Articles Tagged ‘Microsoft Kinect’
NPD: With Fall comes rise in 3DS sales
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVEIt looks like marketing efforts and price cuts are paying off for the Nintendo 3DS. According to market research firm The NPD Group’s October 2011 analysis, the 3DS has sold 1.65 million units since launching in the US in March, making it viable that the system could beat out its predecessor, the DS, in first-year sales.
E3 2011: Social Climbing
INTERACTIVEIt’s likely that you won’t get to the top of the $25-billion video gaming industry without making a few friends. If there’s one thing to take away from this year’s E3, it’s that companies are clearly making a large push to create and market games designed to keep the living room and families social through interconnected play.
Kidscreened
- How Microsoft’s gesture-powered Kinect is changing the face of robotics (Wired)
- Bye-bye, Borders. The second-largest US bookstore prepares to close its doors (The Wall Street Journal)
- Macy’s goes big for back-to-school (Retailing Today)
- Stores better hold tight, though, because it looks like back-to-school shoppers aren’t in any rush to spend their cash (The Wall Street Journal)
E3 2010: A family affair
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVE / NEWSLast month, the interactive and video game industry’s premier trade and consumer show took place once again in the familiar environs of the L.A. Convention Center. A trio of new devices squarely focused on making game play an all-family affair drove the hype at this year’s E3 event, which drew 45,600 attendees from all parts of the globe.
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