Purple 3DS will be release on May 20th.
by admin on May.01, 2012, under 3DS news
Nintendo will release one purle 3DS game console on May 20th. The purple 3DS console has no any physical differences from current models except the color.
4.5 million 3DS sold in US
by admin on Mar.07, 2012, under 3DS news
Nintendo said today that the sales of 3DS in United States has reached 4.5 million units. Nintendo thought it gave them more confidence on the sales of Wii U. The revenue of 3DS including games has reached 1.2 billion dollars.
5 million 3DS sold…
by admin on Feb.21, 2012, under 3DS news
Nintendo claimed that 3DS had sold five million in 56 weeks, which is the fastest game console sold over five million until now.
3DS had seen some slow growth after the initial launch due to shortage of games. Nintendo lower the sold price and introduced lots of games with low price, which greatly pushed the sales. Despite these efforts, Nintendo last month still lowered the sales goal to 15 million units.
the 3DS annual sales target lowered from 13 percent to 14 million units. Reduce the the 3DS sale prices. In Japan, the main competitor of 3DS is PS Vita which is available in North American and European market since this week.
In addition, Nintendo has accelerated the launching schedule of Wii U which launch at the end of this year’s shopping season.
Zune appear in Windows 8
by admin on Feb.10, 2012, under Uncategorized
I notice in Windows 8 preview there is still Zune, though Microsoft claimed it will be renamed as “Windows Music”. But yes, it’s not an independent category, but just one sub-category under “music”.
More than 4million 3Ds have been sold
by admin on Jan.05, 2012, under 3DS news
Nintendo on Tuesday announced that its 3DS game nine months after launch, the global market, has shipped over 400 million units, far exceeding the company’s Wii console sales in the same time .
Day, Nintendo also announced Wii game console in the U.S. market in 2011 has exceeded 4.5 million units sold.
Nintendo’s U.S. executive vice president of marketing Scott • Moffitt (Scott Moffitt), said some of the highly popular game software companies in the holiday shopping season to help get good results.
Moffett said Mario series Zelda series of games and not only set a sales record, but also by the positive consumer feedback. He said the prospects for the Nintendo looking forward to 2012.
3DS handheld in the period of time after the sale of sales is not significant, but substantially lower prices after the sales began to show significant growth, and “Mario Kart 7″ series of games led to the advent of further sales of the product.
new games can’t save Nintendo
by admin on Sep.14, 2011, under 3DS game
On Tuesday, Nintendo President Iwata has released a variety of what he called "unprecedented" games hoping to attract traditional players, especially young players and royal player of "Mario". Nintendo also released one new game peripheral which costs 19$ which is necessary in some games.
But analysts and investors believe those games and peripherals are useful in competition with Apple iPhone and iPad. Industry observers have widely believed that Nintendo has sticked to much to its hardware, failed to keep up with the development of a new generation of mobile devices.
One invest fund manager said he doesn’t think that these new games can changed Nintendo’s marketing performance. So Nintendo shares decreased by 5% on Tuesday.
In July this year, Nintendo has lowered 3DS price up to 40% to boost sales. But the profit hasn’t increased much.
3DS sales increase 260% in August
by admin on Sep.10, 2011, under 3DS game
Nintendo announced on Thursday that with the price cut promotion, 3DS handheld sales in August increase 260%.
On August 12, Nintendo 3DS price has been changed from $ 250 to $169.99. In the next 19 days, 3DS in the United States has sold 185,000 units, 260% more than July sales.
NPD data shows Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is No.1 game console and Nintendo 3DS ranked second. Microsoft data shows that 308,000 Xbox 360 were sold in August.
Sony lowered PS3 price on August 16 from 299$ to 249$ but Sony hasn’t disclosed its August sales data.
Xbox 360 is the No.1 game console in US
by admin on Sep.08, 2011, under Uncategorized
[Infochart] the history of game controller
by admin on Sep.08, 2011, under 3DS game
![game controller evolution history thumb [Infochart] the history of game controller](http://www.3dsgameguide.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/game-controller-evolution-history.jpg "game controller evolution history")
This info chart has a collection of charts 119 game controller from 1958 to 2012, from primitive joystick console to Microsoft Xbox Kinect, Sony Playstation and Nintendo Wii U.
3DS sold 207k in four days!
by admin on Aug.16, 2011, under 3DS game
August 11, Nintendo announced the 3DS will price to 15,000 yen (about $ 1200 RMB), reduction of up to 40%, there has been speculation the move was intended to make Sony PS Vita. In the occupation as soon as possible prior to new types of handheld game machine market, price cuts implemented last few days, Nintendo announced today, since after the price cut, 3DS in the 4th game host pin 207,000 units, external 3DS price is expected within 4 days of total sales accounted for 5 months since the sale sales one-eighth.
3DS is a brand new handheld game console with stripShow 3D stereo screen and compatible with all games currently DSi and DS series software features, February 26, 2011 on sale for the first time, the price of 25,000 yen (about 2000 RMB), announced on June 14, sales exceeded 1 million.
