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Don't let the recent studio and publisher closures fool you; the game industry is growing, not contracting or consolidating. IBISWorld analyst James Crompton said he expects industry entrants (new game companies) to exceed the number of consolidations. "A lot of this is driven by social...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is once again the leader of tech headlines. With investors support for an extra-large smartphone (an iPhone XL, perhaps?), news of a China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) deal and a report that President Obama can't use an iPhone due to security reasons, this week proved to be fairly...

Which console should you place under the tree this Christmas? Despite the claim that game consoles are a dying breed, there are three new systems and two handhelds currently on store shelves. With so many options, you might just want to cash in your 401k and buy them all! The gamer in your family...

Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) is on the cusp of another Wii U sales disappointment. The company has repeatedly predicted that it would reach new milestones each quarter. Thus far, the Mario maker has been unable to accomplish any of those goals. For example, Nintendo had initially projected Wii U sales...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) has sold more than 2.1 million units of its latest game console. The company made the official announcement today, just days after PlayStation 4 was released in Europe. According to MCV, Sony sold 250,000 units in the United Kingdom alone in just 48 hours. This is...

The country's largest electronics retailer is gearing up three waves of sales on Black Friday. Designed to keep customers coming back to Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), the company's first Black Friday sale begins at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 28. For those who plan to camp out, the retailer said...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) is ready to release a game console in China. According to market intelligence and consulting firm Marbridge Consulting, Sony President and CEO Kazuo Hirai has confirmed that the company will bring its game console business to China. The company will begin by establishing a "...

Panasonic's (OTC: PCRFY) 20-inch 4K tablet will retail for $5,999 when it is released in January. According to Engadget, the device (officially known as the Toughpad 4K) will come with an Ultra High-Definition 20-inch IPS Alpha LCD display with 3,840 x 2,560 pixels and 230 pixels per inch. The...

Consumers may not have to wait another seven years for Xbox Two and PlayStation 5 to arrive. If Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) releases its Wii U successor before then, Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be forced to follow suit. "I think it really depends on the environment strategy, and...

The past week was nearly dominated by Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) many product announcements. New iPads, new Mac Book Pros, new details on the Mac Pro -- the list went on and on. The only thing missing was Apple's first TV set, though the rumor mill helped consumers cope with that. The unconfirmed...

During the June quarter, Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) sold 210,000 units of the seven-year-old Wii game console. Wii U, Nintendo's newest game console, sold 160,000 units during the same period. Despite the sales discrepancy, Nintendo has decided to throw its weight behind Wii U and cease production of...

Uninformed retail employees may have contributed to the sales problems afflicting Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) latest console. Christine Arrington, the Senior Games Analyst at IHS Electronics & Media (NYSE: IHS), told Benzinga that she realized that Wii U was in trouble when she became an...

Domestic software pre-orders for Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 are 55 percent higher than the software pre-orders for Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One. According to the latest United States pre-order data from VGChartz, consumers have pre-ordered a combined total of 834,242 games for Xbox...

In January, China Daily USA reported that China might lift its ban on the sale of video games. "We are reviewing the policy and have conducted some surveys and held discussions with other ministries on the possibility of opening up the game console market," an unnamed source from the Ministry of...

After two years of declines, the video game industry is beginning to rebound. According to The Wall Street Journal, sales of new hardware (consoles like Xbox 360 and handhelds like Nintendo 3DS), new software and accessories have risen one percent in the United States. The collective sales of...