Tag: Business - Page 8
News Amazon Announces The Acquisition Of LOVEFiLM
Amazon's announced that they've acquired the European-based DVD-rental (and streaming) service LOVEFiLM for an undisclosed amount
LOVEFiLM launched an application on the PlayStation 3 late last year. According to VentureBeat, Amazon went ahead with the purpose because of the company's streaming solutions. Apparently, with 20 percent of the service's...
News Sadly, It Looks Like Bizarre Creations Are Kinda Done
Bizarre Creations might have delivered the brilliant Blur last year, but sadly it sounds like the studio's days are numbered
Last we heard Activision were looking to offload the developer to a potential buyer, but it sounds like talks have fallen through. Activision Worlwide Studios' COO Coddy Johnson told Develop that the publisher
News PlayStation To Expand Into China
A report in the China Daily suggests that Sony Computer Entertainment is to expand into the Asian mainland: China
The article notes that Sony recently signed a letter of intent detailing plans to implement training and R&D facilities in the Guangzhou province. It'll be Sony's first investment into the mainland. In addition to localisation, Sony...
News THQ Gets A New Set Of Squiggles They're Deeming A "Logo"
THQ's new logo signifies "change, innovation and creative growth" according to the company
The publisher's certainly grown exponentially over the past few years. We're not sure what these squiggles add though. Having said that, THQ's logo was already terrible. This isn't necessarily much worse.
News CES 2011: Kaz Hirai Teases PlayStation-Powered Phones, Tablets, More?
Sony didn't announce the long rumoured PlayStation powered Sony Ericsson phone at their CES press conference last night
Nor did they announce the PSP2. They did however take time to acknowledge the merging of their strongest properties. Taking the stage towards the end of Sony's conference, SCE's Kaz Hirai teased that Sony's "strategy...
News Rock Band Developers Sold For The Same Price As A Copy Of Rock Band 3
At the time of writing, Rock Band 3 is available for $49
96 on Amazon</a>. The game's developers, Harmonix, are worth a similar amount of dough according to a report on All Things Digital. The site details that Harmonix's independence cost investment group Columbus just $49.99. Of course, it all gets a bit complicated from there on. Harmonix's...
News Sony PlayStation Division Records Profit In First-Half 2010, PlayStation Portable Winds Down
That PSP's successor couldn't come sooner according to the picture Sony's financials paint
In their fist-half report, Sony's revealed that PSP sales dropped from 3 million in the second financial quarter of last year to just 1.5 million this year. That's a significant drop in demand. It wasn't all bad for the division which holds the PlayStation...
Rumour Apple Poised To Buy Sony? Errr...
Apple are a rich, rich company
Gone are the days of the Mac being the technology sector's punchbag; the success of the iPod has made Apple a global success - and they're only getting stronger with follow-up brands such as the iPhone and iPad. Basically, anyone in the technology sector is watching what Apple do next. And it's keeping a lot of...
News SEGA Posts Impressive Quarterly Profits, Sales Increase By 51%
What the hell? If there was any company we'd have bet on losing money this quarter, it'd be SEGA
Not that we have anything against the company - heck no, we love them - but a lot of their releases this quarter were weak. At least, that's what we thought. Turns out we were wrong. Very wrong. SEGA actually managed profits of 7 billion yen ($80.8...
News Back In Black: PlayStation 3 Hardware Jumps 118%, Reaches Touching Distance Of XBOX 360
Sony's finally back in the black
The company's first quarter earnings (ending June 30th) were fuelled by improved sales of computers, televisions and, yes, the PlayStation 3. Overall revenue increased by 3.8%, giving the company a ¥25.7 billion ($295 million US) net profit. Gloabal PlayStation 3 sales reached 2.4 million for the quarter, with the...
News Sony Kicks Off The PlayStation Logo Licensing Program
Have you ever wanted to show off your inner-PlayStation fanboy by wearing T-shirts adorning the famous PlayStation logo, or perhaps go to bed wrapped in Sony branded bed-sheets? It's a reality not too far away, as Sony has today kicked off the PlayStation Logo Licensing Program
The idea's to basically bring the PlayStation branding (DualShock...
Report Capcom Upping The Output Of Major IPs
With about a billion new Street Fighter titles in the works, a report from Nikkei suggesting that Capcom are to increase their major IP output comes as no surprise
The report notes that Capcom are to reduce the development cycle on their major IPs, allowing them to release more entries in popular series' such as Resident Evil and Monster Hunter. In...
News Nikkei: Sony To Post Quarterly Profit, Stunning Year On Year Turnaround
Japanese business index, Nikkei, are reporting this morning that Sony are to post an operating profit of 10 to 30 billion yen over the period April through June
It's a dramatic turn-around for the company, who posted a loss of 25.7 billion yen over the same period last year. Nikkei cites strong sales in China, strong performance of new SLR camera...
