Articles on Nintendo Wii, Console, Industry

Video game industry sales down 17 percent--again - May 26, 2009

Crave For the second straight month, video game industry sales tumbled nearly 17 percent year over year, a downward trend for a market segment that had previously seemed resistant to the economic ... Read story »

Time for a Wii price cut? - May 20, 2009

Features Sales for the worldwide bestselling console are slowing down by around 50 percent year-on-year and a much belated price revision may be Nintendo's best prescription. Read story »

PS3 Slim reviewed - Aug 21, 2009

Crave Back in 2004, four years after first launching the PlayStation 2, Sony brought out a new, much more compact PS2. Timed to come out just as Grand Theft Auto: San ... Read story »

New Wii and controller could arrive by 2011 - Sep 22, 2009

Crave In August, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explicitly stated that a successor to the best-selling US$249 Nintendo Wii won't "happen any time in the near future." However, given Sony's recent introduction of ... Read story »

The shrinking game console: A history - Aug 25, 2009

Features Every few years video game consoles get smaller and more advanced. We track some of the more notable shrinkage in the last 20 years. Read story »

Microsoft: Current-gen console cycle to last longer - Jan 13, 2009

Features The Redmond company's Entertainment & Devices division president believes that the next console cycle won't be fueled by the technological arms race. Read story »

Plastic peripherals that changed the way we game - Sep 14, 2009

Features We've put together a list of some the most innovative peripherals and game titles that have helped change the way we play games. Read story »

Hacking down on video game energy use - Nov 24, 2008

Crave Estimated energy usage from different consoles, with comparisons between people who turn off games when idle and those that don't. Individual gamers and console makers could significantly reduce energy use from ... Read story »

LED-lit TV Buying Guide - Nov 20, 2009

Features What is an "LED TV"? Does it deliver better picture quality? We've compiled everything you need to know about these premium flat-panel displays here. Read story »

E3 2009: The wrap-up - Jun 5, 2009

Crave There's an odd sort of Kremlinology that surrounds the annual Electronic Entertainment Exposition, with one of the main topics of conversation among showgoers, industry watchers, and video game enthusiasts being ... Read story »

Xbox 360 to be lowest-priced next-gen video game console - Sep 4, 2008

Crave One of the the biggest selling points of Nintendo's Wii video game console since its launch nearly two years ago has been that it was the lowest-priced of the trio of ... Read story »

Report: Microsoft in talks to buy Israeli VR firm - Feb 18, 2009

Crave The ZCam, from 3DV Systems, which is rumored to be in acquisition talks with Microsoft. Microsoft hopes the acquisition of a virtual reality start-up will give it another trick up ... Read story »

Gaming preview: Who should buy the Nintendo DSi and who shouldn't - Feb 23, 2009

Crave With estimated unit sales approaching 100 million worldwide, Nintendo has proven itself time and time again as the industry ruler of the portable console market. With the DSi--the second refresh of ... Read story »

Apple working on its own Wiimote? - May 12, 2008

Crave Microsoft may not be the only one looking to develop its own Wiimote-like game controller. Apple is researching a 3D remote of its own, according to AppleInsider. The research, reportedly outlined ... Read story »

Must-have HDTV addons - Feb 19, 2008

Features Hesitant to buy an HDTV because you are not sure what to get out of it? Find out what extras will make your HDTV experience perfect in our must-have list. Read story »

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