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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 prepping Wii U eBook store and courting iOS devs says source

, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [1]

Nintendo is reportedly not only preparing an app store for the Wii U, the company's next-gen console scheduled for launch this year, but an ebook platform for distributing game guides, digital magazines and more. The company has already approached publishers and developers about the Wii U ereader store, ForgetTheBox's source claims, and is considering offering its back-catalog of out of print "Players Guides" for titles like Super Mario World free to download to Wii U gamers. Read The Full Story

Nintendo to offer a true app store for Wii U

, Dec 30th 2011 Discuss [0]

We have already seen the Wii U with its superior graphics and fancy touchscreen controller and it looks really cool. If you are counting the days until that console launches you will get a kick out of this. Unsurprisingly Nintendo will be offering an app store for the game console. According to the reports that app store won't be like the DSi or the Wii stores, but will be the full-blown type. Read The Full Story

Facebook games are repetitive says Nintendo president

, Dec 22nd 2011 Discuss [7]

Nintendo North America president Reggie Fils-Aime has again dismissed speculation that the company will release versions of its titles for other platforms, including Facebook, though the chief exec does admit that Nintendo is experimenting with "other forms of monetization." Ever outspoken, Fils-Aime argues social gaming platforms like Zynga "deliver the same experience all the time"; "doing the same thing over and over again is no longer fine" he told AllThingsD. Read The Full Story

The Wii U Is Coming: Why Buy the Wii Now?

, Dec 8th 2011 Discuss [101]

I’m shocked that anyone wants to buy the Wii. But I’m even more shocked that so many people are doing it. Earlier this week, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter reported, based on his checks, that a little over 1 million Wii units were sold last month, putting the device slightly behind the Xbox 360 in overall sales during the period.

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Nintendo: Miyamoto “no intention of stepping down”

, Dec 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

Reports that Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto was step away from game development are false, the Japanese company has insisted, saying the well-respected exec "has no intention of stepping down." Claims of Miyamoto - responsible for starting the Mario, Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda franchises, among others - retiring had been spawned after a Wired interview in which the developer apparently indicated he was keen to take on a "smaller project"; Nintendo's share price was hit strongly, dropping 2-points - more than double the Nikkei average - and forcing the company to issue a clarification. Read The Full Story

Specs for Wii U Leak

, Dec 6th 2011 Discuss [12]

We have already talked a lot about the Wii U and today some new details have surfaced. The rumored specs for the console have now surfaced reports Toms Guide. The rumors are claiming that the new Nintendo consoles will have a 45nm PowerPC-based 3GHz processor that packs in quad cores. According to the source of the leaked details the processor is similar to the one used in the Xbox 360. Read The Full Story

My Tech Vice: I Buy Because I Want It, Not Because I Need It

, Nov 20th 2011 Discuss [26]

I’m here to make a confession: I buy technology products — from smartphones to tablets to video game consoles — not because I need them, but because I want them.

Let me take you on a brief recent history.

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Nintendo 3DS set to beat DS first-year sales

, Nov 12th 2011 Discuss [8]

This week its appearing quite possible that regardless of doubts in its success and the whole price slash situation, the Nintendo 3DS may well surpass its DS predecessor's first year sales. It is important to note first of all that even though the price cut didn't make everyone on the streets happy, sales did rise significantly. Sales started to soar come August of this year, and now according to the NPD Group the system has passed the 1.65 million units sold mark in the USA putting the device right on track to beat out the original in the same span. Read The Full Story

Is Nintendo the Next SEGA?

, Jul 31st 2011 Discuss [98]

If you’ve been following Nintendo news as of late, you know that the company is in trouble. During its last-reported quarter, its revenue slid considerably, it posted a loss, and hardware sales plummeted. In order to revive the ailing 3DS, Nintendo was forced to cut its price from $249.99 to $169.99.

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Nintendo reports Q2 financial misery: 25.5bn yen loss, “few hit titles”

, Jul 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

Nintendo has announced its Q2 2011 financial results[pdf link] and it makes for disappointing reading for the Japanese gaming giant. Net sales were down over 50-percent against the same period in 2010, and net losses reached 25.5bn yen, with Nintendo blaming not only lackluster sales of the 3DS but development costs associated with 2012's Wii U. Read The Full Story

Sony Must Announce the PlayStation 4 ASAP

, Jul 9th 2011 Discuss [182]

Earlier this week, reports surfaced suggesting Sony would be launching the PlayStation 4 next year. Almost immediately, Sony fans jumped for joy at the news, while Microsoft fans scoffed at the idea. And along the way, Sony hasn’t said for sure what might happen.

Even so, I’m here to tell you (and Sony) that the PlayStation 4 should launch as early as possible next year.

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