Is Sprint the Most Gamer-friendly Carrier?

August 25, 2011

Clearwire, the conglomerate behind WiMax - broadband wifi technology - which has a majority ownership from Sprint Nextel, added 1.5 million new customers last quarter. This, following a well-received advertising campaign featuring their CEO, Dan Hesse, in which the brand points out that they alone offer consumers unlimited plans and no caps, unlike rivals Verizon, AT&T/T-Mobile, through their Simply Everything plan. The company has roughly 49 million subscribers, compared with Verizon's 102 million, 95 million for AT&T and about 34 million with T-Mobile.

Sprint also announced that they too would be offering an iPhone 5 in mid October - launching concurrently with the AT&T and Verizon versions. Little is known about the Sprint iPhone, such as price point, options, or if this or future versions will be WiMax compatable, but analysts are already predicting sales in excess of 1 million units at launch. Are those prognastications due to consumer frustration with AT&T, a rush to support the sole carrier essentially supportive of Net Neutrality, or a combination of both? The smart money is on the gaming folks like Andre Vrignaud throwing their support behind Sprint though. Maybe there's a future between gamers and the brand after all…

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MaskedPixelante: http://www.gamespot.com//news/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-taken-down-from-online-stores-6410489 Baldur's Gate EE pulled from certain online stores due to unspecified legal reasons. All development on patches and BG2 on hold.06/20/2013 - 7:19am

lomdr: I'd say it's more Publishers saying otherwise and GS announcing they're cutting back on Xbone preorders that forced MS's hand. Thank god they didn't listen to CB06/20/2013 - 7:02am

lomdr: He'd like toi think that, but IIRC, Sony said that it was #PS4NoDRM, not the Press Release before E3, that made sony do that Take That at MS06/20/2013 - 7:01am

Conster: So apparently Cliff Bleszinski is saying it was Sony, not "the internet whining", that made Microsoft do a 180.06/20/2013 - 5:45am

ZippyDSMlee: Something I did by hand on my convertiable laptop, http://zippydsmlee.deviantart.com/art/Cotlop-zelda-unfinished-sketch-WIP-finish-373937163 forgot if I posted it befor.06/19/2013 - 7:44pm

Conster: Also, I guess The War Z changed its name so they can scam some more people?06/19/2013 - 7:44pm

Conster: AE: when even HuffPo makes the same joke, it's not something you want to take credit for. :P06/19/2013 - 7:43pm

Andrew Eisen: Hey look! The War Z changed its name to Infestation: Survivor Stories. http://infestationmmo.com/06/19/2013 - 7:23pm

Andrew Eisen: You're going to have a lot of company in prison, RedMage. Most of the internet has stolen MY joke. Bastards!06/19/2013 - 7:06pm

RedMage: The cover art thing points to an industry trend of only wanting to appeal to teen boys despite the talk of "broadening the appealz"06/19/2013 - 6:17pm

RedMage: I'd like to turn myself in for unintentional theft of a joke. Ignorance of the law is no excuse :o06/19/2013 - 6:17pm

Andrew Eisen: Remember the fight to get Last of Us's Ellie on the game cover? Check this out: http://cheezburger.com/758618624006/19/2013 - 6:12pm

Andrew Eisen: RedMage - Thief! You stole my joke! You're a horrible, loathesome person! Or you simply had the same idea and didn't read my earlier shout!06/19/2013 - 5:35pm

RedMage: Maybe they're going to rename it the Xbox 18006/19/2013 - 5:26pm

IanC: Bet EA are pissed.06/19/2013 - 5:17pm

Andrew Eisen: Ah, James is just a little quicker on the keyboard than I!06/19/2013 - 5:07pm

Craig R.: Too little, too late.06/19/2013 - 4:52pm

DorthLous: PWAHAHAHAH, the MS spinning sound woke me up :)06/19/2013 - 4:27pm

Andrew Eisen: Microsoft's new console shall now be known as the Xbox One-Eighty.06/19/2013 - 4:17pm

Andrew Eisen: I imagine we were typing our respective shouts at the same time.06/19/2013 - 4:14pm

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