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The DSi is a true success for Nintendo, the company that has designed it and offers the biggest array of games on it, but it seems that there are more improvements that can be made to the handheld and that the hardware manufacturer is planning to release an updated device that will feature bigger screens, designed to... |
27 October 2009
17:41 GMT |
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The much awaited NPD Group hardware and software sales figures for September have finally arrived and while the picture looks less grim for the videogame industry (where are the times when we deemed it recession proof?), there are still signs of trouble.The Nintendo DS handheld still manages to be the best sold gamin... |
20 October 2009
08:07 GMT |
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While we are waiting for the NPD Group to release the sales figures for September, which should have been out on Friday but have been delayed because of some processing issues, the latest hardware and software numbers out of Japan are available, with sales of all gaming hardware falling even as all the big consoles a... |
19 October 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Regie Fills-Aime, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Nintendo of America, has launched scathing attacks on the various devices that are trying to position themselves as being rivals to the company's Nintendo DS handheld. The company man touted the advantages of the platform, which at the moment leads the mark... |
13 October 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Sony released its new handheld, the PlayStation Portable Go, in Japan last week while also taking down the price of the older PSP-3000, which resulted in a series growth for the line. Still, the Nintendo DSi managed to be the biggest seller of the week, moving no less than 53,293 units. The Sony-made PSP only shipped... |
12 October 2009
14:21 GMT |
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The beginning of another week means that we have an update related to the hardware and software charts in the far away land of Japan. It seems to be a week without big surprises, with the PlayStation 3 Slim continuing to decline in sales slowly while the Nintendo DS dominates hardware.The Nintendo-made handheld has m... |
5 October 2009
04:39 GMT |
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One of the biggest innovations coming alongside the DSi, the new handheld model released by Nintendo earlier in the year all over the world, is that it can actually receive content via its WiFi connection. Nintendo has exploited this by offering a DSiWare service, modeled after WiiWare, which allows users to create u... |
1 October 2009
03:54 GMT |
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The Japanese videogame market has been reinvigorated in the last few weeks by the release of the all new and cheaper PlayStation 3 Slim and by the launch of fresh Pokemon videogames. These twin forces seem, for the moment at least, to be holding up the market in preparation for the upcoming slew of releases that will... |
28 September 2009
04:58 GMT |
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PopCap Games, the company that has made a fortune on the back of casual experiences designed to charm the player with their personality and their simplicity, has announced that it plans to bring two Bejeweled Twist and two Bookworm releases to the Nintendo handhelds. The company is aiming to deliver content for both ... |
24 September 2009
02:39 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is announcing that it has released two new video games for the Nintendo DSi, called SUDOKU and MySims Camera. They are just the beginning of a wider move on the part of the publisher to create video games that are uniquely suited to be played on the new device created by Nintendo, which sports two new... |
23 September 2009
02:36 GMT |
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Last week, the PlayStation 3 Slim, with its newly reduced price point, managed to top the charts and move more units than the initial launch of the Sony home console. This week is more normal, with the Nintendo DSi handheld getting back to the first spot in the hardware chart. Still, Sony must be pleased to see that ... |
21 September 2009
04:48 GMT |
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For the second week in a row, sales of the PlayStation 3 have fallen sharply on the Japanese market, as supply is dwindling and buyers are keeping their money in their pockets, getting ready to buy the PlayStation 3 Slim, with its sleek profile and its lower price, once it is widely available on sale.Meanwhile, the N... |
7 September 2009
05:23 GMT |
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The Japanese hardware chart is showing a steep fall in sales of the PlayStation 3 in the territory, as players who are interested in one of Sony's gaming consoles are holding off so that they can pick up the new PlayStation 3 Slim when it comes out at the beginning of September.The main reasons behind the waitin... |
31 August 2009
04:56 GMT |
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It seems that the fate of the Square Enix role playing title Dragon Quest IX and that of the Nintendo-made DSi handheld is linked, at least for the time being. Sales of the device have surged by about 17,000, as the RPG again topped the hardware chart in Japan.The Nintendo DSi sold 87,936 units in the week that ... |
24 August 2009
05:14 GMT |
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Nintendo is announcing that all users of its DSi handheld can now enhance their social experience with the console by connecting directly to Facebook and posting photos taken with the cameras of the device.The Facebook Connect feature is being offered via a free system update that the gadget is set to download via th... |
4 August 2009
06:04 GMT |
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It's truly amazing to see the impact that one successful videogame release can have on the industry as a whole. The Japanese videogaming market has been pretty much stagnated this year, with sales below 2008 levels in both the hardware and the software categories. The summer release of the Square Enix developed ... |
27 July 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Sony has placed a big bet on the success of the PlayStation Portable Go, the new device, officially unveiled at E3, which is set to be released this fall. Designed in part as the firm's response to the success of the new Nintendo DSi, the PSP Go still has some problems, in the eyes of analysts, like the price ta... |
15 July 2009
14:41 GMT |
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Japan seems to be still interested in handhelds and in Wii Sports Resort or so the charts coming out of the country suggest. The Nintendo DS is the best sold gaming console and the Nintendo made game still leads the software charts by a huge margin.The DSi has sold no less than 46,855 units in one week with its only ... |
13 July 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The Nintendo DSi, the latest iteration of the DS handheld console from the Japanese company, has taken the world by storm even though analysts predicted that it wouldn't be as successful because the user base was already very large. But they were wrong, as the DSi is selling like hot cakes all over the world. T... |
1 July 2009
02:23 GMT |
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The Japanese hardware chart was a source of surprises earlier this year as the PlayStation 3 from Sony managed to outsell the Nintendo Wii by several thousands of units in March and in April. But now things seem to be back to normal and only a very big videogame release might upset the delicate balance of this chart.... |
29 June 2009
04:06 GMT |
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The DS is a hugely successful gaming console, largely due to the fact that it has a lot of video games made for it and because of the great support that it has been enjoying from Nintendo.As its latest iteration, the DSi, is breaking records left and right, and is extremely popular, even though the user base for the ... |
25 June 2009
02:21 GMT |
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In Japan, the Xbox 360 is gaining ground on the PlayStation 3, with the gap for the week ending on June 14 being of about 2,000 units. Of course, the dominant gaming devices are still handhelds, with the Nintendo DSi, updated and improved, selling 36,872 units, leading the hardware chart, again pushed forward by a ne... |
22 June 2009
13:21 GMT |
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In what is surely unpleasant news for Nintendo, its DSi handheld has lost quite a bit of its sales edge over the PlayStation Portable, despite the fact that the two top games in the chart have been developed for it.Japan might be, at last, getting tired of the new device as most of the early adopters have already got... |
15 June 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Apparently, the DSi was not the only handheld on which Nintendo worked after launching the original DS. At some point in the last three years, the company completely discarded another hardware prototype, an event that might have left a greater imprint on any other firm but Nintendo.Satoru Iwata told CNBC that “... |
10 June 2009
14:51 GMT |
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The NPD Group, which tracks software and hardware sales in North America, is set to release its data for the month of May at the end of this week and, ahead of that event, several analysts are saying that the numbers will be disappointing, mainly because of the fact that May 2008 was a very good month, with Grand The... |
9 June 2009
18:11 GMT |
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Nintendo has experienced some huge sales ever since it released its Wii and DS consoles. Both of them have broken records and have been met with huge demand from fans of the Japanese hardware manufacturer. But now things aren't going as they used to, with the Wii losing ground to its arch rivals, the Xbox 360 a... |
5 June 2009
14:41 GMT |
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Mario is again one of the main stars of the Nintendo line up of videogames, as shown at E3, which takes place in Los Angeles at the moment. At the Nintendo presentation, quite a few titles featuring the well-known Italian plumber have been unveiled.One of them is Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, set to appe... |
3 June 2009
16:51 GMT |
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As always, handhelds are the best sold gaming devices in Japan, with the Nintendo DS again edging out the PlayStation Portable. When it comes to home consoles, the domination of the PlayStation 3 seems to have come to an end, as for the third week, the Nintendo Wii captured the top spot. And Mass Effect, recently rel... |
1 June 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Piracy is a huge concern for the gaming industry these days as it isn't limited to the PC platform, where it reached the highest levels, but to almost all platforms, including the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii or the PlayStation Portable. Nintendo's small handheld, the DS, made no exception as pirates easily foun... |
20 May 2009
15:01 GMT |
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In the Land of the Rising Sun, the skies were a bit dark for Nintendo, as the PlayStation 3 solidly outsold the Nintendo Wii, and as the PlayStation Portable overtook the Nintendo DS. But the situation has been reversed, with the Wii and DS becoming the best selling products in their categories.The Nintendo DSi sold ... |
18 May 2009
04:37 GMT |
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The Nintendo DSi, released in the month of April, is set to increase the sales of the Nintendo made handheld by more than 175% year over year, which is quite the performance, says industry analyst Mike Hickey, who is working for Janco Partners.One of the reasons is the increased price of the Nintendo DSi, which makes... |
14 May 2009
03:34 GMT |
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Handheld video game consoles are evolving these days, with devices such as the PlayStation Portable or the Nintendo DS outgrowing their first capabilities and, through recent installments like the PSP-3000 and the Nintendo DSi, getting more and more features. But with features such as music and video playback, wirel... |
27 April 2009
13:01 GMT |
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The biggest problem for the PlayStation Portable is that the videogames released for it were not that great and Sony is ready to acknowledge that.More support for the platform might lead more potential buyers to get the device and use it to play games and watch media. With games like Patapon 2 already out, the consol... |
22 April 2009
03:18 GMT |
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The successful run that the PlayStation 3 began in Japan more than six months ago seems to continue unabated. For the first time since the Nintendo Wii and the PlayStation 3 began competing on the market, the Sony made console has managed to sell better than the Wii for more than one month, posting sales of 146,946 a... |
13 April 2009
14:11 GMT |
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For its latest devices, the Japanese console giant Nintendo has used some very interesting terms. We all remember the first time when we heard the name of the Wii console, which sparked a variety of jokes, but, in the end, really stood for “we,” as it made families and friends gather together and spend qu... |
8 April 2009
02:35 GMT |
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The handheld gaming market is currently split between two big manufacturers, Nintendo and Sony, which, through their very successful products, the DS and the PSP, are appealing to a wide variety of gamers across the world. But while the DS has been targeting children and casual gamers, the PSP has always taken pride... |
6 April 2009
16:41 GMT |
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The Nintendo DSi has just been launched in North America, bringing with it new features to handheld gaming. The DS is still quite popular there, but the fresh twin cameras, music playback capabilities and improved functions of the DSi will surely attract a lot of people.Alongside these hardware features, the device w... |
6 April 2009
02:42 GMT |
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Opera is announcing that just as the Nintendo DSi is being launched in North America, on April 5, and in Europe, on April 3, the well-known browser will be offered for all those interested in accessing the Internet from their new handheld.The developer is saying that it has built the application from the ground up, m... |
3 April 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Reggie Fils Aime, the main voice of Nintendo of America, has said that used games, which he called “pre owned,” are bad for the consumer. Why? Well, mainly because Nintendo hopes that the videogames it releases, like Zelda and Personal Trainer Cooking Mama, are good enough for players to hold on to them. ... |
2 April 2009
06:52 GMT |
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Just as the Nintendo DSi, the newest version of the handheld, is getting ready to break out of the Japanese market and land in Europe and in North America, Masato Kuwahara, who is the project leader for the group that handles hardware development for the Nintendo DSi, delivered a speech at the Game Developers Confere... |
26 March 2009
04:35 GMT |
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Apparently, with the release of the Nintendo DSi impeding in both North America and Europe, Nintendo is also thinking of creating a complete online store for games, which could then be downloaded onto its Wi-Fi-capable handheld.Website Kombo reported that, at a special Nintendo Club event, those attending talked abou... |
25 March 2009
07:53 GMT |
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If GameStop numbers are any indication, then the Nintendo DSi, which is set to arrive shortly in North America, will be one big seller, possibly on a scale not seen since the release of the Nintendo Wii.Bob McKenzie, who is the vice president for marketing at GameStop, has talked to Venture Beat and told it that &ldq... |
24 March 2009
03:52 GMT |
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Nintendo is one of the biggest and most successful companies out there, largely due to the fact that it has two very popular products currently on the gaming market. On the one hand, the Wii console, which is still experiencing heavy demand ever since its release a few years ago, and on the other, the DS, which sees ... |
9 March 2009
12:11 GMT |
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Last week, there were speculations that the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3 might jump over the Nintendo Wii, as far as sales on the Japanese market were concerned, and this week, with the help of the very popular Yakuza series, the Sony made home gaming console has even managed to overtake the Nintendo DSi in overall ... |
9 March 2009
07:17 GMT |
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Handheld gaming has seen a massive surge in popularity and profitability in recent times, as more and more companies are starting to see the importance that mobile gaming has with most people. But while the dedicated portable consoles like the DS or PSP are holding their own, cell phones and most importantly Apple�... |
2 March 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The Nintendo DS is currently one of the most popular handheld gaming consoles out there, largely due to the rich game library that it possesses and the fact that it is very user friendly and stylish. With the recent DSi iteration already launched in Japan and scheduled for a North American release soon, the team at N... |
24 February 2009
02:09 GMT |
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The handheld gaming market has been very elusive for a lot of companies except for the top two Japanese ones, Nintendo and Sony. Their products, the DS and the PlayStation Portable, are ruling the market with an iron fist, both of them appealing to very different types of gamers.But because the DS appeals to the more... |
19 February 2009
03:43 GMT |
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Nintendo is really, really rubbing it in the eyes of the competition. As if the humiliation of the various sales charts was not enough, the company is releasing some internal data showing the sales of the games it released for the Nintendo Wii and the DS during last year. 26 titles have broken through the 1 million u... |
3 February 2009
03:05 GMT |
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The people working at Nintendo are surely smiling all the way to the bank as its consoles are continuing to dominate the hardware and software charts for the Japanese market. Overall sales for videogaming related products went up, although it's unclear whether the sales numbers will be bigger than those register... |
22 December 2008
03:19 GMT |
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The PlayStaton 3 is rebounding on Sony’s home market and manages to sell more than the Microsoft made Xbox 360. This might be a sign that, as the economic crisis deepens, customers are trying to get the most valuable console, and the PS3, with its integrated Blu-ray, offers just that.The best selling gaming&nbs... |
8 December 2008
07:21 GMT |
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