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01 Nov 2009 10:43

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Biz, Tech: Nintendo needs to do a lot to save its hide quickly

  • We sensed that the market mood was cooling off in the spring. But frankly, we hadn’t expected to get as bad as it did by summer.
  • Nintendo President Satoru Iwata • Describing the quick decline in sales of the Nintendo Wii this year. Despite the company’s cut in price on the Wii, it kind of made things worse this quarter: Profits dipped 52%, while sales slid 28%. Nintendo’s working hard to make some changes to help improve profits – new Mario and Zelda games are coming soon, and the company could make changes to the platform to enable (on the Wii’s end) Blu-Ray discs and (on the DS’ end) 3G and social networking. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. • source
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29 Oct 2009 10:30

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Biz, Tech: Nintendo can’t count on the Wii to save them anymore

  • 52% drop in quarterly profit – Sony & MS are on top again source
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04 Oct 2009 20:41

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Culture, Tech: Tony Hawk’s new ride is pretty darn awesome, apparently

  • $1.6 billion the amount of money Tony Hawk video games have made in the last decade
  • no wheels the latest trick the series has in store for “Tony Hawk Ride,” out next month source
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23 Sep 2009 22:42

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Tech: Wii think you should know the Wii is getting a Wii bit cheaper.

  • $199 for the Wii (20% cheaper!), starting this Sunday source
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20 Apr 2009 20:35

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Tech: Video games are ultra-addictive, just like our personality

  • 8.5% of young kids can’t lay off the Wii smack source
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14 Apr 2009 10:07

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Tech: In case your Wii wasn’t motion-sensitive enough, this might help

The Wii MotionPlus, out June 8, promises to let your hand motions be just a little more precise on games that support it. source
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31 Mar 2009 10:27

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Tech: Sony cuts the price of the wrong Playstation console

  • $99 for the PS2. April 1st. Who cares? OK, OK, we know. The Playstation 2 was only the most popular console of all time, until recently. But it’s not like anyone cares that much about the thing anymore, not when there’s a console war going on, and they have a PS3 that costs $399, $150 more than its biggest competition. This is why you’re getting killed in the marketplace, dudes. source
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25 Mar 2009 22:52

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Tech: Wii feat: Nintendo is king of the mountain. No pushing them off.

  • 50 million sales of the Nintendo Wii, an all-time home video game console sales record, topping the Playstation 2
  • 100 million sales of the Nintendo DS, which is pretty amazing, by the way; Gamecube what, dudes? source
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16 Jan 2009 10:09

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Biz, Tech: The Nintendo Wii: More popular than you are

  • 10.2 million Nintendo Wiis were sold in 2008, a record. 2.15 million were sold in December alone.
  • 55% of consoles sold in the U.S. last year were Wiis. And we’re guessing the PS3 didn’t elicit this kind of response. source
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07 Jan 2009 15:52

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Tech: This game is more popular than “Super Mario Bros.”

“Wii Sports” has sold 40.24 million units, making it the highest-selling game ever. source
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