Consoles

Konami is celebrating the triumph of its ‘much improved’ Pro Evolution Soccer series – after the latest iteration hits No.1 in the All Formats Chart. PES 2010 took the top spot in the ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack rankings on Monday, ahead of Microsoft’s Forza 3, EA’s FIFA 10 and Sega’s Mario And Sonic …

Nintendo has this morning revealed that its DS console has topped 113 milion sales worldwide, as part of its six-monthly fiscal results. 11.7m DS units were sold in the six month period to September 30th, taking the console’s global installed base to 113.48m worldwide. 13.7m were sold in the previous …

Nintendo has unveiled a new iteration of the DSi. The DSi LL boasts an extra large 4.2-inch screen, which is 93 per cent bigger than the DS Lite’s screen size. It is set to hit Japanese shelves on November 21st and is priced at 20,000 yen ($220). There is currently …

Nintendo believes that its new sleek black Wii console can single-handedly lure hard-to-reach consumers back into gaming. As revealed by MCVUK.com last week, the console will be launched in the UK and Ireland on November 6th – two weeks before mainland Europe. The move has widely been seen as a …

ELSPA has welcomed the decision by the Department of Health to endorse Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus – making the first game to be allowed to use the NHS’s Change4Life logo in future advertising. As first reported by MCV, the Change4Life endorsement will be used across Nintendo’s promotion for Wii Fit …

Boom Blox studio focusing away from Wii titles

Though both DS and PSP are expected to continue to lead the market for quite some time, both Sony’s and Nintendo’s machines have peaked – leaving Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch to drive the future growth of the handheld sector. That’s the prediction of DFC Intelligence, which predicts that Apple’s …

Popular racing series Need for Speed has now sold over 100m copies worldwide, publisher EA has revealed, elevating it into an elite group of super-franchises. Less than a handful of franchises up until now have reached that milestone, and we’re honoured actually,” EA’s VP of global marketing Keith Munro told …

FIFA Soccer 10 has launched in North America, EA has announced. The game was released in Europe earlier this month, selling 1.7 million units in its first week. The North American edition of the game features Major League Soccer stars Cuauhtmoc Blanco of Chicago Fire and Sacha Kljestan of Chivas …

Falling sales of the Wii and the decreasing value of the yen could force Nintendo to lower its profit forecasts for the first time in six years – that’s the warning from US news agency Bloomberg. The predictions are that the platform holder’s net income is set to fall by …