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Nintendo Digital Strategy Pairs Quality and Value

Video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo has recently announced that it will launch digital versions for the core 3DS handheld titles at the same time as packages hit retail stores and now the company says that the move is designed to give gamers more options and not to undercut retail. Satoru Iwata, pre...

3 May 2012
15:01 GMT

Nintendo Says Retailers Will Make 3DS Digital Strategy a Success

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

EA: Companies Need to Create Relationships with Gamers

Despite the rise of the digital space gaming, companies still have a lot to do before they manage to create a sustainable relationship with their own players, according to one developer that specializes in social experiences. Kristian Segerstrale, who is the executive vice president of digital strategy at Electronic...

18 April 2012
17:31 GMT

United States Retailers Already Offering Vita Games, Demo Units

A number of sources have seen video games for the PlayStation Vita from Sony already on store shelves in the United States both at Walmart and at other retailers, suggesting that gamers are able to get their games and even a console before launch date. ModNation Racers: Road Trip is one of the titles that are availa...

6 February 2012
07:55 GMT

A Bad Mix: Consumer Privacy and RFID Chips

Indiana University scientists say that outfitting individual, retail products with radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips may be detrimental to consumers' privacy. Their findings echo concerns expressed by privacy groups around the world, which see RFID as a way of keeping tabs on everyone. Installing speci...

12 August 2010
03:34 GMT

Nexus One Hits Third Party Retail Channels

Several weeks ago, Internet giant Google announced plans to deliver the Nexus One to the market via other channels than its web store, which is set to be closed shortly, and the device already started to emerge at retailers. One of them is i wireless, which has the Nexus One listed on its website as available for pu...

26 May 2010
06:19 GMT

20 More Vodafone UK Partners to Distribute the iPhone

Wireless carrier Vodafone UK has launched the Apple iPhone on its airwaves only a few days ago, yet it seems that it already registered a success with the move. The operator had the iPhone available at launch both via direct and indirect channels, and the latest news around the Internet say that it will soon add 20 ...

19 January 2010
09:21 GMT

Nokia N900 Hits US Retailers Come September 27

According to the latest news around the Internet, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is set to deliver its Maemo 5-based Internet Tablet, the Nokia N900, to retailers in the United States as soon as September 27. In case all goes according to plans, we might expect the device to become available for purchase on the US ...

15 September 2009
10:34 GMT

'Flock' Shopping Doesn't Really Boost Sales

New research suggests the fact that, although people tend to be attracted by crowds in shopping centers and come in themselves to look around, they are not very likely to buy things that they haven't planned for. In addition, individuals have proven to be less likely to purchase items from very crowded locations...

21 April 2009
08:51 GMT

Breaking: Millions of New iPhones Already Placed in Key Markets

A not so shocking report (given that it's Apple we're talking about) points out that our favorite Cupertino-based computer manufacturer "has been positioning millions of units of a mysterious new product--almost certainly the new iPhone--in key markets since March". Interesting indeed, as the same report me...

30 May 2008
10:26 GMT

Retailers Forcing Wii Bundles onto Customers

Since the Wii has become such an elusive item this Christmas season, retailers have adopted this aggressive marketing move, pushing software onto buyers. What it means is that if you're lucky enough to find a Wii anywhere, it's most likely going to be bundled with games or accessories, forcing you to cough ...

19 December 2007
06:48 GMT

Hackers at Large, Companies Terrified

It's not easy to operate with millions of dollars daily or to work with thousands or hundreds of thousands of accounts without botching up anything. But as if things weren't hard enough to do for all those big companies out there, they also have to worry about hackers now. After all the recent news with a h...

10 October 2007
03:27 GMT


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