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June NPD: Lego Batman 2 on top, game sales down overall

, Jul 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

NPD has released its report of video game sales data for June 2012, and like the months before, it isn't all that pretty. Overall sales of both hardware and software were down 30% year-over-year, dropping from $989 million in June 2011 to $699 million last month. Hardware was the biggest loser, falling a whopping 45% to just $201 million in June. Read The Full Story

Nintendo to finally implement data recovery for stolen consoles

, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Having your console or handheld stolen is never a fun thing to deal with, but at least with Sony and Microsoft, recovering all of your downloaded apps and games once you get a new console is relatively easy. With Nintendo, data recovery is nearly impossible, as there isn't much of an account system to be found on the Wii, DS, or 3DS. Read The Full Story

Nintendo confirms Pokemon Black and White 2

, Feb 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Have we finally reached the point where Nintendo has run out of colors for which to name its Pokemon RPG titles? After it chose black and white for the last installment, it seemed like that might be the case. Now it seems even more that way, as the next two entries in the franchise will be named Pokemon White 2 and Pokemon Black 2. However, the naming may not be entirely due to the fact that there are only a few colors left to choose. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Pokemon director hints at impending announcement

, Feb 20th 2012 Discuss [11]

Pokemon Black and White continue to sell through at impressive levels, even though the hardware they were released on has been usurped by the Nintendo 3DS and, shortly, the PlayStation Vita. Of course, though, the formidable Nintendo franchise has kept its strength because of its continuous churning out of new titles, and it appears the next game announcement may be coming soon. Read The Full Story

Nintendo acquires video software company Mobiclip

, Feb 13th 2012 Discuss [6]

In the increasingly common world of startup acquisitions, Nintendo is usually not a major player. Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc are usually the ones making news for snatching up a specialized technology company to better integrate its services into future software and products. This is because Nintendo is usually not on the front lines of emerging tech, but this time it's a different story as the Mario company has just acquired a company called Mobiclip. Read The Full Story

Nintendo 3DS passes 4m US sales milestone

, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [1]

Nintendo has sold four million 3DS consoles in the US, the company has announced, as well as hitting new sales records on three titles, Mario and Zelda, Super Mario 3D Land, and Mario Kart 7. The milestone - which actually means the 3DS sold faster than the Wii did in its first nine months of launch, despite the glasses-free 3D handheld's pre-price-cut lull - put the 3DS in second place to the Wii in the US last year, with 4.5m of the motion-controlled consoles being sold. Read The Full Story

Nintendo has moved 50M DS units since launch

, Oct 17th 2011 Discuss [2]

Nintendo has been leading the portable gaming market for years since it launched the dual screen packing Nintendo DS. Nintendo has passed along some new numbers for the DS that come by way to stats tracking firm NPD and they show the DS is still selling very well. The Nintendo DS has now sold 50 million units since it was launched. Read The Full Story

Nintendo DS Lite slashed to $100; Mario goes red in June

, May 31st 2011 Discuss [2]

Nintendo has cut the price of the DS Lite console to $99.99, a $30 reduction from its previous RRP. The handheld - which has been superseded technically by the Nintendo 3DS but remains on sale as a budget, 2D-only option - is still a strong seller, with Nintendo shifting 17.52m (and almost 121m games) in 2010. Read The Full Story

Nintendo 3DS sales hit 3.61m: 2010 net income down 66.1%

, Apr 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

The Wii 2 may be off in 2012, but Nintendo is also talking about its current range, including sharing sales figures for the 3DS. According to the company's latest financial results [pdf link], Nintendo sold 3.61m 3DS along with 9.43m games to play on it; that pales in comparison to the DS, which Nintendo sold 17.52m of and almost 121m games. Nonetheless, sales for hardware and software overall were down in comparison to the previous year, with net sales for the twelve month period up to 2012 being 1,014 billion yen, down 29.3-percent, and net income of 77.2 billion yen, down 66.1-percent year-on-year. Read The Full Story

Nintendo 3DS sold 400k units the first week

, Apr 15th 2011 Discuss [4]

Nintendo launched its 3DS not too long ago and the console sold pretty well to start with. In Japan the PSP beat the 3DS one week in sales, but that was related to a new PSP game that was popular in Japan. New details on the 3DS sales figures have surfaced this week that show Nintendo had a good opening week of the new game console. Read The Full Story

Sony’s Next Generation Portable pricing reasonable but no 3D

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [4]

Sony's PSP refresh, code named Next Generation Portable (NGP), is a major overhaul two years in the making. But Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai promises that this time around they designed the device with the price in mind. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Sells 1.5 Million Consoles Over Black Friday Week

, Nov 29th 2010 Discuss [2]

While Black Friday is over and done with, and we're knee-deep in the savings that come with Cyber Monday, it looks like Nintendo made a killing off the Black Friday week. They sold plenty of consoles, which include members of the DS family, as well as the Wii home console. They sold enough, in fact, that the company feels like a formal press release is the right thing to do. Some may call this bragging, but then again, when you've sold as many consoles as Nintendo did, there might be a little room to do that. Read The Full Story
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