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Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled'

But offcourse.Well if everybody and their neightbor has a Wii... the Wii sales will stop because everyone has one.PS: I dont have a Wii... and I dont want one atm... too manny things to play comming up my current console/PC.And of course the problem isthat their market is not the...

Tags: Games, Sales strategy, Nintendo Wii, console, game, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled'

Though it once appeared to be a tiny sales juggernaut, Nintendo's top-selling Wii console has struggled in 2009. Though it once appeared to be a tiny sales juggernaut, Nintendo's top-selling Wii console has struggled in 2009. Nintendo said Thursday that sales fell 34.5 percent to 548...

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Performance Management, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Wii, video games, Tom Magrino CNET News

News items 2009-11-02

Wii sales take a 43% tumble ... why?

Can no longer competeNintendo has dug itself in a hole this time it probably can't get out of. If they have a hardware update to improve graphics to the level of the 360 or PS3 they will not be able to compete on price which was their main selling...

Tags: Games, Sales strategy, game, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Co. Ltd., sales, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Wii sales take a 43% tumble ... why?

According to Nintendo, global sales of the once popular Wii games console have slumped 43% during the first half of the fiscal year (H1 '10). by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Nintendo Wii, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-30

Nyko Charge Base IC (Wii)

After a seemingly endless tirade of Nintendo Wii charging accessories, not until now have we seen third-party manufacturers enter the world of induction charging. We've already got our hands on the Energizer 2X Induction Charge Station and we really enjoyed the convenience of not having to detach batteries and Wii...

Tags: Engineering, Nintendo Wii, Nyko, Wii Remote, charger

Product reviews 2009-10-29

Nintendo slashes Wii price tag

Not really slashing pricesWhen you consider laptops have dropped by a factor of 4 in the same time frame, dropping $50 off the price of a WII is not slashing prices, it is just a small price drops. The amount of profit on each WII sales is probably...

Tags: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

What makes a drug raid really fun? Wii Bowling!

At least they weren't smoking the weed this time... : ntntRE: What makes a drug raid really fun? Wii Bowling!At least they got the right house this time...Hooray for law enforcement!Hey you can't blame them, law enforcement must get pretty monotonous sometimes, it's nice to unwind and play some Wii...

Tags: Branding, Nintendo Wii, Wii Bowling

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

What makes a drug raid really fun? Wii Bowling!

For members of the Polk County Tampa Bay Drug Task Force finding the drugs wasn't nearly so exciting as finding Wii Bowling in the suspect's home. by Richard Koman

Tags: Nintendo Wii, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Cops strike out, caught Wii bowling during drug raid [Video]

tax dollarsthe normal liberal crap to take money away from law enforcement, please stop exhaling CO2!!!AH...!!!I love that Today show.gheez......he's making a joke. Don't take everything you see/hear too seriously; that's screws up people's lives ;)anyways...those cops needed to be doing their jobs, not playing games. we dont pay them...

Tags: Nintendo Wii, video

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Cops strike out, caught Wii bowling during drug raid [Video]

What do undercover cops do during a drug raid? Why, play Wii bowling, of course. A team of undercover drug investigators from Polk County, Florida were caught by the convicted drug dealer's surveillance camera while they were raiding the house for evidence. According to Tampa Bay Online:...

Tags: Video, Nintendo Wii, Corporate Communications, Taxes, Free Trade, Marketing, Financial Planning, Finance, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Nyko Action Pak (Wii)

When we first laid eyes on the Nintendo Wii's controller, visions of light gun games danced in our heads. The unique design of the Wii remote surely lends itself to such a genre, but when played in practice, it isn't necessarily a satisfying experience in its own right. Since...

Tags: Games, Nintendo Wii, Wand, Wii Remote, pistol

Product reviews 2009-09-17

Do video games really make you fat, depressed?

I don't know about this survey. I'll have to take it with a grain of salt. I'm sure there are plenty of overweight video gamers (we are the U.S.A. afterall), but it all depends on lifestyle and the video games being played. Take a look at the wii,...

Tags: Games, Corporate communications, game, Nintendo Wii, video game, video, baseball

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Xbox 360: Played x5 more than Wii, x5 more likely to fail that PS3

360 is sorta like owning an old sports carYou love the thing, but hate that it breaks down all the time. The reason people are so loyal to the 360 is that the software and game library are fantastic. The controllers work great and are durable without any gimmicks. When...

Tags: Game players, reason people, Sony PlayStation 3, console, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox, failure rate, Microsoft Xbox 360

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Xbox 360: Played x5 more than Wii, x5 more likely to fail that PS3

According to a poll carried out by Game Informer of some 5,000 readers, the Xbox 360 is played some five times more than the Wii, but has a failure rate that five times as much as that of the PlayStation3. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Wii, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-08-18

(Strangest Wii accessory yet -- photos)

I'm reminded of a story in the classic collection......of Ozark folk tales, "Pissing in the Snow", about a young woman riding behind her boyfriend and reaching around to grasp the pommel to hold on.RE: (Strangest Wii accessory yet -- photos)looks like they got the butt pressure sensors installed.RE: ...

Tags: Nintendo Wii, accessory, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Strangest Wii accessory yet -- photos

Just when you thought Nintendo Wii accessories couldn't get any more bizarre, along comes a patent filing that has left us speechless. by CNET News.com

Tags: Accessory, Photograph, Nintendo Wii, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-08-11

Aya PSP PS3 WII Video Converter 1.3.3 (Windows)

Aya PSP PS3 WII Video Converter allows you to convert AVI (DivX, XviD), DV AVI, MP4,WMV, 3GP, 3G2, MOV, SWF DVD, VOB, VRO, MPEG, DAT, VCD, SVCD, ASF, ASX, MJPEG, H.263, H.264, Real Video (RM, RMVB), DVR-MS, MKV, OGM, and FLV video formats. You can convert video content for PSP,...

Tags: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Video, Sony PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Wii, Aya Software, Aya PSP PS3 WII Video Converter, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-08-03

Aya iPod PSP Zune MP4 3GP Video Converter 1.3.3 (Windows)

Aya iPod PSP Zune MP4 Blackberry 3GP Wii Video Converter allows you to convert all popular video formats including AVI (DivX, XviD, H.263, and H.264), DV AVI, MP4,WMV, 3GP, 3G2, MOV, SWF, VOB, VRO, MPEG, VCD, SVCD, ASF, ASX, MJPEG, Real Video RM and RMVB, DVR-MS, MKV, OGM, and FLV....

Tags: Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows, Video, Sony PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Wii, Aya Software, Aya iPod PSP Zune MP4 Blackberry 3GP Wii Video Converter, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Digital Media, Handhelds, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-03

Wii MotionPlus

When Nintendo announced Wii MotionPlus at last year's E3 2008 press conference, it certainly raised a few eyebrows. First off, we wondered why this technology wasn't included in the original Wii remote to begin with. With the device debuting so late in the console's lifespan, would every game...

Tags: Games, trap door, Wii MotionPlus, Nintendo Wii, Wii Remote

Product reviews 2009-07-21

Nintendo Wii exclusive gaming rundown--screenshots

We've round up the Wii's exclusive titles coming out for the rest of 2009. by CNET News.com

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, Games, Personal Technology, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-07-17