Articles on Nintendo Wii, Console, Sales

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 »

Which game console should you buy? - Oct 8, 2009

Features If you're torn between a Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation3, here's an overview of the pros and cons of each game console. 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 »

DS outsells GBA, Wii sales near 35M - Nov 3, 2008

Features Over 84 million Nintendo DS handhelds have been sold, while its home console equivalent's popularity continues unabated since its 2006 launch. Read story »

Nintendo president admits "Wii has stalled" - Nov 2, 2009

Crave Nintendo executive Satoru Iwata in a post-earnings Q&A said a weak software lineup has contributed to the Wii's sluggish performance. Though it once appeared to be a tiny sales juggernaut, ... 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 »

Why the Wii needs to chop its price soon - Aug 28, 2009

Crave With both Sony and Microsoft dropping the price of the PS3 and the Xbox 360 Elite, the Wii is beginning to look like an overpriced console. There a few reasons ... Read story »

Nintendo rules out next-generation Wii and price cut - Aug 6, 2009

Features The game console company dismissed calls for a long belated price revision and plans to introduce a Wii successor. Read story »

PS3 and PSP sales slump, Wii demands fall - Jul 31, 2009

Crave PS3 sales are slumping, but not as bad as the Wii's sales which have been cut in half. Sony latest earnings show that it continues to be hammered by the ... Read story »

Wii HD upgrade may be slated for 2010, says analyst - May 5, 2009

Features A US analyst is predicting the imminent arrival of Nintendo's stepped-up console, but claims the truly next-generation models will not be launched before 2013. 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 »

Wii hits 7 million in Japan - Nov 28, 2008

Features Japanese magazine Famitsu reports Nintendo's console has outsold the PS3 by nearly three times in its home country. Read story »

Hands-on: New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Nov 17, 2009

Crave Sales of the Nintendo Wii have been flagging lately, and the number of quality titles coming out for this generation's bestselling system seems to be getting thinner every month. What better ... Read story »

Publishers push for PS3 price cut - Mar 17, 2009

Features Sony is facing pressure from game publishers to slash its console price, which a market analyst predicts could be up to US$100 starting next month. Read story »

Top 10 A/V products of 2008 - Dec 30, 2008

Features The year is coming to a close and here's a roundup of some of the most impressive and capable releases for the home A/V market. Read story »

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