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Wii U sells just 390,000 units since December
Read More »Nintendo misses income target by half, posts second successive annual loss; Wii U sells 3.45m units
As predicted by analysts, Nintendo has failed to return to profitability and posted its second successive annual loss. For the year ended March 31st net sales reached 635.422 (4.2bn) – 5.2 per cent short of the company’s 670,000m (4.42bn) forecast. Net income missed its 14,000m (920.3m) target by a whopping …
Read More »Nintendo: This is the year of the 3DS
The 3DS story has been one fraught with ups and downs. A high price, coupled with negative press reports, a poor launch line-up and confused advertising forced Nintendo to cut the console’s price just three months after launch. The 3DS’ unique selling point – a 3D screen – quickly lost …
Read More »Nintendo offers free 3DS game in new So Many Games promotion
3DS owners are offered the chance to grab a game download from the eShop for free. Starting tomorrow (April 23rd) players who register three games from a select list will receive a code with which that can choose another title to download absolutely free. The games included in the promotion …
Read More »Indie vents frustration at Steam submission process
Renegade Kid dev Jools Watsham questions Steam Greenlight voting and lack of feedback from Valve
Read More »Indie The Binding of Isaac surpasses 2m sales
Super Meat Boy developer, and Indie Game: The Movie star, Edmund McMillen has announced his dungeon crawler The Binding of Isaac has sold over 2m copies across PC and Playstation platforms. Speaking with Youtuber NorthernLion, McMillen revealed the title had just recently reached the milestone. The game was originally considered …
Read More »Nintendo: "This is the year of 3DS"
The next 12 months will be crucial in the success of 3DS, says Nintendo. The firm believes this is the year that it will upgrade customers from DS to its latest portable, thanks to a major year of releases, headlined by Luigi’s Mansion, Animal Crossing, Brain Training, The Legend of …
Read More »UK listing for Animal Crossing themed 3DS hardware appears… and then vanishes
Nintendo appears to be on the verge of releasing a brand new 3DS SKU in the UK. Joystiq says that retailer ShopTo was yesterday carrying a listing for the Animal Crossing: New Leaf 3DS XL bundle that was previously released in Japan. The SKU reportedly contained the patterned 3DS (as …
Read More »3DS version of Ni No Kuni could be on the cards
Hopes of a Western release for a 3DS version of Ni No Kuni have been resurrected. The game enjoyed tremendous critical success upon its European PS3 release in January, but it actually debuted as a DS title in Japan back in 2010. Now Pocket Gamer reports that an un-named Namco …
Read More »Watch out Pokemon – new Moshi Monsters set for Christmas
If you thought Pokemon X and Y was going to have an easy ride this Christmas, think again. Mind Candy has announced a third Moshi Monsters game will be coming to retail this Q4. The title will be for DS and 3DS, with independent UK studio Sumo Digital hired for …
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