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GameStop CFO expects ‘very, very strong fall’
Like rustling leaves freed by an October breeze, blockbuster games will be falling from store shelves into consumers’ hands all autumn long. Or so hopes David W. Carlson. The executive vice president and chief financial officer of GameStop, Carlson said Thursday the company expects to finish 2009 strong thanks to a Q4 release list including, among major multiplatform titles, “a couple&...
“The biggest threats to Nintendo’s success” isn’t even trying
An IGN editorial made the Digg homepage over the weekend and subsequently has been making the online rounds. The piece examines “the biggest threats to Nintendo’s success in 2009,” but I couldn’t help but feel underwhelmed after skimming it. It’s a great topic, but IGN’s reasonings seem irrelevant. Here’s why:
A note on multi-page Infendo articles
Dear readers, In an effort to optimize advertising page views to grow our little site, we’ve begun using multi-page articles on Infendo this month. We’re still working on where they make the most sense, but in the future, we plan on adhering to the following guidelines: For short news articles and blog posts, will we continue using the “continue reading” links on the home...
Madden 10 screens look fun, not real on Wii
EA today released a fresh batch of screenshots for Madden NFL 10 on Wii. Reactions to the first screen were mixed. But keep in mind Madden die-hards will stick to Xbox 360 and PS3 versions. The Wii version is obviously trying to do something new. For EA, the Wii version is all about growth, as the status quo design has grown stagnant in recent years. Still big, but stagnant. Madden NFL 10 arrives ...
THQ’s de Blob sells more than 700K worldwide
If the sticky, color-spewing de Blob were to splatter paint upon the THQ offices, he would color them green. A pale, cash-like shade, that is. CEO Brian Farrell said Tuesday his company’s colorful Wii platformer has sold more than 700,000 copies worldwide to date. The game’s success has enabled THQ to keep de Blob at its original price point. After five months at retail, de Blob still ...
Selling R4 carts illegal, says Japanese court
Nintendo gets what Nintendo wants. The Tokyo District Court granted an injunction yesterday against sales of the R4 DS cartridge in Japan. The original lawsuit was filed last July, when Nintendo and 54 game companies, including Capcom, Square Enix, SEGA and more, pushed for the cease of marketing, sales and importation of the Chinese-made cartridges. Nintendo had expressed an interest in the cart ...
Top 10 best-selling consoles of all time
Curiosity got the best of me this morning, and I wandered into my local Wikipedia library for unofficial numbers on the best selling video game systems of all time. According to the wisdom of the crowd, they are as follows: PlayStation 2 (Sony) — 140 million Game Boy (Nintendo) — 119 million PlayStation (Sony) — 102 million DS (Nintendo) — 96 million Game Boy Advance (Ninte...
Nintendo hires marketer to help sell Wii games
The most successful video game company on the planet has hired a company to help them sell video games. Irony doesn’t get much more ironic than that. On the Feb. 9 episode of IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat podcast, IGN editor Daemon Hatfield claims Nintendo has hired a San Francisco marketing firm to help the Kyoto-based juggernaut sell Wii games. “I met someone over the weekend who w...
Liquor, games sales thrive during recession
More than half a million Americans lost their jobs last month. If sales trends reflect reality, most coped by getting drunk and killing aliens. As vehicle manufacturers and major banks crumble amidst the worst economic environment since the Great Depression, U.S. sales of video games and alcoholic beverages have increased by record amounts. The video games industry is on pace to total a record $22...
Chrono Trigger gets “tweaked” description
I did not happen to notice this until I came across one of Gamecyte’s article earlier today. Apparently Game Stop thinks that they are pretty funny and decided to add a little Napoleon Dynamite to Chrono Trigger. While the description is kind of funny, I find it disturbing that they are allowed to post a different description that has hardly anything to actually do with the game. Not only do...
Variety confirms Boom Blox sequel coming
Christmas has come early for David. In an article about the closure of Electronic Arts’ undisclosed Blueprint project, Variety confirmed a Boom Blox sequel is in development. Blueprint was at the helm of the Boom Blox sequel, which has shifted to EA’s merged casual/Sims label. Blueprint was focused on bringing new IP to multiple media. According to Variety, “some called it a proj...
October Wii’s best month since December 2007
Starman apparently now provides invincibility from both Goombas and a crumbling economy. Power up! In the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Nintendo sold a staggering 800,000 Wii consoles in the United States during the month of October. It was the best month for Wii sales since December 2007 and a sizable jump over September’s 687,000. The nearest competitor, M...