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Home Entertainment Budget: $150
April 16, 2009
APRIL 16, 2009 • Based on a tracking study of 10,000 consumers, the NPD Group found that Americans, on average, budget $150 a month for entertainment, much of it spent...
Best Buy Plans Significant Cuts
April 15, 2009
APRIL 15, 2009 • Employees with Best Buy were notified that the retailer was planning significant pay cuts and/or staff reductions. After conversations Best Buy, Investment firm Sanford Bernstein estimated...
Netflix Coming to PS3 & Wii?
April 13, 2009
APRIL 13, 2009 • Netflix published an employment advertisement expressing interest in hiring personnel to facilitate video distribution across gaming platforms. When the advertisement was reported on, Netflix announced that...
Will Wright Leaves Maxis
April 8, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8455" align="alignleft" width="250"] Maxis founder Will Wright.[/caption] APRIL 8, 2009 • Developer Will Wright left the Maxis brand he founded in 1987 to launch a new think tank, Stupid...
Amazon Launches XBL Store
April 8, 2009
APRIL 8, 2009 • Accelerating its forays into online game distribution, Amazon.com launched a beta Xbox 360 Live store. Selected Live Arcade and Marketplace games are available for purchase, as...
Nintendo Preps Video Service
April 7, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8445" align="alignleft" width="250"] Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.[/caption] APRIL 7, 2009 • Nintendo Co. Ltd. president Satoru Iwata told the Wall Street Journal that the gamemaker will be launching a...
Little Big Planet at 2M Users
April 2, 2009
APRIL 2, 2009 • Sony announced that Little Big Planet MMO had attained 2 million players worldwide, and had generated more than 725,000 user-created levels. Impact: A big part of...
Quebec Wants French Games
April 1, 2009
APRIL 1, 2009 • No April fools. A new law put into force by the Quebec provincial government prohibits the sale of new English-only video games if a French-language version...