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  • July 2008

    • Xbox Price Cut to Clear Way for New Model

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Jul 14, 08 2:10 AM CDT

      Xbox Price Cut to Clear Way for New Model

      Microsoft is slashing the price of its Xbox 360 video game system to clear shelf space for a new model with a larger hard drive, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The long-rumored price reduction knocks $50 off the $350 price of the 20-gigabyte model. The new pricetag places the Xbox 360 at $50 more than Nintendo’s wildly popular Wii system, and $100 below Sony’s Playstation 3 console. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • Xbox 360  • PlayStation 3  • Wii

  • May 2008

    • Wii Fit Is Great for Couch Potatoes

      newser  |  USA Today  |  May 23, 08 12:11 PM CDT

      Wii Fit Is Great for Couch Potatoes

      Nintendo's Wii Fit is great for fitness beginners who want to shed their couch-potato ways, but more experienced athletes will want to stick with the gym, writes Jinny Gunmundsen in USA Today . The game delivers a fun and inventive way to tone muscles, improve balance, and burn calories, but hard-core athletes will likely find it to be no more than an interesting diversion. More »

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      Nintendo Wii  • exercise  • fitness  • video games  • Wii Fit

    • Japan's Arcades Fall Before Mighty Wii

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 19, 08 4:00 PM CDT

      Japan's Arcades Fall Before Mighty Wii

      Japan’s arcades are in trouble, Reuters reports. For years, they’ve been immune to the ravages plaguing arcades elsewhere, but the $6.9 billion industry has met its match in the Nintendo Wii. A new generation of game consoles, coupled with an explosion of high-end TVs, has made the arcade experience easy to recreate at home—leading to big store closings at major chains. More »

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      Japan  • video game  • Nintendo Wii  • video game console  • arcade games

    • Are Wii Fit? Nintendo Helps Make a Dent

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 15, 08 1:32 PM CDT

      Are Wii Fit? Nintendo Helps Make a Dent

      Nintendo’s Wii Fit system can turn a couch potato into a workout warrior—or at least make that potato a bit less lumpy, Seth Schiesel writes in the New York Times . The system, launching in North America next week, could be THE next big home fitness trend, pushing that treadmill out to the curb and banishing the Thighmaster forever. More »

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      Nintendo Wii  • fitness  • Nintendo  • Wii Fit

    • PS3 Sales Help Sony Get Its Q4 Game On

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 15, 08 6:59 AM CDT

      PS3 Sales Help Sony Get Its Q4 Game On

      Sony reported fourth quarter profits of $277 million yesterday, driven largely by its once-sputtering PlayStation 3, which passed Microsoft's Xbox 360 and is nipping at the heels of Nintendo’s Wii . The results vastly improved on a loss of $643.6 million a year ago, reports the Wall Street Journal .  More »

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      corporate earnings  • Nintendo Wii  • Sony  • Xbox 360  • Playstation 3  • Blu-Ray

    • Spielberg Launches Puzzle Game

      newser  |  ABC News  |  May 12, 08 4:02 PM CDT

      Spielberg Launches Puzzle Game

      As if the release of the next Indiana Jones film wasn’t enough to keep him busy, Steven Spielberg launched a new video game for the Wii last week, called Boom Blox , ABC News reports. A puzzle game with cute characters and engaging animations, it was created with the intent of "bringing grownups and kids together with a great activity," Spielberg says. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • Steven Spielberg  • Electronic Arts  • video game developers  • game development

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Wii Still Scarce; Price of PS3, 360 Likely to Fall: GameStop

      newser  |  Kotaku  |  Mar 20, 08 4:10 PM CDT

      Wii Still Scarce; Price of PS3, 360 Likely to Fall: GameStop

      GameStop execs say they expect to be short on Wii consoles for the next two quarters and that $50 price drops are likely for the Xbox 360 and PS3. PSP shortfalls are also anticipated, but the PS3 should be well-stocked. The company’s CFO said several hardware prices cut were likely, Kotaku reports. More »

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      Nintendo Wii  • Xbox 360  • price cut  • GameStop

    • Smoking May Be Harmful to Your Wii

      newser  |  Boston Herald  |  Mar 13, 08 12:41 PM CDT

      Smoking May Be Harmful to Your Wii

      Here's another reason to stop smoking: It damages your Wii. Some cigarette-wielding users in Japan last month noticed that the much anticipated "Super Smash Brothers Brawl" wasn't working properly, prompting Nintendo to provide free shipping and cleanup of tar-covered disc readers, the Boston Herald reports. Nintendo says the issue affects a "very small percentage" of more than 20 million consoles worldwide. More »

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      video game  • smoking  • Nintendo Wii  • cigarettes  • Nintendo  • video game console  • smoke

  • February 2008

    • Wii Fit Among Highlights of Gamers' Conference

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Feb 22, 08 12:53 PM CST

      Wii Fit Among Highlights of Gamers' Conference

      Fitness program Wii Fit for the Nintendo Wii system, video games that let players warp Disneyized fairy tales, a parents-oriented video game review site, and initiatives by major publishers to let independent designers and even players develop games—those were the highlights of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, reports USA Today . More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • fitness  • video game reviews  • Wii Fit  • video game developers

    • Wii Points to Gaming's Future

      newser  |  Forbes  |  Feb 11, 08 3:56 PM CST

      Wii Points to Gaming's Future

      The upset Nintendo has secured against Microsoft and Sony as its simple-but-innovative Wii continues to dominate their processor-heavy rival consoles portends much for the future of gaming, writes Michael Noer for Forbes . Expect much more casual gaming and gamers, Noer writes, as low-time-commitment experiences and Wii-like intuitive controls snag demographics beyond the young male diehard. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • Xbox  • computer games

  • January 2008

    • Video Game Sales Shatter Annual Record

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 18, 08 10:23 AM CST

      Video Game Sales Shatter Annual Record

      More video games were sold in 2007 than ever before, with a total of $17.94 billion marking a 43% increase over 2006, reports the AP. Much of the growth came from sales of Nintendo's chronically undersupplied Wii and Microsoft's Halo 3, market researcher NPD Group said. Nintendo dominated gaming system sales, moving 6.3 million Wii units and 8.5 million of the most popular system, the portable DS. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • Xbox 360  • Nintendo  • PlayStation 3  • Xbox  • Halo 3  • Nintendo DS  • NPD Group

    • Video Game Industry Reaches Boss Level

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 14, 08 10:14 PM CST

      Video Game Industry Reaches Boss Level

      The video game industry has grown up and is going to start putting some quarters into Washington, the New York Times reports. Game makers have formed their first political action committee and will soon start making campaign donations to candidates, in hopes of steering more of them to the industry's side and head off attempts to further regulate their products. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • Washington  • campaign contributions  • lobbyists  • lobbying

  • December 2007

    • Colorful Cube 'Next Big Thing'

      newser  |  BBC  |  Dec 26, 07 5:42 AM CST

      Colorful Cube 'Next Big Thing'

      Santa is already kicking back and thinking what will be under trees next Christmas. High on the list is the Fentix cube, an innovative, colorful, electronic device that can detect up from down. Inventor Andrew Fentem tells the BBC it can be adapted for many uses - games platform, puzzles, as a computer interface, and game controller. More »

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      YouTube  • iPhone  • Nintendo Wii

    • Guaranteed Wii ... Come January

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 14, 07 6:25 PM CST

      Guaranteed Wii ... Come January

      Kids hoping to score a Nintendo Wii this Christmas might have to settle for a skimpy rain check instead, the Los Angeles Times reports. Nintendo has completely sold out of its popular video-game console and won't be shipping any new units until January. Instead, buyers can reserve systems with full-price "Wii Certificates" available Dec. 20-21 at GameStop. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • holiday shopping  • video game console  • shortage

    • Wii Remains Hottest Seller for Holidays

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 14, 07 9:59 AM CST

      Wii Remains Hottest Seller for Holidays

      Nintendo’s Wii remained the hottest-selling—and hardest to find—game console in the US in November as shoppers snapped up nearly 1 million units, Reuters reports. Shoppers desperate for holiday presents have been standing in line at stores more than 14 hours to get a crack at one, and paying double the $249 retail price on Craigslist and eBay, the Columbus Dispatch notes . Some are offering trades of wedding bands and cars. More »

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      video game  • Nintendo Wii  • holiday shopping  • multiplayer games  • Call of Duty

    • Video Games May Replace DVDs In Stores

      newser  |  Ars Technica  |  Dec 10, 07 1:09 PM CST

      Video Games May Replace DVDs In Stores

      DVD sales are slipping while video games and their tie-ins are seeing record consumption, reports Ars Technica, leading Ben Kuchera to suggest that video games will replace DVDs on many retail shelves. With even grandmothers now going Wii wild, video games are no longer just the realm of teens and young single males, he writes, despite much higher retail prices than competing DVDs. More »

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      video game  • retail sales  • Nintendo Wii  • DVD  • Nintendo DS

    • By Any Means Necessary: Buying a Wii

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Dec 8, 07 12:26 PM CST

      By Any Means Necessary: Buying a Wii

      The holiday-season shortage of Nintendo’s Wii console is fostering some creative  shopping strategies, shared on a number of websites devoted to tracking down the device, the Washington Post reports. One advises Wii hopefuls not to ask store employees when the next shipment will arrive—instead, ask when the last one came in: "This is a question they can actually answer and gets the conversation going." More »

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      Nintendo Wii  • holiday shopping  • video game console  • shortage

    • Nintendo's Wii Shortage Is Good Business Strategy

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 7, 07 7:00 PM CST

      Nintendo's Wii Shortage Is Good Business Strategy

      Nintendo’s Wii is proving hard to find in the holiday rush, a phenomenon the Wall Street Journal says is indicative of the Japanese company’s cautious culture—but also good business sense. Nintendo is cautious for a reason: it saw its fortunes rise with the original NES and SNES consoles, only to fall when Sony’s Playstation and Microsoft’s xBox cornered the market. More »

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      eBay  • Nintendo Wii  • video game console  • Nintendo  • Xbox  • shortage  • PlayStation  • game consoles

    • Physical Therapy, Wii Style

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 6, 07 5:38 PM CST

      Physical Therapy, Wii Style

      Some physical therapists have been prescribing the Wii for patients recovering from strokes or injuries. Doctors and patients say it's more rewarding to play the game system than go through tedious exercises. "This is more fun. It makes it more exciting. It gets me to work harder," a 51-year-old stroke victim tells Reuters. More »

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      Nintendo Wii  • physical therapy

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