Tag Archives: nintendo

Pokemon Black and White announced

Though the latest Pokemon titles have only just hit UK shores, a Japanese teaser site has offered the first glimpse of the next instalment in Nintendo’s series – Pokemon Black and Pokemon White. Details are scant for now, though Joystiq reckons that Nintendo has promised plenty of innovation in this …

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Wii captured 47% of market in 09

Nintendo’s Wii accounted for 47 per cent of the global home console market in 2009, according to a report from Ibis Capital. Gamasutra reports that of the remainder, Xbox 360 claimed 35 per cent of the market and PS3 just 18 per cent. Total global console revenues hit $30bn. Looking …

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Nintendos share down at GameStop

GameStop has revealed that 23 per cent of it’s new games revenues in the year ending January 31st 2010 came from the sale of Nintendo products. However, this number is down from the 25 per cent Nintendo commanded in the same period the year before. Gamespot reports that Sony accounted …

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3DS could hurt DSi XL sales

The announcement of the Nintendo 3DS could have damaged any chance the DSi XL had in the global market, one analyst has claimed. Speaking to CNBC, M2 Research analyst Billy Pigeon stated: Apparently, the Japanese press was all over it and talked with suppliers there and Nintendo just wanted to …

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RETAIL BIZ: Pokémon duo tops DS charts

Pokmon SoulSilver and HeartGold have topped the DS charts, taking first and second place respectively. The two games are the highest placing DS releases so far this year, with SoulSilver becoming the first new No.1 in the DS charts since The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks back in December. Before …

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No DSiWare transfers for DSi XL

It has emerged that consumers hoping to upgrade from their existing DSi to the all-new super-sized DSi XL have no way of transferring over any existing DSiWare purchases stored on their old machines. The situation echoes that suffered by Sony when it unleashed its digital-only PSPgo, leaving owners of older …

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JAPAN: PlayStation takes control

After several weeks undisturbed at the top of the Japanese hardware charts, Sony’s PSP has finally been toppled – by none other than the PS3. Sony’s control at the top of the listings is perhaps as good a signifier as any of the changing times in the traditional video games …

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VDIGI launches Wii HD kit

With the wait for Wii HD likely to be at best a very long one and at worst completely fruitless, one tech firm has stepped forward to offer a 1080p solution for owners of the current console. Spotted by CVG, VDIGI’s new VD-W3 Wii HDMI Upscaler Processor plus into the …

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Miyamoto: Our 09 games werent fun enough

Games, at the most basic level, are meant to be fun – and industry legend and head of Nintendo development Shigeru Miyamoto has admitted that the company’s games output last year was simply not fun enough. The fact that in 2009 we were not able to sell more than we …

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