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When Peter and I got to the Nintendo meeting rooms behind the Japanese gaming giant’s huge E3 booth, Satoru Iwata was pecking away at one of Apple’s Macbook Pro laptops. He folded it shut and quickly stood up to greet us, but I found it telling that the president of Nintendo’s worldwide operations would be
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E3 2010: Techland Interviews Nintendo President Satoru Iwata
Nintendo will soon offer the DSi LL (or as we know it, XL) in a multitude of bright colors (and by multitude, I mean three) come June 19…in Japan The extra large handheld will come in a fashionable blue, yellow, or green. To sweeten the deal, Japanese Nintendo enthusiasts can also take advantage of a price drop. T he DS Lite will go from ¥16,800 to open pricing; The DSi will go from ¥18,900 to …
Combined sales of the three-model Nintendo DS line led Japanese hardware sales charts for the week ended May 23, as overall hardware sales were stagnant week-on-week, according to Media Create’s latest sales charts. Total DS sales — including the DSi LL, DSi and DS Lite — were 26,145, down from last week’s 28,564. During the most recent week, the DSi LL sold 14,108, the DSi sold 9,356 and the …
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DS Line Leads Stagnant Hardware Sales In Japan
Sony PSP hardware fell to second place on Media Create’s Japanese hardware sales charts, as combined sales of the Nintendo DS line saw a small sales bump that solidified a first place finish for the week. Media Create said Friday that sales of PSP hardware — including the PSP-3000 and PSP Go — were 36,697 for the week ended May 9, good enough for second place on the combined sales charts. That …
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Weekly PSP Sales Drop As DS Hardware Leads In Japan
We hit the highlights from Satoru Iwata ‘s investor Q&A yesterday based on a summary of the Japanese version. Nintendo has since posted an official translation of the full Q&A, so now, if you’d like, you can read Iwata’s comments on the subjects of the 3DS announcement, piracy, and the future of the Wii — at length. ” As for consumers holding off on purchases now,” Iwata said in his 650-word …
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Nintendo investor Q&A now available in English
Combined Japanese weekly sales of the Nintendo DS Lite , DSi and DSi LL outweighed total sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3, which led sales charts for the previous two weeks, Media Create said Friday. Total DS sales were 41,219 for the week ended April 4. That amount includes 21,583 units sold of the DSi LL, 15,526 of the DSi and 4,110 of the DS Lite . PS3 sales were 38,877 for the week, enough to put …
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Nintendo DS Line Reclaims Lead On Japanese Hardware Charts
Nintendo says it’ll release a 3D version of its DS handheld gaming portable. We learned that much from Nintendo’s official press teaser this morning. But according to Japanese newshound Adriansang, several mainstream Japanese sources are weighing in with claims of tantalizing supplemental specs.
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3D Nintendo DS Rumble, Motion Control Specs Emerge (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Last year, we heard about Nintendo working on a new iteration of their portable dual screen game console called the DSi LL which was scheduled for only a limited Japanese launch with plans to eventually introduce the gaming console to new markets in the new year. Well, that time has come. Announced yesterday at a
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Nintendo DSi XL US Launch Date Confirmed (Coated)
The PSP-3000 captured the individual top spot on Media-Create’s weekly Japanese hardware unit sales list, but it was the Nintendo DS and its three different models that were able to edge out Sony’s handheld line overall. For the week ended January 31, the older, UMD-based PSP-3000 sold 47,875, down from 52,909 a week prior. Its newer UMD-less sibling PSP Go dropped in unit sales yet another week …
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DS Hardware Line Tops Japanese Charts (Gamasutra)
The Wii has topped the Japanese hardware chart for a subsequent week despite a rapid drop-off in unit numbers sold. Units sales of Nintendo’s console were 163,855 according to the latest chart figures, a number down from 215,129 the previous week.
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