Nintendo hit with $21 million patent infringement (AP) AP - Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems. Publ.Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 09:17:27 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Microsoft Is First to Sell 10 Million Game Consoles (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that its Xbox 360 video-game and entertainment system has sold more than 10 million units in the U.S., making it the first current-generation gaming console to break that mark. The U.S. installed base contributes to global sales of more than 19 million. Publ.Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 16:47:44 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Video game, accessory sales jump 47 pct in April (AP) AP - Americans spent $1.23 billion on video games, hardware and accessories in April, up 47 percent from a year earlier, even as the price of more essential items like food and gasoline soared. Publ.Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 00:21:07 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Xbox 360 sales surpass Wii, PS3 (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday its Xbox 360 game machine beat Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii and Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 to reach 10 million units in U.S. sales. Publ.Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 12:15:53 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
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