Nintendo Says Wii U Sales Lower Than Expected

Nintendo has conceded the Wii U is likely to fall well below its original sales predictions. The disappointment is tempered only by some good fortune with currency exchange rates. The details come in financial figures covering April through December, the first nine months of Nintendo’s financial year. It says it sold 3.06 million Wii U […]



China May Lift Console Ban

Chinese officials are at least considering lifting a ban on games consoles that’s been in place for more that a decade. It could be tremendous news for manufacturers and pirates alike. The country banned consoles in 2000 over what the China Daily newspaper describes as “fearsย ofย theย potentialย harmย toย theย physicalย andย mentalย developmentย ofย theย young.” An anonymous source from China’s Ministry of Culture says […]