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BNET Author Biography: Erik Sherman is a freelance writer, editor, and photographer. His work has appeared in such publications as the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Fortune, Inc, Newsweek Japan, the Financial Times, Chief Executive, Advertising Age, and CIO Insight. Before going into journalism, he was head of product marketing at a publicly-held...; more about Erik Sherman »

Can Even Microsoft Afford to Buy the Gaming Market?: This is the day of the big discount: all of Microsoft's Xbox 360 units have officially dropped price by $50, giving the company the cheapest entry point for the would-be gamer. But this smacks of desperation in a whole lot of ways, for example, like this being the second price...; Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Wii, Games, Game Players, Sales Strategy, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Erik Sherman; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Bleak Black Friday: Reports on Black Friday sales have largely agreed on some basics. But the more you dig into the numbers, the more obvious it is that we're seeing some particularly ugly business conditions, because one figure out of context doesn't tell you everything you need to know. by Erik Sherman; Tags: Item, Analyst, Electronics, Nintendo Wii, NearbyNow, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Retail, Sales, Erik Sherman; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Nintendo Keeps Rolling, But Bumpier Road Ahead: Nintendo's latest results show that it continues to dominate its gaming competition, in units. But net income is down and a modified forecast shows that even the Wii will face challenges. [caption id="attachment_711" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Nintendo goes Wii, Wii, Wii, all the way home"][/caption] ...; Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, Games, Personal Technology, Erik Sherman; Blog posts 2009-01-29

Tech Roundup: Drunken Email Regrets, MySQL Becomes TheirSQL, and More: Someone keep me from clicking send -- For those addicted to working into the wee hours and complete exhaustion there's a new meaning to morning after regret. That's the feeling people get when they realize exactly what they sent in emails before they finally gave in to sleep. Google has...; Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Inc., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Games, Open Source, Databases, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Erik Sherman; Blog posts 2008-10-08
Sony Gaming Hurtin' for Certain: Sony has just released its unaudited results for its third quarter ending December 31. While PS3 software unit sales was a slight bright spot, overall the news is pretty bad, due to worldwide PS3 sales trailing Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox, decreasing sales of PS2 and PSP hardware and software,...; Tags: Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation Portable, Unit Sale, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Erik Sherman; Blog posts 2009-01-29