Posts Tagged ‘Wii’

Cancelled Indiana Jones Title Whips Up Some Footage [Update]
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Some of you may be unaware, but the PlayStation 3 was set to get it’s own Indiana Jones title. Instead, the next-generation Indy went over to the PS2 and PSP (not to mention Wii and DS). Now, some unseen footage of the next-generation version has been released.

Dead Space: Extraction Scares Up Other Platforms
Monday, July 27th, 2009

Most gamers are aware, the Wii does not exactly sell hardcore games very well. It seems EA is aware as well, as they’ve hinted that Dead Space: Extraction may come to other platforms.

Pachter Claims Industry is Suffering from Price Fatigue
Monday, July 20th, 2009

Though industry analyst Michael Pachter isn’t known for his accurate predictions of monthly console sales, what he is good at is analyzing the industry as a whole and figuring out where it’s headed. And with last month’s NPD data coming out disappointing for every home console, Pachter was compelled to inform us why this is [...]

Producer Discusses PS3 Version of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
Monday, July 13th, 2009

The Wii exclusive, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, will not be making it’s way to the PlayStation 3, Capcom. Producer of the title, Ryota Niitsuma, explained that a port for the game would not be worth the effort.

John Mayer Switches Gears, Becomes Guitar Hero Fan
Sunday, July 5th, 2009

John Mayer originally wasn’t a fan of guitar music games, as he revealed in an interview in Rolling Stone about a year back. As a real life guitarist, his comfort level with the game was pretty much zilch. In fact, he felt so strongly against series like Guitar Hero that he stated the following.

Girl Gamers Up, Says Industry Report
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Recently released numbers from the NPD Group indicate that the number of female “console gamers” increased dramatically over the previous year. In the US, female gamers rose 5%, up to 28% overall. The Wii takes much of the credit for that.

Unnerving Footage from Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Friday, June 12th, 2009

The final piece of the [shal]Konami Conference[/shal] at E3 2009 was the developer presentation for [shal]Silent Hill: Shattered Memories[/shal].

Japanese PS3 Owners Are Graphics Whores
Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Japanese market researcher Net-Asia conducted a gaming survey that resulted in very interesting findings. The poll was aimed at both Japanese men and women between the ages of 10 and 40, who were still active gamers and owned a game console (not handheld).

Capcom Hearts PlayStation Software Sales
Friday, May 8th, 2009

According to Capcom’s latest financial report, the major publisher expects the PlayStation 3 to sell the most software with the least amount of games releasing (compared to the other consoles) for this fiscal year. With only 10 Capcom published games arriving on the PlayStation 3, they are expecting to sell 4.9 million units.  The Xbox [...]

Japan – PS3 Dominates, Wii and 360 Fall Behind
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

During the five weeks of March, Sony’s PlayStation 3 was able to supplant the Wii as the number one selling hardware in Japan. This sudden turn of events is proof of how fast Sony can turn around disappointing sales, and the answer was simply games that captivated a specific audience.

PC Load Letter: Wii Cash Printer Jam
Friday, January 30th, 2009

Written by Richard “Today’s revision suggests that the roaring pace of Wii growth that we’ve seen until now may be over,” – Hiroshi Kamide, a KBC Financial Products analyst According to the TimesOnline UK, things are not all puppy dogs and ponies at Nintendo.  Just yesterday they have revised their profit forcast with a 33% [...]

Pick and Choose…no denial allowed
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Written by John If you were to go through the Wii and Xbox 360 libraries, which games would you choose to have made for the PS3?