Slump deepens for video game sector, survey says
US videogame sales extended their decline in February with a 25 percent monthly drop compared with a year ago, according to an industry tracker.
US videogame sales extended their decline in February with a 25 percent monthly drop compared with a year ago, according to an industry tracker.
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Mar 15, 2013
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(AP) -- Hurt by the recession and few hit game launches, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in July, showing an even bigger decline than what many analysts were expecting.
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Aug 14, 2009
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Satoru Iwata, who led Japanese video game company Nintendo Co. through years of growth with its Pokemon and Super Mario franchises, has died after a lengthy illness, drawing a flood of emotional tributes from game fans and ...
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Jul 13, 2015
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Nintendo has sold more than 400,000 of its new video game console, the Wii U, in its first week on sale in the U.S., the company said Monday.
Business
Nov 26, 2012
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Nintendo Co. returned to profit for the fiscal year ended March 31 as a lift from the weakening yen offset sales struggles caused by software delays for its latest home console Wii U.
Business
Apr 24, 2013
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Investors hit the sell button on Nintendo shares Friday as gamers and analysts were left underwhelmed by a sneak peek at the videogame giant's long-awaited new console.
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Oct 21, 2016
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(AP) -- Nintendo's nine-month profit tumbled 74 percent as weaker sales of the Wii console and a strong yen battered its bottom line.
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Jan 27, 2011
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(AP) -- Americans spent a record $5.53 billion on video games in December, the most money ever in a single month, according to market researcher NPD Group.
Business
Jan 15, 2010
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Nintendo is apologizing and pledging to be more inclusive after being criticized for not recognizing same-sex relationships in English editions of a life-simulator video game. The publisher said that while it was too late ...
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May 10, 2014
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Nintendo said on Tuesday its first smartphone game attracted more than one million users three days after release—good news for the Japanese game giant that was long reluctant to stray from its console-only policy.
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Mar 22, 2016
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