Nintendo has announced the release of the new Wii MotionPlus accessory is scheduled for June 8 in the United States. The accessory will push the motion-sensing controls of the popular Wii system to new levels of precision and performance, the company claims. Read the rest of this entry »
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata admitted that the Wii console is struggling a bit in Japan, but said the company has no plans to drop the price in response. “The Wii is in the most unhealthy condition since it hit the Japanese market,” he said. “The current condition in the Japanese market is not the one we want. A price cut in a difficult economy cannot really excite the market and drive up sales.” Read the rest of this entry »
According to a note from analysts over at Credit Suisse, manufacturing costs for the Nintendo Wii have dropped 45 percent since the console launched in late 2006. Read the rest of this entry »
Sony’s PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo’s Wii during March in Japan for the first time in 16 months, according to Japanese magazine publisher, Enterbrain.
The console’s spike in sales has been credited to titles from Sega and Capcom, with the PS3 hitting 146,948 units, compared with 99,335 units of the Wii and 43,172 units of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, reports Reuters.
Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 and Resident Evil 5 for the PlayStation 3 took the top two spots of the region’s software sales chart driving demand in the console. Read the rest of this entry »
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has announced during his GDC keynote address that a new Wii firmware update will allow gamers to run Virtual Console games straight from their SD cards, sidestepping the need for the company to release an external hard drive. Read the rest of this entry »
According to a new consumer survey sent to current users, Netflix may be expanding their service soon to add Wii support. Read the rest of this entry »
According to an interview with Gamasutra, GameStop has said they finally have enough Nintendo Wii supply to keep up with demand. Read the rest of this entry »
Although there has been no confirmation from Nintendo on the speculation, a post over at Qj has cited sources claiming the Wii will be soon getting a ‘double’ external hard drive, in 32 and 64GB capacities. Read the rest of this entry »
Curt Marvis, Lionsgate’s president of digital media, has said in an interview with Variety that he expects Nintendo to launch a movie streaming service for the Wii, as early as the Q3 of this year.
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Citing the sustained depreciation of the pound against the euro, Nintendo has raised the price of the ever-popular Wii console in the UK, from an MSRP of GBP 179.99 to 199.99 meaning that consumers will most likely see a price hike as well, unless retailers are willing to take the giant hit on their profit margins. Read the rest of this entry »
