News tagged with games market
Strategies for Retailers Fighting Price Wars
(PhysOrg.com) -- All retail companies want to maximize their profits, while at the same time maintaining high market share compared with their competitors. One way to do this is by promising to offer the lowest ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Video games depict religion as violent, problematized, study shows
In the past few years, the video game industry has grown from a niche market into a major part of mainstream media. This increase in popularity and use of technology has allowed video game developers to insert more detail ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Online game maker Zynga prices IPO at $10 a share
Zynga is poised to harvest some cold hard cash in its initial public offering. Who knew that selling virtual cows and digital corn on Facebook would create a $7 billion company?
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Qualcomm backs game console for 'next billion'
(AP) -- A startup called Zeebo Inc. is betting that people in emerging markets want to play good video games just as much as people in the U.S., Western Europe and Japan do.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 23, 2009 |
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US video game sales drop 21 percent in December
(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 21 percent in December from a year ago to $3.99 billion as players bought fewer games for their aging consoles, according to market researcher ...
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Study: The right strategy doesn't guarantee advantage in auctions, real estate or stock market
Who wouldn't pay a penny for a sports car? That's the mentality some popular online auctions take advantage of -- the opportunity to get an expensive item for very little money.
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Google in talks to buy Hulu: report
Google is in preliminary talks to acquire the online video site Hulu, the Los Angeles Times reported on its website Friday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the discussions.
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Marketing guru predicts the Next Big Thing in video games
Nintendo calls it the Wii Remote. You call it the Wiimote. Al Ries calls it a motion-detecting wand.
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Nintendo to launch 3-D console in Japan
Japanese entertainment giant Nintendo will on Saturday launch in its domestic market the world's first video game console with a 3-D screen that works without special glasses.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Investors give 'Farmville' maker a cold shoulder
(AP) -- As its workers celebrated with hot chocolate and cinnamon buns, Zynga saw its stock dinged on its first day of trading Friday - an unexpected turn of events for a closely watched public debut seen ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Nintendo 3DS game system gets momentum in US
Nintendo on Tuesday announced that it sold more than four million of its sophisticated 3DS handheld videogame gadgets in the United States by end of 2011.
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Sony PS Vita gets world launch in Japan
Technology giant Sony on Saturday held the world launch of its next-generation PlayStation Vita handheld console in Japan, as the company aims to take a bite out of the growing smartphone games market.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 17, 2011 |
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Hulu mulls putting itself up for sale
(AP) -- Online video service Hulu is exploring putting itself up for sale after receiving an unsolicited takeover offer, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Game developers sue China's Baidu over copyright
A Chinese industry group of game developers said Monday it was suing Baidu for more than 30 million yuan ($4.7 million) for copyright infringement, the latest such case to hit the Internet giant.
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Report says Facebook seeks $10 billion in IPO
(AP) -- Facebook might finally be laying down the groundwork for a highly anticipated initial public offering, long expected to take place sometime after April 2012.
Nov 29, 2011 |
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