Sentences with phrase «console makers»

At worst I believe there will be some down sizing for console makers, with the outside chance that one of the big three exits the hardware business.

This could be the end for Them As console makers.

Even if he doesn't actually mean what he's saying, it's a lot better than how a certain other console maker treats their competition.

I'd love to see all major console makers join together to make one kick ass console and everyone drop games on it.

I think [the incumbent console makers] have to be worried.

This year I have chosen what I would like to hear from each respective console maker.

Fact is that one of the three home console makers are going to have to be the first to pull the trigger on going all digital.

All three of the big console makers have enough sales to justify continuing involvement in the video game industry for years to come.

Here we are, the final console maker conference.

I do know though that we will have better gaming experience this generation that the previous one with the competition between the 3 console makers really heating up.

You're effectively paying console makers to let you put an arcade machine in your living room that still requires quarters to play.

But somehow he manages to come off as less fake than his counterparts at the other console makers.

Android game console maker Ouya has been searching for a buyer for quite some time now.

Not sure how much more coverage they got through this though — a lot of their coverage was supported by console makers conferences (FF7 with Sony and Tomb Raider with Microsoft).

Their the longest running console makers in the business so dnt be surprised when there still here in the 9th gen of gaming.

Is Microsoft really the only console maker of allowing gamers to play their old games that they already bought and paid for...

But Kotick has made no secret of his frustration with console makers — he thinks hardware prices are too high, making it hard for the masses to enjoy his games.

Though console makers Microsoft Corp., Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co. have yet to announce release dates, or many other details, analysts said they expect new versions of each company's machine to roll out in 2005 or 2006.

«The current console makers don't and shouldn't fear Apple,» says Michael Pachter, senior analyst at Wedbush Securities.

The entire business is pretty much entrenched, with every stakeholder — from console maker to publisher to retailer to consumer — needing each other.

-- Why don't console makers create their own engine for first parties?

Apple, not console makers Microsoft and Sony, has become Nintendo's closest competitor in recent years, the American computer giant pilfering the latter's staff and carefully marketing the iPod Touch as a handheld game system to rival the Nintendo DS's turf.

And if Disney had more interest in games, I do wonder if Nintendo would be the first console maker they absorb.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters)- Video game publisher and console maker Nintendo Co. Ltd. may cut the price of its new GameCube console later this year, depending on a similar price cut from Sony Corp. for its PlayStation 2, a company executive told Reuters on Monday.

Things have gone from bad to worse for struggling Android game console maker Ouya.

Because console makers typically launch new models every four or five years, it's quite possible for Apple to catch up or even surpass console hardware, as per Apple Insider.

Analysts have said Nintendo «s family - oriented game titles compete with smartphone games more directly than titles from rival console makers Sony (sne) and Microsoft (msft), which focus on high - end graphics targeting core gamers.

The game will only be available on PlayStation2, a boost for console maker Sony after the recent launches of Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube.

MS has never been a good console maker.

Retro console maker Retro - Bit is prepping a new lineup of Sega - branded products under the Genesis, Dreamcast, and Saturn banners.

House also noted that the system will be skipping E3 2016, meaning Microsoft may be the only console maker showing new hardware.

The USA NPD videogame sale figures for the four weeks ending January 31, 2009 will be released on February 12, 2009 at 6:30 PM EST, but according to the numbers already posted at Vgchartz, game companies are off to a surprisingly strong start, especially a certain console maker whose name rhymes with «Nimbendo.»

For much of its 40 - year history, the medium has been ruled by huge console makers and mega-publishers, such as Microsoft, Sony, Electronic Arts and Activision.

Another Japan - based console maker, Sega, which had tried unsuccessfully to compete with the NES, thought its best chance at challenging Nintendo was by launching a 16 - bit console, eventually named Genesis.

Why console makers might want it: Several observers pointed out that the likes of Sony and Microsoft typically lose money selling consoles, at least for the first few years, because they're so expensive to develop.

The Xbox One S offers great capabilities — from running the latest triple - A games to playing 4K Ultra HD Blu - Rays — and accomplishes it at a price that should make other console makers blush.

Gamers are conditioned to be a cynical bunch, especially when it comes to big publishers and console makers peeling off digital copies of older games, but this year held strong value for PlayStation Plus subscribers, particularly those looking for new experiences.

Game console makers subsidize consoles with expensive licensed games.

It's where game developers and console makers reveal new products, show real time game play and basically hawk their wares in an attempt to increase sales for the upcoming year.

10 years ago, MS was actually a relevant console maker doing pretty well.

maybe they come from those of us who believe console makers shouldn't pay other publishers to hold some games from for a time being onto coming out to other consoles

I already said that the Wii was an anomaly (for a long standing console maker), a once in a lifetime huge increase in sales from a previous console version.

All of the successful console makers from the NES until the original Xbox were Japanese.

We're in early talks with the various console maker's middleware departments to make things more convenient, but nothing has been finalized yet.

Nintendo is the most greedy console maker of the three.

«Right now exclusives are just a way for [console makers] to brag louder,» said Boyes, as Gamasutra reports.

Ah yes, my favored console maker.