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Date night checklist: Dinner, movie… virtual reality?

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Thanks to VR, how we spend our evenings out could soon change dramatically.

  • Date April 5, 2019
  • Tags analysis, cnet, entertainment, facebook, retail, virtual reality

VR promised us the future. Too bad we’re stuck in the present

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Oculus, the VR company that Mark Zuckerberg bought for more than $2 billion, has a problem: It’s struggling to convince people to buy its gear.

  • Date October 10, 2017
  • Tags cnet, entertainment, facebook, internet, playstation, retail, scoops, videogames, virtual reality

Just admit it, we love game sequels

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The video game industry hasn’t run out of ideas or gotten lazy. It’s just following the money, because we’re still buying those sequels.

  • Date June 18, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, consoles, economy, playstation, retail, videogames, virtual reality, xbox

A mind-blowing VR arcade won me over. It’ll get you too

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The VR arcade — yes, an arcade — is designed to get you to try virtual reality headsets without getting sick. You might even like it. I did.

  • Date June 13, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, economy, facebook, playstation, retail, videogames, virtual reality, xbox

Apple, Google Vie to Offer Exclusive Game Apps

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A long-running battle between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. for mobile dominance is spreading to the most lucrative genre of apps: videogames.

The two Silicon Valley giants have been wooing game developers to ensure that top-tier game titles arrive first on devices powered by their respective operating systems, people familiar with the situation said.

  • Date April 20, 2014
  • Tags advertising, apple, retail, scoops, videogames

Microsoft Quietly Pulls Xbox Two-Year Contract Plans

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This week, Microsoft spokesman David Dennis confirmed the company discontinued the Xbox 360 offer in July. “This program was intended to be a pilot experiment from the start, and Microsoft routinely adjusts the mix of offers available to its customers and this change was simply standard business practice,” he said.

  • Date March 12, 2014
  • Tags retail, scoops, the wall street journal, videogames, xbox

Sony, Microsoft Claim Ample Console Supplies

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Sony and Microsoft are gearing up for what they say will be record launch periods for their respective new videogame machines. A key reason: they are churning out big volumes of the new consoles.

  • Date November 12, 2013
  • Tags consoles, holidays, playstation, retail, scoops, the wall street journal, videogames, xbox

Apple Stores Glow Less Brightly

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Apple Inc.’s search for a new head of its retail stores is dragging into its 10th month, at a time when the stores need extra attention: The company recently reported its first drop in store sales in at least four years.

  • Date August 1, 2013
  • Tags analysis, apple, retail, scoops, the wall street journal

Sony Boosts Internal Sales Estimates for PlayStation 4

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Sony Corp. is raising internal sales projections for the forthcoming PlayStation 4 videogame console amid positive signs about demand for the device, executives of the Japanese electronics company said Tuesday.

  • Date June 11, 2013
  • Tags consoles, entertainment, playstation, retail, scoops, the wall street journal, videogames, xbox

Drive Into the Future: Your car knows a lot about you. And it’s talking.

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Ford Motor Co. wants to read car buyers’ minds.

A fantasy? Maybe. But by mashing together large databases and analytical algorithms, the Dearborn, Mich.-based auto maker may have achieved the next best thing.

  • Date March 7, 2013
  • Tags advertising, analysis, internet, retail, the wall street journal, transportation

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