reuters.com - 3/20/2009
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. video game sales rose 10 percent in February to $1.47 billion, led again by Nintendo's blockbuster Wii console, as gaming continued to show resilience despite an economic downturn that has sapped consumer spending. Video game software sales climbed 9 percent in the ...
anandtech.com - 3/27/2009
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anandtech.com —
Our first day of coverage from the Game
Developer's Conference includes a rare insight into how Nintendo...
develops games, a new service that offloads GPU/CPU computation for games and Bigfoot's brand new Killer NIC....
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Nintendo's Development Secrets, Cloud Gaming & new ...
arstechnica.com - 3/20/2009
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arstechnica.com —
The NPD gaming numbers are in, and February
sales enjoyed a 10 percent bump over last year,...
while gaming enjoyed an 11 percent bump thus far this year. While the overall story stays the same this year, there are some interesting wrinkles ...
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February NPD numbers give Sony reason to celebrate
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Sony PS2 owners upgrade to Xbox 360 says Microsoft
I4U News —
... these days? It is half the price of the PS3, Xbox Live is great and the game line-up is in good shape. We are all waiting for Sony's next move for the Sony PS3. I do not think a price-cut alone will do the trick. Sony needs to also up the ante in games to distance the Xbox 360 with its hardware prowess. NPD Sales numbers via this Reuters story . Posted on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:29:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr ...
Nintendo Wii sold 753,000 Units in February
I4U News —
... and Amazon has not run out of Wii consoles since. Amazon also dropped the purchase limit per household. Sales numbers are according to NPD via Reuters . Posted on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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