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With its dominance currently being felt the world over (though maybe not perhaps quite as strongly as it once was in Japan ) Nintendo’s powerhouse console the Wii is celebrating another record success – this time in Australia. The machine has just become the fastest console to reach the 200,000 …
Read More »UE3 Wii port in development
Mystery licensee working on version of popular engine for Nintendo's machine
Read More »PS3 narrowing Japanese sales gap
Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has stated that whilst the Wii outsold PS3 by two-to-one throughout October in Japan, Sony’s machine has narrowed the gap enjoyed by its rival for the fourth month in succession, Reuters reports. The Wii sold 110,415 units throughout the month, with PS3 selling 47,183. It’s a stark …
Read More »Nintendo keen to help out third-party developers
Wants to â??maintain level of quality,â?? says marketing man Hatano
Read More »Nintendo pips Sony to become global software leader, says report
A new report from data analyst iSuppli shows worldwide revenue for Nintendo DS and Wii surpassed that taken by Sony on PS2, PS3 and PSP in the third quarter of each companies’ fiscal year. According to iSuppli – as reported on Gamasutra – global revenue for Nintendo DS and Wii …
Read More »Screen Digest: "There’s no stopping Wii"
Despite Nintendo’s admittance that it will not be able to meet the demand for its Wii console this Christmas, and the recent price drops on both Xbox 360 and PS3, analyst Screen Digest has said that there may be no stopping Wii’s rise to market dominance. In material terms this …
Read More »Screen Digest: "There’s no stopping Wii"
Despite Nintendo’s admittance that it will not be able to meet the demand for its Wii console this Christmas, and the recent price drops on both Xbox 360 and PS3, analyst Screen Digest has said that there may be no stopping Wii’s rise to market dominance. In material terms this …
Read More »Kaplan: Gamers were getting bored before Wii
Nintendo of America’s marketing executive Perrin Kaplan has said that consumers were getting bored of what the video games market was offering them until the arrival of the Wii, according to Next-Gen . Kaplan told Advertising Age that: A major insight that Nintendo had early on was that they saw …
Read More »Kaplan: Gamers were getting bored before Wii
Nintendo of America’s marketing executive Perrin Kaplan has said that consumers were getting bored of what the video games market was offering them until the arrival of the Wii, according to Next-Gen . Kaplan told Advertising Age that: A major insight that Nintendo had early on was that they saw …
Read More »Japanese developers wary of Wii?
Nikkei report shows discontent stirring in industry
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