Microsoft sold out of its Xbox video-game console in late December thanks to strong holiday-season demand, and may have product shortages in January and February as well, as the company’s Kinect motion-sensor device has boosted…
U.S. gamers spent about the same amount of money on video games last year as they did in 2009, even as sales of consoles and other hardware took a plunge. Purchases of physical game discs slid 5%, in spite of the record-breakin…
Activision Blizzard’s “Call of Duty: Black Ops” video game has raked in more than $1 billion in sales since its Nov. 9 release, making it the fastest-selling video game in history — and one of the fastest-selling entertainment…
Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard said its “Call of Duty: Black Ops” has had the most successful entertainment debut ever, generating more than $650 million in global sales in five days.
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Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard said its “Call of Duty: Black Ops” set a new first-day videogame sales record, generating about $360 million in U.S. and U.K. sales within the first 24 hours of its release Tuesday. The c…