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Hardware maker Sony has announced that it plans to sell 10 million units of the PlayStation Vita handheld during the fiscal 2013 year, which started on April 1, but at least one analyst believes that the figure is overly optimistic given the recent market performance of the device.
Colin Sebastian, who is an analyst... |
16 May 2012
17:31 GMT |
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For the fiscal year that ended on March 31, Sony has reported that the newly introduced PlayStation Vita has sold 1.8 million devices all over the world, with 1.2 million of them moved before March 1 in the United States, Asia and Europe.
Kauzo Hirai, who is the current president and chief executive officer of Sony,... |
11 May 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The Japanese division of Sony has announced that it will be launching a new variant of the PlayStation Vita handheld, called Crystal White, on June 28.
The price of the new color version will be the same as that of the black PlayStation Vita, and Sony will offer both Wi-Fi and 3G models.
Matching headphones will al... |
8 May 2012
13:31 GMT |
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The PlayStation Vita has now been out all over the world since February, but the device has failed to find a solid audience and seems to be dropping sales on a weekly basis even on the home Japanese market. Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the leading video game developers at Nintendo, a company that manufactures the rival ... |
7 May 2012
19:41 GMT |
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The lack of support from Western developers for the Nintendo 3DS is a sign that the handheld has not yet achieved maturity on the market and the attitude of companies will change in the coming months and link up with that of Japanese publisher like Square Enix and Capcom.
Satoru Iwata, who is both the chief executiv... |
2 May 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher Nintendo has announced that it has plans to double the overall sales of titles for the 3DS handheld during the current fiscal year, although it still has some problems generating enthusiasm for the device on Western markets.
Speaking to investors Satoru Iwata, the chief executive officer and the... |
1 May 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo has recently announced that they are planning to launch digital versions of all their retail titles starting with August for the 3DS handheld and it seems that retail chains will be crucial to the success of the new initiative.Satoru Iwata, the chief executive offi... |
30 April 2012
09:03 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo has reported its first ever annual loss for the year that ended on March 31, saying that it has lost 43.2 billion Yen, about 531.1 million dollars (402.8 million Euro) while overall sales came in at 647 billion Yen, around 8 billion dollars (6.06 billion Euro).
Th... |
27 April 2012
08:57 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher Nintendo has announced that New Super Mario Bros 2 for the Nintendo 3DS handheld is being prepared for an August launch on the Japanese market.The company plans to also release the game at roughly the same time in the United States and Europe will probably get it at the same time, a... |
21 April 2012
08:06 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker Sony has refused to offer any hint as to the number of PlayStation Vita handhelds that it has managed to sell on the United States market during the month of March, opting instead to highlight that the new console has momentum and an important number of launches set for the new future.Dan Ra... |
14 April 2012
04:51 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware maker Sony has launched a new firmware update for its PlayStation Vita handheld, labeled 1.67, which is optional and can be downloaded by any user by going to the Settings tab of the console’s menu.The new update is not required in order to access the PlayStation Network and th... |
13 April 2012
07:01 GMT |
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The partnership between the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, and the video game and console developer Nintendo has finally bared fruit, with the 3DS handheld bringing an informative and interactive audio guide to the visitors of the well-known museum.The new guide will use the 3D capabilities of the handheld and anima... |
11 April 2012
09:20 GMT |
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After the NPD Group revealed the sales numbers for hardware in the United States during the month of February video game hardware maker and publisher Sony has issued a statement which talks about the exceptions initial sales of the PlayStation Vita handheld.Patrick Seybold, who is the corporate communications boss wo... |
10 March 2012
04:31 GMT |
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Nintendo is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Nintendo 3DS handheld in the West by announcing that the device has managed to sell more than 4.2 million units all over the world, also powering the release of important video games like Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7.
Reggie Fils-Aime, who... |
7 March 2012
10:01 GMT |
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The leading producer working on the long-running Resident Evil series has said that the player response and the sales of the Nintendo 3DS game, Revelations, mean that the team might be persuaded to create another similar experience.
Masachika Kawata, who is the series producer working on Resident Evil, told IGN tha... |
5 March 2012
07:24 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that the newly launched PlayStation Vita handheld has managed to sell more than 1.2 million units all over the world, as shown by internal figures from the company that track sales until the end of February.
The company has not broken down sales by territory so it’s no... |
29 February 2012
10:43 GMT |
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The development team at Gearbox working on Borderlands 2 denied that it had any plans to create a version of the action game for the newly launched PlayStation Vita handheld, despite suggestions from an e-mail linked to the leader of the company.
Talking to VG247, a representative from the development team said that... |
29 February 2012
04:31 GMT |
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The developers at Nintendo working on Mario Open Tennis have announced that they are planning to launch the Nintendo 3DS bound tennis simulation on May 25 in the United States and that they have a trailer set to show off the features of the title. The game experience seems to be very similar to that of Mario Power T... |
23 February 2012
13:41 GMT |
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The general perception might be that the PlayStation Vita has been underperforming on the Japanese market, but one leading Sony executive says that the new device is now doing well and that it will perform even better in North America and in Europe.
Speaking to IGN, Jack Tretton, the leader of the American division ... |
22 February 2012
04:18 GMT |
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The Western launch of the PlayStation Vita is nearly upon us and leading Sony executives believe that one of the main features to ensure the success of the device are the new connectivity features.
Shuhei Yoshida, the leader of the Sony Worldwide Studios and one of the main promoters of the Vita, tells IndustryGamer... |
21 February 2012
02:41 GMT |
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The PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony has not managed to sell well on the Japanese home market and there’s some concern that a number of developers might be ready to abandon the new device and deliver their titles on the more popular Nintendo 3DS. But Scott Rohde, the senior vice president at the Sony Worldw... |
16 February 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware maker Sony has announced that it plans to launch the biggest ever marketing campaign linked to the video game console in order to promote the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld before and during its first few weeks after launch.
John Koller, who is the hardware marketing director wo... |
14 February 2012
19:51 GMT |
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A representative from video game publisher Electronic Arts has revealed that the upcoming action and role-playing mix Mass Effect 3 from BioWare is set to get tie-ins that will be available on both handhelds and on mobile devices.
EA has mentioned the new games linked to the Mass Effect universe in a number of quart... |
3 February 2012
04:18 GMT |
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The developers at Genius Sonority, who are well known for their work on Nintendo-made handheld devices, have announced that they plan to launch a new 3DS title that will use the much-touted Augmented Reality features of the device.
The game is called Radio Wave People and will challenge the player to collect a numbe... |
2 February 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker and publisher Nintendo has announced that the Pearl Pink version of the Nintendo 3DS handheld will be launched as a standalone product on the United States market on February 10.
The new hardware will cost those interested 169.99 dollars (129 Euro) and it is already offered on European mark... |
1 February 2012
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The PlayStation Vita is rapidly approaching its late February release date and Sony has now revealed two special deals it will be running at that time. These focus on the 3G version of the handheld console by offering free accessories, like memory cards, as well as a free game and free AT&T mobile internet access. T... |
30 January 2012
15:51 GMT |
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What we know:
The Katamari series is a perfect example of the kind of gameplay that only Japanese developers could dream and then create.
The series launched on the PlayStation 2 in 2004 and has since then appeared on the iOS powered devices, the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation 3, and now Namco Bandai has also brou... |
27 January 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Nintendo might have posted a series of financial results for the last nine months of 2011 that were below expectations and included losses, but the company was proud to announce that the much-maligned 3DS handheld was now the fastest selling product that the company has ever launched worldwide.Satoru Iwata, the presi... |
27 January 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Telecom company AT&T announced that it had changed the pricing for the 3G data services for the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony.
The smallest plan is still a 250 MB traffic limited one for 30 days, which will sell for 15 dollars (11.6 Euro), but a plan that was set to sell for 25 dollars (20.6 Euro) wit... |
24 January 2012
04:16 GMT |
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Video game publisher SEGA has released a new trailer for Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz, one of its upcoming PlayStation Vita titles, alongside the image that will serve as the cover.The game is a platformer which uses a number of time travel mechanics in order to allow the player close control over his chosen chara... |
16 January 2012
05:56 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware developer Sony has launched a small firmware update for the PlayStation Vita handheld device in Japan, bringing it up to version 1.52.The company seems to have been forced to launch the small update in order to fix a problem which was introduced via firmware patch 1.51 which made han... |
16 January 2012
04:48 GMT |
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Sony is set to execute its biggest marketing campaign ever, ahead of the release of the PlayStation Vita at the end of February. The PlayStation Vita is eagerly awaited by quite a lot of gamers all around the world, with plenty of people being attracted by its hardware capabilities, the array of games that will appe... |
11 January 2012
03:12 GMT |
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Kaz Hirai, who is the leader of the consumer products division at video game publisher and hardware developer Sony, has officially announced that, at the moment, the sales numbers for new the PlayStation Vita handheld stand at just over 500,000.This is the exact number of devices that Sony has shipped to retail chain... |
10 January 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Rayman Origins, the colorful side scrolling platformer that was released late last year on the PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii, is making its way onto the Nintendo 3DS in March. Rayman Origins was Ubisoft’s attempt at reviving its classic Rayman franchise, using its UbiArt technology, which recreates stunning hand-drawn ... |
9 January 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Dedicated mobile gaming platforms like the already launched Nintendo 3DS or the upcoming PlayStation Vita might achieve impressive sales throughout the year, but M2 Research analyst Billy Pidgeon believes they’ll still be affected by other mobile devices like phones or tablets.
Many years ago, the only way to ... |
4 January 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Video game hardware creator and game publisher Nintendo has announced that with 4 million units moved on the United States market during the whole of 2011 the 3DS handheld is now better performing, for a nine month period, than the Wii home console was on launch.Despite the good sales performance, especially after th... |
4 January 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Nintendo seems to be interested in keeping up the momentum of the Nintendo 3DS handheld not just by launching new video games for it but by also adding new features that have been so far linked to smartphones and tablets, like eReader capabilities.A source inside Nintendo has talked to fan site ForgetTheBox and state... |
4 January 2012
04:14 GMT |
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BioWare, the studio responsible for huge games like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, or the more recent Star Wars: The Old Republic, has said that it’s still exploring the mobile gaming industry, with one member of its team being tasked with spotting “logical extensions” of its franchises into this area.
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3 January 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Developer and publisher TikGames has announced that it is working on a new action arcade game called Stick Man Rescue that will be launched on the PlayStation Portable handheld using the Mini program from Sony.The game allows players to pilot a troop transport copter through a number of levels littered with danger, t... |
3 January 2012
03:41 GMT |
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2012 is the year when the PlayStation Portable Vita from Sony is finally launched in both North America and Europe and this might actually mean that the Nintendo 3DS, a device that has enjoyed a good period lately, might face some tough times.Colin Sebastian, who is an analyst watching the video game industry for Bai... |
29 December 2011
04:16 GMT |
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The PlayStation Vita has just been released in Japan and Sony has now revealed just how the features of the new device are being showcased to new customers, thanks to a group of minigames that are part of a ‘Welcome Park’ collection.
The PlayStation Vita is, at least according to Sony, the most advanced ... |
28 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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The Nintendo 3DS might have had a sluggish launch but now the device is selling very well in Japan and seems to be also picking up steam on Western markets and the company that launched it seems to be ready to invest the resources to keep up this momentum in the coming months.As part of the Nintendo Direct presentati... |
27 December 2011
17:31 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer and publisher Nintendo has announced that it has sold more than 4.1 million units of the new 3DS handheld on the Japanese market, managing to turn around a hardware platform that seemed destined for failure just a few months ago.The 3DS has been launched in Japan in late February of this... |
27 December 2011
08:17 GMT |
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Video game companies Namco Bandai and Nintendo have announced that they are collaborating in order to launch the upcoming Tekken 3D Prime Edition in Europe on February 17 of next year.Nintendo is set to be responsible for the sale, the marketing and the distribution of the new fighting game both in Europe and in Aust... |
22 December 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Sony has once again praised its upcoming PlayStation Vita, which has just been released in Japan, saying that it’s the best handheld gaming device ever made by the Japanese company, being designed to trump the experiences delivered by other dedicated portable game consoles as well as tablets or smartphones.The ... |
21 December 2011
18:41 GMT |
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The PlayStation Vita has been launched in Japan for close to one full week and the developers at Sony working on the hardware and the software for the device are already looking to the future, with the Augmented Reality features of the device one possible focus.Shuhei Yoshida, who is a vice president at Sony Computer... |
21 December 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware creator Sony has launched an English version of the manual for the PlayStation Vita online, allowing all those who speak the language to take a closer look at how the features of the new device will work.The move is somewhat surprising because the device is only set to launch on West... |
20 December 2011
05:29 GMT |
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Reports from tracking firm Enterbrain as seen in the magazine Famitsu are saying that on December 17 and 18 the PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony has managed to sell 321,407 device on the Japanese market.This means that the new device has managed to sell better than the original PSP, which moved 166,074 units durin... |
20 December 2011
04:15 GMT |
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The leadership of the well known Louvre Museum in Paris, France have announced that they are planning to make the switch from traditional audio guides to the new Nintendo 3DS handhelds, which will offer a much better multimedia experience to visitors.Nintendo is set to deliver 5,000 devices to the Louvre during March... |
19 December 2011
20:11 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer and game publisher Sony has initially shipped 500,000 units of the PlayStation Vita handheld for the launch on the Japanese market and has then supplemented the number by another 200,000 in order to make sure that there are enough devices available in order to sate the demand of gamers.S... |
19 December 2011
04:20 GMT |
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