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Narrowing Losses, Ongoing Challenges For Sega's Consumer Biz
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While many major Japanese game companies seem to be struggling to stay healthy in the face of a strong yen and Western market factors -- Capcom yesterday posted a dramatic 90 percent profit decline and Nintendo opened up a $288.4 million loss in its ...

Why Didn't Lost Planet 2 Sell As Well As Projected? [Lost Planet 2]
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# lostplanet2 Capcom took a big spinning bird kick , right in the profits, which were down 90.4 percent. Ouch! Part of the blame fell on Lost Planet 2. More » ...

Sony profits on TVs, PlayStation (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - The electronics giant swung to a Q1 operating profit of $766 mil, recovering from last year's loss. The figure also beat views. Sony's result was boosted by demand for its Bravia flat TVs and PlayStation 3 game consoles. T ...

Capcom Explains Lost Planet 2's Failure
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Andriasang: Capcom shared its quarterly earnings yesterday and cited Lost Planet 2 as one of the reasons for a 70% drop in operating profits. ...

The first quarter financial figures are coming in...
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...good news for Sony, not so good for Nintendo and Capcom... Okay, get your calculators out, it's financial results time! The latest fiscal quarter figures are seeping in, with several major companies handing over their results in the last 24 hours ...

Nintendo Posts Loss on Stronger Yen, Lower DS Sales
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Tokyo - Nintendo reported a net loss of about $289 million for its fiscal first quarter, compared to a profit of $487 million in the same period a year ago, citing a strong yen and weaker sales of its hardware. read more ...

Nintendo Posts Financial Loss Following Declining DS Sales
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Declining sales of Nintendo DS hardware and software, as well as an unfavorable exchange rate, caused Nintendo to post a rare loss in the first quarter of its 2011 fiscal year. In all the company lost 25.2 billion yen for the quarter ending June 30, ...

Declining DS Biz, Strong Yen Carve $288.4 Million Q1 Loss For Nintendo
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Unfavorable exchange rates and a contracting DS business slugged Nintendo's balance sheet during its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, and the company today reported a 25.2 billion-yen ($288.4 million) loss -- in the same period last year, it saw ...

Capcom's Profits Plummet, Lost Planet 2 'Substantially' Disappoints
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Poor console game sales and a strong yen continue to challenge Capcom. After closing 2009 with a 73 percent profit drop, its first quarter results were also weak, with profits down 90 percent to 2.2 billion yen ($25.3 million.) Sales fell 2.4 per ce ...

Capcom Records Massive Drop in Profits
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Following Nintendo's disappointing financial results , Capcom have also reported "sluggish" results, with a 90% decrease in profit down from the same time last year --though the company still managed a profit; admittedly a mere 213 million yen, or r ...

Sony Makes a Profit, PlayStation Losses Cut
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Gamasutra has posted an article on the latest sales numbers for Sony and the PlayStation 3. Quote: Profit remains just out of reach for Sony's PlayStation business, but the division continues to cut losses -- whereas last year it was 36.7 billion ye ...

Nintendo Reports Sales Down 25%, Net Loss
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Nintendo's fiscal year has gotten off to a poor start as the the friendly video games giant reports its sales were down 25% between April 1 and June 30 compared to the same period last year, contributing to a net loss of 25,216 million yen ($290 mill ...

Nintendo quarterly earnings down; 3DS launch date to be announced Sept. 29
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Nintendo has announced it financial earnings for the second quarter in its Fiscal 2011, running from April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010. Net sales, operating income and net income all saw declines compared to the same time last year. Net sales were ...

Sony PlayStation Hardware and Software Sales Increase, Division Still Operating at a Loss
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Sony closed its first quarter of the fiscal year (ending June 30, 2010) with a strong increase over the ¥37.1 billion loss ($426M) it saw during the same time period last year. Overall In financial statements released today, Sony revealed its quarter ...

Capcom First Quarter Profits Drop 90%
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Japanese developer and publisher Capcom has reported a staggering 90.4% drop in net income for its 2011 fiscal year's first quarter compared to the same period last year. 'Underperformer' Lost Planet 2 and "sluggish" sales beast Monster Hunter Tri. C ...

Nintendo Posts £184 Million Q1 Loss
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Nintendo has posted a loss of 25.2 billion yen ($288.4m / £184.3m) for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, compared to a profit of 42.3 billion yen a year earlier. Sales fell 25.6 per cent year-over-year to 188.6 billion yen ($2.16b / £1.4b), wh ...

Evening Reading
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Last night, I finished the StarCraft II campaign after around 12 hours of playtime and it was great. I'll be writing up the full review shortly, but I definitely like that the game was split into three pieces. Blizzard gained so much by focusing on t ...

Wii Party Returns to #1 on Japanese Software Charts
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The Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS have dominated the charts for another week in Japan. Nintendo's Wii Party returned to the #1 spot according to the Media Create rankings ending July 25, displacing the recently released Fire Emblem remake (via Gamasutra ...

Sony Corp Swings To Profit, PlayStation Biz Slashes Losses
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Profit remains just out of reach for Sony's PlayStation business, but the division continues to drastically cut losses -- whereas last year it was 36.7 billion yen ($422.1 million) in the red, this year's fiscal first quarter sees Sony's game segmen ...

Nintendo Takes Loss, Will Reveal 3DS Price in September
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Nintendo posted a rare quarterly loss on Thursday, attempting to put a silver lining on the news by telling Bloomberg that it will unveil the details of its anticipated 3DS in September. The gamemaker lost $289 million over the last three months, whi ...

More 'sluggish' sales plague Capcom financials
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Capcom experienced another "sluggish" performance in its latest financial quarter -- the first of Fiscal 2010, from April 1 to June 30 -- and consequently blamed slow growth of Lost Planet 2 sales, among other things. Net sales for the quarter were ...

Sony's PlayStation division sees sales increase, still operating at a loss
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As analysts predicted , Sony finished the first quarter of its fiscal year (ending June 30, 2010) with a net income of ¥25.7 billion ($295M), a significant increase from the ¥37.1 billion ($426M) loss during the same quarter last year. Overall, sale ...

Sony More Than Doubles PlayStation 3 Sales in April-June Quarter
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Things are looking up for Sony following the company's financial results for the first quarter of 2010. For the period ending June 30, the Japanese electronics giant recorded overall operating profits of $753 million -- a massive improvement over th ...

Nintendo DS Sales Sink by Half, Intensify Quarterly Loss (PC World)
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PC World - It was inevitable: Nintendo's reporting a substantial loss as sales of its DS gaming handheld fell last quarter, leading the company to a quarterly net loss for the first time in two years. ...

Nintendo Records a Loss as DS Sales Plummet (PC World)
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PC World - Nintendo reported a net loss for the April to June quarter as the strong Japanese yen and weak demand for its products hurt earnings. ...

Lost Planet 2 Leads Capcom in Losses
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Capcom's income is down 90 percent in the first quarter of 2010, compared to the same time last year. ...

New GoldenEye 007 also coming to DS this year
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When rumors were flying about a GoldenEye remake just before E3, both a Wii and DS version were supposedly in the re-works. But when Nintendo and Activision made it official during the expo, only the Daniel Craig-ified Wii game was announced (despit ...

Capcom Q1 Profit Dives 90.4%
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Capcom has reported “sluggish financial results” for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010. Company-wide sales dropped 2.4 per cent to 19,037 million yen ($217.7m / £139.7m), operating income decreased 72.6 per cent to 1,005 million yen ($11. ...

News: Nintendo's Q1 DS sales down 44 per cent
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While Mario Galaxy 2 sells over 4m. Nintendo lost money during the three months ended 30th June 2010, with worldwide DS sales down 44.7 per cent year on year to 3.15 million, while DS software sales slumped 22.9 per cent to 22.42 million. The platfo ...

News: Lost Planet 2 "substantially underperformed"
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Capcom profits plunge 90 per cent. Capcom has revealed that Lost Planet 2 "underperformed its projection substantially", Monster Hunter Tri "grew at a sluggish pace" and Ghost Trick "struggled". The comments come from a miserable financial report fo ...

Sony on PlayStation Move's 'secret weapon'
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Sony Europe boss Andrew House has claimed that sales of PlayStation Move are going to "explode in the next 12 months" - but revealed that 3D's succ... ...

Sony on PlayStation Move's 'secret weapon'
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Motion control is "eminently usable for existing franchises". Sony Europe boss Andrew House has claimed that sales of PlayStation Move are going to "explode in the next 12 months" - but revealed that 3D's success will be judged on a longer lifecycle ...

PlayStation Division Slims Q1 Losses
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Sony’s networked products and services division, which houses the company’s PlayStation and PC businesses, increased sales and reduced its operating loss in the company’s first fiscal quarter ended June 30. Sales were up 32.4 per cent year-on-year t ...

Nintendo posts rare quarterly loss as sales sink over 25%
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After nearly four years of profits, the Mario Factory posts a rare $288.3 million loss; Wii sales near 74 million, DS tops 132 million; Super Mario Galaxy 2 goes quadruple platinum. ...

Capcom profits drop 90%
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Street Fighter house sees massive quarterly profit drop alongside small sales decline; poor Lost Planet 2 sales, strong yen and weak global economies blamed. ...

Nintendo reports £184m loss
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Hardware and software sales drop hits hard in first quarter. Nintendo has reported a 25.2 billion yen (£184.3m) loss for its first financial quarter ended June 30, down from a profit of 42.3 billion yen a year ago. Click here to read the full articl ...

Capcom Profits Take A Spinning Bird Kick To The Face [Business]
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Capcom's profits for the April-June quarter were down an astonishing 90.4% . A lack of AAA hits and the fact nobody bought Lost Planet 2 are being blamed. More » ...

Sony Confirms PlayStation Move Pricing For The UK, Is Very Reasonable
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PushSquare: "Sony's confirmed the pricing of their upcoming PlayStation Move motion controller for the UK. It's very reasonable too. While you may... ...

Gameloft Q2 Sales Rise 15%
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Gameloft has reported sales of €33.6 million ($44m / £28.1m) for the second quarter of 2010, up 15 per cent year-over-year. Europe and North America both represented 34 per cent of the French publisher’s sales during the quarter, while the rest of t ...