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IDC Analyst: Combined China Sales Of Xbox One, PS4 'Unlikely' To Cross A Million Units This Year
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 1:19pm | 416Read More...With Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) taking the lead by launching its Xbox One in China, Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) is under the heat to launch the PlayStation 4 as soon as possible. However, the company is yet to come out with a confirm date on when it is going to launch the...
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PlayStation 4 Vs. Xbox One: Will Price Cuts Have An Impact This Holiday?
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 1:43pm | 638Read More...Sony Corp's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 has dominated the market since it was released in November 2013. The console reached a new milestone in August after Sony announced that it had sold more than 10 million units. According to GameSpot, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted a blog...
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Brean Capital Previews Video Game Publishers: Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive And Activision Blizzard
Monday, October 27, 2014 - 11:28am | 605Read More...Todd Mitchell of Brean Capital previewed the major video game publishers, including Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), Electronic Arts Inc. (NYSE: EA) and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) ahead of third quarter results. Industry Wide View Positive Mitchell believes...
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Will Microsoft Release An Apple Watch Competitor In 2015?
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 1:22pm | 566Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is rumored to be developing a smartwatch. The device is expected to have more than two days of battery life and could be unveiled before the end of the year. Not much else is known about Microsoft's plans, but a previous report claimed that the company...
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3 Reasons Not To Count Out Nintendo & The Wii U
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 12:54pm | 724Read More...Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) enjoyed a nice sales boost during June quarter, moving 510,000 units of its latest console. During the year-ago period, Nintendo sold just 160,000 units. Despite the gains, Nintendo has only sold a total of 6.68 million Wii U units since the console was released in...
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Market Wrap For December 13: Major Indices Finish The Day Flat
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 5:45pm | 2270Read More...Major indices were looking for a rebound after a four day skid which included multiple triple digit point losses for the Dow. Futures pointed to a higher opening as investors found reason to be positive in the House's passing of the budget agreement last night. The markets were unable to hold on...
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Sony's PlayStation 4 Achieves New Sales Milestone
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 1:10pm | 456Read More...Sony (NYSE: SNE) has sold more than 2.1 million units of its latest game console. The company made the official announcement today, just days after PlayStation 4 was released in Europe. According to MCV, Sony sold 250,000 units in the United Kingdom alone in just 48 hours. This is...
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PlayStation 4 Vs. Xbox One
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 5:47pm | 1833Read More...Which new console reigned supreme on launch day? Which one will dominate the market over the next several years? Benzinga investigated Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new game consoles to find out. Launch Lineup First and foremost, it should be said that PlayStation 4 and Xbox One...
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Sony's $399 PlayStation 4 Costs $381 To Produce
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 4:10pm | 793Read More...Sony (NYSE: SNE) and most manufacturers typically produce game consoles at a loss until, but PlayStation 4 may already be profitable. According to AllThingsD, which got an early look at the PlayStation 4 teardown from IHS (NYSE: IHS), Sony spends $381 on every unit. The console retails for $399,...
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Market Wrap For November 18: Markets Hit New Highs Before Carl Icahn Comments
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 5:53pm | 1763Read More...Asian markets set the tone for Monday's trading session with Hong Kong and Shanghai indices receiving a boost from China's reforms which will open up the country's financial sector and ease restrictions on investments. Europe followed suit with major indices inching higher. It was only...
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Sony's Million-Unit Seller PS4 Has Some Flawed Consoles
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 11:46am | 595Read More...Sony's (NYSE: SNE) new video game console, PS4 sold 1 million units in 24 hours. Some of them didn’t work. Sony’s official response to Business Insider was, “We are aware that some people have reported issues with their PlayStation 4 systems. We are closely monitoring for additional reports,...
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SLIDESHOW: Apple's Groundbreaking Patent, Ballmer's Retirement And More From The Fourth Week Of August
Saturday, August 24, 2013 - 1:35pm | 260Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has taken an interest in developing a system to control virtual objects. After Apple filed a patent for what could be the company's answer to Kinect (the Microsoft-developed (NASDAQ: MSFT) motion-based control system for Xbox), investors began to wonder what Apple might do...
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Sony's PlayStation 4 Expected To Hit Japan, Asia Pacific In December (SNE)
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 11:48am | 519Read More...Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced this week that its upcoming game console, PlayStation 4, will be released in North America on November 15. The device will arrive in Europe two weeks later on November 29. Sony did not say when it will release the new machine in Japan (where the company is headquartered...
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GameStop Rises Over 3% Pre-Market As Pre-Orders For Next-Gen Game Systems Begin (GME)
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 8:57am | 426Read More...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:...
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Has Sony Failed to Maximize the PlayStation Brand?
Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 11:20am | 838Read More...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...















