Having topped the Japanese hardware charts since its launch in late February, Sony’s PSP this week managed to recapture its former place at the top of the listings. The device, which was the best selling console in Japan in 2010, shifted 57,379 units in the week ending April 3rd, according …
Read More »The Sun stands by its 3DS claims
UK national newspaper The Sun has told MCV that it stands by its reporting of the consumer reaction to the 3DS. This morning MCV labelled its latest story, entitled ‘Nintendo 3DS is game for a barf’, as indicative of a vendetta against the platform holder – an accusation The Sun …
Read More »The Sun continues 3DS vendetta
UK newspaper The Sun has this morning stepped up what can by now only be described as a ‘vendetta’ against Nintendo’s 3DS handheld. Yesterday the paper incorrectly claimed that retailers were seeing "record return levels" and that many were offering refunds to customers returning their machines. This was fiercely denied …
Read More »Nintendo, GAME and HMV refute 3DS claims
Nintendo has branded claims about 3DS refunds and dizziness made in The Sun this morning as "incorrect". In addition, both GAME and HMV have denied issuing refunds to customers. The paper this morning claimed that "thousands" of users have suffered either dizziness or headaches after using the device and that …
Read More »3DS dizziness claims hit The Sun
This morning’s copy of UK newspaper The Sun carries a hard-hitting headline for Nintendo – "3DS SOS". It claims that "record return levels were reported" after "thousands" suffered headaches and dizziness after playing with the device. It also claims that some retailers have been offering refunds to those affected. One …
Read More »Introducing… the 3DS Hed Saver
Always quick to jump on any possible sales opportunity, the accessories sector has outdone itself once again by latching onto the 3DS dizziness debate. Online accessories retailer GamingZap is currently taking pre-orders on what is called the ‘Hed Saver’. Effectively it’s a cooling patch that sits on a user’s forehead …
Read More »Wwise updated with iOS and 3DS support
New version of Audiokinetic's audio pipeline solution bolstered by portable support
Read More »3DS sells 113,000 units in UK launch weekend
Nintendo has declared itself happy with the 3DS’ opening weekend sales of 113,000, even though the figure falls some way short of pre-launch expectations. Last week the firm announced that pre-orders alone stood at 140,000 and most pundits were pitching their sell-through estimates at between 150,000 to 200,000. It would …
Read More ȣ45m sales windfall for games retail
UK retailers took home over 45m during the biggest sales week for video games this year. According to our retail sources, 3DS generated around 25m in software and hardware sales during its first two days on sale. It bested the DS’ debut UK week in 2005. Overall it was a …
Read More »‘Zero calls’ about 3DS dizziness at Nintendo UK
Nintendo has told MCV that is has not received a single call relating to dizziness or feelings of sickness from 3DS owners in the UK. The response comes on the back of a report in The Sun today claiming that "Hundreds of furious gamers have slammed Nintendo’s new 3DS console …
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