Nintendo product news coming in Sept., 3DS details likely

IDG News Service - Nintendo will announce details of a new product on Sept. 29, it said Thursday.

Nintendo Records a Loss as DS Sales Plummet

Nintendo reported a net loss for the April to June quarter as the strong Japanese yen and weak demand for its products hurt earnings.

Nintendo slumps to loss as game sales fade

(AP:TOKYO) Nintendo, maker of the Wii home console and DS handheld, slumped into the red last quarter as sales faded amid a strong yen and a lack of new game titles.

News: Nintendo's Q1 DS sales down 44 per cent

While Mario Galaxy 2 sells over 4m. Nintendo lost money during the three months ended 30th June 2010, with worldwide DS sales down 44.7 per cent year on year to 3.15 million, while DS software sales slumped 22.9 per cent to 22.42 million. The platform holder blamed "fewer new software titles", a lowering of the DS price and hefty foreign exchange losses for the losses. Super Mario Galaxy 2 ...

NEWS: Nintendo Reports Quarterly Loss in Income and Sales

Slowing DS sales and stronger yen are contributing factors. For the first time in more than two years, Nintendo has posted a loss for the quarter ending June 30 2010. Net loss was 25.2 billion yen ($289 million), a 42 percent drop compared to the same period in 2009. Sales revenue dropped 26 percent to 188.6 billion yen ($2.1 billion). The large drop in revenue has been attributed to slowing ...

News: Bethesda: No plans for Wii, iPhone, social

Fallout 3 developer staying where it is. The internal Bethesda Softworks development team has no plans to develop for Nintendo systems because it feels its games are graphically and thematically better suited to other formats. That's according to executive producer Todd Howard, who told IndustryGamers, "The stuff we're doing is a better fit on the other platforms. You can never say never, but I ...

Nintendo posts losses, confirms 2011 Skyward Sword

Nintendo posted 188,646 million yen ($2.2 billion USD) in net sales this quarter, down 25 percent from the same quarter last year. Operating income suffered a 42 percent drop to 23,343 million yen ($267 million USD). Wii sales aren't to blame.

News// Japanese Software Charts: Wii Party Regains Control

(30 Jul 2010) Blur languishes at #50.

News// Japan Hardware: Handhelds Rule, Consoles Drool

(30 Jul 2010) Wii and PS3 down, PSP 3000 and DSi up.

Nintendo game copiers 'illegal'

A High Court has ruled that devices that allow gamers to play pirated video games on the Nintendo DS console are illegal in the UK.