Posts tagged q4 
Microsoft Q4 financials reveal Xbox division gains, $900M Surface loss
Microsoft has released its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results ending June 30, 2013, revealing a boost in earnings for its entertainment division and a significant loss related to its Surface tablet series. The company took in $19.9 billion in revenue this quarter – up 10 percen...
Majesco notes closures, no longer providing quantitative guidance
Majesco announced today for its fourth quarter ending October 31, 2012, the company experienced a net loss of $2.7 million, compared to a $3.9 million loss the prior year. Revenues for the full year were up six percent to $132.3 million, but concluded with a net income of $4.6 million, down $2 mill...
THQ earnings forecast improves due to Saints Row 3 sales, DLC
Are you ready for this? It's ... good news about THQ's finances. The company is revising its earnings forecast for the quarter ending March 31, now reporting expectations of "non-GAAP net sales of $160 million to $170 million, which is above the company's previous outlook of non-GAAP net sales in t...
Gamestop sees 'modest increase' to 'all-time high' sales of $9.55B in fiscal 2011
GameStop's total global sales reached $9.55 billion for the fiscal year (ending January 28, 2012), a "modest increase" from the same period last year, in which the company reported "all-time high" revenues of $9.47 billion. Due to some adjustments, GameStop added a mere $339.9 million to the money...
NPD: $3.3 billion spent outside of new boxed games across regions in Q4 2011
Still in its infancy of tracking and reporting games that aren't new and from a box, the NPD reported sales for the US and key European markets reached $3.33 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011 (Oct. - Dec.). The number covers "used games, game rentals, subscriptions, digital full-game downloads,...
Activision revenues up in 2011, claims #1 publishing spot
The world hasn't converted entirely to a Kickstarter-based economy yet -- Activision's fiscal 2011 earnings are up again, with net revenues at $4.76 billion dollars (vs. 2010's $4.45 billion), exceeding its most recent outlook. Activision claimed the number one console and handheld publishing spot ...
THQ lays off 30 Play THQ employees
The business world, like the rest of the world, is a cruel and unforgiving mistress. Following the "weaker than expected" sales figures achieved by THQ's uDraw tablet during the third quarter of the 2012 fiscal year, THQ has let go 30 members of its Play THQ team; the Agoura Hills unit responsibl...
War of the Worlds gets underway on XBLA October 26
The video game adaptation of the classic H.G. Wells novel has been pegged for an October 26 launch on Xbox Live Arcade, developer Other Ocean has announced via its Facebook page. The side-scrolling platformer War of the Worlds loosely follows Wells' book, but also introduces new characters and ev...
Star Fox 64 3D does a barrel roll to retail on September 9
Forgoing its usual Sunday release strategy, Nintendo has announced that Star Fox 64 3D will launch in North America on a Friday -- September 9, to be exact. That's only a week before the annual family trip to Canada for the Vintage Wings air show! Your family traditions aside, Star Fox 64 3D a...
Sony posts FY 2010 earnings, singles out profits in PlayStation business
Following Monday's revised forecast – in which Sony warned of a $3.2 billion loss – the recently besieged company has issued its report for the 2010 fiscal year ended March 31. While things at Sony proper might not be entirely rosy, the good news for gamers is that the company's Net...
