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Nintend-owned: Wii to outsell PS3 4:1 in May
There’s owning the competition, and then there’s owning the competition. And then there’s whatever the heck Nintendo is doing right now. Therefore, the competition — such as it is at the moment — has officially been Nintend-owned in May.
Wii is fine despite hardcore cabin fever
The gaming industry is having a difficult time comprehending Nintendo’s recent success. Many gamers who have since moved on exclusively to more “mature” Xbox and PlayStation offerings even suggest that the “Wii bubble will burst any day.” That is people will grow tired of Wii’s novelty and inferior graphics in the long-run despite the similar and ongoing success...
Nintendo releases for the week ending June 16th
Here are the new releases for all Nintendo systems in North America this week: Wii: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Scarface: The World Is Yours The Sims 2: Pets DS: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Time Ace Zendoku Wii owners: Will you be getting your brain measured? DS owners: Will you be buying another copy of Diamond/Pearl?
We’re Number One – top sellers for the week
Here are the number one Wii and DS games sold around the world this week: Wii North America: Mario Party 8 EU/UK: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Japan: BioHazard 4 Wii Edition DS North America: Pokemon Diamond UK: Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training Japan: Miru Chikara o Jissen de Kitaeru: DS Ganryoku Training Since there weren’t any new releases for Wii this week, it’s no sur...
Nintendo buys Japan
Ok, so that headline is a tad misleading. I’ll come out and say that right away. But you have to forgive me for the slight deception, because Nintendo is selling more than 100,000 DS units per week and the Wii is now the prime minister. Ok, it’s not, but wouldn’t that be just the cutest little thing ever? On a more serious and sane note, the Wii did sell 69,748 units, bringing th...
Bleszinski’s bro: Oh noes! No more hardcore!
I spent a few minutes today trying to figure out what Tyler Bleszinski was trying to say in his guest column for Newsweek. Something about the Wii’s success killing hardcore gaming. Even now, I’m not so sure I know what the heck I just read. Hardcore gamers are led Zeppelin? The rest of us are the Bee Gee’s? First, it was that he was disgusted that grandmas were buying Wii games ...
Key executives to leave Nintendo?
According to a post on GameInformer, three key executives are set to leave Nintendo when the company moves its marketing group to San Francisco or New York. The article lists Senior Director of Public Relations Beth Llewelyn, Vice President, Marking and Corporate Affairs Perrin Kaplan, and Senior Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communications George Harrison. This would be a major shakeup ...
‘The games industry lost its way’ wrap-up
Infendo regular Invisibleman lays out a pretty solid explainer to complement our recent articles on the video games industry losing its way: I think Jack missed the biggest problem the whole entertainment industry faces today, not just video games but also TV, music, and film: the combination of higher production costs, the limit on how much they can charge for their products, and the fact that co...
How the game industry lost its way (and how Nintendo could save it — again), part 2
Editor’s Note: First off, a big thanks to everyone who commented on part 1 (even some of the negative ones over at digg.com 🙂 ). It was by no means a perfect column, as I discovered upon subsequent re-reads, but I do appreciate that many people out there share my view on the industry today. Perhaps we can change it, if only just a little. For now though, onward and upward to part 2… Pa...
Japanese Hardware Sales (May 2007)
Bloomberg reports that Nintendo is outselling Sony in Japan. They say Wii is outselling PS3 by 5 to 1. Having a hard time visualizing numbers, and being inspired by Blake’s chart obsession, I created the above pie graph to illustrate just what those numbers mean. [The totals are for video game hardware only, so Sony’s plethora of other products do not figure into the equation.] Infendo...
Nintendo releases for the week ending June 9th
Here are the new releases for all Nintendo systems in North America this week: DS: – Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu – Nintendo DS Web Browser – Planet Puzzle League The DS browser finally makes its way to America and another Touch Generations title, Planet Puzzle League, is released. If the recent review in Nintendo Power is accurate, Planet Puzzle League sounds pretty good t...
We’re Number One – top sellers for the week
Here are the number one Wii and DS games sold around the world this week: Wii North America: Mario Party 8 EU/UK: Mario Strikers Charged Football Japan: BioHazard 4 Wii Edition DS North America: Pokemon Diamond UK: Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training Japan: Miru Chikara o Jissen de Kitaeru: DS Ganryoku Training The #1 Japanese DS title, which will be known as Medicara in other territories, sounds...