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The flood of bad games – and the damaging effects of piracy – have ruined the software market on Wii and DS according to Namco Bandai’s VP of sales, marketing and publishing Olivier Comte. It’s a tough market,” he told MCV in an exclusive interview. We had a lot of …
Read More »Nintendo: Wii to blame for handheld slump
With every machine aside from Sony’s PS3 currently facing year-on-year sales losses, Nintendo has claimed a surprising reason for the decline the handheld market – recent releases for the Wii. Whilst Nintendo DS sales in Europe were lower than the previous year, Nintendo’s share in the handheld market has not …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Rooms tops DS charts
The UK DS charts have finally seen a change at the top as this week’s new release Rooms: The Main Building takes No.1. The top spot has alternated between Pokmon HeartGold and SoulSilver since the two games were released at the end of March, making this the first new DS …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Rooms tops DS charts
The UK DS charts have finally seen a change at the top as this week’s new release Rooms: The Main Building takes No.1. The top spot has alternated between Pokmon HeartGold and SoulSilver since the two games were released at the end of March, making this the first new DS …
Read More »Sesame Street games announced
Long-running children’s franchise Sesame Street will be making its Wii debut this autumn with two games that use none of the Remote’s buttons. The games – entitled Elmo’s A-To-Zoo and Cookie’s Counting Carnival – will be packaged with plush covers for the controller in the shape of Elmo or Cookie …
Read More »Sesame Street games announced
Long-running children’s franchise Sesame Street will be making its Wii debut this autumn with two games that use none of the Remote’s buttons. The games – entitled Elmo’s A-To-Zoo and Cookie’s Counting Carnival – will be packaged with plush covers for the controller in the shape of Elmo or Cookie …
Read More »Handheld piracy worth £29bn
28,772,303,165.695 – that’s the amount that a recent study by Japanese trade body The Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association reckons piracy has cost the global handheld video games industry.Andriasang reports that the number comes from the joint efforts of the Tokyo Game Show organisers and Tokyo University’s Baba Lab and relates …
Read More »Handheld piracy worth £29bn
28,772,303,165.695 – that’s the amount that a recent study by Japanese trade body The Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association reckons piracy has cost the global handheld video games industry.Andriasang reports that the number comes from the joint efforts of the Tokyo Game Show organisers and Tokyo University’s Baba Lab and relates …
Read More »GoldenEye heading to Wii and DS
If you think you’ve read this story before, we can promise you haven’t – it’s just that rumours surrounding a possible resurrection of acclaimed N64 GoldenEye are nothing new. However, this time things look a little more believable. Eurogamer claims to have it on good authority that Activision is planning …
Read More »GoldenEye heading to Wii and DS
If you think you’ve read this story before, we can promise you haven’t – it’s just that rumours surrounding a possible resurrection of acclaimed N64 GoldenEye are nothing new. However, this time things look a little more believable. Eurogamer claims to have it on good authority that Activision is planning …
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