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This Week in the Business: 'Activision Should Man Up and Buy Take-Two.'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:00:00 EST

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This Week in the Business: 'Xbox 720, PS4 Must Show a Dramatic Leap in Quality'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:00 EST

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Sony Is Bleeding Money (Again)

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:30:00 EST

Today, Sony announced its recent financials, and the Tokyo-based electronics giant is hemorrhaging money. More »

Capcom Losing Buckets of Money

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:09:00 EST

It's the hottest trend of 2012: Japanese publishers losing money hand over fist. Latest to join in is Capcom, whose sales are down 29% and whose operating income is down a whopping 47.2%. [Capcom] More »

Report: THQ REALLY in Trouble, Sacking 170+ People [Update]

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:26:00 EST

Looks like things are going from bad to really bad to awful for publisher THQ, with an industry man reporting - not speculating, but straight-out reporting - that the company is about to sack over 170 employees. More »

THQ Might get Kicked off the Nasdaq Stock Exchange

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:10:00 EST

A pretty shitty week for THQ has gotten worse, with the beleaguered publisher threatened with expulsion from the Nasdaq stock exchange because its shares are worth so little. [MCV] More »

This Week in the Business: 'PlayStation is the Most Powerful Game Brand in the World'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:30:00 EST

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This Week in the Business: 'PlayStation 4 Must Look Beyond Games'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:00:00 EST

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This Week in the Business: 'Xbox 360 Exclusives are Becoming Fewer'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:00:00 EST

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This Week in the Business: 'Nintendo Must Stop Living in the Past'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:30:00 EST

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This Year in the Business: 'The Hacker is 2011's Person of the Year'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:00:00 EST

This week, Industry Gamers took a look at what happened in 2011, and what will happen in 2012. More »

This Week in the Business: 'Sony Can Afford to Lower the Price of Vita'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:00:00 EST

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Angry Birds Maker Ready for Stock Sale, has Six Sequels Planned in 2012

Owen Good — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:30:00 EST

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On the heels of Facebook gaming titan Zynga going public today, the maker of mobile gaming's mammoth hit Angry Birds suggests it will pursue a public offering of stock in 2013, and that it has five or six games from that franchise planned for 2012. More »

This Week in the Business: 'PS Vita Will Die a Horrible Premature Death'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:00:00 EST

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This Week in the Business: 'Nintendo has been Left for Dead'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:20:00 EST

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This Week in the Business: 'Game Consoles are Fundamentally Doomed'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:30:00 EST

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Microsoft Sold Almost One Million Xbox 360s Last Week

Evan Narcisse — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:40:00 EST

Weak economy? What weak economy? According to a Microsoft press release, 960,000 units of their game console found homes in consumers' living rooms last week. The necromantic power of Black Friday is such that 800,000 of those were sold in 24 hours, marking the most successful week in Xbox history. Along with that, 750,000 Kinect sensors got rung up at cash registers, too, both as standalones and as part of bundles. With the recent announcements of live TV and FiOS cable partnerships, Microsoft's trying to position the 360 as a set-top box replacement, too. Numbers like this make clear why content creators and service providers want to get in bed with the Xbox 360, even if most users will still be using it to play games. More »

This Week in the Business: 'No New Console from Microsoft Until 2014'

James Brightman — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST

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This Week in the Business: 'Xbox 720 Will be a True Hybrid Console.'

Steve Peterson — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:20:00 EST

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GameStop Blames Poor Sales on Broke Customers Reneging on Preorders

Owen Good — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:00:00 EST

Despite the onslaught of desirable, highly anticipated titles, week after week this fall, GameStop's sales are "lower than expected," the dominant games retailer told investors, simply because there were too many good games out there for customers to buy, especially in a poor economy. More »

The World's Economy Needs Rescuing. Super Mario Is On the Case.

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:15:00 EST

Europe is in a mess right now, so much so that it threatens to drag the whole world down into another global financial crisis. Sounds like a job for...Super Mario? [News] More »

The Week in the Business: 'Nintendo May Perish in the Flames of its Burning Platform'

James Brightman — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:30:00 EST

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Trials HD Studio Explains Why It Sold Out to Ubisoft

Owen Good — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:00:00 EST

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Earlier this week RedLynx, the studio behind the Xbox Live Arcade smash Trials HD, announced that Ubisoft had bought up the independent developer. Once RedLynx finishes Trials Evolution, to be published by Microsoft, it will officially join Ubisoft's in-house stable of some 25 studios. More »

The Week in the Business: 'GTA V to Steal Everyone's Attention in Front of E3'

James Brightman — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:30:00 EDT

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This Week in the Business: 'Most People Believe Nintendo is Doomed Like Sega.'

James Brightman — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:30:00 EDT

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Nintendo is Working On "New Genres" For the 3DS

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:30:00 EDT

One of the big reasons Nintendo's DS handheld sold so well was the fact it introduced all kinds of different types of games. Like Brain Training, or Nintendogs. So it's little surprise the company is looking to do the same thing with the 3DS. More »

Nintendo Stops Printing Money

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:55:00 EDT

Yesterday, Japan's Nikkei estimated that over the past six months Nintendo has lost ¥100 billion. Today, Nintendo revealed its official figures, and...they're not quite that bad. The company instead has posted a loss of ¥70 billion. Here's to silver linings! More »

Which of the Console Companies will an Apple "Smart Television" Kill?

Joel Johnson — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:20:00 EDT

There's going to be another round of consoles. There's another Xbox coming, another PlayStation. Anything could happen in the next couple of years before they're released. For instance, Apple could start selling "smart televisions". More »

This Week in the Business: 'Wii U is Not Quite Next Generation.'

James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:00:00 EDT

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This Week in the Business: 'Sony's Bad-Mouthing Microsoft at Every Corner'

James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:00:00 EDT

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This Week in the Business: 'PSN is an Almost Complete Failure'

James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:00:00 EDT

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This Week in the Business: 'We'll be able to squeeze more from Xbox 360.'

James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:00:00 EDT

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The $131 Million Rock Band Lawsuit

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:15:00 EDT

Last year, Harmonix shareholders sued the Rock Band developer's former owner Viacom for a ton of money. This week? Viacom sues them back. I am rubber, you are glue, etc etc. More »

This Week in the Business: 'Nintendo would cease to be Nintendo.'

James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:20:00 EDT

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This Week in the Business: "Xbox 360's Massive Lead"

James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:20:00 EDT

QUOTE | "Xbox 360's massive lead." - SCEA SVP of Publisher Relations Rob Dyer acknowledges Microsoft's big lead in hardware but asserts that software sells better on PS3 relative to the installed base. More »

This Week in the Business: "PS3 Will Outsell Xbox 360"

James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:00:00 EDT

QUOTE | "PS3 will outsell Xbox 360." - That's the belief of Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, IF Microsoft decides to stand pat on 360 price this holiday season. More »

The End is Nigh For LA Noire's Developers

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:00:00 EDT

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Despite (finally) shipping a successful product, it seems allegations of shoddy work practices and claims that no major publisher would work with the team has brought about the end of LA Noire developers Team Bondi. More »

Playdead Used The Limbo Profits to Buy Itself From Investors

Jen Schiller — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:20:00 EDT

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Denmark-based indie developer Playdead was created with one goal—to produce Xbox Arcade game Limbo. Since the game premiered in 2010, it has been also been developed for the PlayStation Network, and for the PC on Steam. More »

This Week in the Business

James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:00:00 EDT

QUOTE | "Henry Ford of the personal computer industry." - Following the sudden resignation of Steve Jobs, analysts weigh in on the legacy of the Apple CEO and what's in store for Apple's future. More »

This Week in the Business: 'We're not pulling out.'

James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:00:00 EDT

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