Another disappointing week! Once again it was only what we expected so no big deal as we went into last weekend ready for the bear if the stimulus plan failed to give us a boost. Even so, finishing back near the November lows is downright depressing. On Friday, the 6th I said the energy sector could...

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI) Okay, video-game sales stats are out for the month of January. Please tell me there are some exciting changes in the ranking in terms of which gaming console dominated the charts in the U.S. Please tell...

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI), Technology Sony (NYSE: SNE) has one heck of a powerful video-game system in its PlayStation 3. In fact, I'm really looking forward to playing Resident Evil 5 on it. But Sony is having a tough time comp...

Filed under: Competitive strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Activision Inc (ATVI) Sorry, Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), but your problems just got worse. According to a Wall Street Journal (subscription required) piece, sources say that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) intends on executing a pr...

Filed under: Products and services, Viacom (VIA), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI) If I had a dime for every time a person asked me "Is Rock Band ever coming out for the Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) Wii?" I'd have more money than Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Viacom (NYSE: VIA) combined. ...

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Activision Inc (ATVI) Sony (NYSE: SNE) is still in the game, and it wants competitors Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Nintendo (OTC BB: NTDOY) to know about it. The latest move by the company might not be extraordinary or anything like that, but it ne...

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI) As I've said before, I love reading the monthly videogame sales stats from marketing research outfit NPD. February was yet another nice month for the industry. Software continues to move off retail shel...

Filed under: Law, Microsoft (MSFT), Viacom (VIA), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI) Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) can rock its shareholders just as hard as a blood-spitting Gene Simmons at a Kiss concert. And we all know why -- the Guitar Hero franchise is, simply put, o...

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI) Videogame sales data are in for the month of January. I love it when we get the monthly numbers on electronic gaming; it's always fun to see which of the big three -- Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Sony (NYS...