Tech File - Are You Game? Electronic Arts has been in a slump recently, but its shares are poised to rebound

摘要

These are difficult days for the videogame-software business. The gaming-console market Is smack in the middle of an ugly transition period. When Microsoft rolled out its second-generation game machine, the Xbox 360, late last year, it was to great critical acclaim. But the initial payoff was muted, as component shortages made the boxes almost impossible to find in stores for months. Sony recently announced that its newest game system, the PlayStation 3, won't ship until November, several months later than initially promised. Meanwhile, Nintendo, the No. 3 player in console games, plans to unveil its latest game box, the Revolution, sometime this fall, though details have been sketchy.