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Regginator loses Mario bet with Call of Duty
Last November, Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime predicted that New Super Mario Bros Wii would outsell the 360 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by January. “Absolutely. I say that unequivocally,” he said at the time. It didn’t happen, reports 1up. Since its release, Modern Warfare 2 has amassed a sales total of 6,156,700 on the 360 in the United States, according to th...
State of play: One giant HD game and a ton of Nintendo ones
Combined video game sales across the world’s three largest markets (USA, Japan, UK) were released by the NPD group today. Here’s what the top 5 best-selling games were last year: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, 11.86mil Wii Sports Resort, 7.57mil New Super Mario Bros. Wii, 7.41mil Wii Fit Plus, 5.80mil Wii Fit, 5.44mil Activision took the top spot with Nintendo filling in the remaining...
Video game sales down 8% to $20B last year
NEW YORK’According to leading market research company, The NPD Group, U.S. retail sales of video games, which includes portable and console hardware, software and accessories, generated revenues of close to $19.66 billion, an 8 percent decline over the $21.4 billion generated in 2008. Retail sales in the PC game software industry also experienced declines, with revenues down 23 percent, generating...
Nintendo will need better casual games to continue their console war
As most of you have no doubt read, Nintendo President Satoru Iawta is concerned that the Wii is in an unhealthy state, and that it is urgent for Nintendo to recover sales momentum. This statement, coupled with recent numbers confirming this sales drop, has left many to point the finger at Nintendo’s Blue Ocean Strategy, which disrupted the video game market by bringing a wider audience into ...
Nintendo blames lack of games, not immovable console price, for declining Wii sales
The Wii currently holds the record for being the first console to last three years without a price drop. At least that what’s the clerk at GameStop told me, so it’s gotta be true! So just how long will the record last? It seems like the company is shooting for at least four years, maybe even five, if recent comments from the company are to be believed. When asked at a “recent inv...
The “official” reason MadWorld and The Conduit failed to sell
While the speculation continues, I’ve got the real reasons MadWorld and The Conduit failed to meet sales expectations: MadWorld is in black and white. The Conduit is mediocre. Black and white and mediocre don’t sell, regardless of the platform. That said, selling mature games on Wii is not without its challenges. Only the above games have nothing to do with said challenges. They’...
Capcom: Resident Evil 5 “possible” on Wii. Infendo: “No thanks’We don’t care about boring sequels”
Some Capcom dude has been quoted as saying that Resident Evil 5 is “possible” on Wii. Still, it “isn’t likely,” he says. Were he talking about a game of consequence, say Capcom’s excellent Resident Evil 4, I would be saddened by the statement. But he’s not talking about a game of consequence. He’s talking about a clunky controlled, out of touch Resid...
Bustin’ makes New Game Get feel good!
[Insert lame who-you-gonna-call joke here]! Besides Ghostbusters, there’s also the possibly rad Flower, Sun, and Rain by Suda 51. What’s on deck for you this week?
Trauma Team comes to the Wii in 2010
It’s been almost a good two years since the last release of a Trauma Center title on the Wii. However, Trauma Team is not just about being a masterful surgeon with the healing touch. Visit the next page for some more screens and find out exactly what the game is about.
EA Sports responds to Madden 10 graphical change on Wii
Depending on how you slice it, the new look of Madden NFL on Wii is either a welcome change or repulsive break from the norm. When EA Sports unveiled the unique, admittedly more playful look last month, a lot of fans were turned off. Overnight, the Wii version ditched the simulated realism it was known for in favor of arcade exaggeration. Why? We caught up with the Madden Wii designer Matt Read fo...
Nintendo aims to increase third-party support
Nintendo has a message for its third-party partners—there’s still plenty of room in the Mushroom Kingdom. Speaking Tuesday with the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo of America president Reggie-Fils Aime said he hopes to increase the percentage of Wii games published by third-party companies by 15 percent. Fils-Aime’s goal would raise the third-party Wii share from 55 to 70 percent, ...