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Nintendo checkmate? Not yet, but closing in…
Once upon a time, either here on Infendo or in the clandestine back channels of the Infendo staff offices (read: gmail), I predicted that in 2007, we would see one of the major print magazines like BusinessWeek or Wired run a cover story about the resurgence of Nintendo. It came a bit earlier than even my fanboyish self could have predicted. Fortune has a huge article on Nintendo up right now, and...
Kutaragi stepping down as PlayStation chief this June
The father of the PlayStation Ken Kutaragi will “retire” on June 15 in light of a dismal PS3 launch. Kaz Hirai will take the helm effective this summer. The AP reports: “Although Kutaragi will remain an adviser, some U.S. gaming experts said the retirement may have been a face-saving firing and an effort by Stringer to recover from the botched PS3 launch.” Video games owe a...
Business 2.0: How the Wii is creaming the competition
Business 2.0 (my favorite biz magazine) has published the “untold story of how the Wii beat the Xbox, PlayStation.” Behold my copy and paste skills! “Nintendo’s turnaround began five years ago, when the company’s top strategists, including CEO Satoru Iwata and legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, zeroed in on two troubling trends: As young consumers started caree...