The U.S. Supreme Court began to consider the constitutionality of a California law that would ban retailers from selling violent videogame titles to minors. The law, first proposed in 2005, has already been ruled unconstitution…
Microsoft motion controller for its Xbox videogame console, which launches this week, will outsell Sony’s new PlayStation controller during the holiday season, according to a forecast report released Monday.
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Nintendo slashed its forecast for the year, citing weak sales and stronger-than-expected appreciation of the Japanese yen. It also announced its new handheld 3-D video game console won’t be released until after the holiday seas…
Sales of digitally-downloaded video games are surging this year as cashed-strapped gamers buy fewer new titles from retailers in favor of cheaper games that may be purchased online. Game downloads saw a 37% rise in the first si…
Last month was the worst August in four years for U.S. video game sales, according to a new NPD Group report. Revenue fell 10% from August of last year as gamers scaled back on portable-gaming purchases and turned to — often f…