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GameStop Converts Stores To Retro Retailers To Help Gamers Find Old Nintendo, Sega, Game Boy, PlayStation, Xbox Consoles
Thursday, August 29, 2024 - 12:53pm | 701Video game retailer GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) faced concerns over the growth of digital games taking away from physical games and the company's business model. The company may have a new strategy by offering a place to buy retro video games. What Happened: Best known as a meme stock these days,...
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Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Launches $199 Modern Handheld Console That Pays Homage To Game Boy: 'Don't See This As A Way To Make Money'
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - 3:23am | 840Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries, has made a comeback to the gaming industry with a new product – a pixel-perfect ultrabright magnesium gaming device, which is a modern take on the classic Game Boy, retailing at $199. What Happened: Luckey’s latest venture,...
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Can You Mine Bitcoin With A Game Boy? This Guy Gave It A Go
Monday, March 29, 2021 - 12:04am | 620It may be common knowledge that mining Bitcoin (BTC) requires a great deal of energy and computer power but it did not deter a person online from trying to do it on an 80’s era Nintendo Co, Ltd (OTC: NTDOY) GameBoy console running on two AA batteries. What Happened: Stacksmashing...
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11 Most Popular Holiday Toys In History
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 11:22am | 658If you haven’t already done your holiday shopping, this is the time of year where the most popular items can start disappearing from store shelves. This year, two of the fastest-selling holiday toys are Spin Master’s Hatchimals and Nintendo Co., LTD (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY)’s NES...
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Nintendo Admits Defeat, Lowers Nintendo 3DS Price to $169.99 as Apple Enthusiasts Proclaim Victory
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 1:31pm | 1148Nintendo truly is its own worst enemy. At around three in the morning, Nintendo (NTDOY) announced what may be the fastest price drop in video game history: starting August 12, the company will shed $80 off the MSRP of the embattled Nintendo 3DS, bringing the new price to a respectable $169.99....
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Why Nintendo DS is the BEST System Ever, Why Nintendo 64 is the Worst
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 2:25pm | 1314One was filled with quality games and countless innovation. The other was a disaster from day one. In the ‘90s, everything was riding on Nintendo 64. The whole industry catered to its arrival, either as a third-party developer in support of its release, or as a competitor horrified by Nintendo's...
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Why Nintendo DS is the BEST System Ever, Why Nintendo 64 is the Worst
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 2:22pm | 1315One was filled with quality games and countless innovation. The other was a disaster from day one. In the ‘90s, everything was riding on Nintendo 64. The whole industry catered to its arrival, either as a third-party developer in support of its release, or as a competitor horrified by Nintendo's...
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Is Nintendo Jumping The Gun? (NTDOY, AAPL)
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 12:42pm | 848Should Nintendo hype the launch of a new console while the 3DS is still in its infancy? For all intents and purposes, this is the perfect time to hype the Wii's long-awaited successor. Up until recently, Nintendo (NTDOY) released new hardware every five years. This became the industry standard....