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An anonymous source has supposedly told one website that EA’s relationship with Nintendo was crippled shortly after the launch of Wii U. "Nintendo was dead to us very quickly," an ‘EA source’ told CVG when asked about the publisher’s sudden change of heart following Wii U’s arrival. "It became a …
Read More »Now Amazon drops Wii U to £180
A second retailer has significantly cut its Wii U asking price. After Argos this morning cut the Wii U Premium Nintendo Land bundle to 179.99, Amazon has now gone ahead and price matched the deal. Amazon routinely does this, of course, having matched various 199.99 Wii U bundles and even …
Read More »Argos drops Wii U Premium to £180
Another console has seen its RRP significantly cut on the High Street. Argos is currently selling the Wii U Premium console along with a copy of Nintendo land for 179.99. That’s a 120 saving over the hardware’s RRP. The machine was available for as little as 200 from time to …
Read More »Nintendo shares drop 18% after forecasts are slashed
Shares drop to less than 12,000 yen on Tokyo Stock Exchange
Read More »Nintendo cuts Wii U sales forecasts from 9m to 2.8m
Console firm expects year-end loss of of £146m
Read More »Iwata’s Wii U and 3DS statement in full
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has released a lengthy statement clarifying the events that led up today’s damaging sales forecast reductions. Nintendo this morning reduced its Wii U unit sales forecast for the current financial year from 9m units to just 2.8m units. It also cut its 3DS sales prediction from …
Read More »Nintendo slashes Wii U sales forecast from 9m to 2.8m
The reality of the challenge confronting Wii U has finally struck Nintendo. Having throughout 2013 steadfastly stuck to its 9m unit sales forecast for the console for the current financial year, the platform holder has at last reduced that prediction. It now says it will likely sell just 2.8m Wii …
Read More »Nintendo apologises for ongoing TVii no-show on Wii U
As is now obviously apparent, Nintendo’s TVii service for Wii U owners did not hit its 2013 launch date for Europe. TVii is supposed to allow users to access TV channels and streaming video services. A button for the service remains doggedly present on the Wii U in the UK, …
Read More »Early Wii U hardware underpowered and suffered from a poor tool chain, claims dev
But indies defend console, saying criticisms only reflect early iterations of SDK and praise Nintendo support
Read More »Alien: Isolation joins the Wii U no-show list
Creative Assembly’s upcoming survival horror outing Alien: Isolation looks unlikely to be making the jump to Wii U. When asked about the possibility on Twitter, the game’s official Twitter account replied: Right now, we don’t have plans to put the game on Wii U.” What makes it all the sadder …
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