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Software Game Sales Hit Holiday Skid
News What surprised some analysts was that the growth in sales of low-end PCs -- traditionally bought by first-time computer buyers -- didn't boost sales of game software. For instance, Pokemon, which dominated the video game market -- earning five of...
[February 14, 2000, 9:59]
Software Makers Ignoring Anti-piracy Technology In Favour Of Sales
Talkback Recently I have started downloading pirated software (mainly games) off the internet because software these days is priced too expensivly (escpecially games, I mean £40 per game, come on! I especially hate it when you buy software and have to enter...
[May 13, 2005, 12:55]
IBM Simulates Business Software In 3D Game
News Customers' knowledge of their business and technical environment is integral to sales of IBM's software and services, according to IBM. IBM on Monday introduced a three-dimensional video game that puts a businessperson in a virtual office with the...
[May 22, 2007, 13:07]
UK Gamemakers Take A Hit, Despite Record Sales
News New figures from the European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) showed sales of game software hit 39.5 million units last year, making the market worth £924m. British video and computer game sales surged last year, but gamemakers...
[January 19, 2001, 13:55]
Sony To Distribute Games, Movies, Music Over Net
News Sony Computer Entertainment seems to be getting into the direct sales market with a new Web site and subsidiary for selling game consoles and software via the Net. But observers expect that the site will be used to directly distribute music, movies...
[January 19, 2000, 14:58]
Microsoft Bets $500m On Xbox
News Like other console makers, Microsoft is subsidising the cost of the console and hoping to recover its expenses through sales of game software and the decreasing cost of components over time. Analysts expect that in five years, Microsoft will be...
[November 15, 2001, 16:23]
ECTS: Let's Hear It For The UK Games Industry!
News PC software unit sales rose on both sides of the Atlantic in July, relative to July 1997, but revenue growth in the UK was nearly three times the magnitude of the US increase. The recently established UK branch of consumer technology analyst PC...
[September 8, 1998, 9:17]
Support Wanes For GameCube
News They pointed to sales figures from the past few months showing a substantial rebound in GameCube sales, fuelled by the release of a new game featuring Nintendo's landmark Zelda character. Microsoft's Xbox sales edge is thin, Brown added, and...
[May 16, 2003, 8:05]
Clearing A Path To Mac At E3
News However, video game sales accounted for $4.2bn of the total. Last year entertainment software sales grew 11 percent, topping $6.1bn, said Interactive Digital Software Association (ISDA) president Douglas Lowenstein.
[May 15, 2000, 9:31]
Sony Settles PlayStation Case
News In addition, all legal issues surrounding Californian-based Connectix's Virtual Game Station software have been resolved. Under the agreement, Sony will acquire Connectix assets related to Virtual Game Station, but Connectix will continue to sell...
[March 16, 2001, 8:22]
Tiga Adds Teeth To UK Games Industry
News However, one venture capitalist warned developers that, in an industry where a delay of a couple of weeks can mean missing the vital pre-Christmas sales period, taking a stake in a small game developer was a big risk.
[March 14, 2001, 7:32]
Xbox Mod Chip Discontinued
News They're probably losing some game sales, but I've never heard Sony raise that as a major concern. One of the companies making Xbox "mod chips" -- add-on components that modify the game machine so it can run illegally copied discs and homemade...
[June 27, 2002, 8:36]
Microsoft Defends Xbox Console, Software Sales
News In Europe, market research firm ScreenDigest said this week that annual sales of video game software are to increase 23 percent over last year to $5.9bn. Game Group's shares fell sharply on Tuesday after it said that sales were "disappointing", and...
[December 19, 2002, 16:04]
Dreamcast: Huge Sales But Plagued By Disc Problems
News Despite celebrating a $98m first-day sales record with its Dreamcast next-generation game platform, Sega of America had major headaches on Friday: Disc manufacturing problems were freezing up some games, frustrating consumers.
[September 13, 1999, 9:22]
MS Credits XP, Xbox For 'record' Sales
News Xbox sales also fared much better than expected, with Microsoft selling 1.5 million game consoles since the device's 15 November launch. Higher sales of lower-margin products and the hefty investment required to launch the Xbox game console...
[January 18, 2002, 8:49]
Game Bigwig To Rivals: You're History!
News Lowenstein compared the current estimates of $6.1 billion for software sales at retail and another half-billion for online revenues with the movie industry's $7.5bn take at the box office. Given a choice between the passive experience of watching...
[May 12, 2000, 14:12]
PlayStation2: The Internet Generation?
News Such sales are a major part of the game equation. On Friday, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect, Bill Gates, showed off plans for his company's own game console, dubbed the X-Box, which will be able to connect to the Internet via its...
[March 13, 2000, 12:09]
Do Video Games Make Children Violent?
News Most retailers, including the chain stores that account for the bulk of game sales, say they restrict sales based on the ratings. I have a 14-year-old son, and it's part of my job as a parent to find out what's in a certain movie or TV program or...
[February 24, 2005, 11:10]
Microsoft Sets Dividend, Splits Stock
News Microsoft's revenue soared to its highest quarterly level ever in part because of its game console Xbox, other consumer products, and continued strong demand for Windows XP and server software. Three of those products contributed to strong consumer...
[January 17, 2003, 8:14]
Microsoft Denies Flaw In Xbox Motherboard
News The Xbox is Microsoft's high-profile bid to expand into the lucrative video game market, moving beyond its traditional PC base as sales of desktop and laptop computers decline. Staying on track for the launch date is vital for Microsoft, which is...
[August 15, 2001, 10:28]
