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Momentum may be slowing, but Nintendo’s Wii continues to break European sales records. The motion-based console has now smashed through the 22 million barrier across Europe, MCV can reveal. Meanwhile, DS – officially the biggest selling games-only platform in history – has sold 41 million units across European territories. The …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Shigeru Miyamoto has defended Nintendo’s online console strategy while admitting that it perhaps has been a bit slow to develop its business model – and suggesting that the platform holder may at some stage charge for access to its online network. Elements of Nintendo’s online strategy that have been criticised …

Shigeru Miyamoto has defended Nintendo’s online console strategy while admitting that it perhaps has been a bit slow to develop its business model – and suggesting that the platform holder may at some stage charge for access to its online network. Elements of Nintendo’s online strategy that have been criticised …

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