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Happy Goggles McDonald’s VR

March 1, 2016

MARCH 1, 2016 • The Swedish branch of McDonald’s Corp. is the test market for the fast food conglomerate’s first foray into virtual reality. A special edition Happy Meals container will be distributed to the 15 McDonald’s in Sweden the weekends of March 5 and Mar.....

HTC Vive VR hits at $799

February 22, 2016

FEB. 22, 2016 • A month after the Oculus Rift began pre-orders at $599, HTC Corp.’s Vive entered preorder contention at $799. Similarly, the Rift ships in March with the Vive following in April. The Vive was deve.....

Microsoft Looks At Modular PCs

February 16, 2016January 13, 2023

FEB. 16, 2016 • Last July, Microsoft Corp. filed for a U.S. patent on a modular PC design in which GPU, CPU and accessory components would be housed in separate easy to stack components without requiring any tools. Microsoft’s application was published by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on February 11. The reason behind Microsoft’s interest in modular design is that the company sees that most consumers upgrade their PCs by buying a whole new .....

Amazon Joins Game Engine Arena

February 10, 2016

FEB. 10, 2016 • Amazon.com is entering the highly competitive AAA game engine business. The Amazon Game Engine business will have two new platforms. Lumberyard is a free CryEngine-based, cross-platform, 3D game engine that features rich development tools, a graphics renderer, physics engine, native integration with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud to create multiplayer online games, plus native integration with Twitch. Amazon licensed CryEngine from Crytek .....

Nintendo’s Major Mobile Initiative

February 3, 2016December 15, 2022

FEB. 3, 2016 • Last December, Nintendo Co. Ltd. launched a new online account service in Japan intended to link experience from all of the gamemaker’s content. Rather simply dubbed, Nintendo Account, the service encourages access from mobile devices and PCs, as well.....

Goodbye SCE, Hello Sony Interactive Entertainment

January 26, 2016February 17, 2023

JAN. 26, 2016 • As of April 1, Sony Computer Ent. Inc. and Sony Network Ent. International LLC are merging together to create Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE). All business units making up each of the divisions including hardware, software, content and network services operations will fall under the new entity to be based in San Mateo, Calif. From its new headquarters, SIE will oversee business operations in Tokyo and London. Andrew House, exits as presi.....

PlayStation 4 Pulls Ahead

January 25, 2016

JAN. 25, 2016 • On January 5, Sony Computer Ent Inc. (SCEI) announced that cumulative PlayStation 4 hardware sales reached 35.9 million units worldwide as of the first of 2016. This number was remarkably close to the 36 million units DFC Intelligence forecasted for the PS4 in in our early 2015 .....

VR and eSports: Hype vs. Reality

January 18, 2016

For years DFC Intelligence has seen the hype and headlines that comes and goes around various segments in the game industry. In some cases, the market is excited by a new potential goldmine that turns out to be fool’s gold. Many times when a category reaches the headlines the opportunity has already come and gone. or often the excitement generated by a new category is premature. In these cases, investors rush in only to find out the consumer market was not ready.....

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