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Today
Videogame sales hit all time high in UK
According to the ELSPA Nintendo formats dominated with almost 40 million software units sold in the UK. 2008 saw the sales of Nintendo Wii games increasing ... what credit crunch?! hmvblogs Chart Track: UK games biz scores record software sales in 2008 ... Neoseeker
Yesterday
Editorial: The Panasonic 3DO
Like most of the consoles there was a lightgun eventually released which played with a few games. However, it was nothing worth getting excited about as Nintendo had already made the most of it with the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Monday, Jan 5
UK Charts: Chart Track software sales for the week ending 05/0
Need for Speed: Undercover (EA) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (SEGA) Wii Play (Nintendo) Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft) Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) Quantum of Solace (Activision Blizzard) Sonic Unleashed (SEGA)
Wii Sports best selling game of all time
Wii Sports (Nintendo) – Wii - 40.52 Super Mario Bros (Nintendo) – NES - 40.24 Tetris (Nintendo) – Game Boy - 30.26 Duck Hunt (Nintendo) – NES - 28.31 Pokemon Gold/Silver (Nintendo) – Game Boy - 23.11 Nintendogs (Nintendo) – DS - 21.37 Wii Play (Nintendo) – Wii - 19.68
PS2 most played console of 2008 in US
The PS2 was the most played video game console of 2008, still leading the pack with 31.7% of the time spent console gaming. The Xbox 360 is next with 17.2%, ahead of the Wii with 13.4%. Surprisingly the original Xbox beat the PS3, scoring 9.7% and 7.3% respectively.
Thursday, Dec 18
Nintendo launches Club Nintendo in US
Club Nintendo gives fans what they want - access to exclusive rewards for their loyalty to our brand and our products," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America Inc.’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "We’re offering some unique items as a way to say thanks for their supp...
Japanese Sales Data: Media Create software sales for 08/12 – 14/12
Animal Crossing: City Folk – Nintendo (Wii) – 97 700 Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe - Nintendo (DS) – 94 500 Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode – Nintendo (DS) – 63 100 Rhythm Tengoku Gold – Nintendo (DS) – 45 200 Wii Fit – Nintendo – (Wii) - 43 000 Mario Kart Wii – Nintendo (Wii) - 34 300
Wednesday, Dec 17
Nintendo reveals Q1 of 2009 line-up for US
Below is Nintendo’s partial list of upcoming games for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Wii Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Nintendo Sega THQ XS Games Nintendo DS Atlus U.S.A., Inc. American Popstar - Road to Celebrity - March 9 Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Mastiff Nintendo Square Enix, Inc.
Week four: The rise and fall of console gaming - Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
Continue reading El33tonline’s fifth editorial on the rise and fall of console gaming as we take a closer look at the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Stay tuned as we put the 3DO in the spotlight next week or check out our thoughts on the Atari 2600, NES, Sega Master System and SE...
Editorial: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System After the success of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) it was inevitable that Nintendo, who was probably the most successful in home electronics at that time, was hard at work on the successor. SEGA launched the Mega Drive in 1988 with fans wait...
Tuesday, Dec 9
Editorial: SEGA Mega Drive
SEGA Mega Drive Intro: Add Ons: When the next generation consoles launched the MegaDrive left us with a great taste in our mouth. Even though the war ended neck and neck with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was most probably the only war in human history with a positive result.
Sunday, Nov 30
Editorial: Sega Master System
With the success of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) SEGA, which was founded in 1940 as Standard Gaming to provide Americans with coin operated entertainment, realized that they were missing out on a Golden era in the making and in 1986 joined the party with their console - SEGA Ma...
Monday, Nov 24
Editorial: The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
The NES is a classic and will remain one of the most important events of the videogame industry. Were it not for this little console you would not have most of the classics which we enjoy today. Nintendo are what they are today purely because of the NES. NES games sold on the GBA as classics and tod...
Friday, Oct 17
Nintendo responds to September NPD numbers
Backed by a variety of unique interfaces, Nintendo’s Wii™ console topped the U.S. video game hardware sales charts with nearly 687,000 units sold in September, according to the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. Nintendo DS™ was the No. 2 best-sellin...
Monday, Sep 29
Review: Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)
Super Smash Bros Melee was the highest selling game worldwide on the GameCube, a bright success on a console that didn’t produce that many top sellers. Not only was it a top seller, it was a fantastic game and even spawned a vibrant tournament scene. So when Nintendo announced Brawl it was met...
Thursday, Sep 25
Japanese Sales Data: Media Create software sales for 15/9 – 21/9
Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo, NDS) 315,000 / 1,278,000 Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo, NDS) 63,000 / 787,000 Quiz Magic Academy (Konami, NDS) 29,000 / 148,000 Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) 28,000 / 2,663,000 Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) 14,000 / 1,776,000
Tuesday, Sep 23
Review: Metroid Prime: Hunters (DS)
When you're dropped into the game proper, as you observe the environments around you in the primary first-person view, there's a good chance that you'll be impressed by the visual quality present in Hunters. For a DS game (for a DS game…), it looks great and, minus a bit of resolution and a ti...
Tuesday, Aug 14
Patch: Nintendo releases new Wii update to fix firmware 3 issues - EL33TONLINE
Nintendo releases new Wii update to fix firmware 3 issues South Africa - If you have a Wii it should be flashing blue right now because Nintendo have released a new Wii update to fix a few issues that firmware upgrade 3 from last ...
