March 21, 2009 • 7:21 pm 4
Wii Fit sales have surpassed those of long-running king Halo 3 on the Xbox 360.
Shifting an unprecedented 6 million units in the United States alone, the game has overtaken Halo 3’s reign of 5.9 million units sold. Equally impressive is the fact that Halo 3 has been available for purchase since September 2007, whilst Wii Fit was only released onto the gaming market, May 2008.
Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, Wii, Xbox 360 , halo 3, software sales, united states, wii fit
March 18, 2009 • 5:16 pm 0
The twenty most consistent game development studios have been revealed, with Nintendo unsurprisingly coming out third.
GameQuarry.com have devised a in-depth study which looks at the most consistent game developers from around the world. The results compromised of 1,742 development studios and due-fully took into account the developers Metacritic scores across the board.
Filed under: Nintendo, Sony, Xbox 360 , developers, game quarry, metacritic, Nintendo
November 24, 2008 • 8:43 pm 0
Chris Lewis, Vice-President of the Interactive Entertainment Business for Microsoft recently obliged to an interview with revered gaming publication Edge. In the damming interview Lewis harshly criticised Nintendo’s current online infrastructure, and also reiterated that he believes Microsoft occupies a different space to the Kyoto based company.
Nintendo occupies a different space to us in that regard as well, in that [the Wii] isn’t an online connected platform, it isn’t high definition, it doesn’t offer the scalability we offer in the SKU lineup and the storage ability. … I certainly think we do have an appetite for getting into those broad family genres, and that part of the strategy will continue to be so, but I think we clearly want to appeal to all tastes. Our aspiration is to win overall, and to do that we need to continue to bring content to all the different genres in the market, with Xbox Live at the heart of that.
Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, Wii, Xbox 360 , Microsoft, nintendo wii, Xbox 360, xbox live
November 17, 2008 • 8:15 pm 1
The VP for business development in Microsoft’s game division, Shane Kim, had some choice words to say about its competitors, namely the seemingly impenetrable Nintendo.
Kim openly stated at the University of California’s Play conference that “It never pays to bash Nintendo. Rather, he said he loved Nintendo because it’s broadening the audience and is showing Microsoft what it needs to accomplish.”
Filed under: Ds, Microsoft, Nintendo, Wii, Xbox 360 , Microsoft, Nintendo, shane kim, words of wisdom
October 13, 2008 • 8:25 pm 0
Sony’s president of Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida has informed Eurogamer that he would prefer Japanese gamers to show more interest in so called ‘next gen’ gaming rather than the novelty products showcased for Wii.
If it continues that way forever, it’s not a good thing for us. But I’m saying what Microsoft is offering and what we are offering are closer, compared to what other platforms are offering. Because of that commonality, the new games coming out on 360 and PS3 help to get consumers more interested in this generation of gaming.
Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation 3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360 , eurogamer, japan, nintendo wii, shuhei yoshida, sony backs xbox 360
September 7, 2008 • 7:00 pm 0
An unsure Microsoft clings to the hope of coming a belated second after Nintendo in the heated finale of the long running console wars.
“I’m not at a point where I can say we’re going to beat Nintendo. We will sell more consoles this generation than Sony.”
- Microsoft Xbox vice president Don Mattrick
Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, Wii, Xbox 360 , console sales, Microsoft, nintendo wii, sales, Xbox 360
August 1, 2008 • 7:48 pm 0
Nintendo yet again completely dominates the Japanese sales charts.
Japanese publisher, Enterbrain has released this months shocking sales figures. The figures themselves show an exorbitant lead for Nintendo’s Wii, catapulting it far beyond the competition.
Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation 3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360 , console sales, japan, nintendo wii
July 1, 2008 • 7:07 pm 0
Residents in Ohio now have unlimited access to free video game rentals thanks to a new initiative put into place to drive younger audiences into the Centerville library.
Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation 3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360 , centerville., games, library, Nintendo, ohio, rentals
June 26, 2008 • 6:21 pm 4
In2Games have premièred the first motion sensing controls for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
The Gametrak Freedom is touted by the manufacturer as the most advanced motion sensing device for home consoles yet and is due to be released sometime later this year.
Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation 3, Sony, Xbox 360 , gametrack, in2games, motion sensing, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
June 16, 2008 • 7:06 pm 0
With the Xbox 360 being hastily relegated to third place, many analysts are adamant that a further price cut for the system is imminent at this years E3 event.
Microsoft are being dramatically overthrown by Nintendo and to a lesser degree, Sony. If the behemoth is to stay in the never-ending console race, which previously saw then in second place, a price cut is seen as a must. E3 appears to be the perfect place to announce this, so stay tuned.
Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation 3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360 , e3, nintendo wii, price cut, sony playstation, Xbox 360
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