|
GME TTWO ERTS ATVI
|
Xbox 360 Pricecut Welcomed By Interactive Entertainment:
Activision, ... -08/24/09 at 8:36 AM CDTby Perry Rod
At the GamesCom conference last week, eyebrows
were raised when Microsoft did not announce a pricecut of the 360
after Sony announced their PlayStation 3 console's drop to $299.
Over the weekend, however, a Wal Mart (WMT) advertisement
distributed by video game website Kotaku and also another regional
chain advertisement appear to confirm the coming of a ...
|
 |
|
ERTS ATVI GME COOL TTWO
|
Sony PS3 Pricecut, Welcome News for Activision, Electronic Arts,
Game... -08/18/09 at
12:57 PM CDTby Perry
Rod
There is a universal sigh of relief in the
interactive entertainment industry today as Sony has just announced
at the end of their Gamescon 2009 presentation that the new
PlayStation 3 Slim will now be $299 (299 euros, 29980 yen).
That will also be the new price for all PlayStation 3's for sale on
the market starting tomorrow, August 19, 2009. Kotak...
|
|
|
ATVI
|
Activision Executives Sell Millions of Shares While Company Buys
Back... -08/17/09 at
10:41 AM CDTby Mahyar
Hashemi
Activision Inc. (ATVI) upped their stock buyback
program from 1 to 1.25 billion dollars worth of shares on August 5
as a part of their first quarter earnings report
announcement. At the same time, the company’s CEO
Robert Kotick was still busy selling stock, including recent sales
disclosed late in the day to the SEC on Friday, August
14. ...
|
 |
|
TTWO ERTS ATVI GME
|
Summer Meltdown For The Video Game Industry
-07/30/09 at 8:18 AM
CDTby Perry Rod
Sony and Nintendo reported disappointing numbers
in Japan overnight. Nintendo Wii sales dropped 57% year over year
from 5.17 million to 2.23 million units worldwide. Sales of
PlayStation 3 dropped 31% year over year from 1.6 million to 1.1
million units worldwide. PS3 software sales were down 35% in
that same period. The PlayStation Port...
|
|
|
ERTS ATVI GME NFLX BBY
|
THQ Inc. Sells Over 1 Million UFC Undisputed Copies In First
Month -06/11/09 at 6:40
PM CDTby Mahyar Hashemi
According to research group NPD, UFC Undisputed
moved just over a million copies in its first twelve days on the
shelf in North America. That may explain why THQ stock is up
64% since its release date. Analysts were expecting much
fewer first month sales. Wedbush Morgan senior analyst
Michael Pachter had predicted 400,000 copies to sell ...
|
|
|
TTWO ERTS ATVI CCTYQ.PK SNE
|
Nintendo Stock Falling In Japan Despite Record Breaking
Sales -01/21/09 at 2:24
AM CSTby Perry Rod
While video game sales break new records all
across the world, video game stocks have seen better days. American
publishers Activision (ATVI), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Take Two
(TTWO) and THQ (THQI) have all seen their stocks dramatically fall
over the year. The latter has had the worst hit, sinking 86%
in a year while others have been cut by over ...
|
|
