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Read More »â??Dangerous Wii market suppresses dev budgetsâ??
Develop Jury reveals concerns of an over-saturated market and unpredictable core audience
Read More »DS breaks UK games console sales record
Nintendo DS has become the biggest-selling games hardware in UK chart history, surpassing 10 million units sold, MCV can reveal. The device hit the milestone in week 47 of this year according to GfK-ChartTrack data, taking it past the record held by Sony’s PS2. UK unit sales of PS2 stand …
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Read More »Retailers praise U-Sing boom
U-Sing has become a big hit on the High Street, as supermarkets and specialist retailers give special support to Wii’s first karaoke game. Universal Music and publisher Mindscape have told MCV they are delighted by the support for the initial instalment of their franchise U-Sing: U’ve Got Talent. Mindscape’s UK …
Read More »JAPAN: NSMB smashes Wii record
Just this morning MCV reported that New Super Mario Bros Wii had shifted an impressive 422k units in Nintendo’s homeland of Japan in its first 24 hours on the shelves – and now the game has gone on to smash Wii’s week one sales record in the territory. Famitsu reports …
Read More »JAPAN: New Mario sells 422k
Nintendo may have weathered a mixed 2009 – particularly in Japan – but new sales numbers from Japan suggest that its iconic mascot Mario remains as popular today as he ever was. According to Andriasang, upon its release last week New Super Mario Bros Wii shifted an impressive 422,000 units …
Read More »Wii hits six million in the UK
Nintendo’s Wii has become the fastest-selling home console in the history of the UK, surpassing six million sales after just three years on the market. According to GfK-ChartTrack upweighted data, the console hit the milestone in week 48 this year – exactly two years and 51 weeks after it went …
Read More »Nintendo cuts Wii manufacturing
Though it remains the daddy of the current console market, sales of Nintendo’s Wii are showing year-on-year declines across the board – and the company’s manufacturing partners are now feeling the full effect. Nikkei reports, courtesy of Kotaku, that manufacturing pair Mitsumi and Hosiden are set to suffer a year-on-year …
Read More »US: Thanksgiving Wii sales top 500K
US Wii sales for the crucial Thanksgiving week checked in at 550,000 units, according to Nintendo, down from 800,000 last year. Nintendo said it was happy with the result, following 2008’s high peaks. The firm recently dropped the console’s price $50 to $199 to stimulate demand in the console, which …
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