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Sony Now Owns Anime Site Crunchyroll
10.8.2021
Having first been reported in October 2020, then begun in December 2020, Sony’s billion-dollar purchase of anime streaming site Crunchyroll has now been completed.Read more
Nintendo Sold Too Much Animal Crossing Last Year And That's Hard To Repeat
5.8.2021
Last year was effing awful, but Nintendo did great. At this time last year, Kotaku reported that Nintendo’s profits between April and June 2020 increased by over 400 percent—a number that even a year later is hard to comprehend. Understandably, during that same period this year, the feat was hard...
Nintendo Lawsuit Forces Japanese Dev To Cough Up $30 Million
4.8.2021
In December 2017, Nintendo sued Japanese developer Colopl over patent infringements in the free-to-play mobile game Shironeko Project. According to an official statement, Colopl has agreed to pay Nintendo 3.3 billion yen ($30 million).Read more
Activistion Blizzard Faces Second Lawsuit Over First Lawsuit
3.8.2021
A class action lawsuit filed today in the U.S. District Court of Central California on behalf of investors alleges that Activision Blizzard’s intentional failure to disclose its ongoing problems with sexual harassment and discrimination artificially inflated the company’s stock value. In layman’s...
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30.7.2021
Steve Kim is a software developer and graphic designer.Read more
Facebook Halts Oculus Quest 2 Sales Over 'Skin Irritation'
28.7.2021
Facebook is pausing all sales of its Oculus Quest 2 headset over concerns that the foam used between the headset and your face can in some cases cause severe “skin irritation”.Read more
Nintendo Says Switch OLED Profit Story Is 'Incorrect'
19.7.2021
Last week, a pair of analysts cired in a report from Bloomberg claimed that Nintendo’s new OLED model of the Switch contained “upgrades [that] are estimated to cost around $10 more per unit”, despite the console costing $50 more at the register than its predecessor. Today, Nintendo took the unusual...
Nintendo Investigated Report Of Forced Uighur Labor
1.7.2021
In spring 2020, the BBC reported that tens of thousands from China’s Uighur ethnic minority group were being forced into factory labor, having no choice whether or not to work in the global supply chain for products made by 83 global brands.Read more
Sony Charging Devs At Least $25,000 For PlayStation Store Visibility
30.6.2021
In a furious tirade on Twitter, independent games publisher Iain Garner of Neon Doctrine has unleashed his frustrations with trying to publish games on a major games console—one he says that isn’t made by Microsoft. During the spleen-venting, he suggests that getting prominent promotion for a game...
Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Suspiciously Jumps To $13.4 Million At Auction In China
24.6.2021
The Blue-Eyes White Dragon 20th Anniversary Gold Edition card was first announced in 2018, limited to only 500 cards, and priced at 200,000 yen ($1,800). At a recent auction in China, the price suddenly increased to over $13 million.Read more
GameStop Just Made $1.1 Billion Selling Off Its Meme Stock
22.6.2021
After circling the drain just a year ago, Gamestop has managed to cash in on its recently skyrocketed meme stock for Scrooge McDuck piles of real cash, pulling in $1.1 billion dollars.Read more
Activision Shareholders Vote To Keep Paying CEO Bobby Kotick A Ton Of Money
21.6.2021
Long-time Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick eked out another lucrative victory today at the company’s annual shareholder meeting with a narrow vote of 54% in favor of maintaining his generous salary and millions in annual bonuses. The win comes after a year-long campaign by CtW Investor Group...
Investors Still Think Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Makes Too Much Money
9.6.2021
Grass is green, the sky is blue, and Bobby Kotick is still rich. Earlier this year, Activision halved the CEO’s pay and annual bonus target after he spent years pulling in tens of millions of dollars (even after laying off employees), resulting in sustained pressure from investors. A group...
Last Year, The Pokémon Company Made More Money Than Ever
2.6.2021
In 2020, The Pokémon Company posted record profits ever with a 21.2 percent increase in net profit compared to the previous year.Read more
Nintendo Is Opening A Museum In Japan
2.6.2021
Nintendo just announced plans to take one of its old production facilities in Japan and turn it into the “Nintendo Gallery”, a place to “showcase the many products Nintendo has launched over its history”.Read more
Even The Mormon Church Made Money On GameStop
19.5.2021
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (known to everyday people as the Mormons) made bank off the boom in GameStop stock earlier this year, new SEC filings reveal. The Church saw a gain of over 900% on stock owned through its secretive investment arm, Ensign Peak Advisors.Read more
Sony Expects PS5 Shortages To Continue Into Next Year
10.5.2021
Even though the PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020, the console is still scarce at retail. Sony Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki apparently believes that these shortages will continue, even into 2022.Read more
Apple’s Not Happy With Epic’s Xbox Witness
7.5.2021
On Wednesday, vice president of Xbox business development Lori Wright testified in the ongoing trial between Epic and Apple. Now, Apple wants the court to make an “adverse credibility finding,” due to Microsoft withholding pertinent documents in her testimony.Read more
Last Year Was Nintendo's Most Profitable One Ever
6.5.2021
In 2020, Nintendo saw huge profits with people quarantined at home, playing video games.Read more
Illumination Founder And Despicable Me Producer Joining Nintendo Board
6.5.2021
Today, Nintendo announced that Chris Meledandri will join the Nintendo board as an Outside Director as of June 29.Read more