Game reviews: the ugly path from publisher to publishing
June 2, 2008
In the world of game writing, reviewers few ways of fighting the control that publishers and PR companies have over their livelihoods. The ugly business of reviewing games is a hot topic right now, and deserves to be explored.
NPD: Nintendo Wii the top-selling, current-gen console
The Nintendo Wii has secured its place above the Xbox 360 in total units sold in the US, and six of the top ten games in June were on Nintendo consoles. It's good to be the king. Read More...
Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 3-to-1 in Japan in March (Reuters)
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii game console outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 by 3-to-1 in Japan in March but its DS handheld machine fell behind the PlayStation Portable for the first time in six months, a game magazine publisher said. 
Nintendo shows off new Wii add-on
Nintendo unveils a highly-sensitive motion controller add-on for its Wii system at the E3 conference in Los Angeles.
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Despite Grand Theft Auto, Nintendo...
NewsFactor - With all the hubbub over Grand Theft Auto IV, the video-game world is anxious to learn how the blockbuster game really impacted industry sales. NPD Group's monthly...
05/12/08
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Game Device Belatedly Clicks
Sony's PlayStation Portable videogame player has turned into a strong seller in Japan over the past year. The reason: a videogame series that allows groups of friends to play...
06/24/08
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Game Device Belatedly Clicks
Sony's PlayStation Portable videogame player has turned into a strong seller in Japan over the past year. The reason: a videogame series that allows groups of friends to play...
06/24/08
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July NPD Sales Numbers Fire, Industry...
July video game sales leapt an appreciable 28 percent over last year, the 360 and PS3 finished in a dead heat, and Nintendo creamed everyone, as usual. Overall video game sales...
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Sony PSP outsells Nintendo DS 2-to-1...
Reuters - Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation Portable
(PSP) handheld game gear outsold Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) DS
portable player more than 2-to-1 in Japan in April, game ...
05/02/08
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NPD: GTA IV Fastest Selling Game Ever, Nintendo Still Bulldozes Competition
April can be the cruelest month, but not if you're Nintendo, which managed to sell 714,000 Wiis bolstered by hot-ticket games like Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros Brawl, and Wii Play. Also not if you're Rockstar, whose Grand Theft Auto...
'GTA IV' and 'Mario' will have a lock on video-game sales (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - With the arrival in stores this week of long-awaited titles Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart Wii, the already hot video game industry is headed for the stratosphere. 
Invade and conquer: Space Invaders...
In 1977 Tomohiro Nishikado, a 33-year-old Japanese computer programmer, was a
company employee, like millions of others. In his spare time he played video
table-tennis,...
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Nintendo earnings reveal an...
Nintendo has been riding on top of the sales charts for a while now in the US, but the company's earning statements show a nearly bullet-proof international business, with...
04/25/08
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GAMES REVIEW: Wii suffers glut of...
Nintendo's Wii has dominated video-game hardware sales since its debut in November 2006, and it shows no sign of slowing down. In March, U.S. stores sold more Wii consoles than...
Japan: PS3 Catches Up to Wii, Xbox...
In Japan, the Wii's lead over the PS3 shrank from six-to-one in May to just one-point-seven-to-one in June, according to Japanese magazine publisher Enterbrain. According...
GAMES REVIEW: Wii suffers glut of...
AP - Nintendo's Wii has dominated video-game hardware sales since its debut in November 2006, and it shows no sign of slowing down. In March, U.S. stores sold more Wii consoles...
GAMES REVIEW: Wii suffers glut of...
AP - Nintendo's Wii has dominated video-game hardware sales since its debut in November 2006, and it shows no sign of slowing down. In March, U.S. stores sold more Wii consoles...
What's Up with the Nintendo Wii?
Anyone noticed the recent dearth of intriguing, headline-grabbing games for the Nintendo Wii? Some 555,000 little white boxes leapt off store shelves in July U.S. sales, according to NPD data, and Nintendo certainly did brisk top 10 software sales...
Sony beefs up PS3 media ability (Reuters)
Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) said it would rent and sell movies and TV shows over the Internet for its PlayStation 3 video game console and double the hard drive capacity of its main PS3 model in a bid to better compete with Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS).
NPD: May 2008 Game Sales Herald...
Grand Theft Auto IV sold well in May, but not well enough to conjure significant hardware sales for Sony and Microsoft, and Nintendo locked up the top two spots in hardware...
Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in...
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii game
console once again outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3
in Japan in June, but its lead is fading, a game magazine ...
Video games a boon for families...
Families facing escalating household bills are turning to video games on the
Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 for affordable fun.
No fun! Wii suffers slew of bad games
Nintendo's Wii has dominated video-game hardware sales since its debut in November 2006, and it shows no sign of slowing down. In March, U.S. stores sold more Wii consoles than...
Nintendo Wii Sales Trounce Xbox 360,...
TechWeb - Sales were sparked by the recent launch of the hit game Super Smash Bros. Brawl -- a Wii exclusive.
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U.S. Economy Slows, Games Industry...
No surprises to report in NPD's official March 2008 numbers, and as predicted, Super Smash Bros. Brawl kicked Nintendo into hyperdrive, catapulting Wii sales to 31 percent...
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