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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has yet to announce the first weekend sales of the iPad Air, indicating that it may not have set a new sales record. However, that in no way means the device is selling poorly. Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry surveyed seven Apple Stores across California,...

Shares of Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) are up more than five percent after the company announced its second-quarter results. The company reported a second-quarter EPS of $2.49 versus the Wall Street estimate of $1.64. Earnings per share were up 2.16 percent from the year-ago period....

Consumers may not have to wait another seven years for Xbox Two and PlayStation 5 to arrive. If Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) releases its Wii U successor before then, Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be forced to follow suit. "I think it really depends on the environment strategy, and...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is up more than six percent after reporting its first quarter results. The Windows maker reported a Q1 EPS of $0.62 versus the Street estimate of $0.54. Earnings per share were 17 percent from the year-ago period. Revenue arrived at $18.53 billion versus the estimated $...

During the June quarter, Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) sold 210,000 units of the seven-year-old Wii game console. Wii U, Nintendo's newest game console, sold 160,000 units during the same period. Despite the sales discrepancy, Nintendo has decided to throw its weight behind Wii U and cease production of...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are still a month away from releasing their newest game consoles, but speculation for the next generation has already begun. Christine Arrington, the Senior Games Analyst at IHS Electronics & Media (NYSE: IHS), told Benzinga that there is no...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have had a good week or a bad week, depending on the rumors investors choose to believe. One rumor claimed that the company either delayed the iPad Mini 2 or that device quantities will be very limited when the unit ships. Another rumor showed the potential of a...

Sony's (NYSE: SNE) next-generation game console, PlayStation 4, is proving to be more popular than Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 26 percent of consumers surveyed plan to purchase a PlayStation 4 this fall. Fifteen percent said that they planned to...

Tech companies were determined to cram as much as possible into this week. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), for example, made an unexpected (and ultra-quiet) announcement regarding its new Kindle Fire tablets. Instead of holding a press conference, Amazon sent out a press release in the middle of the night...

Domestic software pre-orders for Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 are 55 percent higher than the software pre-orders for Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One. According to the latest United States pre-order data from VGChartz, consumers have pre-ordered a combined total of 834,242 games for Xbox...

In January, China Daily USA reported that China might lift its ban on the sale of video games. "We are reviewing the policy and have conducted some surveys and held discussions with other ministries on the possibility of opening up the game console market," an unnamed source from the Ministry of...

The winter season is always a popular one for video gamers and consoles alike. As record sales for the Grand Theft Auto franchise trickle (or flood) in and the football season is getting underway, some companies are preparing for a big boost in revenue. With the upcoming release of two new...

When it comes to monetization, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) might have a trick up its sleeve. And that trick just might be apps. Seeking Alpha’s Adrian McCarroll suggested it and others have seconded the notion. Microsoft has a habit of showing up late to the party. Such was the case with...

It is amazing how one story can take over the Internet. Twitter, the world's second-largest social network, is going public. It won't happen overnight, but the mere mention of its IPO -- and confirmation that it has filed an S-1 with the SEC -- has excited the masses. While this wasn't the only...

After two years of declines, the video game industry is beginning to rebound. According to The Wall Street Journal, sales of new hardware (consoles like Xbox 360 and handhelds like Nintendo 3DS), new software and accessories have risen one percent in the United States. The collective sales of...