Archive for June, 2009

Nintendo outsells competition nearly 2 to 1 last month

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Video game sales graph showed a southward ride by 23% in May. This has been revealed by latest data from . The bright spot of this report is the ongoing domination by , whose hardware and associated games outsold the competition by nearly 2 to 1.

The CNET’s Lance Whitney report says, “ blamed most of the decline on the lack of blockbuster games rather than the weak economy. The report noted that last year’s sales were boosted by the launch of popular software titles such as Grand Theft Auto IV. ’s Fit also was a hot commodity in 2008.”

Check the below top 10:

1. UFC 2009 Undisputed(THQ) - 679,600
2. Fit() - 352,800
3. EA Sports Active(EA) - 345,800
4. UFC 2009 Undisputed(THQ) PS3 - 334,400
5. Infamous(Sony) PS3 - 175,900
6. Pokemon Platinum() - 168,900
7. Mario Kart() - 158,300
8. Punch Out!!() - 156,900
9. X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged(Activision) - 120,700
10. Play() - 109,800

Total software: 1,292,500
Total other vendor software: 1,310,600

even remained strong in the console business. The and sales were nearly doubling the competition.

· : 633,500
· : 289,500
· : 175,000
· PlayStation 3: 131,000
· PlayStation 2: 117,000
· : 100,400

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DSi ranked top in Japan retail sale

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

The and the of . has kept their reign at the retail of in the latest hardware figures.

According to the recent reports of Media Create Co. the has sold 40,464 units between 8th of June and 16th of June 16 to rank No. 1 in overall sales.

When compared, the sold 27,884 units and has been ranked second in the same period.

In the month of April the began the sale of the at U.S. retail.

Sony has this month announced that the Go, a new 16GB handheld to hold all digital content. It will be sold for $249 on Oct. 1.

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New pouch for Nintendo DS-Lite

Friday, June 26th, 2009

The new -Lite pouch has arrived. Don’t miss it. It is too beautiful. It is just like cool . It has been made by .

This new pouch of the -Lite is made up of different colored felt appliques that are hand sewn to give more realistic and 3-D feel. It is exactly made of the size of the -Lite. It has a dimensions of 4” x 6 1/2”. It holds the -Lite well.

The pouch is also made of such kind which can have enough space to house some stationary, an iPod, your glares, a small digicam and many more stuffs too.

is also making it customized. owners can now choose their own color of the pouch.
Grab this pouch on Etsy for 14$. Soon there will also be pouches available for original and also that of a for a mere 2$ extra.

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Game Zub Nintendo DS lite MP3 Player

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The MP3 Player is to some extent of the size of a Game Boy Advance Game Pak. Though similar but there are some differences. When slotted into ’s Game Pak Slot then it turns your handheld into a full-featured music player. One has to simply select tracks and adjust the playing options with the easy on-screen interface. The rest is done. It plays your tunes through the speakers or headphones.

The MP3 Player make use of common SD cards. It stores there the musics. One can simply transfer the selected songs to SD card through a PC of a laptop. It takes only second to do so and without requiring any software.

This is compatible with and . It includes built-in headphone socket for crystal clear stereo sound and it is simple on-screen interface.

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Nintendo set to release DS Lite bundle in UK

Friday, June 19th, 2009

There is a good news for the fans of . This month is launching a unique and exclusive bundle in the United Kingdom market. It is the Professor Layton and the Curious Village bundle. They will be available in for just £119.99.

This bundle has in it a Black system and Professor Layton and the Curious Village. It is also being said that the bundle may be to commemorate Professor Layton and the Curious Village for its BAFTA for “Best Handheld Game” or for Father’s Day.

This bundle of Lite Professor Layton and the Curious Village has not yet been announced for launch in the market. It seems that that there will be no Father’s Day bundle for the . But yes, of did launch a Green/Spring bundle for Mother’s Day.

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Nintendo DS leads the industry while other suffers

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

has led the video game system sales of in the month of May. It has sold 633,500 units. This is in fact a hike of 40% compared to the same month in 2008. The sales were split 369,000 and 244,000 of and respectively.

The sales of console of were down by 57% over May 2008 to 289,500 units. But, the sales of course pushed the console past the 20 million mark in the after only 31 months on the market.

On the other hand the suffered the least of the home consoles. It had only a 6% drop in sales over last year. It is a fact that this console is suffering and it shows just how much the video game industry is suffering.

The total industry sales has dropped below $1 billion for the first time since August 2007.

The ’s analyst says, “The video games industry continues to struggle with difficult comparisons to last year, and this is the first month that industry sales have dipped below $1 billion since August 2007. May is typically one of the lowest revenue-generating months in any given year for the industry in general.”

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Nintendo is now the wight loosing coach

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Good news for all the fans of . The game is now coming with a Pedometer. It can be easily inserted into the or through the Game Boy Advanced Slot.

With this new feature, now the can track gamers steps, physical activity, food intake and even more. is also available with a whole lot of other health “goodies’ like coaching or education session, challenges, trivia games, tips, hints and more. The challenges has an option of accepting or not.

This new feature of the has been developed in conjunction with a fitness coach and nutritionist. Hence, we can say that there is a lot of credibility to the usefulness in this “game” bringing in weight loss results.

Now gamers can measure their physical activity and balance it. They can follow the advice of a stick-figured fitness coach. The result of this is that gamers motivation increases with each coaching session, daily challenge, and mini-games that it provides.

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An interview clip of Nintendo President

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Let check what the President of , Saturo , has to say. In an interview to CNBC, he admitted that the company had scrapped a new handheld which they had not just been working on, but also had even completed it.

Now it appears, according to , that this handheld was going in a different direction than the DSLite and . He said, “when we are launching new hardware, the most important thing is to sustain the momentum. If introducing new hardware won’t do anything to do that, well…”

Now it seems that as if they went with the as it kept with the and thus would maintain the popularity of the system. The sale of is of course impressive. One cannot help but only wonder as to what this other handheld was though. Let take the flashback. Way back, first launched claimed that they weren’t abandoning the GBA platform. The was simply another way to game. It seems now that this handheld fell more in line with the GBA or something, may be.

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Nintendo MP3 Player

Monday, June 8th, 2009

The new and the much of hype MP3 Player is not much bigger than a Game Boy Advance Game Pak. One thing to say here more is that if it is slotted into ’s Game Pak Slot then turns your handheld into a full-featured music player.

Its simple to use. Just select tracks and adjust the playing options. The entire operating steps is easy on-screen interface and one can play their tunes through the speakers or headphones

This new much wanted MP3 Player uses common SD cards where the musics can be stored. One can very simply transfer songs to SD card via a PC. It takes only few seconds and one do not have to use any software of converting.

More to this, it is compatible with and . It has built-in headphone socket for crystal clear stereo sound and there is simple on-screen interface that includes Repeat and Shuffle modes. The player can store about 240 songs in its 1Gb SD card.

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Kingdom Hearts portable game announced at E3

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

At the 2009 press conference recently there was on display a beautiful and handful portable gaming titles for the and Shop. Officially this portable was yet to be announced.

It was the new game that was announced later. It was the first version of the collaboration of Square Enix and Disney franchise. Role playing games fans have many more reasons than this to be excited as Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story and also Golden Sun were announced at the conference. Gamers can also expect Bowser’s Inside Story this fall. The Golden Sun may arrive by the year 2010.

The had showcased a desire in the press conference of 2009 in order to appeal to fans of James Patterson novels as Women’s Murder Club: Games of Passion checks in to provide a new way to enjoy the crime-solving novels. By using the , gamers will uncover clues, reaching very closer to the truth.

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