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FRI, FEB 27: Another Flat Day For Video Game Stocks

It was another flat day for video game stocks. However, there were a couple of game stocks to report. Nintendo-NTDOY had a nice little spike of $.85 per share. On the international side, NetEase.com-NCTY had a nice gain of $1.72 per share while Shanda-SNDA was up $.92 per share.
Winner: NetEase.com -NTES
Loser: none

NEWS BYTES: Shanda-SNDA Announces Earnings, EA Gets Tough On Employees and More!

News Bytes For Friday, February 27, 2009…

Shanda-SNDA announced 4th Quarter and full year 2008 results. Net revenue increased for the quarter, 8.4% to almost $150 million US dollars - $148.5 million. Operating income also increased to $60.4 million. Net revenue for the year increased 44.7% to $522 million dollars. Operating income [...]

THUR, FEB 26: Video Game Stocks Head Lower

For the most part, video game stocks were lower today. Notably, GameStop - GME finished the day down $1.31 per share and Electronic Arts - ERTS finished the day down $-.62. Shanda - SNDA was also down $.67. They also announced positive earnings 4th quarter and full year 2008 earnings.
Winner: none
Loser: GameStop [...]

NEWS BYTES: Giant Interactive Schedules Conference Call, Nintendo Gets Tough and More!

News Bytes for Thursday Feb 25, 2009…

Giant Interactive (GA) schedules 2008 4th quarter and fiscal year earnings release on Wednesday, March 4. Conference call will be Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 8:00 am Eastern time.
It is reported that Electronic Arts will change its philosophy around and allow more time in between shipments of bigger [...]

WED, FEB 25: Video Game Stocks Flat

Overall, video game stocks were flat today. GameSpot - GME led the way with a spike of $.95 per share. Nintendo - NTDOY fell $.90 per share, one day after exceeding 3 bucks per share.
Winner: GameSpot- GME
Loser: Nintendo -NTDOY

News Bytes: Games make way to PSP, an analyst forecasts the future of casual gaming & more!

News Bytes for Wednesday, February 25…

Rock Band, MotorStorm and LittleBigPlanet is on its way to the PSP…
Square Enix is moving closer to buying out Eidos. Square Enix now has 11% of shares…
Nintendo DSI available for pre-order on Walmart.com as Nintendo makes its move to continue its dominance…
Parks Associates forecast that the Casual Gaming industry [...]

TUE, FEB 24: Busy Day For Video Game Stocks and Big Day For NTDOY

It was a busy day for video game stocks. Nintendo - NTDOY led the way with a plus $3.31 / share. GameStop - GME and Electronic Arts - ERTS followed with a plus $1.14 and $1.10 per share respectively. Sony - SNE also had a gain over a dollar finishing at $1.10 [...]

News Bytes: The9 Limited Reports 4th Quarter and Fiscal 2008, Great News For Capcom and More!

News Bytes For February 24th, 2009…

According to research group Futuresource Consulting, over 100 million Blu-ray discs will be sold this year. Being the only Blu-ray capable video game system, this is great news for the PS3. And boy, does it need all the help it can get…
Great news for Capcom. The demo of [...]

MON, FEB 23: Down Day Overall For Video Game Stocks

Video game stocks were down overall today. So was the Market. Nintendo - NTDOY finished the day down $1.28 / share. Sony - SNE was also down, finishing the day -$.88 / share. The9 Limited - NCTY was the real winner today, up $1.02 / share.
winner: The9 Limited - NCTY
loser: Nintendo [...]

POWER RANKINGS (week ending Feb 20)

Here are the Gametraderdaily.com power rankings for the week ending February 6. These power rankings are based on this last weeks stock performance in terms of percentage change. These rankings are not meant to be a guide to use to buy or sell shares of stock in a company. Gametraderdaily.com is not responsible for [...]