Topic: Nintendo Wii

Logitech Releases Two New Gaming Devices

Logitech [NASDAQ:LOGI] added to the all-white Nintendo [TYO:7974] Wii lineup this week by announcing... a keyboard. That's right, folks: not a super-fun gaming device, but rather, a QWERTY time machine that will take you back to the ...READ»

Gaming Console Wars

After first week sales, it appears as if Nintendo's Wii has beat out Sony's Playstation 3. As we reported in our online exclusive, "Sony's Risky Game," earlier this month, Sony faced serious challenges with meeting demand for its ...READ»

Technology: Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony Show-Off for E3

The three game console creators have kicked off this year's E3 -- the Electronic Entertainment Expo -- with their respective press conferences. As the console war heats up, these press conferences gain new significance as the gaming ...READ»

Few Cell Phone Repair Businesses Offer Franchising Opportunities

It's estimated that over half the people in the world own cell phones, and yet franchising opportunities are relatively rare.READ»

Video Games 2009: Who Will Win the Console War?

In 2008, titles like Grand Theft Auto IV (5 million copies) and Wii Fit (4.5 million) helped the game industry reach $21 billion in sales. But with the recession, gaming may struggle to stay on top in 2009. So how will the big three ...READ»

Sony, Microsoft Motion Controls Will Beat Wii at Its Own Game

Nintendo Wii's role as king of motion gaming consoles is at risk. Sony and Microsoft have both previewed motion control systems at the E3 video game expo, and both systems knock Wii clean off the throne--even though neither has ...READ»

PS3 Sales Rocketing, Leaving Nintendo Lost in the Dust?

We knew it was likely to happen, we just didn't realize how big the effect was going to be: According to some reports, the PS3 make-over and price drop has resulted in sales rocketing 1000%. Is Sony beating its gaming rivals? The ...READ»

Fast 50 2008: Nintendo

For the past two decades, the history of the video game industry has been as predictable as most of its products: More advanced technology creates more powerful consoles, which run more realistic games. It was all about leveling up. ...READ»

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Nintendo Wii's Too Blue Ocean

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently announced there would be no price cuts coming for the companies game systems, the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS. When Nintendo announced the existence of the Wii a few years ago, ...READ»

Performance Anxiety: Gadi Amit on the Last Manly Job on Earth

A few months ago my younger daughter turned six. Attempting to make myself useful before the birthday party, I was hanging a large piñata, when my better-half approached me and whispered provocatively: "Man, please follow me ...READ»

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Nintendo's Innovation Console: A Q&A With Reggie Fils-Aime

For the past several years, Nintendo executives have been touting such books as "The Innovator's Dilemma" and "Blue Ocean Strategy" as a way to explain why they've been zigging while everyone else zagged. That's why at last month's ...READ»

Nintendo Wii To Play Videos Soon

While Nintendo's Wii is no-doubt gracing many millions more homes after the Holidays, one easy criticism of the device is its lack of movie-playing options: that optical drive just won't play your DVDs, unless you do some hacking. ...READ»

Why Minority Report-Style OS Is Coming To PCs Sooner Than You Think

Windows Icons Mice and Pointers--the WIMP environment is how we've been piloting our computers since the clever guys at Xerox PARC developed the system in the early 1970's. The mouse itself has just turned 40 years old. But a number, even vital...READ»

The Challenge Of Spreading A New Idea

1. Success: Cloverfield Breakthrough: Blockbuster event movie shot in digital video Message: Godzilla meets Blair Witch Upshot: The film has grossed about $168 million worldwide on a $25 million budget. 2. Jury's Out: ...READ»

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Who Really Gets the Most Play? Nielsen's Revised Chart Upends the Video Game Market [Updated]

Nielsen's most recent study of video gamer habits was widely reported and made for great headlines in the gaming press this week. Too bad some key information in the report was wrong. After a follow-up with Gavin McMillan of ...READ»

Wii All Can Play

Nintendo, at a press event in NYC this morning, revealed the final details for the holiday launch of its next video game console, the Wii. On Nov. 19 it will be released for $249. This price, already undercutting the $399 Microsoft ...READ»

Next Generation Wii Coming With HD Graphics and New Controller in 2011 [Nintendo]

Leave it to Yoichi Wada—president of final fantasizer Square Enix, the biggest Japanese game house—to break the news about the next generation Nintendo Wii. All while predicting that Microsoft and ...READ»

Sony, Nintendo Holiday Sales Match

Only 75 shopping days 'til Christmas, folks. If a loved one has Sony's Playstation 3 or the Nintendo Wii on his list, start thinking now of an excuse why Santa couldn't deliver. Both systems, in development for years, are expected ...READ»

Let CPR Game System Repairs be Your Island in an Ocean of Frustration

Manufacturers used to fix their game system consoles with reliable results. Increasingly now they won't even fix 'em.READ»

Netflix, Nintendo Testing Streaming Movie Service for the Wii

Some thought it would never happen, others said it was inevitable, but the rumor mill is churning out reports this morning that Netflix, at long last, is working with Nintendo to stream its vast catalog of films to the Wii (an overdue ...READ»

Hype Machines

The holidays aren't just for kids--and these playthings aren't, either.READ»

The Most Innovative Companies in Gaming

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Gaming.READ»

The Most Innovative Companies in Advertising & Marketing

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Advertising and Marketing.READ»

Coca-Cola and Nintendo Re-Invent Brand Image

Imagine sitting down with an ice-cold Coca-Cola, finishing up the volcano level on Mario Kart just in time to watch the Transformers. When you imagine this, what decade are you in? The re-inventing icons trend is about re-energizing cultural icons in fresh, new and exciting ways–to capture new audiences while re-connecting with the generation that grew up with them. Pop culture icons born in the 1990s, like…READ»

Live from E3: Microsoft announce deals with NBC/Universal, Netflix plus new games

Microsoft held its annual Xbox 360 press conference this morning at the Los Angeles Convention Center to kick off E3. I arrived about 30 minutes after the conference already started because of a late flight but apprently I didn't ...READ»