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An expected boost in the number of Nintendo Wiis, initially slated for June, has been held up, according to Digitimes . A shortage of internal components such as IC chips and PCBs has been blamed for the delay. The component makers said that due to this it is unlikely that …
Read More »Wii eyes up UK market leadership
Eurogamer reports that according to official figures Nintendo’s Wii console is on track to hit one million UK hardware sales within three to four weeks, taking it past the GameCube’s total installed UK base in the process. More importantly, if sales trends continue the Wii is on track to become …
Read More »Apple’s iPhone to take on Nintendo?
A report in the New York Post today claims that Apple is secretly gearing up to push its iPhone – and perhaps its new Apple TV device – as gaming platforms. Taking last week’s furore over Nintendo filing for a patent for a motion-sensitive DS-style device as its queue, the …
Read More »Miyamoto: Games should be fun, not difficult
But, says famed designer, donâ??t underestimate casual gamers
Read More »JAPAN: Nintendo Parties as Wii outsells PS3 three to one
Nintendo’s continued dominance continues this week in Japan, according the latest figures from MCV’s exclusive media partner Enterbrain. Wii sales for the week stood at 62,798, while rival PS3 shifted 21,985 consoles. Xbox 360 sold 3,305, but the true star performer was DS once again – with combined DS and …
Read More »Nintendo storms German and Spanish charts
Wii and DS games make up eight of the current top ten selling titles in Germany, and seven in Spain, reports Next Generation . For the second week running Pokemon Diamond and Pearl top both charts. The top three titles in the Spanish charts are unchanged from the previous week, …
Read More »Oxygen opens Wii and DS studio in London
Publisher's new internal team targets Nintendo platforms
Read More »New Wii straps emerge
The firm has developed a new strap for the Wii controller, which has a fasten-able plastic clip designed to make it more secure in the gamer’s hand, reported Next Generation. The emergence of the new straps follows reports that the controller sometimes flew out of gamers hands during game play. …
Read More »DS crowned market leader after bumper sales week
The storming performance of DS hardware, More Brain Training and its two Pokmon titles have elevated the Nintendo handheld to become the market-leading format this week, MCV can reveal. In the biggest sales week since Easter, DS was the lead format in both unit and value terms for the first …
Read More »Nintendo signs up new ad agency
According to Marketing Week , Nintendo and Karmamara are in the final negotiations of an advertising contract after the latter won the pitch against rival agencies thought to include Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest, Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy, and CDP. The battle followed a review, which was called in May after …
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