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Best year ever for Nintendo DS, Good year for Nintendo Wii as well

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

has released its figures. According to , it has been the best year ever for and a great year for as well.

They have revealed that the two models- and have sold a total combined of 11.2 million units in US in 2009. According to them, it is a new calendar year record for any video game .

has saw volumes of 9.6 million units, which is lower by 5.7% as compared to 2008, but still it is an exceptional figure. They also told that 18.6% of the units were sold in November and December 2009 which implies that the company can expect good in 2010.

The lifetime volume of stands at 27.2 million units whereas it is 38.8 million units for , i.e. it is ahead of Gameboy Advance.

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The best selling console in Europe is Nintendo DS

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

has been announced in European history as becoming the best selling .

The family of , including the and also the , have now shifted more than 40 million units in only the market. boasted that the handheld achieved this milestone of success within five years and this is a new record.

In the same chart the claims to be the fastest selling home in the market by achieving the sale figure of 20 million within just three years.

Talking towards the software side, the Sports Resort has been shifted around 5 million copies in the 5 months after its release in the late July.

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Mad Catz announced new peripherals for Nintendo Wii and DS handheld

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Interactive has announced some of the new peripherals for and also for the handheld. is widely known for providing accessories for . Most of the new announcements of are related to portable gaming devices.

The of the is only getting the . This accessory of it will allow the gamer to pre-set a timer for number of hours they have planned to use the connection. It allows them to converse the power and also to be sure that they can access the service always. This new gadget of is usable with both AC power and also with batteries.

On the other hand, the and the version are becoming a larger array of . Out of the , most of them are specially designed to protect the device which can get damaged as it is used on the go.

The two examples are Suede Game Wallet and the Premium Suede Folio Case, priced at 14.99 and 19.99 dollars, are well designed to allow gamers to carry the handheld abreast of extra stylus peripherals and also game cases.

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The big screen of DS Lite

Friday, January 1st, 2010

From the time of the idea came for a living room optimized if we remember properly. In those days the was developed to a revision that had larger . It was never released, but was ready for the production of . It had of 3.8 inch.

This 3.8 inch screen is larger than what we have the standard 3 inch on . Well, it is on the other hand is smaller than the XL’s 4.2 inch .

The will be flying away from stores and the of never entered into production. But it is sure that the unreleased piece of hardware for the became the base for XL.

Yes, much ahead of announcing this new one as the LL in the market and as XL in the North America market, the company tossed around other names. Shigeru Miyamoto liked the name Deka. This name is Large in English.

However, other members of the team suggested to name it as Comfort, Executive, Premium, and Living.

Even thought of using the name of XL globally before settling on the name as LL for the market.

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Nintendo DS leads in UK market

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

became the best selling games in the history of UK says new research.

The research figures released by market research company GfK Chart-Track revealed that a little more than 10 million machines, and its successors the and , had been sold till now in the English market. It beats the previous bestseller 2 of . has been on sale for about a decade.

The success of is due to the broad appeal of its family-friendly titles.
titles are among the biggest selling games on . In this game the players are required to solve maths and also reasoning puzzles, and , in which people create and take care of virtual pets.

According to experts the simplicity of is the key of success. It has only few buttons and it is in fact mainly controlled by poking and writing on a touchscreen with the help of a stylus. It is also appealing to those who are playing video games for the first time.

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Bigger screens for Nintendo DS from next month

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

is going to launch its latest version of the next month. This new version will be having a larger screen.

It will go on sale on November 21 in for 20,000 Yen, little more than what it charges for the present version of .

In the overseas market this new version of will go on sale by the first quarter of the next year.

Each screen of this will be of 4.2-inch in size, which is double the area of the 3-inch on the . It is even larger than the screen of .

Though bigger , but the resolution remains the same. It is equivalent in battery life. As of the , it also has 3 hours battery life, which is half hour more than the .

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Rumor: Brand new Nintendo portable launching this season

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

After a massive success in the portable gaming market with 3 versions, the , and , is at present working on the development of the little dual-screen wonder’s replacement.

Rumor is there that a brand new portable system is getting ready for retail launch this Christmas. The rumor report also reveals that it will be powered by ’s new system-on-a-chip. This includes an ARM-based processor and an integrated graphics.

Sad to say, before expectant the fans have started gleefully bouncing off at the prospect of more portable gaming glory, and may be a device that is more capable in terms of core specification.

Well, a spokesperson of said that the Christmas 2010 arrival of any such portable platform is a “rumour and speculation.”

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DS again remains best-selling in Japan

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

According to the data released from , it is revealed that the again remains the best-selling in . The data is for the week ending 18th of October.

sold 51 735 units in combined total. In it the contributed 49 145 and the just 2 590. It is also learned from the data that the of the has dropped marginally from last week’s tally but there was a drop of 2800 units on .

In the second place is the with 33 508 units. It has dropped quite substantially from last week’s 40 100. The third place is reserved for the with 30 231 units. It is just 266 units ahead of the in fourth place with 29 965. The of both remains steady from last week.

There was a slight increase in the of . It is the only to record a boost with 2 109 units sold. The PS2 is steady with 2 109 units.

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Is the DSi worth? A quick answer

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

The latest version of ’s blockbuster handheld is now available for six months. Did the handheld carved out new direction for the handheld gaming or it is only an old piece of hardware having few gimmicks thrown in?.

A quick answer for is the worth it?

is of course the reigning kings in gaming market of handheld. It has broken ground with legacy ’’ devices of 80s. It’s ’’ became a household name in 90s.

has also managed to persevere and dominate the . In 2005 the platform was launched and it is still loved by gamers. It was replaced by . This was much successful and this year we saw the local release, the . Latest of it brings a camera and a new interface.

Next improvement was the replacement of with in the and and further was unveiled by addeding processing power. Finally, the release of . It is a service that is much like and has rewarded the owners with many quality .

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First time PS3 outsells Nintendo in Japan

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

For the first time video-game outsold the of in . This data has been revealed by market researcher . It says that for the first time it had happened on a monthly basis in in the month of September. This was the result of the earlier price cut.

According to the data from August 31 to September 27 there were 309,939 PS3s sold. This was a monthly record for the in . ., the -based research firm said that ’s and handheld players sold a combined 297,060 units.

had cut the price in of 3 on September 3 by 25%. After discount the price stands to 29,980 yen i.e. $335. also introduced a model that of one- third size of the original and it consumes 34% less power.

A same type of price cut in the U.S. market helped the -based company sell over one million units globally in just 3 weeks and it brought it closer to its annual target of thirteen million.

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