Christine Arrington

Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY) President Satoru Iwata passed away last weekend from bile duct cancer. Numerous individuals, including Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime, have taken a moment to reflect on the life of one of the video game industry's most prominent...

Which console came out on top at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo? As usual, the answer largely depends on who you ask. Christine Arrington, Senior Games Analyst at IHS Electronics & Media (NYSE: IHS), thinks that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) had the better presentation. "The...

Virtually every major character and franchise -- Mario, Zelda, Star Fox, Yoshi, Kirby, Smash Bros., etc. -- will arrive on Wii U by the end of 2015. Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) could surely delay some of those games and save them for a later date, or develop something entirely new for the following...

It's not everyday that Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) receives some assistance from a competitor. But at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony's (NYSE: SNE) E3 presentation might have given Nintendo a little bit of help. Coincidentally, both companies chose to focus on games that...

The iPhone 6, iWatch and iPad Air 2 are months away from release, but the hype keeps getting bigger and bigger for all three devices. This helped give Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) a much-needed boost in media attention this week -- especially after losing the spotlight to Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Fire TV...

How will Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) overcome the confusion and misinformation that hurt Wii U's sales figures? Investors shouldn't hold their breath for an immediate turnaround. The company's latest game console, Wii U, struggled at retail before Xbox One and PlayStation 4 were released. Now that...

Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) could rebound with a fresh console in the distant future, but don't expect Wii U to turn things around. "I don't see any indication that they'll do anything different [in 2014]," Christine Arrington, Senior Games Analyst at IHS Electronics & Media (NYSE: IHS), told...

Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have fought for the support of independent developers, but their job could get a lot more difficult now that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has entered the fray. Christine Arrington, the Senior Games Analyst at IHS Electronics & Media (NYSE: IHS), believes that Amazon's new...

Consumers may not have to wait another seven years for Xbox Two and PlayStation 5 to arrive. If Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) releases its Wii U successor before then, Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be forced to follow suit. "I think it really depends on the environment strategy, and...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are still a month away from releasing their newest game consoles, but speculation for the next generation has already begun. Christine Arrington, the Senior Games Analyst at IHS Electronics & Media (NYSE: IHS), told Benzinga that there is no...

Uninformed retail employees may have contributed to the sales problems afflicting Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) latest console. Christine Arrington, the Senior Games Analyst at IHS Electronics & Media (NYSE: IHS), told Benzinga that she realized that Wii U was in trouble when she became an...