San Francisco: Nintendo Co Ltd has more to prove than ever when it takes the wraps off its highly anticipated "Wii U" gaming console at next week's "E3," the $78.5 billion videogame industry's most important yearly trade show. Gamers and Wall Street analysts alike will be closely watching for the next salvos from Nintendo, Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp - the "big three" of console manufacturers who have been at...
10:32 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New York: Microsoft says it's not coming out with a new Xbox gaming console anytime soon. Some video game players had hoped that Microsoft Corp. would unveil an upgrade at the E3 Expo in June, a big, yearly video game conference in Los Angeles where game makers show off new wares and titles. Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it won't be discussing new Xbox hardware at the event. Rather, it...
11:00 AM, Mar 20, 2012
Las Vegas: Nintendo Co.'s upcoming Wii U game console will come with a controller that has a big, touch-enabled screen. At first glance, that seems like an obstacle to the kind of casual multiplayer gaming that made the first Wii console such a breakout hit. But in demonstrations Tuesday, the company emphasised that the Wii U will work with the cheaper, stick-like Wii controllers as well, making family multiplayer games...
09:45 AM, Jan 11, 2012
Tokyo: Sony Corp shifted 321,400 units of the PlayStation Vita, its new handheld game device, in Japan in its first two days on sale, research firm Enterbrain said on Tuesday. That falls short of rival Nintendo Co Ltd's 3DS, which sold 371,000 in its first two days, Enterbrain said. Sales of the 3DS, however, slumped weeks after the launch, forcing Nintendo to slash the price and crushing its profit outlook...
12:15 PM, Dec 20, 2011
Washington: Nintendo Co has won a preliminary ruling that it did not infringe two patents owned by a tiny company called Motiva LLC in making its popular Wii, according to an initial ruling issued on Wednesday. A judge at the International Trade Commission said that Nintendo did not infringe two Motiva patents in making the Wii video game. That preliminary decision will be reviewed by the commission and can be...
09:20 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Tokyo: Nintendo's add-on button device for its 3DS video game machine is facing criticism as a possible design flaw and a detraction for the already struggling portable. Some critics say Nintendo Co. is embarrassed about the 1,500 yen ($20) "slide pad," noting President Satoru Iwata didn't mention a word about the gadget at his presentation earlier this week. The device, which goes on sale in Japan on December 10, works...
02:49 PM, Sep 17, 2011
Tokyo: Nintendo's attempt to rescue its failed 3DS handheld games gadget failed to dispel market gloom, triggering a 5 per cent share slide and stoking deep worries for an iconic brand desperate to win back users. On Tuesday, President Satoru Iwata introduced what he said was an unprecedented range of games, aimed at attracting everyone from hardcore gamers to fashion-conscious girls and fans of the long-running Mario series. The Japanese...
05:30 PM, Sep 13, 2011
New York: Videogames are becoming kinder and gentler as women and older players seek pleasure in a pastime long dominated by teenage boys hell-bent on winning wars in fantasy worlds. While violent games like Grand Theft Auto and Battlefield remain top sellers, relaxing ones designed to induce calm and tranquility are emerging as a major category in an industry often knocked for promoting bad behavior. "A lot of people who...
01:15 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Los Angeles: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said he was surprised at the tumble in the company's share price following the unveiling of a successor to its smash hit Wii games console, adding that the new gadget had to be played to be understood. Shares in Nintendo fell almost 10 per cent in the two days following the company's splashy presentation of the Wii U, which features a tablet-style controller and...
12:43 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Tokyo: Nintendo was targeted in a recent online data attack, but no personal or company information was lost, the Japanese maker of the Wii game console said Sunday. The server of an affiliate of Nintendo Co.'s US unit was accessed unlawfully a few weeks ago, but there was no damage, company spokesman Ken Toyoda said. "There were no third-party victims," Toyoda said, while declining to elaborate. "But it is a...
01:10 PM, Jun 06, 2011
New York: Comeback stories will be the unofficial plotline of next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, the annual event where the videogame industry shows off a dizzying display of new games, consoles and assorted gadgets. About 45,000 reporters, industry types and analysts will converge on Los Angeles for the E3 conference, sprawled across a space the size of eight US football fields. This year's conference, running June 7-9, comes as the...
12:43 PM, Jun 04, 2011
Redmond: Nintendo is dropping the price of its Wii game system by $50 to $150 and introducing a new line of cheaper Wii games. Starting May 15, the newly priced Wii system will come in either black or white with a Mario Kart Wii game and a Wii Wheel accessory, replacing the previously included Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort games. The price cut - the second one since the...
07:40 PM, May 04, 2011
New York: The successor to Nintendo's hit Wii console will arrive next year. In disclosing its plans Monday, Nintendo Co. didn't say what the new system will do. The Japanese company plans to show a playable model of the new console at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which runs June 7-9 in Los Angeles. Nintendo has dominated sales of video game consoles and sold 86 million Wiis since launching it in...
11:23 AM, Apr 26, 2011
Whether you're watching a Hollywood action movie in an IMAX theater or college hoops on a 3D TV, there's no denying the wow factor of current 3D technology. And the trend isn't lost on video-game companies - particularly Sony, which has been trumpeting the 3D environments of recent PlayStation 3 games like Killzone 3. Still, big-screen 3D isn't for everybody: Those of us with poor vision will probably never adjust...
11:36 AM, Mar 26, 2011
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