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PlayStation 3 Online Community Matches 360

November 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Although PlayStation 3 is still third in worldwide sales, behind the Xbox 360 by about 5-million units, the PS3 community services now have as many online gamers as Xbox 360 says Sony. Sony posted on their blog saying, “with [...]

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Tags: Editorial · Microsoft · Nintendo · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360 · playstation 3

Rhythm Gaming Saturation Point?

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Rhythm Gaming is all the rage, or is it? Turns out Guitar Hero: World Tour didn’t meet or exceed the figures they hit with Guitar Hero III. Where GH3 brought in $115 million in the first week, GHWT brought in $67 million in the same time frame.
Why?
There are plenty of factors that could cut down [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Activision · Casual Games · Editorial · Nintendo · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360 · playstation 3 · rock band

Michael Pachter Says Wii HD Will Launch

October 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter is “absolutely convinced” we’ll see a Nintendo Wii HD by 2011. What makes him so sure? In short, Nintendo will start to look bad if their console is said to be “for your mom” instead of for gamers.
What they’ve done, so far, is show the industry there is more [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Nintendo · Wii

DSi Will Be Region-Locked, Sad Face…

October 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

One of the greatest things Nintendo has done was allowing the DS to be unlocked for regions. This allowed gamers around the world to share their favorite games from all cultures and countries with just a click of the “buy” button at an online store.
The DSi loses this great freedom by locking it down to [...]

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Tags: DSi · Editorial · Industry News · Nintendo · piracy

DSi To Supplement Nintendo DS In The US

October 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Unlike Japan, Nintendo has not invaded the entire home consumer market here in the United States. This leads them to believe there is room for both the DS and the DSi here in the United States. The DS will no doubt be a cheaper alternative to the DSi and the DSi isn’t going to make [...]

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Tags: DS · DSi · Industry News · Nintendo

Wii Punch-Out!

October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Nintendo has announced the continuation in a series that started in 1984 known as Punch-Out!! for the Wii. Once upon a time we all got to pop coins into Punch-Out!!, later we were able to power on our NES and play Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! or, if you’re younger, the version of Punch-Out!! with Mr. Dream [...]

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Nintendo DSi - New Features, Same Look

October 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsNintendo finally came out and announced the Nintendo DS redesign, called the DSi. This product will have an SD memory slot, a 3.25 inch screen (bigger than the last) and a 3 megapixel camera.  The DSi is 12% smaller than the DS Lite and will [...]

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Tags: DSi · Mobile · Nintendo

Toy’s R Us Find’s Wii Profitable

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments

The success of the Nintendo console, the Wii, has proven to change the industry in many new and creative ways including reinvigorating slow product sales at Toys R Us. “The company went from a loss of $42 million at the same time last year to a profit of $13 million for the three months ended [...]

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A Nintendo WiFi Router for The DS and Wii… Really?

September 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Join the forum discussion on this post - (5) PostsIn a slightly odd move, Nintendo has released a WiFi Router in Japan marketed to streamline the process of getting your Wii Online. What?
First, we’re not exactly sure who’s having a problem connecting their Wii to the network, it’s a fairly simple process executed by [...]

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Tags: DS · Industry News · Nintendo · Wii

No New DS Redesign Until Sales Fade

September 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you’re looking to see what the next greatest DS hand-held will look like, plan to wait until Nintendo starts to see declining sales trends for their current DS hardware. Sensible from Nintendo’s standpoint, but a major bummer for those hand-held gamers who want to see something new and cool out of the Nintendo camp.
While [...]

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Tags: DS · Editorial · Mobile · Nintendo