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Americans Boost Video Game Spending To $57.2 Billion, Marking 13% Digital Download Surge
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 10:52pm | 324In a recent joint report by the Entertainment Software Association and Circana, it was disclosed that consumer spending on video games in the U.S. amounted to $57.2 billion in 2023, marking an increase year-on-year of nearly $1 billion. The breakdown revealed that consumers spent $48 billion on...
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PlayStation Plus Games Catalogue For August: 17 New Additions Announced
Thursday, August 10, 2023 - 2:28pm | 400Sony Group Corp.'s (NYSE: SONY) Sony Interactive Entertainment unveiled the lineup of games for the August 2023 PlayStation Plus Games catalogue. A total of 17 games will be added to the library, with 14 available to Extra and Premium members and three exclusive to Premium members in...
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PlayStation's Sony Patents Bitcoin In-Game Betting
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - 6:27am | 281Sony Corporation (NYSE: SONY) — the Japanese electronics giant behind the PlayStation game console — is considering using Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to allow for in-game betting. What Happened: A patent published by Sony this month describes a system that would allow betting...
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Intel Launches New Mobile Processors Meant For Gaming Laptops: What You Need to Know
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 2:11pm | 387Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) launched a new generation of mobile processors Tuesday as it grapples with a competitive threat from rival Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD). What Happened: In a worldwide launch, Intel released its 11th generation core processors, codenamed...
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If Blockchain Can't Serve Gamers, It's Useless
Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 1:02pm | 1784Estimates indicate that by the end of 2021, 2.7 billion people will be regular players of video games. Stated another way, in the near future, gamers will make up more than one-third of humanity. More than one-third of humanity. When it comes to ripeness for blockchain technology, gamers are almost...
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Don't Write Off The PC Just Yet
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 1:26pm | 622“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” American humorist Mark Twain supposedly said this (or something close to it) after reading newspaper articles about his pending demise. There are those who feel the same way about personal computers. Forbes recently reported that, despite...