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Date: Sun, 20. July 2008 15:04:51

stoolpigeon writes with this snippet from an AFP story carried by Google: "Nintendo said Thursday that its globally popular Wii has become the top-selling video game console in the United States, a crown coveted by rivals Microsoft and Sony. Market-tracking firm NPD Group reports that 666,000 Wii consoles were sold in the United States in June, raising the total sales count in the country to nearly 10.9 million units." I'd rather play board games than video games, but the Wii Fit makes one of these tempting anyhow.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Mon, 12. May 2008 06:35:46

On Monday, Nintendo launches WiiWare, a service that allows gamers to download games straight to their Wiis. Are the growing number of games-on-demand services and the sometimes unusual bite-sized games they offer the wave of the future? Indie developers ? and big console makers ? are betting on it.

Date: Fri, 25. September 2009 12:28:49

Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have all slashed the prices on their gaming consoles. If you're thinking about buying a Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360 this holiday, here are a few things to consider.

Date: Fri, 12. December 2008 02:48:32

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) sold over 2 million Wii video game consoles in the United States in November, setting a record for console unit sales in a non-December month, the company said on Thursday.

Date: Fri, 24. April 2009 15:04:57

angry tapir writes "Chris Jager from GoodGearGuide argues that the rise of casual gaming means near-certain death for hardcore gaming. The sales of casual 'party-friendly' games are massively outstripping the sales of classic hardcore games, and the makers of other consoles are taking note of Nintendo's success in attracting non-traditional gamers to the Wii and DS. There is evidence that Sony and Microsoft are both trying to tap into the casual market, and it's only a matter of time before hardcore gaming goes the way of the Nintendo PowerGlove." Of course, the trend toward casual doesn't just involve Nintendo mdash; World of Warcraft's success (and the huge effect it's had on the MMO genre) is often credited to its focus on casual gamers. While it's not unreasonable for game studios to want all players to see all of the game's content, perhaps there's a better way of catering to the more hardcore players than tacking on difficulty modes and "do it the hard way" achievements.pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/24/0524216amp;from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/04/24/0524216"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/24/0524216amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/v9xhpM8RAnWwR9kaFYEc_DX2zxE/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/v9xhpM8RAnWwR9kaFYEc_DX2zxE/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/yPHQVk9giQ8" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Tue, 4. August 2009 03:10:14

eldavojohn writes to tell us of a new service, "BringIt.com", that allows gamers to put their money where their mouth is with respect to their console gaming skill. "BringIt supports the PlayStation 2, the PS3, the Xbox 360 and the Wii. Players challenge each other on the site, but play on their consoles. BringIt holds players' entry fees until the game is finished. After the game is done, it verifies the results and credits the winner, minus the service fee. To attract players of a broad range of skill sets, BringIt has separate tournaments meant for novice players and expert gamers. Levin compared it to the handicap system in golf or the weight-class system in wrestling.pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/03/1817216/BringItcom-Allows-Players-to-Bet-on-Console-Game-Matches?from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/08/03/1817216"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/03/1817216/BringItcom-Allows-Players-to-Bet-on-Console-Game-Matches?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8Dm6XOKjD6dolNCLxcc1kmH8Ev8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8Dm6XOKjD6dolNCLxcc1kmH8Ev8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8Dm6XOKjD6dolNCLxcc1kmH8Ev8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8Dm6XOKjD6dolNCLxcc1kmH8Ev8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/lg7sdeXzGgI" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Wed, 14. October 2009 16:01:00

PC World - Nintendo next-gen DS video games handheld may sport an Nvidia Tegra chip, in today's second 'confidentially sourced' bit of speculative news. (See 'Next Microsoft Xbox Console to Use AMD GPU?' for the first.) According to Bright Side of News, Nintendo plans to implement Nvidia's computer-on-a-chip technology to power its DS-family successor, possibly lending rationale to allegations that Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang recently said 50 percent of Nvidia revenue would eventually come from the Tegra family.

Date: Mon, 9. March 2009 21:26:23

Electronic Arts will release two sports games for the Nintendo Wii on June 16 -- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis -- in attempt to take advantage of the popularity of the console, which outsells its competitors every month. (ERTS)

Date: Tue, 4. August 2009 15:05:30

eldavojohn writes to tell us of a new service, "BringIt.com," that allows gamers to put their money where their mouth is with respect to their console gaming skill. "BringIt supports the PlayStation 2, the PS3, the Xbox 360 and the Wii. Players challenge each other on the site, but play on their consoles. BringIt holds players' entry fees until the game is finished. After the game is done, it verifies the results and credits the winner, minus the service fee. To attract players of a broad range of skill sets, BringIt has separate tournaments meant for novice players and expert gamers. Levin compared it to the handicap system in golf or the weight-class system in wrestling.pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/03/1817216/BringItcom-Allows-Players-to-Bet-On-Console-Game-Matches?from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/08/03/1817216"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/03/1817216/BringItcom-Allows-Players-to-Bet-On-Console-Game-Matches?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/31tBCDBFbSa74tNrsZAw_Z-i3jY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/31tBCDBFbSa74tNrsZAw_Z-i3jY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/31tBCDBFbSa74tNrsZAw_Z-i3jY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/31tBCDBFbSa74tNrsZAw_Z-i3jY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/MWg3wmoFpjg" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Fri, 16. January 2009 02:31:23

All throughout 2008, as the economy went from bad to worse, video games continued to sell at record levels, boosted by the popularity of the Nintendo Wii and blockbuster games like "Grand Theft Auto IV."