Nintendo has gone from worst to first in consecutive console releases, with Sony doing exactly the opposite this generation. A closer look at collective data released by the NPD Group, the official tracker of U.S. video game sales, reveals the stark reversal of roles. Based on the first 26 months of...

I vividly remember my first video game system, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and the games that came with it: Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt. Now I can recapture my youth on my iPhone because some developers have made a port of Duck Hunt for the device. I’ll brush aside the ques...

If the future of movie rentals involved trekking long distances to brick and mortar stores to overpay for a movie, Blockbuster would be all set. Unfortunately for Blockbuster, the future of the business lies online. Even worse, all of their competitors realized this before them. And so we have a com...

2008 has been a big year for the games market. Game sales soared to new heights this year and resisted the onset of the recession. Here’s a recap of our biggest game-market stories this year (including some links for related stories) for those of you who may have missed them: 1. T he Nintendo ...

With the new year approaching, there’s no time like the present to look ahead to what is shaping up to be another record-breaking year in the videogame business. While many big games have yet to be officially confirmed or even announced, especially from Nintendo’s tight-lipped camp, there are en...

Sony has started setting the stage for the launch of its Home virtual world. The company has been running beta tests with thousands of users for weeks now, and the formal launch is still expected to be this fall on the PlayStation Network. About 18 months in the making, Home is Sony’s “H...

As the E3 video game industry media show comes to a close today, the game industry got some very good news. In spite of the recession, video game sales are still roaring. June sales of video game hardware, software and accessories grew 53 percent to $1.69 billion, according to market researcher NPD ...

Microsoft came through tonight with a press release announcing its $50 price cut for the Xbox 360 Pro (with a 20 gigabyte hard drive) model, which drops from $349 to $299 in the U.S. and Canada. It is pretty much on par with what everybody predicted, including us. But for those of you who still want...

If there’s a place video game developers show up to show off their wares, it’s the annual “E3” summit. It runs Monday through Thursday at the Los Angeles Convention Center (it’s not open to the public). At the head of it all is Mike Gallagher, the new Mr. E3. He runs th...

I tried to resist writing an ode to billyg. But the Borg effect has taken hold and I’ve got to join the legions of journalists with paeans to the god-of-I-don’t-know-what. If anybody should do it, it’s me. After all, Gates gave me material for two books. Bill Gates is retiring from...