Consoles

3DS threatens iPhone growth

Games market analyst Colin Sebastian has claimed that Nintendo’s freshly confirmed 3DS could potentially threaten iPhone’s rise as a viable portable games machine With a differentiated 3D display, high quality games, and profitable business model for publishers, we believe the 3DS could help reduce the competitive threat from smartphones,” Sebastian …

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3DS could spark new cycle of innovation

A leading analyst has predicted that Nintendo’s 3DS can help usher in a new era of 3D gaming in a way that the expensive options being prepared by the likes of Sony and Microsoft cannot. 3D with no glasses has mass market potential,” Lazard Capital’s Colin Sebastian noted. Following the …

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Lots of interest in Mario and Zelda movies

Nintendo of America’s boss Reggie Fils-Aime has admitted that – despite this – the platform holder still receives enquiries about the making of films based on its Mario and Zelda franchises all the time”, though the likelihood of such a project remains unlikely. The message is ‘Thank you for the …

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Reggie: Move feels like Wii-too

Averting any danger that an hour might pass without one platform holder slating another in the press, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has once again mocked the Sony’s Move motion controller for its obvious similarities to Nintendo’s own technology. Interestingly, the exec was less scathing about Natal – though …

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Reef: Wii market is safe again

A publishing group now porting older PS2 titles to the Wii insists that a ‘core’ market has opened again for Nintendo’s home console. Reef Entertainment consults developers with a view to porting last-gen games to the Wii, having done so already with titles such as Sniper Elite and Freerunning. Its …

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GameStop wary of Natal/Move shortages

US retail giant GameStop has left out Project Natal and PlayStation Move from its full-year projections. The announcement was made during the firm’s earnings call last night. COO Paul Raines stated that, although the company is excited by both products, it has not factored in the accessories because of uncertainty …

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Liberty City Episodes delayed

The release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City on PS3 and PC has been delayed by two weeks from March 30th to April 16th. Rockstar said on its blog that a last minute change was made by Sony to edit in-game content, including the Liberty City radio station, …

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Wii iPlayer usage on the up

The Nintendo Wii enjoyed an increase in iPlayer use in February and now accounts for four per cent of the service’s total usage. iPlayer requests from Wii owners grew to 3.2m last month, up from the 2.8m in the month before. The numbers continue to upwards trend for Wii since …

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