For the first time in history, Nintendo will be selling a home console at a loss
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Pachter: Up to 1.5M Wii Us will be available in the US in 2012
Analyst Michael Pachter believes Nintendo will manufacture 3.6 million Wii Us in 2012, and up to 1.5 million will go to the US.
Wii U to feature region locking
Just like the original Wii and the 3DS, the Wii U console will be region locked, Nintendo has confirmed.
Analysts are unimpressed by Wii U’s pre-order sell outs
Despite selling out all over, business analysts are still not impressed with the Wii U.
Pachter: Nintendo has priced the Wii U too high for mass market
He believes Nintendo will limit Wii U manufacturing to 12 to 15 million units in the first year.
Tabloid newspaper lists 5 stupid reasons not to buy the Wii U
The stupidity continues. This time, UK tabloid The Sun joins the anti-Wii U bandwagon.
And the award for the dumbest anti Wii U statement goes to…
Idiot “columnist” says games shouldn’t pre-order the Wii U because the games cost $60.
Analyst: Wii U could sell 10 million units in first 14 months
Wii U will sell 10 million in the first 14 months, which will be half of what the original Wii sold.
Analyst: Wii U needs to be $300 to make a profit
Wii U needs to be $300 to be profitable, and $200 in order to sell well to the mainstream crowd, says analyst.
EA: we don’t make ports, Wii U games will be unique
Wii U is a “unique platform” says EA, and they don’t intend to simply make ports for the console.
Analyst: Nintendo will ship 4 million Wii U consoles to retail
Games analyst believes Nintendo will have a hard time convincing casual gamers to buy into the Wii U.
Nintendo expects to sell 8 million Wii U consoles by March 2013
Nintendo expects to sell 10 million home consoles, 8 million of those being the new Wii U.
Video game exec: Nintendo is becoming a software company
Industry veteran says Nintendo will become software-only company in the future, but praises Shigeru Miyamoto.
Game analyst believes the Wii U won’t work
Nintendo got lucky with the Wii, says Michael Pachter, and that won’t happen with the Wii U.
Microsoft: Wii U is effectively an Xbox 360
The geniuses at Microsoft believe their Wii U is on par with the Xbox 360 console, offering the same performance and gameplay…
Wii U will “cater to core gamers first”, says Nintendo
The upcoming Nintendo Wii U will cater to core gamers first, and mass market second. That’s according to Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata. It’s no denying that the Wii U is targeting a much more mainstream audience than the Wii — the Wii U packs HD graphics and powerful hardware, making it ideal system for core […]
Nintendo expects Wii U sales to hit 5 million by March 2013
Nintendo expects Wii U sales to reach 5 million by March 2013, Wii U Daily can confirm. Nintendo released a financial report today which includes forecasts on future home console sales. However, the sales forecast also includes the new Wii U console. The company predicts that in the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from April […]
Most analysts are optimistic about the Nintendo Wii U
Despite what some are saying, the general consensus among analysts is that the Nintendo Wii U will do just fine. Last week analysts from Macquarie Capital Securities told investors to avoid Nintendo stock due to the uncertainty around the upcoming Wii U console. With that statement in hand, GamesIndustry went and got the opinion on […]
Analysts are worried about the Wii U
According to analysts from Japanese Macquarie Capital Securities, investors should avoid buying into into Nintendo stock until after E3 2012. According to the Macquarie, the uncertainty around the Wii U and Nintendo as a company contribute to a unfavorable investment option. The analysts appear to be worried that the Wii U might not be a […]
Analyst: Wii U could be the next Dreamcast
Not everyone is excited about Nintendo’s new Wii U console. Noted game analyst Michael Pachter said, during his latest Pach Attack show, that Nintendo is late to the scene with the new console, as the Wii U is only marginally more powerful than the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Pachter said: “I think that if […]
Wii U to be priced at $299?
Nintendo will price the Wii U aggressively at $299 when it launches later this year, according to a report WiiUDaily has received (from the same source that brought us the Wii U system specs rumor). Nintendo will price the Wii U at $299 in the US, 299 Euro in Europe, and at 20,000 Yen in […]
Activision: we’re enthusiastic over the Wii U
Activision CEO, and a polarizing figure in the game industry, Bobby Kotick, recently said in an interview that Activision — the biggest publisher in the world — are excited and enthusiastic over the Wii U. Speaking to UK newspaper The Guardian, Kotick said: “It’s now more possible to do deep rich multiplayer games – we […]