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DSi Release Boosted Nintendo DS Sales

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

Skype Is a Possibility for the Nintendo DSi

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

Players Need to Know What the PlayStation Portable Is All About

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

PlayStation 3 Still the Best in Japan

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

Nintendo Explains the 'i' in DSi

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

The DSi Doesn't Appeal to Hardcore Gamers like the PSP, Says Sony

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

Here Are the DSiWare Titles Available for North America

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

The Nintendo DSi Gets Free Opera Browser

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

Nintendo of America Doesn't Like Used Games

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

The Nintendo DSi Gets a History Lesson, Promotion Announced

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

GBA Games Could Be Coming to the Nintendo DSi

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

DSi Pre-Orders Bigger than Nintendo DS Pre-Orders

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

Police Say the DSi May Leave Kids Vulnerable to Predators

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

PlayStation 3 and Yakuza Beat the Nintendo DSi in Sales

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

The DSi Isn't Competing with Cell Phones or the iPod, Says Nintendo

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

The Original DSi Featured Two DS Card Slots

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

Nintendo DSi Dated and Priced for North America, New Color Available

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

Nintendo Presents the Top Selling Titles of 2008

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

Nintendo Dominates Japan Charts

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

PlayStation 3 Surges Ahead of the Xbox 360

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

Nintendo DS Benefits from Japanese Surge in Sales

As customary in the last few weeks, Nintendo's handheld gaming console is the leader of the pack when it comes to sales on the Japanese market even as other gaming devices also see a rise in numbers as the holiday shopping season begins in full swing.The Nintendo DS sold more than 104,000 units in one week, out ...

2 December 2008
03:53 GMT

PSP-3000 Has Been Hacked

One of the reasons for the relative gains that the Nintendo DS has been making against the PlayStation Portable on all markets except for Japan is the fact that some publishers have been avoiding the handheld from Sony because of the issues related to hacking and piracy.When the PSP-3000, the new hardware upgrade to ...

21 November 2008
21:01 GMT

Nintendo DSi Still Selling Strong in Japan

In its second week in stores in Japan, the all new and improved Nintendo DSi handheld has managed to sell another 104,897 units, adding to the more than 171,000 units moved in the first weekend since launch. The older Lite model of the device also sold about 10,000 units, and the overall sales reached 113,278 for the...

17 November 2008
05:18 GMT

Nintendo DSi Breaks Records in Japan

As we've previously reported, the Nintendo DSi has managed to sell more than 171,000 units in its first weekend, which pretty much means that the initial stock of the device has been sold out faster than Nintendo can replace it.Even if the DSi is being introduced as a replacement of the DS Lite, Nintendo is stil...

10 November 2008
06:29 GMT

PSP-3000 Sales Drop Sharply in Japan

The Japanese videogames market, which was supposed to be rebounding following the release of the new PSP-3000, with its improved hardware, is sharply down, with all consoles registering significant drops in sales.  The PlayStation Portable still managed to sell a respectable 60,000 units in one week, but this ot...

3 November 2008
07:37 GMT

PSP-3000 Triumphs in Japan

The data coming from Japan suggests that the new version of the Sony handheld, dubbed the PSP-3000, is selling very well, boosting sales of the PlayStation Portable close to 160,000 units. Taking into account that the numbers are for just seven days, they are really impressive. During the previous week, the PSP manag...

27 October 2008
02:01 GMT

PSP-3000 Has Screen Lines Problems

Sony has launched the PSP-3000, the new PlayStation Portable model, in an effort to boost the sales of its handheld device and to make it more attractive to developers. The PSP is doing pretty well in Japan but, on other markets, people are more attracted to the Nintendo DS, while most videogame developers are now av...

23 October 2008
04:10 GMT

Xbox 360 Sales Drop in Japan

In Japan, which offers weekly updates on hardware and software sales, the Xbox 360, with its price cut, is still leading the PlayStation 3 in sales but the advantage it enjoys is now lower and the Nintendo Wii is selling way better than the two other top gaming consoles combined.The Nintendo DS was the best selling p...

13 October 2008
04:23 GMT

Nintendo Points Will Not Be Transferable from the Wii to the DSi

The upcoming launch of the Nintendo DSi, the new and improved DS platform which is set to debut next month, raised a few questions regarding the way digital downloads would work. Nintendo already said that content created specifically for the new platform would be released and, apparently, would be region coded. And ...

9 October 2008
12:21 GMT

Nintendo Boss Says the DSi Won't Compete with the iPhone

Even when it was in the rumor stage, the launch of the highly awaited Nintendo DS upgrade, the DSi, was subject to claims that Nintendo was finally taking the fight to Apple and Sony. The iPhone and PlayStation Portable respectively are provided with features that do not exist on the normal DS. Recently, speaking wi...

6 October 2008
20:01 GMT


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