Posts from the ‘Microsoft’ Category

Nintendo Wii: Sony Attempts To Troll Nintendo And Microsoft With PlayStation Move Advert

Sony have just released a comedic marketing video for its forthcoming PlayStation Move motion controller.
The Sony video attempts to mock the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft’s forthcoming controller-free Project Natal. Whilst the PlayStation Move product has drawn heavy scepticism from gamers, the video is still an entertaining watch.
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Nintendo Wii: Nintendo Fancy Their Chances Against Rivals Motion Controls

President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, has openly stated that he’s completely un-fazed about rival motion control solutions from both Microsoft and Sony.
“We applaud anything that will further expand the market of game players; it’s in everyone’s best interest. But all of this talk around new motion controllers does make [...]

Nintendo: Greenpeace Urges Console Manufactures To Clean Up Their Act

Greenpeace has decided enough is enough and has informed console manufactures to stop the use of hazardous chemicals in their game consoles. The environmental group claims console manufacturers have so far failed to reduce the toxic contents of their products
Game consoles manufacturers are lagging way behind the makers of mobile phones and PCs who have [...]

Nintendo Wii: Nintendo Cautious About Project Natal

Nintendo has admitted that it needs to continue making the Wii as immersive  as possible to keep up with future competition.
President of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Amie, believes that Nintendo will “have to move on” to the next level if it wishes to compete against both Microsoft’s and Sony’s forthcoming motion sensing peripherals.
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Nintendo: Nintendo DSi Continues Strong Sales According to NPD

Whilst the Nintendo DSi continues to take American consumers by storm, other gaming formats aren’t fairing quite so well.
According to Aprils NPD figures the recently released Nintendo DSi is still truly captivating American audiences, whilst the Wii, Xbox 360 and particularly the PS3 are having a fairly difficult time. To put things into perspective last [...]

Nintendo: Reggie Fils-Aime Says “It’s Hard To Say Something Nice About The PlayStation 3

Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils-Aime, openly stated that “it’s hard to say something nice about the PS3″ when he was quizzed about Nintendo’s relentless competitors.
Whilst he wasn’t altogether too enamoured with the PlayStation 3, Reggie did however cite Xbox Live as an online platform that concerns both him and his companions over at Nintendo.
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Nintendo Wii: Wii Fit Sales Surpass Halo 3 In United States

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 [...]

Nintendo Wii: January Hardware Sales Drop Dramatically

During the predominantly bleak month of January, hardware sales for all three console manufactures plummeted by a whopping 23 percent in Japan.
Although the appeal of the current crop of consoles continues to remains steadfast amongst consumers, Japan itself has seen a significant drop in shoppers looking to purchase luxury electronic items due in no small [...]

Nintendo Wii: Microsoft Claims Wii Isn’t Even Online

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 [...]

Nintendo: Microsoft Admits It Doesn’t Pay to Bash Nintendo

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 [...]