The rise of purely digital online game sales has changed the industry in a number of ways, but the most important change might be the introduction of games as impulse buys. Anyone with a credit card tied to their Steam account knows how scarily easy it is to, with just a few clicks, dump more money than you intended on a whole passel of games that seem vaguely intriguing. You might not have read ...

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The Wii is becoming a financial drain for Nintendo. (Credit: Nintendo) Nintendo's troubles are deepening, and unfortunately for the venerable game company, there doesn't appear to be an end in sight. The game company today announced (PDF) sales of 556.2 billion yen ($7.2 billion) during the nine months ended December 31, down nearly 32 percent compared to the same period in 2010. It also posted ...

The game company lost nearly 48.4 billion yen during the nine months ended December 31. Looking ahead, its forecast has been revised down with deeper losses.