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Nintendo’s Wii has managed to trump all contenders in the annual eBay Black Friday race by becoming the most searched for product across all categories on the US arm of the popular online auction site. To see all the stats, including the average Wii sales price and a look at …
Read More »Nintendo makes $6 from every Wii sold
It’s common knowledge that Nintendo is the only current platform holder to have made a profit from its hardware from the off, and now a number has been put on that – $6. A report on Forbes reveals each Wii unit brings in an operating profit of $6 for Nintendo, …
Read More »Project Zero IV conjuring up PAL release
The Australian version of Official Nintendo Magazine has for the first time dated the Western version of Tecmo’s spooky survival horror outing Fatal Frame IV, claiming that it’s being lined up for an Aussie release next February. Owing to the added regional challenges of publishing in Europe, this does not …
Read More »Price war sees Wii drop to £157
It’s the season to be jolly and retail is celebrating by baring its teeth and slashing prices on games hardware – and Asda is leading the way with a 23 discount on Nintendo’s Wii. Making good on its pledge to offer customers sizable savings in the run up to Christmas, …
Read More »JAPAN: 7m sales and counting for Wii
Nintendo is surely spending another day in cash-fuelled party mode today following another sales milestone for the firm – its massively successful Wii home console has now surpassed the seven million sales mark in Japan. The success mirrors that enjoyed by Nintendo’s console in the US. To read more, click …
Read More »Wii games head to bargain bin fastest
A new study by Electronic Entertainment Design and Research claims that Wii titles are far more likely to receive an early publisher wholesale discount than titles for either Xbox 360 or PS3. The practice, known as ‘price protection’ in the US, describes a publisher lowering the trade price of a …
Read More »Wii Sports is a problem for EA
Peter Moore, the outspoken boss of EA Sports, has admitted that the publisher has had trouble establishing its annual sports franchises on Nintendo’s Wii – a challenge it pins on the massively popular Wii Sports. EA’s most recent Madden title sold over two million units on Xbox 360, PS3 and …
Read More »Fight Night 4 laces its gloves
The industry has had to wait a long time to catch its first glimpse of EA’s upcoming Fight Night Round 4, but the moment will arrive at next month’s Spike TV Video Game Awards, Kotaku reports.. EA officially announced the title in May, but to date only selected retail partners …
Read More »GameStop: Wii Fit in very, very short supply
GameStop CFO David W. Carlson has revealed that company doesn’t expect to meet demand with Wii stock this Christmas – and that standout title Wii Fit is in very, very short supply”. Speaking in the company’s Q3 earnings call (a full transcript of which you can find here), Carlson also …
Read More »Microsoft: It never pays to bash Nintendo
Corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios Shane Kim has shown a touching bit of festive spirit by praising rival platform holder Nintendo for the success it has had in broadening the market. Speaking to VentureBeat, Kim admitted: I can tell you how that conversation goes at Microsoft. They say, …
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