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If You Invested $1,000 In Nintendo Stock When The First Pokemon Game Was Released In The US, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
Monday, February 27, 2023 - 1:32pm | 699Read More...Video game company Nintendo Co (OTC: NTDOY) got its start in 1889 as a playing card company. The company would transform into a video game giant in the 1970s and go on to be one of the most recognizable companies in the world. Here's a look at how the stock has performed since Pokémon...
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Could A Controller To Use On Both PlayStation And Xbox Be Coming?
Thursday, August 18, 2022 - 3:23pm | 597Read More...One of the biggest developments in the video game industry has been cross-platform play, the ability to play with other gamers on other consoles. One video game company could actually be working on a controller that could be used on multiple consoles. What Happened: Reggie Fils-Aimé ...
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Pokemon Announces Highly Anticipated Diamond And Pearl Remakes: Why Investors Should Watch Nintendo Stock
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 2:37pm | 519Read More...The Pokemon Company, which is is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2021, unveiled new video games Friday. What Happened: “Pokemon Brilliant Diamond” and “Pokemon Shining Pearl” will launch on the Nintendo Switch in late 2021. The games are remakes of the iconic...
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Sony's PlayStation Coming To China
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 2:39pm | 480Read More...Sony (NYSE: SNE) is ready to release a game console in China. According to market intelligence and consulting firm Marbridge Consulting, Sony President and CEO Kazuo Hirai has confirmed that the company will bring its game console business to China. The company will begin by establishing a "...
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China's Video Game Approval Could Be Worth Billions To Sony, Microsoft And Nintendo
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 12:24pm | 765Read More...In January, China Daily USA reported that China might lift its ban on the sale of video games. "We are reviewing the policy and have conducted some surveys and held discussions with other ministries on the possibility of opening up the game console market," an unnamed source from the Ministry of...
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Nintendo Drops Wii U Price, Unveils 2DS Handheld Game System
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 1:38pm | 625Read More...Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) made two sizable announcements today. The first -- a price cut for Wii U -- has been anticipated for months. Effective September 20, the deluxe version will retail for $299. Nintendo's second announcement was a bit more surprising. The company unveiled a new handheld game...
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Can a $99 Game Console Destroy Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo?
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 1:50pm | 1515Read More...Ouya, the $99 game console concept on Kickstarter, has raised more than $4.4 million from more than 34,000 backers. Should Sony (NYSE: SNE), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or Nintendo (NTDOY) be worried? Depending on the source, Ouya (pronounced "Oooh-ya") is either a disaster in the making or the best...
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Nintendo Shares Continually Decline After Lackluster Wii U Presentation
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 11:29am | 710Read More...One week ago, the world couldn't wait to see what Nintendo had in store for the game industry. Today, the world wishes it had never found out. While a select number of consumers (read: a very small number of consumers) will tell you that the "games r great, u stupid Call of Duty lover!" and that...
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Is it Too Soon or Too Late for PlayStation 4, Xbox 720?
Friday, January 6, 2012 - 10:19am | 1560Read More...The unveiling will presumably occur at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo), which is scheduled to take place on June 5-7 at the LA Convention Center in Los Angeles. MCV did not provide any further details. However, My Nintendo News picked up on an interesting tweet from one of the publication's...
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Infographic: The Social Evolution of Gaming
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 11:26am | 80Read More...Visual.ly has an interesting look at the social evolution of video games. And guess what? Zynga and Apple have very little to do with it. From the NES and Doom to PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, the evolution was subtle but vastly more extensive than people thought. Follow me @LouisBedigian
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Sony's "Oh, Crap!" Moment: Nobody Wants a PS Vita
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 6:15pm | 500Read More...And all this time I thought that a delay was the worst thing that could happen to Sony's (NYSE: SNE) next-gen handheld. It turns out that there was something far worse brewing: the simple fact that people don't care about PS Vita. At all! That's according to Lyle Hall and Matthew Seymour at Heavy...
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Reality Check for Nintendo Investors: iPhone Development is Never Going to Happen, Would Kill the Stock
Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 1:12pm | 524Read More...Small short-term gains, massive long-term losses. Bloomberg is reporting that Nintendo investors are increasingly unhappy with Nintendo, a company that is determined to stick to its tried-and-true business model of making games exclusively for its own devices. This strategy is nothing new;...
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If the "A" in Apple stands for "Awesome," What does the "S" in Sony stand for?
Friday, August 5, 2011 - 12:45pm | 908Read More...I'll give you a hint. It rhymes with cupid. Sony (NYSE: SNE) has not been having a good year. From quarterly losses to major hackings, the once-powerful electronics manufacturer is taking a beating in virtually every area in which it conducts business. Now, several months after toying with the...
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PS Vita Not Coming This Year, Will Battle With iPad 3 in 2012
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 6:27pm | 561Read More...From the, “Hey, we don't know what the heck we're doing!” department. Sony (NYSE: SNE) has reportedly confirmed that its next portable game system, PS Vita, will not be released in Europe or the United States in 2011. This follows a previous report claiming that the system would be released this...
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Is Nintendo Smart to Ditch Smartphones?
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 2:46pm | 932Read More...Contrary to popular belief, Super Mario and Angry Birds are not the same. Last week, Nintendo made it crystal clear that it does not have any plans to develop for the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone or Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android platforms. This news came as a shock to some. “If Nintendo was...
