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How Virtual Reality Fits Into GameStop's Scheme Of Things
Friday, June 19, 2015 - 12:22pm | 403Read More...Virtual reality was undoubtedly the focus at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Though the industry is in a nascent stage, it has the potential to change the entertainment and gaming space significantly. GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) CFO Rob Lloyd was on CNBC Friday to discuss...
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Why Advanced Micro Devices And NVIDIA Are Worth Watching
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 1:54pm | 509Read More...NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) are not typically thought of as E3 showstoppers, but they might be worth watching in 2015. "Watch for the hardware, the PC gaming graphics war between NVIDIA and AMD," Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst...
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How Sony Could Lose Its Leverage To Microsoft
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 12:20pm | 613Read More...Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) are gearing up for a week of news from the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo. The two industry stalwarts are scheduled to host their annual press conferences later today, and the stakes are higher than ever. "Sony has to be...
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'Fallout 4' Nuke-Sized Expectations: Will Sales Match The Hype?
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 12:42pm | 391Read More..."Fallout," the post-apocalyptic RPG series, has one of the most fervent and dedicated fan bases in the realm of gaming. It comes to no surprise that as soon as Bethesda on Tuesday released a link with a simple countdown with "Fallout"-like stylings, the Twitterverse was set...
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BlackBerry Could Be An M&A Target For These 10 Companies
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 7:20am | 1501Read More...BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) proved to be a profitable company in the fourth quarter, with an EPS of $0.05. It's an important step forward for the company, which is in the midst of a turnaround. Now that BlackBerry has returned to profitability (compared to its previous year's position...
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GameStop CFO: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Sales Headed For Drop-Off; Xbox One, PlayStation 4 Might Grow
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 3:55pm | 312Read More...GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) declared worse-than-expected Q4 results Thursday. Revenue of the company declined 6 percent year-over-year to $3.48 billion, while profits rose about 13 percent to $2.15 per share. Robert Lloyd, GameStop CFO, was on CNBC to provide an outlook on games and...
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Piper Jaffray Sees Oculus Rift As a 'Significant Long-Term Opportunity' For Facebook
Friday, March 6, 2015 - 11:31am | 274Read More...In a report published Thursday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster stated that Oculus Rift will provide a "significant long-term (five plus years) opportunity" for Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) given the potential size of the virtual reality opportunity. Munster explained that Oculus Rift has two form...
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Weekly Tech Highlights: New Video Game Consoles Could Struggle In China, Amazon's Bragging Rights And More
Saturday, January 10, 2015 - 2:12pm | 212Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is just a couple weeks away from reporting its fiscal Q1 2015 results. Investors are salivating for the final numbers, which could set the stage for the coming months. Did the tech giant win big during the December quarter? Analysts think the answer is yes. Elsewhere, it...
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IDC Analyst: Combined China Sales Of Xbox One, PS4 'Unlikely' To Cross A Million Units This Year
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 1:19pm | 416Read More...With Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) taking the lead by launching its Xbox One in China, Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE) is under the heat to launch the PlayStation 4 as soon as possible. However, the company is yet to come out with a confirm date on when it is going to launch the...
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Will NVIDIA's Tegra X1 Dethrone The PlayStation 4 And Xbox One?
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 10:29am | 483Read More...In 2014, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) told the world that it had built a chip that could bring Xbox One-quality graphics to a mobile device. Now the company is repeating that message with the all-new Tegra X1. It might sound impressive on paper and perform well in demo form, but is this...
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Is Xbox One Really Beating PlayStation 4?
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 12:30pm | 486Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) celebrated a major victory in November after NPD announced that Xbox One had sold 1.2 million units. Curiously, no specific sales figures were provided for PlayStation 4, but Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE) was thought to have sold between 750,000 and 800,000 units...
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PlayStation 4 Vs. Xbox One: Will Price Cuts Have An Impact This Holiday?
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 1:43pm | 638Read More...Sony Corp's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 has dominated the market since it was released in November 2013. The console reached a new milestone in August after Sony announced that it had sold more than 10 million units. According to GameSpot, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted a blog...
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Will Microsoft Release An Apple Watch Competitor In 2015?
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 1:22pm | 566Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is rumored to be developing a smartwatch. The device is expected to have more than two days of battery life and could be unveiled before the end of the year. Not much else is known about Microsoft's plans, but a previous report claimed that the company...
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3 Reasons Not To Count Out Nintendo & The Wii U
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 12:54pm | 724Read More...Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) enjoyed a nice sales boost during June quarter, moving 510,000 units of its latest console. During the year-ago period, Nintendo sold just 160,000 units. Despite the gains, Nintendo has only sold a total of 6.68 million Wii U units since the console was released in...
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Can New Hardware Save GameStop?
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 2:33pm | 746Read More...Benchmark analyst Michael Hickey recently predicted that digital downloads could replace physical game discs within the next five years. That may be good news for publishers that want to sell directly to consumers, but it could be the beginning of the end for GameStop (NYSE: GME). Could new...















