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According to a study conducted by consulting firm Deloitte, approximately 9 percent of users subscribing to premium television programming such as cable or satellite TV ditched those services in favor of online options during 2011. With more than 2,000 respondents between the ages of 14 to 75 participating in the survey, eleven percent are considering “cutting the cord” during 2012 since they believe their favorite television shows… Read More

Get excited gamers, because GameStop just released its Black Friday ads and it looks like it’s going to be a very happy holiday for the gaming folk. We think the most noteworthy Black Friday deals at GameStop are its Door Buster sales, like the Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle and the PS3 120GB Holiday Bundle—both are priced at $299.99 and come with

Finally! Oh Walmart, you sly dog– how patiently we've waited for you to reveal your Black Friday deals and savings. Today, about a week before the most epic shopping event of the year, Walmart released its Black Friday ads. The retail giant has been offering weekly deals since late October, but the real savings are being revealed today on Black Friday sites all over the Internet. Walmart.com and Walmart stores may be having different… Read More

For the last six years, Nintendo has been swimming high with great profits. Recently, however, the company announced that it would reduce its sales forecasts and reported a 52% drop in profits after sales of the Wii and DS game consoles dropped. Nintendo is facing increased competition from Sony and Microsoft with cheaper consoles being more of a factor in the market. Nintendo is also facing stiff competition in the mobile gaming space from… Read More

With rumors that a new Xbox is in the works, likely slated for next year, and sales dropping like a rock for every game system (ironically the Xbox appears to be holding on the best at the moment), I wonder if we are about to see a PC game resurgence. Windows 7 and DirectX 11 are coming, along with an expectation that Snow Leopard will actually embrace games for once. So are we months off from a smack down by PCs on game consoles, once… Read More

In a turn of events roughly about as surprising as Britney Spears' and Kevin Federline's recent divorce, there's one question I'm inevitably asked more than any other this holiday season: “Which of the next-generation videogame systems – PlayStation 3, Wii or Xbox 360 – do you recommend?” The answer, unfortunately, isn't so simple, given each machine's varying feature set, computing/graphical… Read More