video game industry

Wall Street Watch This Week: Let's Start Playing Games

The tired video game industry needs a spark -- and it may get it with this week's release of the next installment of the record-setting Call of Duty franchise.

Sales of Video Game Consoles and Portable Players Dived in May

A 20% plunge in the take for consoles and portable players weighed down overall U.S. video game industry sales, which fell 5% in May. The big drop was due to hardware's lower average prices, though unit sales were roughly flat.