Nintendo Says 'Wii Has Stalled', Press Piles On

Poor Nintendo, the Wii can't catch a break. It's been the number one selling console for years, but you wouldn't know it from the dearth of news sites that bother to cover the thing seriously. The system's consistently beat the odds time and again--well, the analyst cobbled together ones, anyway--and gone on to outflank all the pundits,including yours truly.

All that, without so much as a pat on the back from the hardcore snobs.
Maybe you've heard the Wii hasn't been doing so hot of late. Nintendo's operating income is reportedly down some 59 percent year over year, Wii sales have plummeted 43 percent for the same period, and the company's Wii full year sales forecasts just nosedived 26 to 20 million.

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Sony to Release The PS3 Slim Version?

According to Amazon, Sony PS3 is about to come out with a new look. Actually an extremely different look. The German Amazon has listings for a "Playstation 3 Konsole Slim".

On the site the Playstation 3 is listed as an independent platform. And it is even shown that it has it's own Amazon Standard Identification Number. But Amazon.de has disclosed any price, details and even images.

In my own opinion, well problems would arise again as to how to make the ps3 stand even on extreme length of gaming. Well it's all up to the Sony guys on how they would fit all that stuff into a tiny enclosure.

Will you keep paying top dollar for games?

The game industry is counting on core gamers — the mostly young men who regularly, loyally buy new titles no matter how the economy is doing — to keep the industry afloat during the recession. But should companies expect these loyal gamers to keep shelling out $60 for the latest and greatest?


For 60 bucks, you get 400 TV channels for a whole month. You can buy three cases of Budweiser. Or, you can buy one video game.

Yes, yes. I know you’ll get 20 hours of quality gaming entertainment for your “Killzone 2” purchase versus 200 hours of “Iron Chef.” But times are tough, and consumers are spooked. 60 bucks is 60 bucks. Why should game publishers expect to get top dollar when General Motors can’t move SUVs?

Bottom line: Because people are still buying games. The most recent report from the NPD Group shows that despite the recession and the cratering retail environment, game hardware, software and accessories were up 19 percent in 2008. Even if their wallets are light, says analyst Todd Greenwald, this data shows that gamers will pay retail for their favorite titles.