What bad times? These are the good times. At least that is what Electronic Arts Inc. CEO John Riccitiello suggested to an audience at the DICE gaming confab in Las Vegas. According to gaming site Gamasutra, the exec said the current downturn is a blessing in disguise that will help clear away the vi...

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...

Companies wonder why their products or services aren’t selling as well as they could. Sometimes the reason why is due to making bad business decisions. Let’s look at a questionable one from Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts (EA) announced yesterday that they were pushing back the release ...

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: 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. ...