Tag archive: March

Market research firm NPD, sales of video game hardware and software were down 17 percent in March 2009 compared to the same month a year ago, racking up $792.8 million in sales. Taken on its own, sales of video game hardware for the same period were down 18 percent compared to a year ago, puling in $455.6 million. NPD is quick to categorize the numbers as potentially anomalous, since March of 2008 saw the release of Super Smarch Bros.… Read More

Back in March, hackers shut down the site of one of Spain’s political parties following an election. The Spanish police began to investigate, and last week announced they’d arrested the culprits, the BBC has reported. They’ve been accused not only of the Spanish crime, but also with attacking government sites in Asia, Latin America and the US. Among the fives, who were arrested in Barcelona, Burgos, Malaga and… Read More

“Worldwide sales of the Nintendo DS handheld shot through the five million mark in mid-March, putting the company well within its five to six million unit target for the full year to March 31st according to the latest figures from Nintendo of America. By contrast, the PlayStation Portable – which won't launch in Europe until September 1st, a full five months after its North American debut – had sold somewhere over… Read More

On March 13, Judge Konrad von Finckenstein of the Federal Court dismissed a request brought by CRIA that some of Canada's largest Internet service providers be forced to turn over confidential customer information, which CRIA believes could help it sue 29 Canadians for copyright infringement. Read more at Globe Technology.