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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 9:07am
Electronic Arts Reverses Decision, Develops New Wii U Games
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...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 9:33am
Xbox 720 Production to Rise in Q3, Peak in Q4
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...
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Monday, May 20, 2013 - 11:44am
Microsoft's Third Xbox to be Unveiled in 24 Hours
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...
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Monday, May 13, 2013 - 10:26am
Sony to Increase LCD TV Shipments by 19%
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....
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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 11:00am
PlayStation 4 Units Could be Scarce as Sony Falls Behind Schedule
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...
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 3:19pm
Sony Will Double Marketing Budget for a 20% Gain
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...
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Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 11:20am
Has Sony Failed to Maximize the PlayStation Brand?
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...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 3:38pm
Nintendo Must Sell 500K Wii U Games to Recoup This Loss
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...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 2:27pm
PlayStation 4 was Too Expensive for NVIDIA
AMD (NYSE: AMD) is poised to make billions on the sale of Sony's (NYSE: SNE) upcoming game console, PlayStation 4. The chipmaker, which has a long heritage within the game industry, built graphics processors for Wii, Xbox 360 and GameCube. AMD is currently producing chips for Nintendo's (OTC:...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 11:30am
Rumor: Sony to Ship 16 Million PlayStation 4 Units in 2013
Could Sony (NYSE: SNE) ship a record-breaking number of consoles this holiday season? According to DigiTimes, Sony anticipates that PlayStation 4 will reach annual shipments of 16 million units in 2013. If true, this would make it the largest launch of any console. DigiTimes' sources claim that...
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