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  • June 2008

    • In-Game Ads Coming to PS3

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 4, 08 3:14 PM CDT

      In-Game Ads Coming to PS3

      (Newser) - Sony has struck a deal to bring in-game advertising to its PlayStation 3 console, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many games have already toyed with product placement and ads, but thanks to the deal with IGA Worldwide, those digital billboards can now be updated in real time. Electronic Arts will be the first game-maker to take advantage of the deal. More »

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      advertising  • Sony  • advertisements  • Electronic Arts  • video games  • Playstation 3

  • May 2008

    • PS3 Sales Help Sony Get Its Q4 Game On

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 15, 08 6:59 AM CDT

      PS3 Sales Help Sony Get Its Q4 Game On

      (Newser) - Sony reported fourth quarter profits of $277 million yesterday, driven largely by its once-sputtering PlayStation 3, which passed Microsoft's Xbox 360 and is nipping at the heels of Nintendo’s Wii . The results vastly improved on a loss of $643.6 million a year ago, reports the Wall Street Journal .  More »

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      corporate earnings  • Nintendo Wii  • Sony  • Xbox 360  • Playstation 3  • Blu-Ray

  • October 2007

    • Video Game Maker Calls for End to Rival Gaming Systems

      BBC  |  Oct 20, 07 8:27 AM CDT

      Video Game Maker Calls for End to Rival Gaming Systems

      (Newser) - Electronic Arts, a leading video game manufacturer, has called on the gaming industry to set aside the incompatible gaming platforms now competing for consumer loyalty. Instead of choosing among rivals like Wii, Playstation, and Xbox, players should be able to use an "open gaming platform" for all games, EA argues. EA now produces games for more tha 14 different systems, BBC reports. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • Sony  • video game console  • Xbox  • Playstation 3

  • August 2007

    • Wii Are the Champions

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 24, 07 3:29 AM CDT

      Wii Are the Champions

      (Newser) - Vdeo gamers were reaching for the Wii-mote in July after buying up an impressive 425,000 Nintendo Wii consoles—more than twice the sales of either X-Box 360 or Playstation 3.  It was a strong month for video games as a whole, with console sales more than doubling since June to $286 million. More »

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      Microsoft  • video game  • Nintendo Wii  • Sony  • Xbox 360  • Nintendo  • Playstation 3

  • July 2007

    • Japanese TV Is Losing to Wii

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 11, 07 5:29 AM CDT

      Japanese TV Is Losing to Wii

      (Newser) - Ratings are plummeting for Japanese prime-time TV shows as audiences increasingly turn to playing games on Nintendo's Wii system. Wii, which dominates the nation's $30B video games market, has stolen TV's "golden hour,"  thanks in part to parents who are choosing to share family time on Wii's interactive sports-simulating games rather than watching TV, the Times of London reports. More »

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      television  • Japan  • video game  • Nintendo Wii  • parents  • TV shows  • audiences  • primetime TV  • Playstation 3  • Japanese

    • Sony Slashes Price of PlayStation 3

      Reuters  |  Jul 9, 07 8:29 AM CDT

      Sony Slashes Price of PlayStation 3

      (Newser) - Sony is easing up on the retail price of its struggling PlayStation 3 by $100. The console will now cost $500—$20 more than the Xbox 360 and twice as much as the bestselling Nintendo Wii. Sony's CEO had promised to hold the price, but poor receipts appeared to necessitate a reboot. "Our initial expectation is that sales should double at a minimum," one exec says. More »

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      Microsoft  • retail sales  • Sony  • Nintendo Wii  • Xbox 360  • video game console  • Nintendo  • Playstation 3

  • June 2007

    • Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

      Forbes  |  Jun 18, 07 6:36 PM CDT

      Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

      (Newser) - Movie rental giant Blockbuster picked sides today in the hotly contested battle over high-definition DVDs. Starting in July, Blockbuster will buy all of its new high-def DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray format, a damaging blow to rival Toshiba's HD DVD, which the rental company had stocked jointly until now. More »

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      movie  • Hollywood  • Sony  • HD DVD  • DVD  • Blu ray  • Playstation 3  • Blockbuster  • rentals

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