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Perrin Kaplan dishes on future Wii hardware
The Perrin Kaplan Show continues in earnest (Matt C is nowhere to be seen in this interview, however): BIZ: Why is Nintendo planning on releasing a DVD enabled Wii so long after the launch of the console? I don’t think many people will care. What’s the point? PK: I think it’s just to give them a choice. We’ve not yet come out with a firm date; we haven’t talked about ...
Who said anything about a Nintendo Drought?
Right about now is that special time when lazy columnists begin to write “do you think Nintendo can keep this up?” columns about the longevity of the Wii. The old Nintendo Drought chestnut is wheeled out and dusted off (it’s shaped like a GameCube), and everyone starts to get nervous that Nintendo is going to spontaneously cut off the game supply to its latest home console for no...
Bloomberg: Wii wins January
This is news, because it is indicative of a trend: Nintendo Co.’s Wii outsold Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 during January as consumers bought 436,000 of the video-game consoles. Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 was the second-most purchased machine with sales of 294,000, followed by PlayStation 3 with 244,000, Credit Suisse analyst Heath Terry said to...
Game|Life to Nintendo: start losing money
Chris Kohler over at Game|Life is one savvy blogger, and his latest post on Nintendo is spot-on. My latest big idea that I think Nintendo should consider is this: at some point, they should start throwing away cash into projects that might probably fail. No, stay with me on this one. At this point, Nintendo has proven that their strategy is viable. They’re expanding the market. DS did incred...
Nintendo will win console war by thinking ‘different,’ not ‘better’
Advertising Age examines what really makes Nintendo tick lately, namely differentiation. The crux of the article suggests that different thinking wins consumer hearts, not better technology or even better products. DS is an excellent example of this. The machine power is extremely dated; graphics, processor, even the touch screen. But the approach and application to handheld gaming is very differe...