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Region lock in Nintendo; It really works

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

The -capable are . This was announced by the company almost a year before.

The that features -enhanced camera functionality released in the US market works well on a system in US and it boots very fine but the same when brought to a Japanese system, the icons of the game does not appears in the menu. Thus it prevents from playing on that system.

Well, this lock-out is not applicable to playing on standard or systems because they don’t have the same specific territory firmware as of the units.

Remember this properly that this lock-out is not only limited to the Shop and .

announced last year about it and then it mentioned that the reason behind doping this is because of the cartridge lock-out is due to the specific internet connectivity of the system and also the incorporated parental controls.

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Nintendo DS tops in August

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

The sales of video game for the month of August this year was down from the previous year. But not for all. The 3 sales were considerably up from the month prior. It sold roughly the twice amount. Let us give a thank note to the mid-month price drop.

The data of reveals that sold 210,000 3s in the last month. There was a $100 drop that took an effect at some of the retailers as early as August 18th. It likely translated to a price conscious boost in sales.

Oh yes, the sales also experienced a late August drop. It got a minor boost.

sold over half a million units in the month of August. It was a and combined.

Below is the details:

o - 552,900
o - 277,400
o - 215,400
o 3 - 210,000
o - 140,300
o 2 - 105,900

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DS the best sold gaming console

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

It seems that is still interested in handhelds and in Sports Resort. The chart shows that the is the best sold gaming console. Through the chart it also seems that the made game still leads the software charts with a very good margin.

46,855 units of was sold in one week and its only rival, the Portable from , took the second place with sales figure of 32,849 units. The is at 7,500 units in one week.

In the home gaming console the sold close to 25,000 units and it was on the top. It is more than the and the managed to sell together.

The big news is from the software charts in which Sports Resort sold more 155,000 copies in the second week of its shelf life. The overall sale of it is more than half a million units.

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DSi ranked top in Japan retail sale

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

The and the of Corp. 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.

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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An interview clip of Nintendo President

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Let us check what the President of , , 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 us 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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Japan hardware sales down

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Sales of every platform decline in the week ended on 17th in . The data has been given by tracking firm Media Create.

sold 34,152 in this week. Though it lead all other platforms for the second consecutive week, but weekly sales for the platform were down by 20,000 units from the previous week.
’s was the second with 28,683 units sold. It is down from 43,000 the week before.
The sales of 3 received a strong boost over past weeks from few good releases like Yakuza 3 and Resident Evil 5 in . Not to forget the Blu-ray release of the movie Final Fantasy VII.
’s , ’s PS2 and Microsoft’s rounded out the depressed hardware charts.

The Chart (Week of May 11-17)

: 34,152
: 28,683
: 15,116
: 11,605
: 4,888
PS2: 4,020
: 3,233

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Nintendo rules three spots this month

Monday, May 25th, 2009

A more one month rolls by with good news for . It tops the console sales charts again this time. It is not a surprising fact. But yes, this month rules three spots instead of the usual two.
Apart from and , which has taken the spots first and second on the list, the (recently launched) makes it the trifecta on the sales chart.

This marks the 1st month in short memory that the was not a number one, as the outsold all with a staggering 827,000 units. It outpaced the at 340,000 and the at 215,000.
It also means that the platform sold over a million units for the month. It made up 31% of all hardware sales in April. It is not at all hard to believe when the sold 435,000 in the first week.

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The release of DSi boosted nintendo DS sales

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Released in the month of April, is on the way to increase the sales of the made handheld by over 175 per cent year over year that is quite the performance. This statement is said by Mike Hickey, an industry analyst. He is currently working for .

The main reason is the increased price of the . Hence, it brings in more revenue than the previous one, . But yes, the sales volumes of is also said to be higher.

The new handheld should also increase the hardware sales for the month of April by 25 per cent where as the software revenue should be declining by 20 per cent in the same period of 2008. This is just because no other game on the magnitude of or Mario Kart has been released in 2009. Some other analysts also say that the decline in the numbers for the April month could be as much as 17 per cent.

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Over 20% Japanese people owns DS

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

We all know better that Japanese love . But… did we ever imagined that the total number of units sold in there is equivalent to 20.5% of ’s population? This has been reported by a website.

The chart of this report was released by recently and it shows that the percentage of a market’s population that owns a . The chart also explains succinctly just how bonkers the population of has been for the handheld. Over 20 per cent of the population owning a ? That’s really Crazy. It means that 1 out of 5 Japanese people. Make sure, it is not 1in 5 Japanese . It is 1 in 5 Japanese people.

The fact is that 20 per cent of the population probably do not own a . There, Japanese have probably purchased multiple systems like the original Phat, , , and of course, the and of the .

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Nintendo now in fresh lime look

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

At the time initially came to the market, it was said that may continue to support the Game Boy Advance. Yes, it of course did, but it was also clear that the company was trying to steer toward the new hotness. The launch of the , it is assumed to be a similar transition period would take place.

As much as the would love for to buy a brand new , it is to be guessed that they are happy if get a too. So, they have launched a new lime green bundle. This brightly colored new version gaming device is packaged with a copy of Personal Trainer Cooking.

This game is not exactly the same thing as Cooking Mama. It is more of like a real cookbook with also real cooking advice and such. Also, in the bundle is included a fashionable protective case.

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