Posts tagged BusinessWeek 
Nintendo tops BusinessWeek's list of 'The World's Best Companies'
We like Nintendo because it frequently makes video games we like to play, on systems we like to play them on. But how do business people -- the folks who don't see companies as entities that provide products or services, so much as numbers that go up and down in their stock portfolios -- feel about ...
Nintendo ranks 4th on 'BusinessWeek InfoTech 100'
It's a good time to work at Nintendo, and not just because of the mushroom shaped pastries in the lounge or the regular attempts at Princess Peach cosplay. BusinessWeek has released what it calls the 'InfoTech 100,' essentially a listing of the world's hottest tech companies, and wouldn't you know...
Business Week: Sony ranks 10th in Most Innovative Companies
Business Week just published their yearly list of 'The 50 Most Innovative Companies', and Sony came in at number 10. They seemed particularly impressed with Home, stating: "This traditional tech hardware maker is devoting more resources to software. To turn its PlayStation 3 console from living-room...
Sega still publishing for PS2
BusinessWeek interviews Simon Jeffery, chief operating officer at Sega of America, about the console transition and gamers' plans to upgrade hardware. Jeffery offers insight into Sega's thought process; he expects the PS2 to continue to sell well for at least another year. Jeffery says that retailer...
BusinessWeek's Wildstrom: "PS3 is a winner"
BusinessWeek's Stephen Wildstrom has one of the best jobs in the world -- he gets to play with the latest high tech gadgets and then talk about them in his Tech&You column every week. For the Dec. 4 issue, Wildstrom reviews what has become the envy of early adopters, hardcore fanboys, and extort...
All kinds of crazy Wii production
According to some silly subscription-only news service (briefing.com, for the unabashedly curious), Nintendo has completed production of some 2 million units in Q3 alone. Nintendo, remember, had only promised 4 million by the end of the calendar year, and 6 million by fiscal year's end (March 31st)....
Developers ditching PS3 for Wii and 360
Gamedaily BIZ has a nice little feature up where they ask if Sony can do something that someone has never done before: dominate the industry for three generations. Based on a report run by BusinessWeek Online, they analyze Sony's high-priced offering and claim that developers are instead diverting r...
BusinessWeek looks at 360 in Japan ... twice
Earlier this month, BusinessWeek ran two stories about the Xbox 360 in Japan: one just before the big Japanese press conference, and one right after. The contrast is notable. They begin discussing the admittedly poor sales of the 360 in Japan, with some choice (and dubious) quotes. "To get an...
