Reuters: Nintendo Co Ltd posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit and forecast a bigger-than-expected full-year loss, its first at an operating level, as it battles a strong yen and its games devices lose ground to gadgets such as Apple’s … Continued
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PS Vita sales off to brisk start in Japan
M.H. Williams for IndustryGamers: Famitsu (translated via Andriasang) is reporting that Sony’s new system sold 321,407 units in two days. Those numbers come from Enterbrain, covering December 17 and 18. The PS Vita – Sony’s new portable gaming system – … Continued
∞ Nintendo's Iwata: Smartphone games 'not under consideration'
IndustryGamers: In an interview with Japanese news organization Nikkei (translated by Andriasang), Nintendo president Satoru Iwata reiterated the company’s stance on creating games for smartphones. “This is absolutely not under consideration,” Iwata definitively replied when asked about Nintendo possibly making smartphone … Continued
∞ Mac App Store makes developers money
As if on cue with our previous article, PCWorld.com, (by way of Macworld.com), discusses a report that shows strong sales of Mac apps sold through the new Mac App Store. “Despite the small number of available titles, the average Mac … Continued