WII NEWS
1.) USA: Video Games DRM Officially Smashed - Apple Jailbreaking Also Legal ~ SPONG
[big news...]
... 10 Follow us on... Facebook Twitter iGoogle RSS Share on... Twitter N4G digg Facebook Slashdot The US Library of Congress, which reviews the US Copyright Office's rulings and the often crippling Digital Millennium Act on a ...
07-27-2010 12:00:28pm Not There? Try Google
2.) Electronic Arts: 3DS is 'Magical' ~ SPONG
[I think it’s going to do incredibly well - agree]
... ic Arts' Chief Operating Officer John Schappert has nothing but good things to say about Nintendo's 3DS handheld, calling the device the 'hit' of E3 and even going so far as to label it "magical." "You put that in your hand ...
07-23-2010 11:50:30am Not There? Try Google
3.) Sega confirms Thor game for 2011 ~ James Ransom-Wiley
[ame tie-ins to Marvel]
... to Marvel's (will-be) Avengers flicks. Following its recent pair of Iron Man games and The Incredible Hulk, Sega will launch Thor: The Video Game across major platforms next year -- and almost certainly around the release of ...
07-22-2010 11:43:47am Not There? Try Google
4.) June video game sales decline again, NPD says Video game sales show another decline in June, says NPD ~ NPD
[$531.3 million]
... EW YORK (AP) -- Summer doldrums weighed on the video game industry in June, with U.S. retail sales of hardware, software and accessories down 6 percent from a year earlier, to $1.1 billion. Market researcher NPD Group said T ...
07-16-2010 13:03:44pm Not There? Try Google
5.) Retailer Says Kinect Pre-Orders Are "Very Low" CEO of U.K. retailer ShopTo believes Kinect's price is "too high." ~ 1up
[HD wii...]
... igh." Microsoft's big new initiative is not off to a good start, if pre-orders are any indication. U.K. retailer ShopTo has gone live with pre-orders for Kinect, and thus far, they are not selling especially well. This c ...
06-30-2010 12:49:47pm Not There? Try Google
6.) Coinstar: Redbox Testing Game Rentals; Off To Slow Start ~ By Eric Savitz
[big cost...]
... ansion of DVD kiosk business into video games, and has been running a trial of a game rental service from about 150 sites in the Austin, Texas market, most of those in McDonald’s, Walgreen and Valero outlets. Merriman Curhan ...
06-30-2010 12:49:45pm Not There? Try Google
7.) Activision E3 2010 Recap ~ By Perry H. Rod
["had a pretty weak product offering slate"]
... on Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) had a strong sense of self awareness this year. The greatest decision they made at E3 was to stay off the floor and keep a low profile (aside from throwing themselves a concert featuring Eminem ...
06-21-2010 12:11:38pm Not There? Try Google
8.) Nintendo's 3DS Opens All Eyes At E3 ~ By Cliff Edwards and Adam Satariano
[will be a good seller...]
... accessories from Microsoft and Sony with its 3D handheld device By Cliff Edwards and Adam Satariano A year ago many analysts and video game industry pundits wondered if growth for industry leader Nintendo (NTDOY) had peak ...
06-21-2010 12:11:36pm Not There? Try Google
9.) Sega’s Sonic 4 spotted running on the iPhone ~ geek.com
["iPhone version at Sega’s E3 booth"]
... s promise to bring Sonic 4 to the iPhone platform, Sega is offering select journalists a sneak peek at the latest iPhone build of the game at the E3 2010 in Los Angeles. Developed specifically for the download market, Sonic ...
06-17-2010 12:04:28pm Not There? Try Google
10.) Video game innovations expected at E3 show ~ Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writer
["motion-control"]
... f War III was popular at last year's expo. This year... With revenue flagging and the next generation of consoles nowhere in sight, the video game industry is looking to hardware innovations from Microsoft, Sony and Nintend ...
06-14-2010 11:56:33am Not There? Try Google
11.) Microsoft Throws A Crazy Party For Kinect, Its Wii-Killer ~ siliconalleyinsider Jay Yarow
[Kinect...]
... DT Microsoft Kinect, a motion based gaming system similar to the Wii, had its big reveal last night in Los Angeles. Until now, the company had been calling it Project Natal. Aside from the name, it doesn't look like ther ...
06-14-2010 11:56:32am Not There? Try Google
12.) Game companies ready to show new ways to play ~ Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer
[3d tv $2500 + PS3 $300 + Game $60 = $3000 for 3D = tough sell...]
... tained Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer, On Thursday June 10, 2010, 4:15 pm EDT NEW YORK (AP) -- Video game makers are about to try to convince you that fancy 3-D screens, gesture-recognition cameras and ultra-sen ...
06-11-2010 11:38:20am Not There? Try Google
13.) Sony PS3 Games to Hit Next (3-D) Dimension ~ WSJ
[nice transition...]
... ghts the electronics and content industries’ chicken-and-egg problem. Without 3-D content, why should consumers pay the extra money for a new 3-D set? Without a consumer base of 3-D-ready home electronics, why should content ...
06-01-2010 13:46:44pm Not There? Try Google
14.) SEGA Sammy Income Up 339% on Decreased Sales ~ SPONG
["successful Pachinko and Pachislot sales "]
... ile many other Japanese companies have been hit by the sluggish domestic economy, Sega Sammy's financial report for the fiscal year has seen its operating income increase by 339% on the back of successful Pachinko and Pachislo ...
05-17-2010 13:18:32pm Not There? Try Google
15.) NPD: April video game sales down 26 percent ~ Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer
["lack of game launches"]
... 26 percent in April ap Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer, On Friday May 14, 2010, 4:50 am EDT NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video games fell 26 percent to $766.2 million in April from a year earlier, hurt ...
05-17-2010 13:18:38pm Not There? Try Google
16.) Namco Bandai losses top $300 million ~ Brendan Sinclair
[death knell]
... overall revenues drop 11% as it begins major restructuring. The coming weeks will see a parade of publishers reporting results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, and that means finding out exactly how well companies ...
05-07-2010 11:41:34am Not There? Try Google
17.) Capcom annual profits fall 73.1% ~ Tor Thorsen, Mark Walton
[ouch...]
... unfavorable year-over-year comparison for Japanese publisher--which still posts $23.8 million in net income. The fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, was a good one for Capcom. Two megahits--Street Fighter IV and Resident Ev ...
05-07-2010 11:41:31am Not There? Try Google
18.) Nintendo Posts Full-Year Profit Drop ~ By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI
[the slowdown...]
... game console and DS handheld videogame player, Nintendo Co. posted an annual profit decline for the first time in six years and said it expects profit and sales to fall again this fiscal year as it plots new products to revi ...
05-06-2010 11:49:28am Not There? Try Google
19.) Nintendo: Almost 1 Million Wii Users Streaming ~ Dan Frommer,
[a lot...]
... service on the Nintendo Wii is off to a good start: Nintendo of America COO Reggie Fils-Aime just said on CNBC that almost 1 million Wii users have "participated" in the Netflix streaming system so far, which Netflix debuted ...
05-04-2010 11:37:59am Not There? Try Google
20.) Game Crazy closing down completely ~ By: Tor Thorsen
[bankrupt...]
... allery and Hollywood Video locations, reports the Wall Street Journal. In February, bankrupt video renter and retailer Movie Gallery announced it was closing all but 250 Game Crazy locations. The game-rental chain was a sub ...
05-03-2010 11:57:20am Not There? Try Google
21.) Real-world battle clouds game publishers’ successes ~ By Chris Nuttall in San Francisco
[movement...]
... 010 17:14 | Last updated: May 2 2010 17:14 Video gamers will get their first chance on Monday to engage one another in Halo: Reach – the year’s most anticipated title – while an acrimonious real-world battle rages over the ...
05-03-2010 11:57:21am Not There? Try Google
22.) Video Game Software Sales Rebound In March; Hardware Weak ~ By Eric Savitz
[God of War III, Sony, for PS3, 1.1 million units.]
... ounded nicely in March, according to new data from research firm NPD, but hardware revenues continued to sink. According to NPD, overall video game spending in the month was $1.52 billion, up 6% from a year ago; software sp ...
04-16-2010 11:49:45am Not There? Try Google
23.) March video game retail sales climb 6 percent ~ Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer
[down now...]
... by Nintendo, Sony's 'God of War' Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer, On Friday April 16, 2010, 6:57 am EDT NEW YORK (AP) -- After a rocky 2009 followed by two months of double-digit declines, U.S. retail sales of v ...
04-16-2010 11:49:48am Not There? Try Google
24.) Fils-Aime: iPad and iPhone not viable games platforms ~ By Ewan Aiton
['not having an impact on Nintendo'...]
... 's Reggie Fils-Aime has been shooting down talk of Apple's iPhone and the iPad threatening to take customers away from the DS and Wii. Fils-Aime was tearing down recent comparisons between the two companies business mode ...
04-06-2010 11:44:57am Not There? Try Google
25.) Sony purposefully passed up Natal ~ By Tracy Erickson
["felt like it would be a fancier EyeToy instead of something new." - agree]
... e decision to develop a motion controller instead of seizing 3D motion capture technology in the vein of Microsoft's Project Natal. PlayStation Lifestyle was at the Engadget Show in which Dr. Richard Marks of Sony recounted ...
03-30-2010 11:40:38am Not There? Try Google
26.) Electronic Arts reboots ~ By Mina Kimes, writer
[" The video game company's shares have sunk 63% over the last three years while the NASDAQ has been flat."]
... s and analysts say it will bounce back soon. By Mina Kimes, writer Pittsburgh Steelers players Ike Taylor, left, and Santonio Holmes play a game of "Madden NFL 10." Once a blazing hot tech stock, Electronic Arts (ERTS), ...
03-30-2010 11:40:31am Not There? Try Google
27.) Miyamoto blames industry slump on game quality ~ By: Brendan Sinclair
["we were not able to produce fun enough products"]
... because games weren't as fun, explains his aversion to making online titles. While analysts spent 2009 backing away from any notion that the gaming business was "recession proof," one historically shrewd industry watcher i ...
03-26-2010 12:00:13pm Not There? Try Google
28.) Nintendo Plans 3-D Hand-Held ~ AP
[I get this use of 3D...]
... ame machines, Nintendo Co. plans to sell a new portable 3-D gaming device that won't require special glasses. For months, Nintendo has been rumored to be working with chip makers on a new portable gaming device to succeed t ...
03-23-2010 12:46:51pm Not There? Try Google
29.) Majesco Q1 revs slip 11% ~ By: Tom Magrino
["nnouncing that it had received a NASDAQ delisting "]
... it on $29.2 million sales for Nov.-Jan. quarter. Majesco began March on shaky footing, after announcing that it had received a NASDAQ delisting warning due to maintaining an insufficient stock valuation. And while the Cooki ...
03-22-2010 11:34:26am Not There? Try Google
30.) Nintendo Consoles In Japanese Schools By April DS to provide learning aids and teaching tools. ~ SPONG
["DS to provide learning aids and teaching tools."]
... 2010 Shigeru Miyamoto is working on bringing Nintendo consoles into the classroom, in the form of educational tools and learning aids. The legendary game designer revealed that "is the area where I am devoting myself [ ...
03-22-2010 11:34:25am Not There? Try Google
31.) Is casual gaming destroying the traditional gaming market? ~ by JP Mangalindan
["Hawkins has always been ahead of the curve, sometimes too far,"]
... Trip Hawkins sees a videogame business at war with itself. It's Farmville vs. Halo and the winner could shape the next generation of game play. It was only a few years ago that the videogame industry was tagged as “the new ...
03-18-2010 12:16:04pm Not There? Try Google
32.) Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow Nintendo ~ Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer
["Edit - Sony Launches Microphone with light on it - LAME..."]
... new motion controller ap * Companies: o Activision Blizzard, Inc. o Electronic Arts Inc. o Microsoft Corporation Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer, On Thursday March 11, ...
03-11-2010 12:18:44pm Not There? Try Google
33.) Shaun White Skateboarding rolling out this holiday ~ By: Tom Magrino
[not good fro activision - Tony Hawk]
... st's board for "action sports" title on unspecified platforms later this year. Shaun White's gravity-defying snowboarding exploits have already earned him a sports game from Ubisoft (as well as a couple of Olympic gold meda ...
03-05-2010 11:49:06am Not There? Try Google
34.) Argos Gets Into Pre-Owned Games ~ SPONg
[if successful could roll out to all 735 stores...]
... ore Argos has followed the lead of HMV, Tesco and Asda by buying and selling second hand games. Gift cards are being offered at 27 selected stores for trade-ins of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS software. Thos ...
03-03-2010 11:46:16am Not There? Try Google
35.) Argos Gets Into Pre-Owned Games ~ WSJ By JULIET YE
[if successful could roll out to all 735 stores...]
... ore Argos has followed the lead of HMV, Tesco and Asda by buying and selling second hand games. Gift cards are being offered at 27 selected stores for trade-ins of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS software. Thos ...
03-03-2010 11:46:11am Not There? Try Google
36.) 10 million-plus Wiis sold in Japan ~ By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot
["9.72 million units were sold in Japan, 32.02 million units in North and South America, and 25.71 million units in Europe and elsewhere."]
... Famitsu publisher Enterbrain says Nintendo's console has sold 289,736 units in two months in the island nation. The month of January ended with Nintendo announcing it had shipped 67.45 million Wiis worldwide as of December ...
03-02-2010 11:18:58am Not There? Try Google
37.) EA Sports Active series sales top $125M, PS3/360 spin-offs hinted at ~ gamespot
[good for ea]
... estors that fitness genre is a billion-dollar industry; talks up "authentic sports action" for upcoming motion control systems. It didn't take long for EA to find success in the nascent fitness game genre. Having launched t ...
03-02-2010 11:19:07am Not There? Try Google
38.) Game industry to grow 6% in 2010 - Analyst ~ By: Tom Magrino
["34% digital sales growth will buoy stagnant packaged goods;"]
... s growth will buoy stagnant packaged goods; PS3 only console predicted to see sales increase. The sky began to fall for the global economy in late 2008, but many analysts maintained during the first part of 2009 that the ga ...
02-10-2010 11:52:34am Not There? Try Google
39.) Disney Interactive to be more 'judicious' with HD games as losses abate ~ Joystiq by Ludwig Kietzmann
["a loss of $10 million compared to a $45 million loss in Q1 the previous fiscal year"]
... 0 at 12:15PM } Though Disney's gaming division saw improved operating results during the company's first fiscal quarter of 2010 (which ended January 2) -- a loss of $10 million compared to a $45 million loss in Q1 the pre ...
02-10-2010 11:52:31am Not There? Try Google
40.) Ubisoft: Revenue Down - Ambition Tempered ~ SPONG
[down 2.7%]
... acebook Twitter iGoogle RSS Share on... Twitter N4G digg Facebook Slashdot Lead image Here's the facts from Ubisoft's recent third-quarter sales briefing: "Sales for the third quarter of 2009-10 came to €495 million, do ...
02-10-2010 11:52:32am Not There? Try Google
41.) Electronic Arts' Net Falls ~ zacks
["product mix shifts to lower-margin distribution business in North America"]
... EST Electronic Arts Inc. (NasdaqGS: ERTS - News) reported third-quarter of 2010 results with a steep fall in net earnings and revenue due to weakness in its EA business, dismal holiday sales for the overall packaged goods ...
02-09-2010 11:48:10am Not There? Try Google
42.) EA's Peter Moore ~ computerandvideogames.com
["That thing has got a scale, but it's got to prove that five million people want to play the same game."]
... In the first part of CVG's Peter Moore interview, the EA Sports boss discussed the rise of FIFA, how he's brought EA closer to gamers - and looked back fondly on the huge challenges he faced at Xbox. In this second install ...
02-09-2010 11:48:13am Not There? Try Google
43.) The Battle for British Living Rooms ~ By Stephen Foley
["you can use it to get programmes via the BBC's iPlayer, rather than having to watch them on your laptop."]
... ng the new home entertainment hubs—and a key TV battleground By Stephen Foley Remember the days when football fans had to ring up BSkyB (BSY), sign up for a satellite-TV subscription and then wait for a man in a van to c ...
02-02-2010 11:46:36am Not There? Try Google
44.) DVD Kiosk Firm e-Play Shuttered; Had Tested Used Video Game Sales In Wal-Marts ~ By Eric Savitz
[not a surprise...]
... here was tremendous buzz in the video game sector about news that Wal-Mart (WMT) had begun rolling out a test of kiosk operated by privately owned e-Play to sell - and buy - used video games. My post at the time noted that ...
02-02-2010 11:46:35am Not There? Try Google
45.) Nintendo Profit Fell 9.4% in Holiday Quarter ~ By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI
["though a strong yen and price cuts continued to push down the company's profit."]
... holiday sales were "robust," suggesting that its Wii game console had regained its footing after a slowdown in demand, though a strong yen and price cuts continued to push down the company's profit. Nintendo said group net ...
01-28-2010 12:47:28pm Not There? Try Google
46.) EA tees off on Tiger Woods console game in June ~ Reuters
["Tiger game generates $80 mln in annual revenue-analyst"]
... sole game * Console version annually a top-selling EA sports product * Tiger game generates $80 mln in annual revenue-analyst By Ben Klayman CHICAGO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc
01-21-2010 12:31:58pm Not There? Try Google
47.) Majesco posts $7.2 million loss ~ GIBIZ
[ $94.5 million revenues...]
... esults for its fiscal 2009 period, which ended on October 31 last year. The company disclosed a net loss of $7.2 million for the 12 months overall, compared to a profit in the previous year of $3.4 million - despite revenue ...
01-15-2010 11:36:14am Not There? Try Google
48.) U.S. Videogame, Console Revenue Rose 4% ~ By BEN CHARNY
[ummmm...]
... e and console sales increased 4% annually to $5.53 billion in December, but videogame sales disappointed as the industry registered growth in the year's final month, according to research firm NPD Group. Revenue from sales ...
01-15-2010 11:36:11am Not There? Try Google
49.) GameStop Whiffs Q4 As Holiday Sales Disappoint ~ By Eric Savitz
["same-store sales were down 8.6%."]
... is morning after the company said holiday period sales were flat, with weak results at stores open at least a year. The video game retailer said sales for the nine-week holiday period ended January 2 were $2.86 billion, fl ...
01-07-2010 11:52:09am Not There? Try Google
50.) Japan game sales slip 6.9% in 2009 ~ By: Tom Magrino
[down...]
... llion; Nintendo DS, Dragon Quest IX led charts. Much like the US market, the Japanese gaming industry has been unable to keep up with last year's pace. In July, Japanese stat-tracking firm and Famitsu publisher Enterbrain s ...
01-06-2010 11:34:36am Not There? Try Google
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