Game makers pause, reload: Are price cuts next?

Kathleen Byrnes and Justin Choi, a married couple attending medical school at Tulane University, say $40 is just too much to fork over for a Nintendo Wii game they might not enjoy. They haven't bought one since last fall, when they picked up "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed."

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Audit: Ky. airport execs racked up lavish expenses

A small commercial airport in Kentucky — and the taxpayers who support it — picked up top executives' tabs in recent years for Hannah Montana concert tickets, Nintendo Wii video game bundles and even a $4,400 strip club check, according to a state auditor's report.

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Video game sales top $21 billion in 2008

All throughout 2008, as the economy went from bad to worse, video games continued to sell at record levels, boosted by the popularity of the Nintendo Wii and blockbuster games like "Grand Theft Auto IV."

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Group will reevaluate Nintendo Wii component

An environmental group that put out a list of chemical-laden toys is reevaluating one component of the Nintendo Wii which tested positive for bromine, the group said Thursday.

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GAMES REVIEW: Wii suffers glut of weak games

Nintendo's Wii has dominated video-game hardware sales since its debut in November 2006, and it shows no sign of slowing down. In March, U.S. stores sold more Wii consoles than Xbox 360s and PlayStation 3s combined.

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Sony PS3 Outsells Nintendo Wii in Japan

Monthly sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan topped the Nintendo Wii for the first time since the gaming consoles debuted late last year, according to a November survey.

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Nintendo Wii Outsells Sony PS3

Nintendo's Wii video game console outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 six to one in June in Japan, a Japanese publishing company said Monday.

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New Japanese Mobile Phones Detect Motion

Some of the latest mobile phones in Japan come with motion sensors that let users detect motion or play action games like those on the Nintendo Wii console.

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Radio Show Pulled After Woman's Death

A radio station fired three morning disc jockeys and seven other employees Tuesday after a woman died from drinking nearly two gallons of water in a contest.

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Wii, Nemesis to PlayStation, Hits Market

Nintendo Co.'s entry into the game console wars, the Wii, went on sale Sunday, and quickly sold out in many stores despite stocks that far surpassed those of the rival PlayStation 3, which went on sale two days earlier.

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Nintendo Launches Wii, Challenging Sony

More than a thousand fans lined up in Times Square for the Sunday launch of Nintendo's entry into the holiday season's field of competing video game consoles, the cheap but innovative Wii.

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Netflix's (NFLX) movie streaming service will arrive on the Nintendo Wii sooner than later, but the timing is uncertain, and how the companies choose to implement it could have a major effect on how useful it is to Netflix.

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Nintendo's finally put a proper release date out for New Super Mario Bros Wii. The game will street on November 15 in the US, making it a perfect holiday companion to all the $199 Wiis that I'm sure Nintendo is expecting to fly off shelves.

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Nintendo's popular Wii console is about to be even more attractive to video game enthusiasts, with prices set to drop $50 on Sunday to $200.

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There's been some chatter about this over the last week, but I wanted to wait until something a little more solid came up.

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Trish Stratus is about to go digital. The former WWE diva is partnering with Frima Studios for the development of Stratusphere, a new Nintendo Wii yoga video game that will utilize the Wii balance board and other new and innovative Wii peripheral devices.

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But like the denizens of Gotham he's sworn to protect, fans of the Caped Crusader have stood by their man, patiently waiting for a game maker to step up and embrace Batman as the perfect video game hero. Looks like that patience finally paid off. Big time.

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Sony might not be able to keep a secret, but they can sure make an announcement.

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Are you the proud owner of a Nintendo Wii 4-Dock Recharge Station made by Psyclone Essentials or React? Put your pride aside and back away slowly -- these puppies can burn.

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For those of you wishing the Nintendo Wii had a little bit of an edge, your wishes are Nintendo's command as it rolls out a sleek, black Wii on August 1. If you live in Japan, that is.

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A Florida family that plays together, stays might go to jail together.

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Fans of the Metroid Prime games, as well as those who enjoy a good FPS/action title, are in for a treat this summer. Nintendo will be releasing the entire trilogy as a single-disc collection for the Wii in August.

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Nintendo has made a mint selling its Wii console to PTA moms and senior citizens. But most hard-core gamers think the Wii is lame.

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Today's game consoles are better than those of yesteryear. In addition to playing fancy-pants games with Pixar-quality graphics and motion controls, modern consoles can even play old 8-bit favorites, plus a whole lot more.

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So says financial analyst Michael Pachter, who predicted this week that Sony will trim the price of its cheapest Playstation 3 pack to a "more affordable" $299 in April, and that an Xbox 360 price cut will follow by June.

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It turns out, according to their research, that the PS2 was played the most nationwide with 31.7 percent of the total time spent playing games, from January 2008 - October 2008. Xbox 360 came in second with 17.2 percent of the time, with the Wii coming in at 13.4 percent.

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Excerpt: Christmas is an exciting time for most children, but this little boy was so thrilled to receive a Nintendo Wii that footage of his delighted reaction has become a YouTube hit.

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The Wii continues to be the little game machine that could, busting out mind-boggling sales numbers despite being the most underpowered machine this side of the next generation. Time and time again, the Wii has proven that bigger is not necessarily better.

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The article begins with a quote - a risky move, because if it's not interesting, people won't continue. This one was misleading, on purpose. The quote could have referred to any number of "girl topics", but video games was unexpected.

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Microsoft has decided that it would rather be the video game market share leader than make a buck at the business. (Microsoft is the publisher of MSN Money)

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John McCain's favorite Wii games.

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Nintendo's net income has risen 34 per cent for the quarter ending June 30th, driven by the success of Wii hardware and software.

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Everyone loved Capcom's first Wii zombie shooter, Resident Evil 4, so Capcom decided to port another such title over to the Wii: Dead Rising. The 360 game, along with an amazing subtitle (Chop Til You Drop), is being ported to the Wii using the Resident Evil 4 engine.

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Nintendo has responded to reports in national newspapers that it is set to 'run out' of Wii Fit stock, telling MCV that it is "bringing in units every week".

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EA Sports President has high hopes for Nintendo's console's potential. EA Sports President Peter Moore has predicted that Nintendo's Wii will take up half of all home console sales in this generation.

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If it's quality family time you're after, then it's a Wii's you want. That's according to a new study which claims to have discovered that gamers rank the Wii as the best console for family togetherness.

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