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	<title>videogaming247 &#187; Financials</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Atari revenue plummets as vultures circle</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/07/02/atari-revenue-plummets-as-vultures-circle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Atari&#8217;s posted fiscal 2008 revenues of $80.1 million compared to $122.3 million the previous year, and has admitted it now has no valuable IP left to sell.
&#8220;During fiscal 2008, we completely terminated our product development activities and we granted IESA a seven year license to exploit our last remaining valuable game franchise,&#8221; the firm said. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Games and tech accounts for 21% of HMV&#8217;s overall business</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/07/01/games-and-tech-accounts-for-21-of-hmvs-overall-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HMV&#8217;s fiscal 2008 results have shown that games and technology now accounts for 21 percent of all revenue for the retailer. 
The figure is up from 14 percent in the previous year, which saw total revenue hit £1.87 billion, up 11 percent from last year&#8217;s £1.68 billion.
More on MCV.
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		<title>Atari reports $23.6 million annual loss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/14/atara-inc-report-23m-annual-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>morriss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ouch. GI&#8217;s reporting that Atari&#8217;s year-end figures have shown a $23 million loss.
The figure is, however, an improvement on the $26.9 million loss in the corresponding previous period.
For the entire fiscal year, net revenue grew from $22.3 million to $80.1 million.
More through the link.
By Mike Bowden
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		<title>Tabula Rasa missing from NCSoft Q1 financials</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/06/tabula-rasa-missing-from-ncsoft-q1-financials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCSoft&#8217;s MMORPG Tabula Rasa was conspicuous by its absence in the company&#8217;s Q1 financials, writes Massively.
The game has had a rough time of it since its release. As earlier as February this year the game  was labelled a financial disaster: the rumours of haven&#8217;t gone away.
Full piece of doom and gloom through the link.
By [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THQ full year sales dead flat, profit turns to loss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/06/thq-full-year-sales-dead-flat-profit-turns-to-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[THQ&#8217;s reported full year financials showing net sales of $1,030.5 million, compared with $1,026.9 million in the prior year. That&#8217;s quite some balancing trick.
For the 12 months ending March 31, the company reported a net loss of $35.3 million, or $0.53 per share. In the prior year, the company reported net income of $68.0 million, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take-Two Q2 financials - All cash, GTA and Bioshock news in one place</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/06/take-two-q2-financials-all-cash-gta-and-bioshock-news-in-one-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
What a night. Following the release of the first in-game footage of Duke Nukem Forever, Take-Two issued second quarter financials and a mass of news on Grand Theft Auto, Bioshock, a GTA IV DLC delay and much more. You missed the release and the conference call because you&#8217;re not hardcore enough to do nothing but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA offer costs Take-Two $5.3 million in legal fees</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/06/ea-offer-costs-take-two-53-million-in-legal-fees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of last night&#8217;s quarterly financials statemen, Take-Two confirmed that it has so far spent $5.3 million on legal fees thanks to EA&#8217;s offer for the company.
The press release noted that te firm had binned &#8220;$5.3 million in professional fees and legal expenses, with the majority related to Electronic Arts&#8217; unsolicited tender offer.&#8221;
Read the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GTA accounted for 78% of Take-Two&#8217;s revenues for Q2</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/05/gta-accounted-for-78-of-take-twos-revenues-for-q2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/05/gta-accounted-for-78-of-take-twos-revenues-for-q2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take-Two executive Cindy Buckwalter just confirmed that Grand Theft Auto as a franchise accounted for 78 percent of total publishing revenue in the company&#8217;s second quarter.
Revenue for the three months ending April 30 was $539.8 million, up 160 percent from $205.4 million a year earlier.
The comments came in an investor call following the release of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GTA IV DLC delayed until Q1 FY 09</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/05/gta-iv-dlc-delayed-until-q1-09/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/05/gta-iv-dlc-delayed-until-q1-09/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Take-Two&#8217;s confirmed that Grand Theft Auto IV&#8217;s 360 DLC won&#8217;t be released until the first quarter of of its fiscal 2009.
&#8220;Fiscal 2008 guidance reflects the release of the first installment of episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360 in the first quarter of fiscal 2009 instead of the fourth quarter of fiscal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GTA IV sells 8.5 million units out of 11 million shipped, Bioshock hits 2.2 million</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/05/gta-iv-sells-85-million-units-out-of-11-million-shipped-bioshock-hits-22-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of its second quarter financials, Take-Two just announced that GTA IV has so far sold 8.5 million units out of 11 million games shipped.
Bioshock, the company confirmed, has now sold 2.2 million copies.
“Take-Two’s performance has exceeded expectations through the first half of fiscal 2008, clearly demonstrating the creative, operational and financial strength of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take-Two profits beats expectations on strong GTA IV</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/05/take-two-profits-beats-expectations-on-strong-gta-iv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take-Two&#8217;s beaten expectations for its second quarter, ending April 30. Net profit was $98.2 million, or $1.29 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $51.3 million, or 71 cents per share, a year earlier.
Revenue was $539.8 million, up 160 percent from $205.4 million a year earlier.
GTA IV, obviously, has been pinned as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GameStop shows 151% profit increase in Q1</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/22/gamestop-shows-151-profit-increase-in-q1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 20:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US retailer GameStop has shown a 151.4 percent profit increase to $62.1 million in the first quarter compared to the same period last year.
Sales were well up for the period, increased 41.8 percent to $1,813.6 million, in comparison to $1,279.0 million in the prior year quarter.
Press release after the link.
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		<title>Ubisoft FY 2008 profits hit €109.8 million, five new IPs for next year</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/22/ubisoft-fy-2008-profits-hit-e1098-million-five-new-ips-for-next-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 18:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ubisoft&#8217;s announced full year financials, showing a profit of €109.8 million, a 63 percent increase over the year previous.
Sales for the 12 months ending March 31 closed on €1 billion at €928.3 million, up 36 percent from the €680 million reported in FY 2007.
&#8220;The surge in our profitability and net cash in 2007-08 was driven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capcom&#8217;s profits up 33% for FY</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/21/capcoms-profits-up-33-for-fy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 19:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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According to GI, Capcom&#8217;s shown that its profits for the fiscal year ended March 31 2008, were up 33.4 percent to 7.8 billion yen, while sales for the same period were up 11.5 per cent to 83 billion yen.
The company singled out Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Devil May Cry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Konami income up 20% for FY08</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/16/konami-income-up-20-for-fy08/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 06:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Konami announced an income rise of 20.1 percent for the fiscal year ending March 31 yesterday, up to 33.84 billion yen ($322.81 million).
Net revenues were up 6.1 percent to 297.4 billion yen, while net income was up 13.2 percent to 18.35 billion yen.
The publisher forecast net revenues for the current fiscal year of 330 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCsoft Q1 profit up 16% YoY</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/ncsoft-q1-profit-up-16-yoy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 19:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCsoft has shown a profit increase of 16 percent for the three months ending March 31 over the same period in the year before.
On a consolidated basis, sales came to $84.3 million for the period. Operating income was $18.9 million, with net profit coming in at $7.7 million. Operating profit showed significant improvements quarter over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sebastian: PS3 price cut now less likely this year</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/sebastian-ps3-price-cut-now-less-likely-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a research note following the release of Sony financials yesterday, Lazard Capital&#8217;s Colin Sebastian said he believed the results showed there was now less need for the firm drop drop PS3&#8217;s price as the business was starting to accelerate.
&#8220;Console market share appears to be less of a priority; price cut less likely,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vivendi Q1 revenue down 24%</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/vivendi-q1-revenue-down-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Vivendi released first quarter financials last night, showing a drop in first quarter revenue of 24 percent year on year, down to €221 million.
Nearly 87 percent of that figure - €192 million - came from Blizzard.
The drop, the company said, was rather a spike in the corresponding previous quarter thank to the release of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony financials: 10 million PS3 sales expected next year</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-10-million-ps3-sales-expected-next-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 09:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Sony financials released this morning, the firm said it expects to sell 10 million PS3 in the next financial year, up from the 9.24 million for the 12 months ending March 31.
PSP hardware sales, the company said, will rise to 15 million from 13.89 in fiscal 07, with PS2 dropping off quickly, down to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony financials: Lifetime PS3 sales near 13 million</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-lifetime-ps3-sales-near-13-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
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According to just-released full-year Sony figures, PS3 has now sold 12.81 million units globally, will software sales now at 71.3 million.
PlayStation 2 sales are now at a staggering 131.62 million, with PSP at 39.28 million.
Read the rest of our Sony financials coverage here.
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		<title>Sony financials: PS3 software sales boom, PSP static, PS2 drops</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-ps3-software-sales-boom-psp-static-ps2-drops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales of PlayStation 3 software in the 12 months ending March 31 rose dramatically, according to just-released full-year Sony financials, rising to 57.9 million units compared to 13.4 million in the previous year.
PSP software sales remained virtually static, however, despite a heavy increase in hardware sales across the period, rising fractionally from 54.9 million in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony financials: PSP sales accelerate in FY 07</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-psp-sales-accelerate-in-fy-07/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Just-released full-year Sony financials have shown a heave acceleration of PSP hardware sales, up to 13.89 million compared to 9.77 million in the previous year.
As far as we can see, no specific region breakdown was given for the sales in the report, but Japanese PSP sales have stayed high for many months now, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony financials: 9.24 million PS3s sold in FY 07, PS2 business slows</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-924-million-ps3s-sold-in-fy-07-ps2-business-slows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to just-released full-year financials, Sony&#8217;s confirmed that 9.24 million PS3s were sold in the year ending March 31, compared to 3.57 in the previous period.
The upswing of PS3 sales was met by the gradual decline of the firm&#8217;s PS2 business, with 13.73 last gen machines being sold in the past 12 months as opposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony financials: PlayStation division makes FY 07 loss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-playstation-division-makes-fy-07-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony Corp just released full-year figures, showing that operating revenue for its games division rose 26.3 percent in the year ending March 31 to $12.84 billion. The PlayStation section of the company still made a loss, however, decreased from $1.97 billion to $1.24 billion year on year.
The company as a whole showed a revenue rose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battered Sega Sammy posts FY 07 $501 million loss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/battered-sega-sammy-posts-fy-07-501-million-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sega Sammy&#8217;s posted a full-year loss of $501 million for the period ending March 31, GameDaily reports.
The company&#8217;s net income for the period was $415 million.
&#8220;As rebuilding our consumer video game business is crucial, we now need to review our game title strategy more flexibly to adapt ourselves to changes in the trend of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Majority of revenue came from PlayStation platforms in Q4</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-majority-of-revenue-came-from-playstation-platforms-in-q4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Kotaku report, EA made more money from PS3 than Xbox 360 in the quarter ending March 31, taking $152 million and $128 million on each platform respectively.
More cash was take on PS2 than either of the next-gen platforms, however, with EA seeing PlayStation 2 revenue of $166 million for the quarter.
More through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Rock Band sold 1.5 million in Q4</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-rock-band-sold-15-million-in-q4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Gamasutra report, EA confirmed last night that Rock Band sold more than 1.5 million units in the US in the fourth quarter of the company&#8217;s financial year, ending March 31.
That&#8217;s a lot of people pretending to be Nine Inch Nails. Read the rest of our EA financial report coverage here.
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		<title>EA financials: &#8220;Ship time will give before quality,&#8221; says Riccitiello</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-ship-time-will-give-before-quality-says-riccitiello/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Next-Gen piece, EA boss John Riccitiello said in last night&#8217;s investor call that EA games would slip from now on rather than being forced out of the door.
&#8220;I would say without hesitation that our quality is going to be up this year versus the prior year. I would say without hesitation that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Publisher drops quarterly guidance</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-publisher-drops-quarterly-guidance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Kotaku report, EA said it will stop offering quarterly guidance from now on in a conference call that followed the release of full-year financials yesterday.
Execs said the decision was to stop stock slumps based on short-term problems, such as delays.
&#8220;The nature of our business is fairly variable quarter to quarter based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Casual and micro-transactions is &#8220;growth sector&#8221; for PC, says Riccitiello</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-casual-and-micro-transactions-is-growth-sector-for-pc-says-riccitiello/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking in a conference call following the release of full-year financials last night, EA boss John Riccitiello said that casual gaming and micro-transactions are the way forward for the firm&#8217;s PC business, and that without WoW and The Sims the PC market in general would be a bit&#8230; screwed.
&#8220;Were it not for The Sims and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Madden 09 will have a &#8220;holographic interface&#8221;, says Riccitiello</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-madden-09-will-have-a-holographic-interface-says-riccitiello/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, we think either something got a little lost in translation here or the pressure of trying to buy Take-Two&#8217;s finally got to EA boss John Riccitiello. According to this Kotaku piece, the exec said in last night&#8217;s full-year financials conference call that Madden 09 will have a &#8220;new holographic interface&#8221;.
And here was us not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: 15 double platinum titles for 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EA&#8217;s has confirmed it had 15 double platinum titles in 2008 in its full year financials last night, and claimed it it still the biggest publisher in the world, according to this GI piece.
The firm had 19 percent and 20 percent market share in North America and Europe respectively, the firm said.
Additionally the company was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Full year shows revenue increase but $454 million loss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-full-year-shows-revenue-increase-but-454-million-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EA reported full-year financials last night, showing a $454 million loss for the 12 months ending March 31, compared to a like-for-like profit of $76 million.
Revenues were up, however, to $3.67 billion, a rise of 19 per cent on the previous year.
Q4 revenue saw a jump of 81 percent to $1.13 billion.
&#8220;A year ago, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Full earnings call transcript online now</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-full-earnings-call-transcript-online-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s on Seeking Alpha. The call included Tricia Gugler (Director, Investor Relations), John Riccitiello (CEO), Eric Brown (CFO), John Pleasants (COO and President - Global Publishing) and Frank Gibeau (President - EA Games Label). Enjoy.
Read the rest of our EA Q4 financial report coverage here.
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		<title>Activision shares leap on results news</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-shares-leap-on-results-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acitvision&#8217;s shares are up 8.3 percent so far today after the company issued megaton financials for fiscal 2008.
The stock is currently trading at $29.99, a breakthrough after the announcement of Activision&#8217;s Blizzard merger in December, since which the shares have been stuck in the $27-28 range.
The deal values the shares at $27.50.
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		<title>Activision financials: Conference call audio online now</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-conference-call-audio-online-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And here it is. We think we got pretty much everything, but don&#8217;t take our word for it. Listen to Bobby Kotick and Mike Griffith rabbit on about innovation and money for ages. You may as well. It&#8217;s Friday.
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		<title>Activision financials: We&#8217;re now the biggest in the US, says firm</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-were-now-the-biggest-in-the-us-says-firm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a press releasing detailing full-year financials last night, Activision claimed it is now the biggest publisher in America, quoting NPD data. From here:
During the fiscal year, in the U.S., Activision grew its market share by 7.2% to a record 17.3%, was the #1 console and handheld software publisher in dollars, and had three top-10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activision financials: Guitar Hero IV to &#8220;provide significant leap forward in innovation&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-guitar-hero-iv-to-provide-significant-leap-forward-in-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Speaking in an investor call after the announcement of record financials last night, Activision publishing CEO Mike Griffith remained coy on the issue of adding new instruments to the Guitar Hero franchise, saying only that Guitar Hero IV would provide a &#8220;significant leap forward in innovation&#8221; when it releases later this year.
&#8220;For the holiday, we&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activision financials: DS bundle for Guitar Hero: On Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-ds-bundle-for-guitar-hero-on-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking in an investor call after the announcement of record financials last night, Activision execs confirmed that a DS bundle with the upcoming handheld version of Guitar Hero - Guitar Hero: On Tour - will be released when the game launches on June 22 in the US.
No specific date has yet been given for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activision financials: Hawk takes break till fiscal 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-hawk-takes-break-till-fiscal-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Speaking in an investor call after the announcement of record financials last night, Activision execs confirmed that a new, fully blown console game in the Tony Hawk&#8217;s series wouldn&#8217;t be released now until some time in the firms fiscal 2010, ending March 31, 2010.
Execs said the break was necessary &#8220;to deliver to deliver the kind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activision financials: New Bond game uses CoD4 engine</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-new-bond-game-uses-cod4-engine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking in an investor call after the announcement of record financials last night, Activision execs confirmed that the firm&#8217;s upcoming Treyarch-developed Bond game, The Quantum of Solace, is being developed using the Call of Duty 4 engine.
Few details on the new game have been released as yet, although Acitvision did launch a sparsely populated website [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activision financials: &#8220;New theater&#8221; for six-format CoD5</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-new-theater-for-six-format-cod5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a conference call following the announcement of record financials last night, Activision said Call of Duty 5 will launch in the fourth quarter of the current financial year, ending March 31 2009.
&#8220;We&#8217;ll launch on all four platforms we&#8217;ve participated on in fiscal [year] 2008,&#8221; said Activision publishing CEO Mike Griffith, referring to Call of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activision financials: Revenues hit $2.9 billion for FY 08</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-revenues-hit-29-billion-for-fy-08/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Activision has reported full-year financials of $2.9 billion for fiscal 2008, up 92 percent over the previous year.
Net income for the year was $345 million, or $1.10 per share, up from $0.28 per diluted share in fiscal 2007.
For the forth quarter ended March 31, the company reported net revenues of $602.5 million compared $312.5 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THQ announces new WWE brand for coming year</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/07/thq-announces-new-wwe-brand-for-coming-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 05:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THQ announced a new WWE brand - Legends of Wrestlemania - as part of its financial release yesterday, to ship for 360 and PS3 in March 2009.
As the name suggests, the game will feature older and retired wrestlers. The company said the game will capitalise on the pay-per-view Wrestlemania event every March.
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		<title>THQ financials: full conference call transcript</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 05:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The entire conference call following the announcement of THQ&#8217;s less than stellar full-year financials can be found here. The call featured Julie MacMedan (Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications), Brian Farrell (President and Chief Executive Officer), Colin Slade (Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer) and Mr Humble (Senior Vice President, Pie Division).
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		<title>THQ posts $35.3 million loss for &#8216;08</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/07/thq-posts-353-million-loss-for-08/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[THQ has posted a $35.3 million loss for fiscal 2008, compared to a net income $68.0 million in fiscal 2007.
According to this paidContent piece, &#8220;THQ President and CEO Brian Farrell said that the company has three key initiatives to improve matters in 2009: a stronger slate of products; initiatives to improve product quality and competitiveness, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midway shows $34 million Q1 loss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/06/midway-shows-34-q1-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 05:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Whoops. Midway reported Q1 financials last night, showing a $34 million loss for the period ending March 31, despite a revenue increase from $11.1 million to $29.9 million, like-for-like.
Loss have increased significantly from the same period last year, with Q1 2007 seeing the firm $19.8 million in the red.
Matt Booty, interim Midway chief since the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THQ sells through $1 beellion in Nickelodeon games</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/05/thq-sells-through-1-beellion-in-nickelodeon-games/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[THQ&#8217;s announced that it&#8217;s now sold more than $1 billion&#8217;s worth of Nickelodeon games, and has shipped more than 50 million units from the franchise.
&#8220;With the enormous popularity of Wii and DS coupled with our exceptionally diverse portfolio of Nickelodeon-based games, THQ continues to lead in family entertainment,&#8221; said Jim Huntley, director, global brand management, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activision expected to post strong financials, gets upgraded</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/05/activision-expected-to-post-strong-financials-gets-upgraded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 15:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Piper Jaffray analyst Anthony Gikas has raised his price target on Activision to $35 from $31 and placed the company on Piper Jaffray&#8217;s Alpha list, according to this AP report.
The news comes ahead of Acitvision&#8217;s fourth quarter financials, which are to be reported on Thursday.
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		<title>EA to announce Q4 financials on May 13</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/24/ea-to-announce-q4-financials-on-may-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EA will announce fourth quarter - and presumably full-year - financials on May 13 after market-close. There&#8217;ll be the usual investor call, which in no way will focus solely on the fact that Take-Two isn&#8217;t yet owned by the company.
Full details of how to get in on the call, etc, after the link.
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