Xbox 360 wins holiday season in U.S., marks two straight years atop market The Xbox 360 is champ once again. Microsoft’s console was the best-selling console in the United States last month, marking… Read More
Late at night in private club, Nintendo tries to win back the love of longtime fans The line out the door at this trendy venue wasn’t for a band — it was for Mario. Nintendo fans… Read More
PAX: Pirates, ninjas and what’s really happening in video games these days Did you know that Nintendo Wii games are 22 percent more likely to include ninjas than games on Sony’s PlayStation… Read More
Sony hides PlayStation 3 sales data as profits fall Maybe I’m a nerd, but one of the things I look forward to each quarter is the release of Sony’s… Read More
Xbox 360 marks 18 months atop U.S. console market Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold 257,000 units in the U.S. in June, topping Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii for the… Read More
E3: PlayStation gets a lift from Harry Potter and HTC Sony surprised the audience at the E3 video-game show tonight with the announcement of Wonderbook, physical books that use augmented… Read More
PS3 sucks less than Xbox and Wii in tough Q1 for consoles Sony reported its latest financial results overnight, and the numbers put the PlayStation 3 back atop the worldwide console market… Read More
Report: Microsoft plans $99 Xbox 360 + Kinect with $15 monthly subscription Software and online services have long been sold as subscriptions, but what about game consoles? A report this morning by… Read More
Microsoft’s Skype arrives on Sony’s PlayStation Vita Microsoft’s Skype division is launching a video and voice calling app today for Sony’s latest handheld gaming device, the PlayStation… Read More
Sony’s Zipper closure ends an era for Redmond game studio Sony has decided to close Zipper Interactive, the Redmond-based game development studio founded in 1995 and acquired by the video… Read More
PS2 still tops PS3 in U.S. homes, and other surprising stats from the game world Fifty-six percent of U.S. households own at least one current-generation video-game console, up from 50 percent a year ago. Thirty-nine… Read More
Sony gaming unit dumps some Amazon Web Services, moves to Rackspace’s OpenStack Sony Computer Entertainment of America is shifting some of its hosting services from Amazon Web Services to Rackspace’s OpenStack platform,… Read More
PS Vita: In a world of mobile phones, do handheld gaming devices have a future? Trying out the game “Escape Plan” from Seattle’s Fun Bits Interactive during a demo this week, I encountered a level… Read More
Xbox 360 leads the pack, again, in a down month for games Microsoft’s Xbox 360 remained atop the U.S. video-game console market to start the year, leading Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s… Read More
Xbox 360 tops Wii and PS3 for 1st time in yearly global sales Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has been dominating its home turf for the past couple of years, sitting atop the monthly sales… Read More
Xbox 360 dominates December in U.S., capping a big year Microsoft’s Xbox 360 cemented its position as the undisputed champion of the U.S. game console industry in 2011 with December… Read More
Chart: Kinect surpasses 25% of Xbox 360 installed base One piece of news disclosed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer here at the Consumer Electronics Show last night was that… Read More
Tech Moves: RealNetworks VP joins Amazon’s Kindle team; etc. Another day, another executive departure from RealNetworks. Yesterday, we reported that chief financial officer Michael Eggers — a 14-year veteran… Read More
Chart: How we’re spending time on our game consoles Millions of people are waking up to new video-game consoles under the tree this morning. But how they end up… Read More
Microsoft sells record 1.7M Xbox 360s in U.S. in November Microsoft’s Xbox 360 registered another month atop the U.S. console market in November, posting record sales as the peak holiday… Read More
Xbox 360 keeps U.S. streak alive, gears up for next ‘Gears’ Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was once again the best-selling game console in the U.S. in August, according to NPD Group data… Read More
PS3 gets the NFL … for a price An announcement by Sony this afternoon could give the PlayStation 3 an edge over Microsoft’s Xbox 360 among a certain… Read More
Sony takes a big swing, buys game maker Sucker Punch It probably doesn’t come with a price tag in the billions. But another Seattle area gaming studio has been sold.… Read More
The price of early adoption: Nintendo cutting 3DS to $170 Apart from the dizzy spells, the biggest criticism of Nintendo’s 3DS has been the price. At $250, the handheld game… Read More
Xbox 360 still tromping all over the U.S. console market June was a down month for the U.S. video-game industry overall, but not for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 –which turned in… Read More
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 rules the U.S. console market, again In a down month for video games, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued to buck the trend in May, according to new… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s strategy, Apple’s iCloud, and Nintendo’s crazy new controller This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a big week in tech news — including Jeff Bezos at the… Read More
Sony’s new PS Vita handheld: $249 WiFi, $299 3G, on AT&T Sony this evening unveiled the official name for the successor to its PlayStation Portable. Dubbed the PlayStation Vita, the new… Read More
Apple, Xbox set to battle for attention of tech world It’s hard to remember a week with so many big tech companies staging so many potentially big announcements. It kicks… Read More
Platform or not, Microsoft’s Xbox business is booming Next week is the big E3 video-game convention, and Microsoft’s Xbox team this morning kicked off the competitive jockeying by… Read More
