PlayStation 4

Many consumers think that if they complain enough, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will remove the anti-piracy and anti-used game measures that have infuriated so many people. Others believe that if they join together and vote with their wallets by not buying an Xbox One until Microsoft announces a...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has received a fair amount of complaints for choosing to design Xbox One to interfere with the way users play, sell and share their games. In the days after Xbox One was unveiled, consumers looked to Sony (NYSE: SNE) to see if it would copy Microsoft's strategy and...

If Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One was the only console available, GameStop (NYSE: GME) might be doomed. The video game retailer relies heavily on the sale of used games for revenue and to drive customers back into its stores. While some consumers may only buy new software, many sell the ones...

GameStop (NYSE: GME) shares rose more than three percent pre-market after the video game retailer began accepting pre-orders for two newly announced next generation gaming systems. Monday night, Gamestop began accepting online pre-orders for Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One and Sony's (NYSE:...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced that its next game console, PlayStation 4, will come in one configuration and sell for $399 this holiday season -- $100 less than Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One. Sony executives also made it crystal clear that it trusts its consumers and will not attempt to lock them...

Now that Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One have been announced, the two companies are gearing up for the end of a very long console cycle. Microsoft's last console, Xbox 360, was released in 2005 and PlayStation 3 came out a year after that. Both machines...

When Sony (NYSE: SNE) unveiled the fourth-generation PlayStation, some consumers complained because there weren't any images of the actual hardware. Some consumers also complained about the lack non-gaming entertainment services (which will be present in PlayStation 4 but were not shown during...

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) CFO Blake Jorgensen has confirmed that, contrary to the previous comments from company spokesperson Jeff Brown (and a barrage of negative tweets from an EA engineer), the company is developing games for Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) console. According to IGN, Jorgensen made...

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) next game console is only hours away from its worldwide unveiling, and supply chain sources claim that it is already in production. According to DigiTimes, mass shipments for Xbox 720 (as it is commonly known in the media) will begin next quarter and peak during the...

In roughly 24 hours, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will hold a press conference to unveil the first tease of the company's third game console. Commonly referred to as "Xbox 720" or "Xbox Next," the new console is rumored to be called "Xbox Fusion" or "Xbox Infinity." Microsoft will introduce the...

After experiencing several years of losses in television manufacturing, Sony (NYSE: SNE) hopes to turn things around by shipping 16 million televisions during the fiscal 2013 sales period. According to DigiTimes, this is a 19 percent increase over last year when Sony shipped 13.5 million LCD TVs....

When Sony's (NYSE: SNE) released PlayStation 3 in 2006, the company shipped a mere 200,000 units to America. This was half the number of units that Sony had expected to ship. At the time, Sony estimated that there were one million consumers vying for those consoles. To prevent another system...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) will reportedly double its marketing budget in Taiwan to obtain a significant portion of the nation's mobile phone market. According to DigiTimes, the Xperia Z (Sony Mobile's flagship smartphone) has sold more than 50,000 units in less than 30 days in Taiwan. The company hopes...

In 1995, Sony (NYSE: SNE) gave birth to a brand that became one of the strongest and most resilient around the world – PlayStation. Not since the creation of the Walkman had Sony produced a machine that held so much power and fostered so much fan loyalty. The PlayStation 4 event, which was...

Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) lost a patent infringement case this week after a federal jury found that the company infringed on display technology invented by a former Sony (NYSE: SNE) employee. The technology was initially invented by Seijiro Tomita. According to Reuters, Tomita was awarded $30.2...