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Xbox 360 Leads PS3 in Japan, Even as Sales ‘Stagnant’ in US Update

Looking at previous generations of video game hardware, there have regularly been big winners and big losers in what are dubbed the “console wars.” PS1 trounced the Dreamcast and N64. PS2 continues to thrive even as Xbox and GameCube lie all-but-forgotten. Nintendo’s Game Boys have historically driven all competitors out of business. But in this [...]

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Following the Money: An Economic Look at the Widening Games Audience

It would appear that we, as a society, are right to worry about the gaming behemoth seizing our children and overtaking society: We seem to be spending more money on games than ever before. In a press release issued this morning, market research firm DFC Intelligence made another optimistic proclamation about the health and future [...]

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Pachter Says EA’s Persistence May Pay Off

February 22nd. April 11th. May 16th. June 16th. July 18th. What do these disparate days have in common? They’re all seemingly arbitrary ‘expiration dates’ by which Take-Two or its shareholders had to either fork over the company to Electronic Arts in exchange for $25.74 per share, or risk the unthinkable — a one-month extension. CNET [...]

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BFGs at Dawn: iPhone Gaming

In BFGs at Dawn, two GameCyte writers who find themselves at odds on a particular topic will duel over the merits of their own argument while attempting to tear gaping holes in that of their colleague. On today’s feature, Sean and Jesse explore the highly-anticipated iPhone games library, and the varying opinions as to whether [...]

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.9.08

Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated on the fly: Enthusiast: Call of Duty 5 subtitled World at War, detailed in OXM; set in WWII Pacific theatre; features online co-op over Xbox LIVE (Official Xbox Magazine via CVG) iPhone gets first original game in September, an action-adventure named Kroll (Joystiq) Crytek clarifies “no more PC [...]

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GameStop Losing Market Share to Mass Merchants, Says Analyst — UPDATE

One day after we asserted that the words of GameStop CEO Dick Fontaine might give us a clearer perspective on industry hardware sales, we’ve learned that the data GameStop holds, and on which he bases those words, may not be nearly as valuable as we’d anticipated. Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter alleges that the [...]

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Analysts (Indirectly) Disagree About PS3, 360 Price Cuts, Profitability, Longevity

As the console wars rage on, armchair quarterbacks and company executives alike continue their foolhardy attempts to predict the outcome. But what about the real prognosticators? Michael Pachter, Colin Sebastian, and Jesse Divnich are industry analysts with a proven track record, and though we’re not sure if they’ll appreciate how closely we positioned their names, [...]

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GTA4 to “Threaten the Wii”

The list of predicted casualties from Grand Theft Auto IV continues to grow. We already had the innocence of our children, safe driving, and virtual hookers everywhere — now, to that list, we are advised to add Wii sales. Spotted over at Kotaku, analysts are saying Wii sales will start to dip as more folks [...]

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E3 Exodus: NCsoft, Foundation 9 Join Activision in Expo Absence

Coming on the heels of an announcement that Activision will not be in attendance at E3 and that Activision and Vivendi Games are leaving the ESA, there is news that Foundation 9 and NCsoft will not be attending the annual entertainment expo. The industry show has been in turmoil ever since the decision was made [...]

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Anecdotal Evidence Suggests GTA IV is Selling Twice as Many Copies on Xbox 360 as PS3

In the aftermath of one of the largest video game launches of the year, if not of history, Microsoft and Sony are trying to use the retail numbers to jockey for position in their hardware war. Currently, Microsoft is bragging that the 360 edition of Grand Theft Auto IV is outselling to the PS3 version [...]

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