Video Game Consoles

Potential E-Waste Nightmare: Microsoft Bans Nearly a Million Xbox Users

treehugger.com | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green


After discovering nearly a million users had modified their consoles to play pirated games via the Xbox live service, Microsoft gave them the boot fro...

Manhattan's Latest Parental Punishment

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.28.2009 | Style


Vicky Ward

I had often wondered, since we gave our twin six-year-old sons a Nintendo Wii at Christmas, why it is not just the children but my husband who looks utterly wiped out on a Sunday morning?

Best Buy Profits Jump 52 Percent

AP | Joshua Freed | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit jumped 52 percent, boosted by an extra week of holiday shopping and sales of h...

Overwhelmed By Toy Recalls? Buy Video Games

Los Angeles Times | Alex Pham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Kathleen Buczko, a mother of three, is the toy industry's Grinch this year. She plans to cut her spending on toys by 25%. To the video game industry,...

Wii Flies Off Shelves

Seeking Alpha | Steven Towns | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Nintendo achieved its best week for Wii sales in the U.S. last week since the console's debut-week sales a year ago, with 350,000 units sold, compared...