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Consoleation: April 2013 NPD data pre-release speculation
NPD sales data for April is set to arrive tomorrow (May 16th). I don't expect many surprises nor many changes to the status quo when it comes to hardware sales rankings for the month.read more
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Consoleation: The PlayStation 4 pricing game—What might Sony do?
It's understandable to want to jump to conclusions based on Mr. Kato's statement above. Does this mean that Sony would dare to repeat its $600 miscalculation from 2006? Could this mean higher costs...
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Consoleation: Pre-NPD—April 2013 projection comparison (versus Michael Pachter)
In advance of this afternoon's release of NPD retail video game sales data for April, I wanted to compare my range projections with those of Michael Pachter from Wedbush Securities.read more
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Consoleation: April 2013 NPD reaction—Spring swoon
Speaking candidly, I don't believe that anyone was ready for the numbers that we saw from NPD for the month of April... regardless of whether you're an armchair analyst like myself or whether you're a...
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Consoleation: Xbox One, Gamers Zero?
If you listen to the social mediasphere, the Xbox One is dead already. If you listen to common sense, however, you'll realize that the battle is just beginning.read more
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Consoleation: The War on Used Games—Choose wisely
When I was growing up, my family didn't have a lot of money. We didn't own a family console until my mom bought a Colecovision from a tag sale in 1987. Before that, my maternal grandmother's Atari VCS...
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Consoleation: The war on used games—Xbox One, Consumers Zero
What a shame.That's about all I can say about Microsoft's game-changing decisions regarding the Xbox One. It could have been worse, but the damage is pretty severe as it stands.read more
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Consoleation: The death of the College Football video game
Pretty interesting—and sad—news coming out of Electronic Arts as the company has thrown in the towel on its college football video games after a twenty-year run that began back in 1993 as Bill Walsh...
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Consoleation: All good things...
After more than 12 years of writing about console video games—ranging from game reviews to sales analysis—I am officially "retiring." I use quotation marks because I can't really retire from something...
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