Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 13 at 1:44 pm PT
Zynga is bucking market trends today and is trading higher despite a report that came out yesterday suggesting that December sales were extremely weak across the industry.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 5:57 pm PT
Despite sales declines bringing down the overall game industry last year, Microsoft dominated the market, with the Xbox capturing nearly half of all consumer spending from physical sales.
Kara Swisher in Mobile on October 4, 2011 at 12:08 pm PT
Be nice to Mac fanboys today. Apple rolled out a new iPhone today.
Sort of.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 17, 2011 at 3:45 pm PT
U.S. sales of videogame software and hardware fell in January, compared to the same period a year earlier, according to data released late Thursday by the NPD Group.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 13, 2011 at 4:44 pm PT
Microsoft’s Xbox dominated the charts at the end of 2010, despite year-over-year revenue declines for both videogame hardware and software.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 10, 2011 at 5:14 pm PT
Apple may not have been in Vegas, but its legions of followers were. The maker of the Mac and iPhone prefers having the stage to itself, but an entire section of CES was devoted to iStuff. Mobilized toured the show floor and has a video report.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 20, 2010 at 5:30 am PT
The Kinect has been an early hit for Microsoft, but an even bigger moment to celebrate will be if the new gaming accessory can help move the Xbox beyond the hard-core gaming-crowd demographic to appeal to a mass audience for general living-room entertainment.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 9, 2010 at 4:46 pm PT
The Xbox 360 was the best-selling console for the month of November, jumping 68 percent compared to the same month last year, according to NPD Group, which released sales figures today. NPD analyst Anita Frazier said the gains were “driven by the successful launch of Microsoft’s Kinect,” and that Xbox 360 accessories accounted for 60 percent of that category’s dollar sales this month.”
Peter Kafka in Media on November 30, 2010 at 3:08 am PT
Remember when magazines were excited about launching Web sites, not iPad apps? Here’s a new e-commerce site from Time Warner’s publishing unit.
