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PlayStation 5 Is So Hard To Get, People Are Robbing Moving Delivery Trucks
Monday, December 7, 2020 - 6:01pm | 309Like something straight out of “The Fast and The Furious” movie franchise, thieves are targeting moving delivery trucks to steal PlayStation 5s. What Happened: The Times is reporting gangs in the United States have increased the “rollover” technique used to steal items like...
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'Engaging Hardcore Gamers': Enthusiast Brings To Market The Biggest Community For Gaming, Esports
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 8:29am | 955In a move to grow the world’s largest network of gamers and esports fans, Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc., (OTC: ENGMF)(TSX:EGLX) recently expanded its multi-pillar business to include a franchise of esports teams and events. CEO Adrian Montgomery and President Menashe Kestenbaum spoke with...
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Nintendo Trademark App Drives Speculation Around N64 Mini-Console
Friday, May 25, 2018 - 3:26pm | 472Gamers could be one step closer to getting their hands on a relaunch of the Nintendo 64. The Japanese video game giant filed for a trademark of an image of a Nintendo 64 controller, indicating that a mini N64 could be in the works. Nintendo ADR filed similar trademarks before launching mini...
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Exploring Nintendo's 3-Day Switch Sale Figures Thus Far
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 9:58am | 438Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY)’s new gaming console Switch set record sales in the United States in its first two days, according to a tweet from New York Times reporter Nick Wingfield. “Fri-Sat sales for Nintendo Switch exceeded first 2-day sales in Americas for any system in...
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Buy The Dip In j2 Global, Susquehanna Says
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 3:15pm | 672Shares of Internet services firm J2 Global Inc (NASDAQ: JCOM) recovered after a heavy selloff on Thursday, which saw its stock price plunge as much as 20 percent following a Citron sell report. J2 Global responded to the report saying, "We believe it is both factually incorrect and wrongly...
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CES 2014 Preview: 5 Things To Expect
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 9:40am | 174The Consumer Electronics Show is about to begin. Are you ready? Numerous announcements are expected to be made, but it's the future world technology (such as flexible displays or glasses-free 3D televisions) that consumers are really excited about. Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) are...
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PlayStation 4 vs. Xbox One November Sales
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 2:32pm | 598Sony's (NYSE: SNE) newest game console proved to be the most popular last month. According to AllThingsD, Sony's PlayStation 4 outsold Xbox One domestically with the "highest first month sales of a hardware platform on record." IGN provided a few more details, revealing that Call of Duty: Ghosts...
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Sony Unveils PlayStation Vita TV To Take On Apple TV, Chromecast (AAPL, GOOG, SNE)
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 12:36pm | 769It may not involve the cord-cutting service that some expected, but Sony (NYSE: SNE) has unveiled a new device for games and streaming video: PlayStation Vita TV. Named after Sony's latest handheld game system, PlayStation Vita TV is designed to play PSP (PlayStation Portable) and PS Vita games on...
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Sony Confirms That PlayStation 4 Has Kinect-Style Features (SNE)
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 6:35pm | 546Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has had a difficult time hiding the fact it was greatly inspired to make changes after Sony (NYSE: SNE) gained the upper hand with PlayStation 4. Microsoft was not the only company that took cues from its chief competitor, however. It turns out that Sony has been inspired...
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Nintendo Drops Wii U Price, Unveils 2DS Handheld Game System
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 1:38pm | 625Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) made two sizable announcements today. The first -- a price cut for Wii U -- has been anticipated for months. Effective September 20, the deluxe version will retail for $299. Nintendo's second announcement was a bit more surprising. The company unveiled a new handheld game...
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Microsoft May Reduce Xbox One Shipments (MSFT)
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 1:01pm | 823Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reportedly lowered the number of Xbox One units that it expects to ship to retailers in 2013. According to a DigiTimes translation of a report by the Chinese-language publication Economic Daily News, only 6.2 million Xbox One units will arrive before the end of the...
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Microsoft Tweaks Xbox One Before Launch (MSFT)
Friday, August 2, 2013 - 2:51pm | 427Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new game console received a boost of extra power this week. According to IGN, the company has confirmed that Xbox One's clock speed has been increased from 800 MHz to 853 MHz. Xbox One product chief Marc Whitten joined Larry Hryb (AKA Major Nelson), the Director of...
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Sony's PlayStation 4 Inspires Another Change for Microsoft's Xbox One (MSFT, SNE)
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 12:34pm | 444With very little effort, Sony (NYSE: SNE) indirectly forced Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to completely change its policies for Xbox One. Sony accomplished this simply by maintaining old policies that have been in place since the very first game console was created nearly four decades ago. During its...
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Sony Building PlayStation TV Service to Take on Netflix, Hulu and HBO Go (SNE, NFLX)
Monday, July 8, 2013 - 12:25pm | 579Sony (NYSE: SNE) appears to be in the process of building a new television service. According to IGN, Sony filed a trademark application for something called 'PlayStation TV' late last month. Though it may sound like a competitor to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) long-awaited TV set, it is intended to...
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Can Nintendo Overcome Wii U's Q1 Flop?
Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 11:47am | 653Last fall, Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) projected that it would sell 5.5 million Wii U consoles by the end of March. In February, The New York Times reported that Nintendo had reduced its sales expectations to just four million units. This week IGN reported that Nintendo was unable to meet that goal....