Articles on Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

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 »

"PS3 Slim" rumor fervor hard to fathom - Aug 18, 2009

Crave Is this the new PS3 Slim? Rumors have it Sony may unveil such a device at the Gamescon show in Germany. On the other hand, it may all be fanboy-driven fervor ... Read story »

Wii is back in the limelight for this holiday season - Dec 1, 2009

Crave Nintendo seems ready to resume its dominance over its video game console competitors, Microsoft and Sony, and to shake off several tepid months of sales, an analyst suggested recently. Those comments ... 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 »

Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 Elite's pricing for Asia - Aug 28, 2009

Crave An all-out price war is looming on the game console horizon. Besides the impending arrival of the PlayStation 3 Slim, Microsoft will be cutting its 120GB Xbox 360 Elite to ... Read story »

PS3 and Xbox 360 finally outsell Wii in US - Sep 7, 2009

Crave As expected, recent price cuts to the PS3 and Xbox 360 helped boost sales of the two consoles, and a strong showing for both helped propel them past the Wii in ... Read story »

Nintendo to cut prices for Wii? - Sep 15, 2009

Crave With Microsoft and Sony both slashing prices on their respective consoles, it's no surprise that Nintendo appears to be following suit. Last month we explained why we think the Wii ... Read story »

Induction-based Wii remote charging kit - Nov 24, 2009

Crave Nintendo has possibly the least elegant implementation for its Wii remote as far as battery power is concerned. While users can recharge their PS3 and Xbox 360 controllers easily via ... 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 »

Report: Microsoft taking on Wii with motion-sensing camera - May 13, 2009

Crave This camera, from Israeli startup 3DV Systems--which has reportedly been acquired by Microsoft--could form the basis of a new motion-sensitive controller that Microsoft is reportedly working on. Nintendo won't be ... Read story »

E3 winner: Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo? - Jun 3, 2009

Crave With E3 returning to its old, bigger-is-better format, there seemed to be more at stake at this year's show. Could Nintendo provide enough compelling news to hold onto its lead? Would ... Read story »

Behold the motion-sensitive controller wars - Jun 4, 2009

Crave The new motion-control system from Sony was announced at E3 on the heels of similar new technology from both Microsoft and Nintendo. Forget the console wars. We're in the motion-sensitive ... Read story »

Is MotionPlus too little, too late for Nintendo? - May 6, 2009

Crave But as far as the idea of motion control is concerned, is it as satisfying as hoped? With the arrival of Wii MotionPlus, Nintendo promises even more accurate motion control ... Read story »

E3 live stream, Project Natal for the Xbox 360, and The Beatles: Rock Band - Jun 2, 2009

Blogs It's baaaack! The Electronic Entertainment Expo, more popularly known as E3, has always been the marquee event of the computer and video games industry. After two years of a downsized, invitation-only ... Read story »

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