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Why the Wii Needs a High-Def Visual Upgrade (PC World)...like the GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Wii were designed with CRTs in mind, while I'd wager the kinds of gamers Fils-Aime claims Nintendo wants to address with these "missed-opportunity" franchises--the so-called "hardcore" market that... In this article: Wii, Nintendo, Modern Warfare 2, New Super Mario Bros., Metroid Prime, Wii Play, Wii Sports, Wii Fitness, and Assassin's Creed |
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PR Newswire: Technology | October 27, 2009
Photos: DJ Hero(TM) -- the Most-Anticipated New Music Game of the Year -- Spins onto Store Shelves Nationwide
Available now, DJ Hero was developed by FreeStyleGames for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems and the Wii(TM) system from Nintendo. The...
In this article: DJ Hero, Jay-Z, Eminem, Trademark, Rock, and Guitar Hero
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Gamespot | October 30, 2009
Shippin' Out Nov. 1-7: Dragon Age, Band Hero, Lego Rock Band, NFS: Shift
...that gamers can import 61 songs from Guitar Hero 5. The DS edition features 30 tunes, as well as a tiny drum-set peripheral compatible with only the Lite model of Nintendo's handheld. Jaundiced blockheads not being so far off from the...
In this article: Dragon Age: Origins, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Lego Rock Band, BioWare, MTV Games, Activision, Need for Speed, and Jak and Daxter
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Forbes.com News | September 01, 2009
Sony Hives Off Major Factory
...assembles Apple ( AAPL - news - people ) iPods and iPhones, Nokia ( NOK - news - people ) cell phones, Nintendo ( NTDOY.PK - news - people ) Wii systems and Playstation 2 and 3 consoles for Sony, among other products -- but this move places...
In this article: Sony, Terry Gou, Foxconn, Outsourcing, Iphone, Apple, Nokia, Tijuana, and Taipei
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CNET News.com | January 16, 2009
Nintendo crushes it in 2008 console sales
...in 2008 console sales The latest data from research firm NPD Group shows that while Sony's PlayStation 2 retains the top lifetime sales spot, Nintendo's Wii and DS topped the U.S. game console sales chart for 2008. The big shocker in the...
In this article: Wii, Duke University, NPD Group, CNET, PlayStation 2, PS3, Sony, and Microsoft
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Nintendo named 'World's Best Company' by BusinessWeek
...over the past five years. A.T. Kearney valued Nintendo's 2008 annual sales at $16.8 billon, up 35.7 percent since 2004, when the publisher's GameCube struggled against Sony's best-selling PlayStation 2. As for value creation, which...
In this article: BusinessWeek, A.T. Kearney, Wii, Google, Apple, Market capitalization, Management consulting, Revenue, and Hyundai Heavy Industries
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RSS feed from 1UP | October 28, 2009
Rise to Heaven: Five Years of Nintendo DS
...only the launch of the GBA SP, but also the launch of two new Pokemon games, the company's only true cash cow of the past eight years at that point. Nintendo was officially in trouble. When Nintendo publicly announced the operating loss,...
In this article: Nintendo DS, Zeitgeist, E3, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Game Boy Advance, and Sony
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Xbox
...is a video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2, Sega's Dreamcast, and Nintendo's GameCube. The integrated Xbox Live service allows players...
In this article: Xbox, Microsoft, Dashboard, Nvidia, DVD, Xbox 360, Bill Gates, RCA, and North America
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Daily Mail | March 26, 2009
Family-friendly Nintendo Wii becomes fastest-selling console in history
Last updated at 11:13 AM on 26th March 2009 Nintendo's Wii game console has become the fastest-selling console ever, surpassing the PlayStation 2, the company's president said today. More than 50million units have been shipped in just...
In this article: Wii, Game Developers Conference, Wii Tennis, Wii Ski, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and United States
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BBC News | April 07, 2009
PlayStation outsells Wii in Japan
...Wii sales remain extremely buoyant. During March global sales of Nintendo's Wii console passed 50 million, making the Wii the fastest-selling games console in history, surpassing the PlayStation 2. "PS3 hardware sales picked up due to...
In this article: Wii, PlayStation 3, Japan, Sony, PlayStation, Resident Evil 5, Enterbrain, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 2
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Nintendo Company Ltd. is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel. Eventually, Nintendo developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company, with a market value of over US$85 billion. In 2007, Nintendo ranked eighth on the list of largest software companies in the world. Besides video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. According to Nintendo's Touch! Generations website, the name "Nintendo" translated from Japanese to English means "Leave luck to Heaven". As of October 2, 2008, Nintendo has sold over 470 million hardware units and 2.7 billion software units.
- Name:
- 任天堂株式会社
- Type:
- Public
- Location:
- Kyoto, Japan
- Founded:
- September 23, 1889
- Industry:
- Card games (previously)
- Video games
- Key People:
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- Minoru Arakawa: Former head of NOA
- Satoru Shibata: President of NOE
- Gunpei Yokoi (deceased): Creator of Game Boy, Game & Watch and Metroid video game series
- Shigeru Miyamoto: Game Designer
- Satoru Iwata: President and CEO
- Conrad Abbott: President of NOC
- Hiroshi Yamauchi: Former President and Chairman
- Reggie Fils-Aime: President and COO of NOA
- Rose Lappin: Managing Director of Nintendo Australia
- Products:
- Game Boy line, Color TV Game, NES, SNES, Virtual Boy, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii and various video games
- Revenue:
- ¥1.672 trillion (2008)
- Operating Income:
- ¥487.22 billion (2008)
- Net Income:
- ¥257.342 billion (2008)
- Assets:
- ¥1.8 trillion (2008)
- No. of Employees:
- 3,768 (2008)
- Market Cap:
- ¥4.7813 trillion (2008)
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