New Microsoft and Sony gaming consoles may not land until 2014
According to Kotaku, neither Microsoft nor Sony will launch new gaming consoles before 2014. “Both [Microsoft] and Sony are telegraphing to each other that they’re …
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Nintendo moves 400,000 3DS units during first week of U.S. availability
In an interview with USA Today, Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, confirmed that Nintendo sold nearly 400,000 of its 3DS units in the …
Android, iOS grab 34% of U.S. portable video game sales in 2010
Analytics company Flurry has published an interesting study involving Android, iOS, and the U.S. video game market. Following up on a report from 2009, the company notes …
Nintendo may drop Wii to $150 on May 15th
Nintendo may drop the price of its Nintendo Wii game console from $200 to $150 on May 15th, Engadget is reporting. The new price will …
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters sells 225k in first week, beats records
Electronics Arts has announced that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters has beat all previous first-week sales records in its Tiger Woods game franchise …
iPhone, iPod touch, Android phones to hurt Nintendo 3DS sales
In our recent review of the Nintendo 3DS portable gaming console, we noted that the iPhone and iPod touch could be a big threat to …
Mike Tyson Main Event hits iOS [video]
You’re sitting on the shag carpet in your parents’ living room, it’s 1987. You’re wearing Bugle Boy jeans, legs crossed, eyes unblinking. The lights in …
U.S. video game market jumps 3% in February
The U.S. retail video games market grew 3% in February, up from the same time period last year, to $1.36 billion, according to new figures …
Nintendo 3DS launches in Japan, moves 400,000 units
Living on the land of the rising sun? Well, we’re jealous because the Nintendo 3DS went on sale there this morning and Nintendo is said …
NPD: Video game sales slide 5% in January, hardware down 8%
Industry watcher NPD Group says sales of video game software in the U.S. declined by 5% year-over-year in January 2011, totaling $576 million. Console sales …
Throwback Thursday: The Nintendo Light Boy
Before the days of the backlit LCD-display, portable gaming — like reading — required a certain amount of ambient light. Sure, that original Game Boy …
Amazon, GameStop offering pre-orders of Nintendo 3DS
Got yourself all jazzed up about the impending release of the Nintendo 3DS? Good news. Retailers Amazon and GameStop have begun offering pre-orders of the …
Nintendo officially announces 3DS U.S. plans; $249 on March 27th
Good news for all those out there who are die-hard Nintendo fans. At a planned media event, the company officially announced its U.S. intentions for …
Nintendo 3DS to be region locked?
A report filed by Korean gaming site RuliWeb claims that the upcoming Nintendo 3DS portable gaming handset will be region locked. The locking system on …
Nintendo DS becomes best-selling video game system of all time in U.S.
Today, Nintendo announced that its popular line of DS handheld gaming systems have become “the nation’s best-selling video game system of all time.” With sales …
Nintendo boasts of 1.5 million DS, Wii units sold last week
Gaming giant Nintendo recently announced that during Black Friday week, U.S. consumers purchased a combined 1.5 million DS and Wii gaming systems. Holiday shoppers scooped up nearly …
Video game industry takes 4% hit in October; Xbox outsells Wii and PS3 for fifth straight month
Ahead of the 2010 holiday season, NPD Group reports that the U.S. gaming industry took a hit in October. While software sales were up 6% …
Throwback Thursday: Nintendo Virtual Boy
Ah, Nintendo’s Virtual Boy. What seemed like a push forward in the gaming world at first glace unfortunately never really took off. The Virtual Boy …
Nintendo and Netflix bring disc-free streaming to the Wii
If you’ve got a network connected Wii and a Netflix account with streaming capabilities, today is your lucky day. Via a press release, Nintendo and …
Nintendo 3DS hitting Japan February 26, U.S. and Europe in March
Early this morning, Nintendo made the pricing and release date of the Nintendo 3DS very official. The company’s next generation mobile gaming set will begin …
German newspaper pegs Nintendo 3DS for November 11 in Japan
A German newspaper has preemptively published the purported release date for Nintendo’s next mobile gaming system, the 3DS. The paper writes that the 3DS will be released in Japan …
Throwback Thursday: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
If, like us, you owned a Nintendo Entertainment System, then there is a high likelihood you also owned Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out. When you loaded that …
Happy 25th birthday Super Mario Bros.
On this very day in 1985, Nintendo released a game that would forever change the company’s future, Super Mario Bros. Originally dubbed Jumpman, the character was …
Nintendo to drop DSi and DSi XL prices on September 12
According to a Business Wire press release, Nintendo will be reducing the pricing of its Nintendo DSi and DSi XL portable gaming systems on September …
Throwback Thursday: The Power Glove, it's so bad
Last Throwback Thursday, we covered the NES Zapper; a well known and respected Nintendo accessory. This week, we are going to go a little bit more …
Wii sales top 30 million in U.S.
In a short but sweet press release, Nintendo announced that sales of its Wii gaming console have topped 30 million units in the United States. …
Throwback Thursday: NES Zapper
Ah yes, the NES Zapper. Your weapon of choice for eradicating ducks, clay discs, criminals, cowboys, and just boring old targets. The NES Zapper made …
Nintendo to unveil 3DS launch details on September 29th
Nintendo confirmed on Thursday that it is holding an event to announce the details of a new product on September 29th. This centerpiece product for …
Xbox 360 and Red Dead Redemption take top seat in June gaming sales
June was a topsy turvy month for gaming sales according to NPD, as overall sales were down 6% year-over-year but up significantly from May. Leading …
Throwback Thursday: Game Genie
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start? Who the hell needs to remember all that when you have the Game Genie! …
