TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp <6758.T> aims to earn a 5 percent operating profit margin in three years by turning its struggling LCD ...
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The new active Wii video games from Nintendo Co Ltd may be creating a healthier generation of couch potato, ...
BRAIN WORKOUTS Can games prevent cognitive decline? Several companies think they might. Posit Science sells the Brain Fitness Program for PCs for $395, and there's Brain Age for Nintendo's DS handheld system (about $20 for the game, $130 for the device). The ...
Industry group says US video game sales fall 19 percent in October After a slight reprieve in September, U.S. video game retail sales slumped again in October, unable to escape the economic turmoil that's cutting into consumer spending and swelling the ranks ...
Every child's plaything, the ball, joins Big Wheel and Game Boy in NY's Toy Hall of Fame Bounce it, kick it, catch it. Chase, throw or smack it. The ball, arguably the most popular plaything of all time, has finally earned a ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The video games sector has yet to gain from a downturn where consumers stay home to play, but social games creator Playfish says the industry is just beginning a new growth spurt. The company that invented Pet Society, Restaurant ...
Over the past few years, when it was racking up record profits and crushing its rivals in the video game industry, Nintendo often drew comparisons to Apple (APPL). The two had gone against the conventional wisdom to create gadgets and software that ...
Nintendo's hot streak has cooled. Sales of its Wii video-game console dropped nearly 50% in the company's first half, which ended on Sept. 30. Fiscal second-quarter profits skidded 52%. And on Oct. 29 the Japanese company slashed its sales forecasts for remainder ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp <6758.T> and Panasonic Corp <6752.T> signaled the worst may be over for the world's two largest consumer electronics makers as they raised their full year outlooks, helped by cost cuts. This follows an upbeat view from Samsung ...
Nintendo's profit dives, Hitachi and NEC in red amid slump but Sharp sees recovery Brandname Japanese technology companies, including Nintendo, reported dismal earnings Thursday with Sharp emerging an exception in doubling profits on brisk sales of flat-panel TVs in China, Japan and ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's game toy maker Nintendo said on Thursday it will launch a new version of Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi LL, featuring a 4.2 inch screen with a price tag of 20,000 yen ($222) on November 21. The screen of ...
Some of Japan's biggest high-tech makers revealed fresh losses or plunging profits Thursday, underscoring the continued difficult conditions facing companies in the world's number two economy. Japanese electronics makers have been aggressively cutting costs and jobs to ride out the global economic ...
