New Wii Epidemic: “Wii Knee” has surfaced!

Adding to the list of growing Wii injury “epidemics”, doctor’s in the United Kingdom have warned new holiday Wii owners to take it easy, lest they get “Wii Knee”.
Researchers at the Leeds Teaching Hospital said that playing too much Wii can cause “painful strains and fractures” in all areas of the body, just not the [...]

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Wii Outselling XBOX 360 3 to 1

Sales have been just as blistering in Canada. Despite the economic woes affecting most Canadians, Nintendo still managed to sell more than 123,000 Wii consoles here in November – a 40-per-cent increase over the same month one year ago.
The red-hot sales in North America have seen Nintendo increase Wii production at least three [...]

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Video game/Hardware Canadian Sales – November 2008 (NPD)

The NPD Group, which tracks the video game industry, reported Monday that 2008 sales in Canada including hardware, software and accessories were $1.6 billion through November – up 36 per cent from the $1.1 billion over the same period a year ago.
NOV 08 Hardware
Wii: 123K
X360: 74K
PS3: 41K
NOV 08 Software
1. Gears of War 2
2. Call of [...]

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Sony’s PS3 A Sinking Ship: Sales Plummet again!

The news just gets worse for Playstation 3.
Alone among the three major videogame consoles, sales of the PS3 are down about 19% from November 2007, according to the latest stats from the NPD Group. Sony was only able to sell 378,000 PS3s this November, compared to 466,000 last year.
And the problem for Sony isn’t the [...]

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7 million units sold, the 360 is once again….Big In Japan!

Japan – In the same week that the Wii has crossed 7 million units sold, the 360 (long since written off in Japan by sales enthusiasts, and correctly, I might add) is once again playing as a potential spoiler against Sony’s PS3.

One look at the Weekly Console Sales Chart (line, 2nd chart down) will show [...]

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The Great Avatar Debate: Wii VS 360

Head of Xbox Said “Nintendo copied us”

Ever since E3 2008 when Don Mattrick first unveiled Microsoft’s new avatar system, they have fell under criticism for copying Nintendo’s ‘Mii’s’. However Don Mattrick has come out in an interview with OXM UK and has gone on record to say that he invented the whole avatar concept in [...]

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Microsoft offers $20 Xbox 360 HDD promo for Arcade/Core owners

As we head into the holiday season, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft will try every trick in the book in order to maximize sales. One of the best weapons Microsoft has is its price point; after the September price drop, the least expensive 360 model is selling for $200, $50 less than even the Wii. While [...]

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“Microsoft is still willing to release GoldenEye XBLA”

One last Martini to GoldenEye

During this summer’s Xbox Holiday Showcase in New York, product manager Michael Johnson got camera shy when MundoRare asked him about GoldenEye XBLA. However, other people around the same party were more eager to share their thoughts. “Let me tell you what happened,” said a Microsoft representative who chose to [...]

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