News tagged with game machines
Review: Looking for gems in iPhone's game library
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market - first with the Game Boy, now with the DS - for so long that most of us gave up hope of ever seeing a viable competitor. But it's become impossible to ignore ...
Nintendo not planning price cuts for hit machines
Apr 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nintendo has weathered the global recession because of the popularity of its game machines and won't be resorting to price cuts to boost sales, the company's president said Thursday.
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Do we think that machines can think?
Jul 09, 2008 |
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When our PC goes on strike again we tend to curse it as if it was a human. The question of why and under what circumstances we attribute human-like properties to machines and how such processes manifest on a cortical level ...
Global sales of Nintendo's Wii top 50 million
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. said Thursday global sales of its popular Wii video game console have topped 50 million since it went on sale worldwide in late 2006.
Microsoft cutting price of high-end Xbox 360
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Aug 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is slashing the price of the high-end Xbox 360 console by $100, matching Sony's $100 price cut for the PlayStation 3 last week.
Xbox exec Shane Kim to retire after 19 years
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Shane Kim, the Microsoft Corp. executive who oversaw the growth of its video game business from the original Xbox and through such hits as "Halo" and "Gears of War," is retiring after 19 years with the software maker.
Nintendo's annual profit rises 8.5 percent
May 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nintendo Co. reported an 8.5 percent rise in annual profit as the video game maker shrugged off the global slowdown that has battered other Japanese manufacturers.
Going for broke
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May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Natasha Schull recalls how in the late 1990s she began observing people in Las Vegas transfixed for hours at video poker and slot machines. What, she wondered, kept them glued to machines ...
Tokyo Game Show kicks off with turnaround hopes
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Tokyo Game Show, billed as the world's largest computer entertainment fest, kicked off Thursday with hopes that depressed sales of game consoles will enjoy a holiday resurrection.
Sony PS3 tops Nintendo Wii in Japan in March: survey
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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Sony has been given a vital boost in the battle for the multibillion-dollar video game industry, with a survey showing its PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo's Wii in Japan for the first time in 16 months.
Nintendo cutting Wii price by $50 to $200 (Update)
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Sep 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nintendo on Sunday will cut the price of its popular Wii console by $50, in a bid to broaden its appeal among potential new customers as it prepares to release the Wii Fit-Plus and New Super Mario ...
Conference will offer a sneak peek at future of video games
Mar 23, 2009 |
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The video game business has come a long way from the original Atari console or even the original PlayStation of a decade ago.
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