fro activision - Tony Hawk]
... st's board for "action sports" title on unspecified platforms later this year. Shaun White's gravity-defying snowboarding exploits have already earned him a sports game from Ubisoft (as well as a couple of Olympic gold meda ...
03-05-2010 11:49:06am Not There? Try Google
41.) WSJ: Sony Working On Phone That Can Play Playstation Games ~ By Eric Savitz
[“blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PlayStation Portable, or PSP.”]
... t phone that can download and play Playstation games, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cites “people familiar with the matter.” Also under development, the story says, is a project that “blurs distinctions among ...
03-04-2010 12:49:03pm Not There? Try Google
42.) Argos Gets Into Pre-Owned Games ~ SPONg
[if successful could roll out to all 735 stores...]
... ore Argos has followed the lead of HMV, Tesco and Asda by buying and selling second hand games. Gift cards are being offered at 27 selected stores for trade-ins of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS software. Thos ...
03-03-2010 11:46:16am Not There? Try Google
43.) Argos Gets Into Pre-Owned Games ~ WSJ By JULIET YE
[if successful could roll out to all 735 stores...]
... ore Argos has followed the lead of HMV, Tesco and Asda by buying and selling second hand games. Gift cards are being offered at 27 selected stores for trade-ins of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS software. Thos ...
03-03-2010 11:46:11am Not There? Try Google
44.) EA Sports Active series sales top $125M, PS3/360 spin-offs hinted at ~ gamespot
[good for ea]
... estors that fitness genre is a billion-dollar industry; talks up "authentic sports action" for upcoming motion control systems. It didn't take long for EA to find success in the nascent fitness game genre. Having launched t ...
03-02-2010 11:19:07am Not There? Try Google
45.) PS3 crashes end, PSN service fully restored ~ By: Tor Thorsen
[good for sony...]
... icted units of Sony's console begin to come back online, initially with an erroneous date; this evening, Sony sounds official all clear, blames false leap-year reading. The past day has been a traumatic one for owners of th ...
03-02-2010 11:19:06am Not There? Try Google
46.) Itagaki and Tecmo settle lawsuit ~ gamespot
["claimed the publisher owed him about $1.4 million in unpaid bonuses"]
... 008 dispute over unpaid Dead or Alive 4 bonuses. Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki and Tecmo technically parted ways in 2008, but the two have been tussling in court ever since. When he split from Tecmo, Itagaki claimed the ...
03-01-2010 11:42:44am Not There? Try Google
47.) Facebook: We're Going to Have Our 'Halo' Soon ~ SPONG
[platform?]
... platform manager. Fans of Farmville, get ready for more gaming action from Facebook this year, as the social networking website plans to become a bona fide platform in its own right - with it's own "Mario", "Halo" or "Son ...
03-01-2010 11:42:37am Not There? Try Google
48.) Sony’s PS3 Suffers Massive Outage ~ Associated Press
["internal clocks in the older consoles being unable to handle the switch from Feb. 28, 2010, to March 1."]
... wer “slim” versions. Gaming sites were abuzz this morning with the news that Sony’s PlayStation 3 has a bug that is preventing users from being able to access PlayStation’s Internet network and in some cases blocking games ...
03-01-2010 11:42:43am Not There? Try Google
49.) Game industry to grow 6% in 2010 - Analyst ~ By: Tom Magrino
["34% digital sales growth will buoy stagnant packaged goods;"]
... s growth will buoy stagnant packaged goods; PS3 only console predicted to see sales increase. The sky began to fall for the global economy in late 2008, but many analysts maintained during the first part of 2009 that the ga ...
02-10-2010 11:52:34am Not There? Try Google
50.) Electronic Arts' Net Falls ~ zacks
["product mix shifts to lower-margin distribution business in North America"]
... EST Electronic Arts Inc. (NasdaqGS: ERTS - News) reported third-quarter of 2010 results with a steep fall in net earnings and revenue due to weakness in its EA business, dismal holiday sales for the overall packaged goods ...
02-09-2010 11:48:10am Not There? Try Google
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