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The Joy-Con Grip gamepad that comes in the Nintendo Switch box will not charge the machine’s Joy-Cons. In order for gamers to be able to charge their Joy-Con controllers, they will need to purchase an extra 24.99 – on Nintendo’s official store; 27.99 on Amazon – special Charging Grip. The …
Read More »Nintendo Switch already sold out on Amazon and GameStop
It only took a couple of days, but the first Nintendo Switch allocation has already dried out at some retailers. Both Amazon UK and US websites had sold out as soon as Friday, only a day after Nintendo’s big reveal. In the US, GameStop also announced yesterday that it has …
Read More »Nintendo Switch: Industry reaction from the launch
The Nintendo Switch has been dated and priced, so we wondered what the industry thought of the new device. The home-handheld hybrid was always going to be an intriguing and possibly opinion-dividing console, if only because it’s completely unlike anything that’s been seen before. With a price that’s higher than …
Read More »Rocket League a big digital winner in 2016, according to Sony’s end of year charts
PlayStation store charts for 2016 put Rocket League out on top
Read More »Rocket League scores victory as best-selling game on PlayStation Store in 2016
Rocket League was the best-selling game on the PlayStation Store in 2016, Sony has announced. Despite being released in 2015, Psyonix’s sports-action title took the crown on both the European and US charts, beating games such as Battlefield 1, FIFA 17 and the PS4 version of Minecraft to the number …
Read More »Nintendo wins triple the search volume of PlayStation and Xbox
Three times as many internet searches were made for Nintendo-related terms than were for either PlayStation or Xbox in the US through 2016. That’s according to SimilarWeb, as reported by VentureBeat. The data includes searches for things such as Pokemon, although it wasn’t Pokemon Go that caused the biggest spike …
Read More »Nintendo Switch to run 60% slower in handheld mode
Eurogamer Digital Foundry spec analysis looks negative for the Switch
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V has hit 6m units in the UK – it’s still a must-have game
It’s Christmas joy for all at RockStar and Take-Two as Grand Theft Auto V continues its astonishing sales record. This week, just in time for the holidays, the game roared past 6m total sales – according to Eurogamer. That’s UK physical sales, no digital copies, since its launch on the …
Read More »Day one Super Mario Run downloads hit 10m, but shares now down 11 per cent
One analyst has predicted that Nintendo’s Super Mario Run reached as many as 10m downloads on its day of release last week. Initial estimates had pegged the day one download number at around 3.5m. This was then upped to 5m before AppAnnie told Polygon that estimations suggested that the total …
Read More »Nintendo Switch patents emerge online
Gives developers early glance at what might be part of the Switch reveal in January
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