Nintendo's profit for 2010 slumped, despite the fact that the company managed to sell 3.61 million Nintendo 3DS portable systems. The Japanese games company profits plummeted during 2010, with a massive decline of 66% from 2009's fiscal year. As Engadget has reported, Nintendo's Wii sales have dropped between the two years by a quarter, with the console having sold fifteen million units during 2010, compared to the twenty million it sold during 2009.
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Nintendo's glasses-free 3D-capable handheld, the 3DS, will launch in Japan on February 26, 2011, costing 25,000 Japanese yen (around $299 US), Nintendo announced today. North American and European launches will follow in March, with pricing yet to be announced.
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At long last, Nintendo has dropped some details on the next iteration of its dual-screened handheld, the Nintendo 3DS. As hinted at by the torn-down depiction of the device submitted in an FCC filing last month, the device's top screen is a 3.5 inch widescreen 3D display, while the bottom screen maintains the DS' 4:3 aspect ratio, as well as its ... touchability.
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Nintendo has updated some time frames for big releases - including titles such as Famicom Wars 2 for Japan. Third party titles listed as significant releases are as follows - and are presumed to be coming shortly, although specific release dates are not given.
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Nintendo has released Wii and DS sales figures for fiscal 2009. Charts included.
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A patent that was issued earlier in the year covered holographic storage, and is based on Joint research agreement between Nintendo and InPhase Technologies. Could Nintendo be upping the stakes for its next format or is this the replacement to the aborted DVD drive that will become the Wii's savior?
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WiiWare is live in Japan, and with it comes a brand-new slate of downloadable games. In order to facilitate this, the Wii required a system update to enable the WiiWare area in the Wii Shop Channel. You may have already updated your Wii console with the update, which after WiiWare eventually launches in Western territories, will make your Wii Shop Channel main menu look like this: Connection Pay & Play service, which. . .
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Forbes reports on a new list from the Reputation Institute (via Kotaku), and the company appeared at #6. Its score is 81.63, and is the first time it's appeared on the Reputation list. Nintendo also happens to be the only games-exclusive company located anywhere in the top 200, and is surrounded by more conventional goods manufacturers like Ikea and Kraft Foods. Microsoft is #30 on the list with a score of 78.05. Sony was #126 with 72.21.
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A patent is filed today in USA. This patent is for a system of games designed for young children, defined by Nintendo as toddlers and pre-kindergartners, and/or people with disabilities. Nintendo believes these games or learning tools will help young children develop skills. A long time ago Sega tried to grab the young children demographic with the Pico which had a drawing board. That didn’t work so well, but Nintendo has an elaborate edutainment plan with multiple concept games.
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Nintendo’s posted strong sales figures for the nine months ending December 31, showing global sales of 1,536 billion yen, an increase of nearly 17 percent over the same period in 2007, along with 501 billion yen of operating profits, up 27 percent from a year ago. Also Wii shipments reach 45m. Wii Fit & Wii Mario Kart reach 14m shipped
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