Nintendo Reports a Loss and Warns of Worse to Come – Wall Street Journal


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Nintendo Reports a Loss and Warns of Worse to Come
Wall Street Journal
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI TOKYO—Grappling with a sluggish debut for its new hand-held game system and petering demand for its flagship home console, Nintendo Co. swung to a loss for the first nine months of its fiscal year and scaled back sales forecasts …
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A look at results from selected companies in the video games businessWashington Post

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Microsoft’s Next Mistake? – msnbc.com


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Microsoft's Next Mistake?
msnbc.com
However, there may be something unique about the Xbox 720 that publishers will love but gamers, GameStop, and video game rental will loathe. Video game enthusiast website Kotaku is reporting that the powerful new gaming system may spit out used discs.
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How the Video Game Was Born – Gizmodo

How the Video Game Was Born
Gizmodo
The system did well, selling 100000 consoles in its first year, but it wasn't quite a runaway success. The misconception that the Odyssey would only operate on a Magnavox television may have slowed sales, but another player in the video game, um, …

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Global Delight Releases Game your Video – Stop Editing Videos, Start Gaming – MarketWatch (press release)

Global Delight Releases Game your Video – Stop Editing Videos, Start Gaming
MarketWatch (press release)
Now, with Game your Video you can control your video like a live game! The iPhone is the newest gaming console. Game your Video on the iPhone brings the same gaming feel into video editing, thereby making it quick, fun and addictive!

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Sega Announces Video Game Console Controlled by Urine – Weird Asia News (press release)

Sega Announces Video Game Console Controlled by Urine
Weird Asia News (press release)
I often think to myself, “Why can't I play video games while I urinate?” Sure, I could sit down, but that's just time wasted. Set to debut in Japanese bars (BRILLIANT!), Sega has introduced the Toylet, a console that allows you to play games, …

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Netflix drops plans to offer video game rentals – Gamasutra


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Netflix drops plans to offer video game rentals
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by Frank Cifaldi [Console/PC, Business] After a brief period of indecision, video streaming and disc-by-mail company Netflix has officially dropped earlier plans to begin offering video game discs by mail. The news was confirmed by CEO Reed Hastings in …
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Netflix Ditches Plans for Game Rentals1UP.com
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YouTube video-game channel Machinima aims for the next level – PopMatters

YouTube video-game channel Machinima aims for the next level
PopMatters
… hope of programming to the so-called Lost Boys, those young male consumers, once Hollywood's most dependable audience, who are increasingly reluctant to leave their video-game consoles and Facebook pages to watch movies and TV or listen to music.

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1 Charged In Craigslist Video Game Console Scheme – NBC4i.com

1 Charged In Craigslist Video Game Console Scheme
NBC4i.com
A Columbus man is indicted for allegedly running a video game console scheme on Craigslist. Robert C. White, 33, of Columbus, was recently indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on one count of felony theft and 10 counts of telecommunications fraud.

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Playing Field Shifting for Football Video Game Industry – CNBC.com

Playing Field Shifting for Football Video Game Industry
CNBC.com
It gets some fence sitters to pick up a new system — and that can work whether we're at the beginning of the cycle, the middle or the end." When it comes to video-game football, of course, there's no franchise bigger than "Madden," which has thus far …

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Sony Holds Off on New Videogame System – Wall Street Journal


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Sony Holds Off on New Videogame System
Wall Street Journal
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI Sony Corp. said it doesn't plan to introduce a new home console at this year's E3 videogame trade show, deflating expectations that a successor to the company's PlayStation 3 would be on its way soon.
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