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CDs Purchases Down, Video Games Help Sales
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PC Magazine - Sales of physical CDs continued to decline in the third quarter while digital download sales saw a small uptick, according to data from NPD Group. Artists who participated in music-based video games, meanwhile, also saw a bump in album sales.
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Is the PlayStation 3 Dying?
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PC Magazine - Is the PlayStation 3 on the wane? Consider this: unit sales of both the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii are still increasing on a year-over-year basis. Sony's PlayStation 3 is not.
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Amazon.com Becomes Santa Sweatshop, Says U.K. Report
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PC World - To make sure you get your Xbox 360 this Christmas, Amazon's U.K. workers pack 140 games consoles every hour. And that might be the easiest part of their day, according to a report in the Times of London
, which says laborers are sometimes made to walk up to 14 miles a shift to collect items for packing. The report also notes that U.K. workers risking firing if they take sick days, even with a doctor's note.
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Xbox 360 Disc-Scratching Document Suggests Microsoft Knew
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PC World - Did Microsoft know about the Xbox 360's potential to scratch spinning discs when reoriented? SeattlePi.com has an unsealed legal document from an ongoing lawsuit against the company that suggests they did. That document, which seek formal class action status, alleges that
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Analyst: Slow HDTV Sales Hurting PS3 Sales
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PC Magazine - A November report from the NPD Group shows a large disparity between sales of the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. One obvious reason is the difference in price, but Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter suggests that the differenc is also due to the sagging sales of HDTVs.
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PSP 4000 in Late 2009, PSP2 Arriving Later
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PC World - With 2008 on its merry way out, "publishing sources" have leaked news of a PlayStation Portable update next year to Eurogamer. The PSP 4000, a final refresh model, will appear in late 2009, say these sources, followed by an official successor to the PSP at a later point. Make that 2011 or 2012, then, to speculate logically (and perhaps to coincide with the rumored release timeframe of Sony's PS4?).
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'Fallout 3' led an action-packed '08
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AP - It's been another spectacular year for video games, with more than enough compelling adventures to satisfy even the most demanding player. It's been a particularly gratifying year for Xbox 360 owners, who have benefited from a consistent flow of first-rate software from Microsoft and other publishers.
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Sharp fined for fixing display panel prices
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AP - Japan's fair trade watchdog on Thursday slapped Sharp Corp. with a 261 million yen ($3 million) fine for fixing prices of liquid crystal display panels used for Nintendo's popular DS portable game machines.
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