NewsFactor - The economy may be trending downward, but video-game software and hardware sales in the U.S. keep going up. Game sales are up 37 percent over the same time last year, according to the NPD Group, a leading market-research firm. Hardware sales are up 34 percent.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Jeff Bell’s departure has sparked a shakeup in the company’s Xbox-related business groups.
NewsFactor - Solid Snake has returned. The covert-operations hero of Metal Gear Solid has returned for the fourth and final release of the hit video-game franchise.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Video game software sales were up 45% in the first five months of the year, while video game hardware sales were up 17%, says The NPD Group.
AP - U.S. retail sales of video games, consoles and game accessories hit $1.12 billion in May, a 37 percent rise over the same month last year, driven by the chart-topping Grand Theft Auto video game, market researcher NPD Group reported Thursday.
Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software were $1.12 billion in May, up 37 percent from a year earlier, with Take-Two Interactive Software Corp’s “Grand Theft Audio 4″ the best-selling title for the month, market researcher NPD said in a report on Thursday.
Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software were $1.12 billion in May, up 37 percent from a year earlier, with Take-Two Interactive Software Corp’s “Grand Theft Audio 4″ the best-selling title for the month.
Investor’s Business Daily - More than two years into the current video game hardware cycle, Sony finds itself in the unusual position of third place behind rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.
PC World - A key Xbox marketing leader is leaving Microsoft amid executive restructuring in the company’s gaming business.
Reuters - Injured athletes may find themselves playing Nintendo’s Wii Fit as part of their rehabilitation.