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Date: Thu, 28. January 2010 09:48:48

Nintendo reports a near 10% fall in profits between April and December last year as games console sales slowed.

Date: Fri, 25. September 2009 03:06:38

After watching Microsoft and Sony drop the prices on the Xbox 360 and the PS3, Nintendo has decided to jump in with a price cut as well. Starting September 27th, the Wii will cost $199 in North America, a $50 drop from the previous price. Japan will be getting a slightly smaller price cut, but Europe seems to be left out of this change. Nintendo is hoping this reduction and the release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Fit Plus in the coming months will boost slipping sales rates.pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/09/24/1431226/Wii-Gets-Price-Cut-To-199?from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/09/24/1431226"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/09/24/1431226/Wii-Gets-Price-Cut-To-199?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8at350MCu_SWaIHolMWx9vuzVEY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8at350MCu_SWaIHolMWx9vuzVEY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8at350MCu_SWaIHolMWx9vuzVEY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8at350MCu_SWaIHolMWx9vuzVEY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/fYjatgKNv2k" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Tue, 2. March 2010 03:11:01

Newsarama.com - For the last day or so, many users around the globe have reported problems with their PlayStation 3 gaming consoles, particularly when trying to get online with them. Error codes, lack of PlayStation Network service, and disappearing trophies are some of the symptoms plaguing gamers.

Date: Fri, 25. September 2009 12:28:00

Toshiba will soon unveil its first television based on the Cell processor, the same multimedia chip that sits at the heart of the PlayStation 3 games console.

Date: Tue, 22. July 2008 18:12:50

Gov. David Paterson signed a law Tuesday that he said will lead to restrictions on video game violence and help families better monitor grisly games.

Date: Thu, 12. February 2009 12:38:41

So much of gaming is rooted in intense experiences. But some games just want to help us chill out and relax. They want to help us find our happy place. 'Flower,' available through the PlayStation Network, is one of those games.

Date: Tue, 24. March 2009 15:05:16

ThinSkin writes "Imagine playing bleeding-edge games, yet never again upgrading your hardware. That's the ambitious goal of OnLive's Internet delivered gaming service. Using cloud computing, OnLive's goal is to 'make all modern games playable on any system,' thanks in large part to OnLive's remote servers that do all the heavy lifting. With a fast enough Internet connection, gamers can effectively stream and play games using a PC, Mac, or a 'MicroConsole,' 'a dedicated gaming client provided by OnLive that includes a game controller.' Without ever having to worry about costly hardware upgrades or the cost of a next-gen console, gamers can expect to fork over about $50 yearly just for the service. If this thing takes off, this can spell trouble for gaming consoles down the road, especially if already-established services like Steam and Impulse join the fray."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/24/135212amp;from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/03/24/135212"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/24/135212amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/xgD4RyxOv-rQjbTXkrnbA8sQhb0/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/xgD4RyxOv-rQjbTXkrnbA8sQhb0/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/zpus1wbBd2U" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Fri, 20. March 2009 03:06:04

Dave Allen writes "Despite Nintendo publicly claiming no direct competition with the iPhone or iPod Touch with its new DSi console, reports have been leaked about the Big N actively encouraging developers to begin work on small form gaming and non-gaming applications for the DSi's download service. This is the first step toward Nintendo putting together a direct App Store rival, and could be the marketing hook it's been desperately searching for to convince gamers to upgrade their DS." It seems only fair that since the iPhone is now a gaming platform, the DS is becoming a PDA. And, if the only difference between them is a 3G wireless connection, the rivalry can only get more fierce.pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/19/167210amp;from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/03/19/167210"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/19/167210amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/0HTn6rrGnwr7hc351I3uktKv81w/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/0HTn6rrGnwr7hc351I3uktKv81w/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/8GGE1hG7r-8" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Tue, 31. March 2009 15:05:16

Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that the proliferation of free or low-cost games on the Web and for phones limits how high the major game publishers can set prices, so makers are sometimes unable to charge enough to cover the cost of producing titles. The cost of making a game for the previous generation of machines was about $10 million, not including marketing. The cost of a game for the latest consoles is over twice that mdash; $25 million is typical, and it can be much more. Reggie Fils-Aime, chief marketing officer for Nintendo of America, says publishers of games for its Wii console need to sell one million units of a game to turn a profit, but the majority of games, analysts said, sell no more than 150,000 copies. Developers would like to raise prices to cover development costs, but Mike McGarvey, former chief executive of Eidos and now an executive with OnLive, says that consumers have been looking at console games and saying, 'This is too expensive and there are too many choices.' Since makers cannot charge enough or sell enough games to cover the cost of producing most titles, video game makers have to hope for a blockbuster. 'The model as it exists is dying,' says McGarvey." As we discussed recently, OnLive is trying to change that by moving a big portion of the hardware requirements to the cloud. Of course, many doubt that such a task can be accomplished in a way that doesn't severely degrade gameplay, but it now appears that Sony is working on something similar as well.pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/31/0015225amp;from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/03/31/0015225"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/31/0015225amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/bHvC419z3XCV_wAADo9PWIRLdBY/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/bHvC419z3XCV_wAADo9PWIRLdBY/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Bo6_UKDTuSM" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Thu, 9. April 2009 23:00:14

Nintendo said sales of its Wii game console have lost some steam in Japan, but it aims to boost demand again by launching a new version of its blockbuster "Wii Sports" software in June.