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Nintendo May Be Losing Its Edge

The Nintendo Wii took the world by storm faster and harder than any video game system has ever done before. Wii consoles were rationed tighter than gas during World War II and people actually died attempting to win one. For years the Wii reigned supreme, but sales have slowly been dropping off, leaving the Xbox 360 as the clear console favorite for several months. Now, Nintendo is showing a bit of concern over the projected sales for the little white box this holiday season.

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ares21al5430d ago

Nintendo has been a downhill slope for a long time

frozzenfire5430d ago

Specially with their new console that Nintendo launched which is just stating that they have no clue what to do so they just launch a temp fix... its annoying...

Cwalk8165430d ago (Edited 5430d ago )

Considering Nintendo is still 30 millions sells ahead of Microsoft and Sony in terms of consoles, I think they're doing something right.

newn4gguy5430d ago

It's called "selling out".

Metallica, KISS, and Green Day sold more records by doing it...but their real fans didn't consider it "doing something right".

ChickeyCantor5430d ago

selling out to who?
You bunch sure feel special.

newn4gguy5430d ago

Nintendo has no interest in furthering the medium of video games as an art form.

ChickeyCantor5430d ago

Wow...

I seriously had to laugh at that.

Cwalk8165430d ago

I think Nintendo just wants to make games that everyone can enjoy, and people are just reading too much into it.

newn4gguy5430d ago

Then laugh at it. We're losers talking on a gaming forum. I'm not sure you know how little a statement like that affects someone...

jacksonmichael5430d ago

Metallica and Green Day suck anyway, so why does it matter?

Fierce Musashi5430d ago (Edited 5430d ago )

What the h*ll? How in blazes were they "selling out" when they are still dishing out quality titles? You'll have to further explain that next time.

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pixboy5430d ago

My Wii has been dusty for years... I'm hoping the Wii-U doesn't do that when the PS4/Xbox 720 (or whatever) release...

frozzenfire5430d ago

You know as much as I do that Wii-U is a temp fix that Nintendo launched its nothing serious.

pungello885430d ago

How many can they expect to sell every year for 5 years? It's popular sure but are people gonna start buying two? I don't think so. They outsold the others by so much for so many years that it had to take its toll eventually.

DangerousDanMcGrew5430d ago

I think the fact that they constantly neglect their old fanbase is going to hurt them massively. Sure, they broke into the casual market, but the old Nintendo fan has been left completely in the dark. They've only got themselves to blame.

pungello885430d ago

Yeah but that casual market will keep them going in a business sense. Gamers don't really like it but we are a small portion of the populace as a whole.

Fierce Musashi5430d ago

Have you been ignoring all of the quality first/second party titles for the past near-half decade?

DangerousDanMcGrew5430d ago

Which have died out completely in the last two years. Nothing whatsoever is coming out for the Wii this year.

Fierce Musashi5430d ago (Edited 5430d ago )

To DangerousDanMcGrew:
Well gee, maybe the shortage of games could be due to them working on..... I dunno..... a new console? So because we're not seeing much from them this year means they "constantly neglect their old fanbase"? Just last year in the states we had Mario Galaxy 2, DKC Returns, Epic Yarn, Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skies and Metroid Other M. What are you greedy?

I think you just don't own a Wii, let alone have done any research on it's games. That's naturally the case for the 'Nintendo has abandoned us' crowd.

Granted, this year could most certainly be better (for the states anyway) if they release Xeno and The Last Story over here. But I'd hardly consider that as constantly neglecting their old fanbase.

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7748d ago (Edited 48d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer73d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi72d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure72d ago (Edited 72d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer73d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot73d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box72d ago (Edited 72d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno73d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay72d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno71d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK71d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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