Posts Tagged ‘Japan’

DSi LL launched in Japan

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Good news for as well as for the fans. Over this weekend all the in were able to play the latest iteration of the ’s handheld. It is the LL.

It has attracted the fans with its two large, in fact much large, compared to the previous versions, which is the and the . It also has two new touch pens (both a large and a small) and 3 pre-installed . It will go on sale in on the 21st of December, or last Saturday.

In this game will be known as XL and it will be available there in the first quarter of next year.

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Bigger screens for Nintendo DS from next month

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

is going to 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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First time PS3 outsells Nintendo in Japan

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

For the first time video-game console 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 console 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 sales target of thirteen million.

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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 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 console the sold close to 25,000 units and it was on the top. It is more than the and the 360 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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Nintendo sales up

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

In the selling record was not so good for because the 3 solidly outsold the and also the Portable overtook the . But yes, the current situation for the has been reversed. The and is now becoming the best selling products in their categories.

The has been sold about 55,000 units in from 27 April to 10 May and it was even the best selling videogame console.

There the Portable was the 2nd with a sale unit of more than 43,000 units moved to in the same period. The lead of is even bigger because the has also moved some 7,821 units in the same period.

Sad story for the and the 3. They are no longer head to head. The home console is up 24,397 units and the 3 is only at 18,483. 360 has suffered the shame.

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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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Amazon sells Rhythem Heaven DS under $25

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

pre-sells Rhythm Heaven at dollar 24.99. Retailer .com began selling Co.’s this week for the under 25 dollar in a new game promotion.
Yesterday, on .com held a pre-order price of $24.99. It is 17% under the maximum sale retail price.

It is a smash hit title in . allow to tap and slide the stylus on the touch screen in time to the beat. April 5th is the releasing date of this title.

The company, , this month announced that the is an updated version of the handheld. The that includes 2 built-in cameras and also a MP3 application. This will be sold in and SKUs for $169.99 each.

The NPD Group Inc. said this month that sold more than 5 lakhs units and has ranked second in overall video game hardware sales in January.

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Should we buy DSi or should we not

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Estimated unit sales of are very close to 100 million all around the world. This instrument has prove to be the leading in the industry of the portable console market every time. , the second refresh of it, is starting to see the developers move in an evolutionary direction with its flagship handheld.

The has taken most of the features, which the Lite had to offer. It also adds new multimedia capabilities in the console. is now on sale in . The sale started in November 1 last year. Already one million has been sold. Now the company has announced that will start its sale in North America from April 5. Everyone asks the same and simple question, “Should I buy one?”

Let take a look what exactly separates this new from the . The difference between the two portables is negligible if we talk in terms of actual form-factor. It is slightly slimmer, but we will not find massive change in size like we saw when upgraded the actual to . Both are a quarter of an inch larger.

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Nintendo on the way of launching in US

Friday, February 20th, 2009

is going to its latest version of the portable video game system in the . The expected date is April 5. The company will add 2 digital cameras to it and also an added feature of the ability to play with sound recordings.

The that is at present available in its home country i.e. will be costing $170 and will be available in 2 colors - black and blue. This is in fact the 3rd iteration of the most popular handheld on the planet. The , its predecessor, comes at the cost of $130.

The new one that is going to be launched will be slimmer than the , sports bigger and will include 2 digital cameras — one that will face outward and the other to point at the user when the device is flipped open. likened them to a set of eyes.

The maker of says, “If the touch screen gave a sense of feel and the microphone allowed it to hear, the two cameras give the sense of sight. With the use of the players can manipulate photos, mix all the images and even share them with friends.
The is announced when millions of people are turning to mobile games such as on the and on smart phones like ’s iPhone to themselves busy when free.

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