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PlayStation 3 Narrows Nintendo Wii Lead in Japan

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:30:04 GMT

For four consecutive months, the PlayStation 3 has been catching up with the Nintendo Wii in Japan, according to game magazine publisher Enterbrain. While the Wii still outsold the PS3 2-to-1 in October (110,415 vs. 47,183), monthly sales of PS3...

Wal-Marts Terrible Nintendo Wii Knock-Offs.

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:59:54 GMT

MaryAlan writes Wal-Mart is now selling an electronic LCD game in the kids section that resembles a Wiimote so closely that even Wal-Mart employees cant tell them apart in a picture. But the games — made by ToyQuest out of L.A. — are complete and utter crap, to the point of being unplayable. Their only redeeming feature is that they look like the Nintendo Wii, which means Wal-Mart is relying on brand confusion to sell any of these things to unsuspecting customers. There is a gallery of photos online, so you can take a look at side-by-side pictures with a true Wiimote, down to the fake speaker on the front. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Wal-Marts Terrible Nintendo Wii Knock-Offs

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:30:03 GMT

Greenpeace slams Nintendo

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:29:47 GMT

Greenpeace gives Sony the highest rating of the console makers, while Nintendo manages to break records with its poor performance.

Nintendo Wii Sales Second Best Since Launch

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:29:39 GMT

350,000, that's how many Wii's Nintendo sold last week, compared with 300,000 the week prior, and second only to an eight-day honeymoon period in late November 2006 after the system debuted and retailers moved more than 600,000 units. Remember when...

Nintendo May Pull Wii Ads To Avoid Hype

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:29:47 GMT

Due to the lack of product on store shelves and overwhelming demand, Nintendo is considering plans to pull marketing campaigns for the Wii during the holiday season. The company recently dismissed suggestions that it intentionally engineered shortages to build up hype for the Wii. It claims to be producing 1.8 million of the consoles each month at full capacity. The issue of supply management has to be questioned, not least because 2008 is going to be the crunch year for the Wii. Its then that well discover whether its a fad or something with legs, Screen Digest analyst Piers Harding-Rolls told The Times.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Wii Shortages Costing Nintendo A Billion In Sales

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:29:34 GMT

A New York Times article from this past Friday highlights the problem that Nintendo is facing: more people want to give them money than they can handle. Analysts quoted in the story discussing Nintendos unique Wii shortage problem indicate that the company could be selling twice the 1.8 million consoles a month it ships. All told, these same individuals believe the company could be leaving as much as $1 billion on the table this holiday season. We dont feel like weve made any mistakes, said George Harrison, senior vice president for marketing at Nintendo of America. He said there was a shortage because the company must plan its production schedule five months ahead, and projecting future demand is difficult. He added that there had been a worldwide shortage of disk drives that had hurt Nintendo as well as makers of many other devices. Its a good problem to have, Mr. Harrison said of the demand, but he acknowledged that there could be a downside. We do worry about not satisfying consumers and that they will drift to a competitors system.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Nintendo sponsors Australian Open

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:29:12 GMT

Nintendo becomes Official Gaming Console Supplier of the 2008 Australian Open tennis tournament. Prizes include consoles, handhelds and the chance to play against a pro.

Mode 7 given Nintendo dev status

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:29:15 GMT

Independent UK developer Mode 7 has been granted official Nintendo developer status, working on a DS title.

SSBB UK date a mistake, says Nintendo

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:29:20 GMT

Nintendo knocks down hopes of a confirmed June release for the game in Europe.

A Pirateapos;s Life for Nintendo DS Owners

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:29:03 GMT

A staggering 90 percent of American Nintendo DS users play pirated games by means of special R4 chips, according to the ELSPA's Intellectual Property Crime Unit manager John Hiller. Hiller told The Sunday Post, In America it�s thought 90 per...

Nintendo: Eat Our Dust in June, Xbox 360

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:59:26 GMT

Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime says Nintendo should finally muscle past Microsoft's Xbox 360 in total US unit sales by June 2008, but is he right? The U.S. difference between Microsoft and Nintendo stands at roughly 10.9 and 9.4 million...

Doctor Who Warping Onto PC, PS2, and Nintendo DS

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:58:57 GMT

I'm an interminably geeky Doctor Who fan, which makes this news seem a bit of a letdown given its less-than-enterprising target demographic. The PS2 and Nintendo DS are the two most established consoles on the planet at the moment, ergo...

The 21 Hardest Nintendo games ever

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:18:23 GMT

NGamer descends through the various circles of hell, in search of the toughest games ever to star on a Nintendo platform. Abandon hope all ye that enter here...

In the beginning there was the word. And the word was argh goddamnityouevilgame. Yes, ever since the serpent challenged Adam to a game of dare you pluck from the tree of knowledge - a Kerplunk prototype - man has obsessed over challenges of soul-destroying difficulty.

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Turn Your Nintendo DS into a Pro Audio Synthesizer

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:58:56 GMT

How many places can you use the words Nintendo DS and professional retro-audio sound machine in the same sentence? Just one I can think of, right here at AQ Interactive. AQ is actually the Japanese developer and publisher behind the...

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