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Iwata on Microsoft’s rumoured wii-mote: I am also aware of the rumor and have seen a fake image made by a fan on the web which looks like a Wii Remote with the rumor that such a controller may be launched, However there is no way for us to comment …
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Iwata on mergers and acquisitions: Sometimes, some people say that Nintendo’s position will become even more solid if it purchased software companies by M&A, but I have no such intention because buying such companies will not contribute to strengthening Nintendo in the true sense. I believe that it is not …
Read More »Iwata: Microsoft ‘Wiimote’ is no threat to Nintendo
After recently announcing his company had seen record full year revenues, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said Microsoft’s rumoured plan to launch its own Wiimote-style controller is no "big threat" to Nintendo’s current position in the market. In the wide-ranging interview, Iwata discussed major issues on the publishing and hardware side …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Satoru Iwata part one
Iwata on price cuts: We have not made our financial forecast with the premise of a hardware price cut. Also, we are not foreseeing the necessity for us to do a price cut in this fiscal year. If it is predetermined that the hardware price shall gradually decrease, then that …
Read More »Iwata: Any attempt to copy the Wii is “not a big threat”
Nintendo president dismisses chance that Microsoft could successfully copy the Wiimote and discusses key development issues
Read More »Iwata Speaks
After the recent close of Nintendo's financial year - during which the company detailed record revenues thanks to the DS and Wii - president Satoru Iwata took time to answer investors' questions on the future of the games market. Here, we've picked out the highlights relevant to games developmentâ?¦
Read More »SouthPeak value hits $35m after new stock purchase
Developer-cum-publisher SouthPeak Interactive has finalised a deal in which its current shareholders will acquire a majority of the common stock of Global Services Partners Acquisition Corp. (GSPAC). The deal appears to be an extension of a merger agreement that took place between the two companies in January. "These transactions will …
Read More »Audiokinetic and Emergent cry ‘bundle!’
Wwise audio tool to be offered for free with Gamebryo until end of June
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OPINION: Capcom's Okami credits omission shows developer respect still low
Read More »Us and them
The issue of crediting in the games industry is a thorny one, and likely to continue to cause controversy for some time to come. But could Capcom's latest Okami-related blunder actually show that, despite what some may say, the 'us and them' developer/publisher mentality is still going strong?
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