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Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’

GeekWire

Sega’s crime drama/beat-’em-up Yakuza Kiwami is a 2016 remake of a 2005 game, but has resulted in the original game going quietly out of print. Sega Image) A new study found that the vast majority of video games with a physical release in the U.S. Kelsey Lewin, co-director of the Video Game History Foundation.

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The iconic Flip Video almost became Google’s first camera, emails show

The Verge

Before Android, before the iPhone, and before GoPro became a known brand, the Flip Video camcorder took the world by storm, allowing millions to shoot digital home videos one-handed and easily save, share, and upload them to a nascent YouTube, thanks to an iconic flip-out USB port. for employees to burn videos onto a DVD for you.

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Analysis: Video game spending is setting records, but can the industry meet increasing demand?

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The first full pandemic year caused a significant spike in video game engagement, which is still happening now. billion on video game hardware, accessories, and assorted content, which marks an 18% increase over March 2020 and sets a record for March in any year. the demand for video games is staying high.

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Microsoft raising base price of first-party Xbox games from $60 to $70

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Microsoft plans to increase the base price for some of its first-party, internally-produced video games in 2023. This marks a $10 increase from the previous standard, which was last raised at the launch of the Xbox 360 in 2005. “Starting in 2023, our new, built for next-gen, full-priced games will launch at $69.99 ”

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Guinness reverses decision to strip Billy Mitchell’s Pac-Man and Donkey Kong records

The Verge

Mitchell set the Pac-Man score in 1999 and the Donkey Kong one in 2005. But those records faced scrutiny after people in the community discovered that Mitchell set them on video game cabinets that were running arcade emulation software MAME. Mitchell ultimately sued Twin Galaxies this year for libel, and threatened to sue Guinness.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner leaves Core Scientific; Magic AI founder joins ThruWave

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He previously spent 11 years at Microsoft from 2005 to 2016, leading the company’s global sales and marketing teams. Fortune 100 customers in retail and e-commerce warehouses are using ThruWave’s hardware and software. Seattle enterprise video startup Panopto added Payscale CMO Adrianna Burrows to its board.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. November 2005: Autonomy agrees to buy search technology developer Verity for $500 milllion, its third acquisition of the year after NCorp (in February) and etalk (in June).

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