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Read This Before Buying a New Gaming System
6:30PM 8/17/2011
Video gamers know from hard experience that price cuts can be painful for early adopters. Before you consider purchasing a Sony PS3, a Microsoft Xbox 360, a Nintendo Wii or 3DS, or the new handheld Sony Vita, consider the following analyses.
Microsoft sold out of its Xbox video-game console in late December thanks to strong holiday-season demand, and may have product shortages in January and February as well, as the company's Kinect motion-sensor device has boosted the popularity of the system, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.
Retail Video-Game Console Sales Plunge 26% in October
8:45PM 11/16/2010
Stores sold 4% less video-game equipment -- including hardware, software and accessories -- in October compared to a year ago, according to research firm NPD Group. While players are spending more on the games themselves, they aren't shelling out for new consoles: Sales of those systems declined significantly.
Kmart coupon, this time it's for real
7:00PM 3/25/2010
Just last week, I wrote about how Sears Holdings has become more Internet savvy, using social media for promotions and Twitter in particular to recruit new hires. But it seems as though Sears is still at the beginning of its learning curve when it comes to marketing online, with its Kmart stores...
Toys R US Buy-one-get-one-50% off videogames, plus $3,000 in savings
7:00PM 12/06/2009
Just after Walmart announced a price cut on video games, aimed at stealing shoppers away from GameStop and other stores; Toys R Us has upped the ante with month-long discounts on video games, toys and more. The new deals are part of the Toys R Us "Biggest December Sale Ever," which includes...
Walmart cuts prices on top 25 video games, $50 gift card with Wii
1:00PM 12/04/2009
If video games are on your shopping list this year, you'll be happy to know that Walmart is cutting the prices of new video games 15-20% in an attempt to lure customers away from specialty video game store GameStop. The discounts are available starting now on the top 25 video games at Walmart and...
Grant money awarded to prove video games are good for your health
7:00PM 11/09/2009
Recently nearly $2 million in grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation were awarded to nine research teams working on strengthening the evidence that playing games - video games that is - is good for your health.
The awards, which come from the Foundation's Health Games Research national...
15 hottest products of 2008: Wii Fit
8:00AM 12/10/2008
Extracurriculars, Technology, healthcare, Economizer, Family Money
Playing video games used to be a fun excuse for sitting on the couch, relaxing and doing much of nothing. Then came along the Nintendo Wii, and its healthy counterpart, the Wii Fit, and video games were sedentary no more.
Losing fat, or lowering your body mass index (BMI) while exercising on the...
Nintendo Wii + Wii Sports, FREE from T-Mobile
2:15AM 5/18/2008
The Daily Deal forSunday, May 18 2008Let me begin this Daily Deal post by stating that this deal is available only in the UK (for the time being). My thinking is, if enough potential U.S. customers make it known to Samsung that they would really like to see a deal like this surface in the U.S.,...
No Wii under the tree? At least there's a raincheck
4:30PM 12/18/2007
Worried how your family will react when they don't get that coveted Wii under the tree? Nintendo of America super-chief Regis Fils-Aime announced recently that Nintendo feels your pain. Nintendo will offer rainchecks to those who pay for the popular game on December 20 and 21but don't actually...
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