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SimCity Limps Out of Gate
MARCH 11, 2013 • Many consumers who purchased SimCity after its release last Tuesday discovered that they were unable to access the city building game, or found their experience hobbled...
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Strong & Weak Among the Video Game Market Players
[caption id="attachment_5590" align="alignleft" width="390"] Different companies have different strengths and weaknesses.[/caption] MARCH 6, 2013 • Technology is an inherently disruptive undertaking. At the very least that disruption is relentlessly incremental, and...
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Battling for Entertainment Dollars: 7 Major Companies in the Video Game Market
[caption id="attachment_5534" align="alignleft" width="390"] We are seeing a new level of competition in consumer electronics for entertainment dollars.[/caption] MARCH 5, 2013 • As we discussed recently in Can Sony &...
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Electronic Arts Loves Microtransactions
[caption id="attachment_5195" align="alignleft" width="390"] The in-game goods market in EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic.[/caption] FEB. 27, 2013 • During a guest presentation at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media &...
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LG Acquires WebOS
FEB. 25, 2013 • Major South Korean consumer electronics manufacturer LG Electronics Inc. is buying the WebOS operating system source code from the Hewlett-Packard Co. The latter acquired the mobile...
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Can Sony And Nintendo Recover?
[caption id="attachment_4804" align="alignleft" width="390"] 2012 was a tough year for Nintendo and Sony.[/caption] FEB. 21, 2013 • The year 2012 clearly showed that even in the age of easy digital distribution...
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Sony Confirms PlayStation 4 release
[caption id="attachment_4761" align="alignleft" width="360"] Andrew House, president and group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment.[/caption] FEB. 20, 2013 • As expected, Sony Computer Entertainment used its press event at the Hammerstein Ballroom...
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Vita Price Slashed In Japan
[caption id="attachment_4710" align="alignleft" width="390"] Both versions of the PS Vita are now ¥19,980 ($213) in Japan.[/caption] FEB. 19, 2013 • In its first broad move since announcing that PlayStation Vita...
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