Tag Archives: nintendo

Projects cancelled as stock plummets and game releases are abandoned

Back in September 2010 Microsoft made the bold claim that "there’s been a mid-generation leadership change" in the hardware market. Now it looks like it might just have been right. Speaking in an investor note, Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz has predicted that if current sales trends persist, Xbox …

The arrival of two new handheld platforms will bring high-end mobile technologies to the market, but also a significant increase in project budgets, according to developers working in the field. One studio head told Develop that 3DS launch titles clearly have budgets two-to-three times what typical DS games have seen …

You know you’re writing about something important when almost everyone you contact wants to have their say. It appears everyone wants to have their say about Nintendo’s new 3D-enabled handheld, be they publisher, retailer or developer. For them, Nintendo’s 3DS – the first major global console launch since 2006 – …

Cost of quality has jumped for powerful new handhelds, developers say

The once 230 Nintendo 3DS can now be pre-ordered for just 187 from supermarket Morrisons. As spotted by ONM, the chain is inviting customers to place their pre-orders in-store ahead of the machine’s UK launch on march 25th. "Nintendo 3DS consoles are available to collect in store from the 25th …

Nintendo could reveal the first details of a successor to the Wii at this year’s E3 Expo. That’s according to Stern Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia, Gamasutra reports, adding that Nintendo needs to catch up to the more advanced hardware used by its rivals. We would not be surprised if Nintendo …

Two of the most powerful men in games were stood just metres apart at GDC last week, delivering back-to-back keynotes. Yet their ideologies are worlds apart, and couldn’t more accurately convey the creative crossroad the games industry faces. On one stage at the Moscone Centre, San Francisco: Nintendo boss Saturo …

Games businesses seized by shock quake; buildings evacuated as trading falls

Both Sony and Nintendo have hit back with new platforms to take on iOS, but what does 3DS and NGP mean for game developers?