All Posts by: GamerNode Staff
CES 2007: Microsoft and Sony
Sony and Microsoft yesterday held their presentations at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, which runs from January 8 to the 11. The show featured several major announcements from electronics companies, in addition to the obligatory trumpeting of sales numbers. While… Read More »
IDG E3 Replacement Gets ESA Endorsement, New Name
IDG World Expo has announced the official name for their E3 replacement expo: Entertainment for All Expo (E for All Expo, sure to be shortened to E4). The scheduled date for the ESA-endorsed expo is October 18-20, 2007 at the… Read More »
Industry Watchers Believe 360 Price Drop Is Coming
With the successful showing of the Xbox 360 this past year, some industry analysts are foreseeing a move by Microsoft to further secure its early lead in the next-gen console races by possibly slashing the price of both versions of… Read More »
Bill Gates Proclaims Success of Xbox 360
Bill Gates proclaimed confidently that the Xbox 360 is on its way to being a top sales performer in the next-gen game console market and has turned the tables on Microsoft’s main competitor, Sony. Gates made his statements at the… Read More »
Gears Sells 2.7 M Copies; New Content Thursday
Clean off your chainsaws–the first batch of new content for Gears of War will be hitting the Xbox Live Marketplace early Thursday morning, and will include two new multiplayer maps (Raven Down and Old Bones) and a new video. The… Read More »
GamerNode Weekly Recap 12/31 – 1/6 : Sales Numbers Galore
Early last week, we ran our 2006: The Best (And Worst) feature, which ultimately crowned The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion as our Best of ’06 winner. But in addition to the annual award fest, the new year greeted us with… Read More »
Microsoft Will Not Include HD-DVD Drive in Future Xbox 360s
With the uncertainty surrounding the issue of which next-gen DVD format will prevail as the dominant player in the electronics and game industry, Microsoft has decided that the best move is to not act too quickly, by stating that they… Read More »
Hardware and Software Sales Up in 2006
Lazard Capital, an investment and analyst firm, has given its view on how the next-gen game consoles and related software sales performed during 2006. According to Colin Sebastian of Lazard, data indicates that the Wii will surpass sales estimates, while… Read More »
Eidos Exec Criticizes Industry Direction
Ian Livingstone, Product Director at Eidos, believes that the video game business is crowded with similar game titles and that the only way out of the problem is to develop new game technology and better gameplay. His remarks were made… Read More »
GameStop Unstoppable: $1.7 Billion In Sales for 2006
If GameStop sales figures for the last nine weeks of 2006 are any indication of where the game industry is heading in this new year, industry bean counters should be especially pleased. GameStop revealed staggering figures today, announcing that it… Read More »
