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How Sony's E3 Press Conference May Have Saved Nintendo
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 12:23pm | 591Read More...It's not everyday that Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) receives some assistance from a competitor. But at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony's (NYSE: SNE) E3 presentation might have given Nintendo a little bit of help. Coincidentally, both companies chose to focus on games that...
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Did Xbox One Just Win The Battle For Hardcore Gamers?
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 9:39am | 418Read More...Critics and consumers will surely argue about which company had the better presentation at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Some analysts have already chosen a winner, but Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter has a different take on the matter. "They both did as well as they...
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Will Sony's PlayStation Dominance Continue Throughout 2014?
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 1:41pm | 490Read More...Sony (NYSE: SNE) sold more new game consoles than any of its competitors in 2013. Can that winning streak continue for another year? The answer could be found within the company's press event at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The annual trade show is used by Sony and other game...
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How One Investor Profited From LeapFrog And Nintendo Before Wall Street
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 3:15pm | 775Read More...What does the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) most successful game console, have in common with LeapFrog's (NYSE: LF) LeapPad tablet for kids? Both products represented an opportunity for investors to buy into these firms and enjoy massive gains. "[In] 2011, the number-one selling Christmas...
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Monday E3 Wrap: Microsoft, EA Debut Games to Much Applause, Ubisoft, Sony Headline Evening Press Conferences
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 5:38pm | 515Read More...Although the conference does not formally kick off until Tuesday, Monday was the unofficial start of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly referred to as E3. Presentations from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) headlined press conferences Monday while presentations...
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Zynga Drops 10%, Proving Lousy Games Suck (The Life Out of Investors)
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 12:13pm | 248Read More...Is Zynga taking Nintendo lessons? Or is Nintendo taking Zynga lessons? Whatever the case, both companies are taking a dive as investors abandon these game companies in favor of corporations with a brighter future. Nintendo (NTDOY) has seen continual declines since last Tuesday, at which point the...
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How Disney Won E3 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012 - 9:39am | 269Read More...Forget about the oversized booths and game displays at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. The most exciting news to come out of E3 this week involves a movie from Disney (NYSE: DIS) that was wholeheartedly inspired by video games. Due to hit theaters on November 2, Wreck-It Ralph is...
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SimCity Social is Here, Is Zynga Gone?
Monday, June 4, 2012 - 4:41pm | 381Read More...Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) has announced today at its press conference at E3 that it is releasing a social version of SimCity, known as SimCity Social, which is set to compete with one of Zynga's (NASDAQ: ZNGA) mainstay games, Farmville, and subsequent games such as Cityville. SimCity Social will...
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Google Takes Maps Indoors and They Are AWESOME!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 3:41pm | 325Read More...It may not be able to tell you where to hide a body in a sexy Siri voice, but Google's latest innovation is still pretty freaking cool. Have you ever been in an airport and wondered where you were, or where you should go next? Maybe you wanted to find a particular store in a mall, or wanted to...
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Citi Impressed by Microsoft's E3 2011 Presentation
Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 8:16am | 159Read More...Citi seems to be quite impressed with Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) presentation at E3 2011. “Much of Microsoft's keynote reinforced the strength of the Xbox ecosystem validated by broader Kinect adoption and a growing library of digital content,” Citi writes. “Don Mattrick indicated at the briefing...
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Sony Apologizes to Users, Announces New PlayStation Vita & 3D Gaming Package
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 6:05am | 368Read More...Jack Tretton, CEO of Sony (NYSE: SNE) Computer Entertainment America, didn't ignore the proverbial "elephant in the room" Thursday, apologizing for recent PlayStation online network outages at the E3 gaming conference. "And for those of you left the PlayStation brand or were never part of it, we...
