Yesterday, we suggested that industry analysts would be a far more reliable source of prognostication than cautiously spinning studio executives, but we forgot that there is another semi-reliable source that has even greater access to sales data — the GameStop corporation. Following today’s quarterly earnings report, CEO Dick Fontaine told investors that the industry is [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 19, 2008
This week, California State Senator Leland Yee defends our children — and his own political stance — by answering YOUR questions.
Continue reading...Thursday, May 15, 2008
The April NPD numbers are here, and once again the gaming industry performs as if recession meant every American had $600 burning a hole in their pocket and only games to spend it on. With multiple Guinness World Records in its honor, even with only five days worth of sales there was no question whatsoever [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Your forecast for U.S. sales of Grand Theft Auto IV is sunny with a chance of massive ownage, if initial UK results are any indication — MCV is reporting that in the United Kingdom, the game sold 609,000 copies on day one, breaking sales records along the way.
Continue reading...Monday, April 28, 2008
We’ve already heard that Grand Theft Auto IV will probably outsell Halo 3; and this won’t be the first time Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has estimated the game will move 9 million copies. But now, Pachter tells the Associated Press that the game won’t sell that nine million over the course of the year, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 24, 2008
The Nintendo Wii has been doing phenomenally as of late, selling 721,000 units in March alone, a 66% increase over February sales and akin to the sort of pull consoles have during the holiday season. And while some are concerned about whether Nintendo can actually sell any games to go along with those consoles, there’s [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Refresh the Amazon.com Video Games store a few times, and you’ll probably see something rather revolting, if you happen to be a die-hard Xbox 360 fanboy: a blatant claim that Grand Theft Auto IV is “meant to be played on the PS3.” But there’s more to this than meets the eye.
Continue reading...Thursday, April 17, 2008
NPD numbers for the month of March have arrived, and regardless of how Microsoft and Sony attempt to spin them, Nintendo is the clear winner this month. As anyone could have predicted, their rollicking ring-out rumble Super Smash Bros. Brawl delivered a solid roundhouse — but who imagined it would rival the entire rest of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 17, 2008
Kotaku reports that GameStop President Steve Morgan has just resigned, and will be leaving the company effective May 2nd, 2008. No successor has yet been named.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
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