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Major publishers are quiet about their Nintendo Wii U plans

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:03:53 +0100

Electronics Arts has confirmed that the publisher is not currently developing any games for Nintendo's Wii U console, and other major publishers have not indicated they plan to release Wii U games. Read more...

Nintendo won't hold traditional E3 keynote event in June

John Callaham — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:04:26 +0100

Nintendo has announced that it won't be holding a big keynote press event at E3 2013, as it scales down its usual presence at the Los Angeles video game trade show in June. Read more...

Only 390,000 Nintendo Wii U consoles shipped in Q1 2013

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:58:16 +0100

Nintendo said it only shipped 390,000 Wii U consoles worldwide in the first quarter of 2013, showing that the company's next generation hardware is not having the sales success of the earlier Wii. Read more...

Microsoft sells 261,000 Xbox 360 units in US during March 2013

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:32:25 +0100

Microsoft is once again on top of the current game console industry in the U.S., selling 261,000 units of its Xbox 360 console during the month of March 2013, according to NPD. Read more...

Xbox 360 top selling US console for 26th consecutive month

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:01:59 +0000

Microsoft announced that it sold 302,000 units of the Xbox 360 game console in February 2013 in the US. Those numbers were more than any other current generation console for the 26th straight month. Read more...

Zen Studios announces Zen Pinball 2 for Wii U

Christopher White — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:19:33 +0000

Do you have the Wii U? Do you like great games? Do you love pinball? If so, get ready to download Zen Pinball 2 from the Nintendo eShop next week. Read more...

Analyst Michael Pachter: Microsoft will win next-gen console war

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:00:55 +0000

Industry analyst Michael Pachter predicted this weekend that Microsoft will win the next generation game console war, claiming that rumored features like Skype and a TV tuner will be "killer apps". Read more...

Nintendo Wii U sales bomb in US; good or bad news for Microsoft?

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:23:21 +0000

Nintendo's new "next generation" Wii U console has reportedly hit a massive cliff in terms of sales, with a report claiming that just 57,000 units were sold in the US in January 2013. Read more...

Gabe Newell: Apple, not Microsoft, is biggest threat to Steam Box

John Callaham — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:01:12 +0000

Valve founder Gabe Newell said this week that the biggest threat to the company's plans to launch a PC-based "Steam Box" console isn't from Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo but from Apple. Read more...

IDC: PS3 narrowly beats Xbox 360 in worldwide game console shipments

John Callaham — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:08:13 +0000

A new report from IDC claims that worldwide shipments of the Playstation 3 have now reached 77 million, just beating the Xbox 360 which the firm claims has 76 million units shipped. Read more...

A link to the past: play SNES games on Windows 8 and RT

Jake Durasamy — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:54:44 +0000

A SNES emulator has been released for Windows 8 and RT, so that users and retro gamers can meet their needs of playing old-school gamers all over again. This emulator will also work on Surface. Read more...

7,000 Wii U's Stolen in Seattle

Jake Durasamy — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:24:44 +0000

7,000 Wii U's have been stolen from an Air Cargo bay in Seattle. It is believed that the thieves stole two semi-trucks and loaded Wii U's onto the vehicles before driving off into the night. Read more...

Nintendo Wii mini announced for Canada, coming Dec. 7

John Callaham — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:15:00 +0000

Nintendo has officially announced plans to launch a smaller version of the Wii console, the Wii mini, which will be released first in Canada on December 7th for $99.99. Read more...

Nintendo Wii U sells 400,000 units in US during launch week

John Callaham — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:40:00 +0000

Nintendo said that its new Wii U game console sold 400,000 units during its launch week in the US and that the company sold 1.2 million hardware units of its consoles overall in the US. Read more...

Nintendo Wii U sold out in US; eBay prices start around $300

John Callaham — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:06:20 +0000

As expected, Nintendo's new Wii U game console is now sold out in regular retails outlets in the US since its launch on Sunday, and eBay prices for the console start around $300. Read more...

Nintendo Wii U teardown

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:52:00 +0000

Much has been made of the Wii U, Nintendo's foray into the next generation console market. Now that the console has finally arrived in the US, Anandtech has performed a teardown of the device. Read more...

Microsoft executives balked at motion control pitch that served as basis for Wii

Anthony Tosie — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:27:26 +0000

Before the technology that served as the basis for the Wii's motion controls went to Nintendo, Microsoft had a shot at the technology. According to the man behind it, however, they weren't interested. Read more...

Nintendo Wii U to lack TVii features for Sunday's launch

John Callaham — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:50:38 +0000

Nintendo has revealed that a number of promised features for its Wii U game console, including its much hyped TVii support, won't be available for Sunday's US launch and will be added in December. Read more...

Xbox 360 the top console for the 22nd consecutive month

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:54:26 +0000

Microsoft has announced it sold 270,000 units of its Xbox 360 game console in October 2012 in the US, but overall retail game sales in the US went down 25 percent that month. Read more...

Nintendo: HTML5 support for Wii U browser, but no Flash

Andy Weir — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:30:07 +0000

Nintendo has revealed a few details about the web browser on its new Wii U console, confirming that it won't support third-party plug-ins, including Adobe Flash. Read more...