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Nintendo thrust the Switch into the limelight last night by presenting the console’s first public gameplay demonstration on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. After showing off upcoming iOS platformer Super Mario Run, Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime then lifted the lid of a question mark block to reveal …
Read More »PS4 hits 50 million sales worldwide
Sony’s PS4 hit another sales milestone today, with the company announcing it’s sold more than 50 million units worldwide. This includes sales of the PS4 Pro, a more powerful version of Sony’s home console that supports ultra high resolution gaming, which launched last month. The news comes after a stellar …
Read More »Ubisoft thinks Switch could bring audiences together
Nintendo’s Switch could be the machine to unite the worlds of casual mobile gaming and more dedicated console gaming. That’s according to Ubisoft’s French studios MD Xavier Poix, who told Polygon: This is a good evolution because for the first time you have a console that is bringing two worlds …
Read More »PS4 was the most popular console on eBay on Black Friday in US
A PS4 was sold once every 20 seconds on eBay throughout Black Friday in the US last week. Polygon reports that this made the machine the best-selling console for the day, ahead of the Xbox One, which sold at the rate of one every minute – that’s three times slower. …
Read More »Wireless receiver to solve NES Classic Mini’s biggest problem
Nintendo’s NES Classic Mini has been a big hit. Less well received, however, has been the length of the wires that connect to its controller. While various workarounds exist, the fact remains that the controller included in the box has a ridiculously short wire, forcing users to sit right up …
Read More »Pokemon Sun and Moon sell 7.2m in first week
Nintendo’s latest Pokemon game has broken an American sales record. Combined sales of Pokemon Sun and Moon reached 3.7m units in the Americas. That’s an 85 per cent increase over Pokemon X and Y and makes it the fastest selling Nintendo game ever in the region. It was revealed yesterday …
Read More »Pokémon Sun and Moon sold 1.5m units in first week in Europe
The latest entries in the Pokmon franchise have had big starts in Europe, with Nintendo saying they are its most successful launch in the region to date. The publisher has revealed that Pokmon Sun and Moon have shifted a whopping 1.5m units in their first week; 368,000 copies of this …
Read More »UK Weekly Charts: Pokemon is biggest seller but doesn’t top charts
Pokmon Sun and Moon technically failed to top the UK weekly charts for their first week.Pokmon Sun debuted at No.3 and Pokmon Moon entered the charts at No.4. GfK however says that combined sales for Nintendo’s latest titles would give them the top spot – so Pokemon is the biggest …
Read More »Oculus Rift Xbox One streaming arrives next week
Xbox One owners will very shortly be able to play their games in a virtual environment via the Oculus Rift. On December 12th a free Oculus app will be released that will allow owners to access their entire Xbox One library. Note that this does not make the games VR …
Read More »Deep Silver: We released Homefront: The Revolution too early
The publisher of Homefront: The Revolution, Deep Silver, has said that it should have waited to release the shooter. Speaking to MCV, the firm admitted that the title was ‘less of a success’ than it had hoped, and said that it had learnt a lot from Homefront’s release. The shooter …
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