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Sony’s Latin America Strategy
February 23, 2009
[caption id="attachment_3114" align="alignleft" width="269"] SCEA’s director of Latin America, Mark Stanley.[/caption] FEB. 23, 2009 • There's been plenty of investment in Latin America market during the last few years by...
XBL Gold Subs Top 50%
February 22, 2009
FEBRUARY 22, 2009 • The Seattle Post-Intelligencer obtained and verified an internal Microsoft Corp. financial document indicating that more than half of Xbox Live members are $49.99 Gold subscriptions. The...
Nordic Region Report
February 19, 2009
FEB. 19, 2009 • The year 2008 saw ups and downs for the Scandinavian countries of Europe. In Sweden 2008 the game sales reached €285 million, which is an increase...
Fun4All Label Comes to U.K.
February 16, 2009
FEB. 16, 2009 • The Fun4All label was launched in the U.K. by Activision Blizzard to better attract owners of the Nintendo Wii. The line debuted with six family titles,...
PSP Passes 50M Sold
February 14, 2009
FEB. 14, 2009 • Sony reported that total worldwide sales for the PlayStation Portable system surpassed 50 million during January. The PSP first went on sale in Japan in December...
MSFT Plans Retail Stores
February 13, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8380" align="alignleft" width="375"] A prototype retail design for a Microsoft retail store.[/caption] FEB. 13, 2009 • Following in Sony's and Apple Inc.'s footsteps, Microsoft Corp. has plans to open...
Blockbuster Revamps Rentals
February 10, 2009
FEB. 10, 2009 • During the second quarter Blockbuster Video will launch a major revamp to its game rental program. The pilot program will offer the retailer's Total Access customers...
Nintendo’s New R&D Facility
February 10, 2009
FEB. 10, 2009 • Nintendo will build a new R&D facility near its headquarters in Kyoto. The gamemaker purchased the 40,000 square-meter lot last December for ¥12.8 billion ($138.7 million)....