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Could A Legend Be The Secret To Nintendo Switch Surpassing Wii Sales In The US
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 5:42pm | 418In its sixth year on the market, Nintendo ADR's (OTC: NTDOY) Nintendo Switch achieved a significant milestone by surpassing the total lifetime sales of the Wii in the U.S. This achievement is based on data from Circana (formerly NPD), indicating robust growth in the U.S. video game...
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2 Out Of 3 Households Are Home To A 'Gamer,' But It May Not Be The Family Member You Expect
Thursday, June 22, 2017 - 1:38pm | 729Kathy Wood popped into her fellow math teacher’s room and was greeted by a not-so-unusual question: “Hey, Mrs. Wood, is it true that you play ‘Call of Duty?’” Until age 58, when her son and motivation-to-play departed for college, her answer was a casual “yes....
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Exploring Nintendo's 3-Day Switch Sale Figures Thus Far
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 9:58am | 438Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY)’s new gaming console Switch set record sales in the United States in its first two days, according to a tweet from New York Times reporter Nick Wingfield. “Fri-Sat sales for Nintendo Switch exceeded first 2-day sales in Americas for any system in...
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How Nintendo's Last 4 Gaming Consoles Performed In Their First Year
Friday, January 13, 2017 - 3:47pm | 571Japanese video game console maker Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY) has just announced more details of its newest console on the block, the Nintendo Switch. Switch will go on sale March 2017. As the company, analysts and avid Nintendo fans keep their fingers crossed over, looking forward to...
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Pokémon Go's Release Affected Nintendo Shares More Than Its Last Three Consoles
Monday, July 18, 2016 - 2:27pm | 174Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY) shares were up 34 percent after Pokémon Go was released. Never before has the market ascribed so much potential value to a release by the Japanese video-game maker as it has with Nintendo’s foray into smartphone gaming. For example: Wii U -...
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'Pachter Factor' Talks NX's Potential Success
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 2:03pm | 405Michael Pachter appears on SIFTD.net Games every week to answer questions about the gaming sector. In this week's episode, Pachter talked about Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY)'s Wii U and NX launch. Nintendo's NX Release Nintendo has set a dismal forecast of 800,000 Wii Us to be sold in 2016,...
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'Pachter Factor' Talks Nintendo, Virtual Reality And Gaming Stocks
Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 5:42pm | 438Michael Pachter is an analyst at Wedbush who weekly contributes to SIFTD.net about the video gaming world. In response to the prompt "does Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY) have enough resources to survive if the NX sells poorly? Must the NX be a hit for the company?" Michael Pachter responded...
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How Sony's E3 Press Conference May Have Saved Nintendo
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 12:23pm | 591It's not everyday that Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) receives some assistance from a competitor. But at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony's (NYSE: SNE) E3 presentation might have given Nintendo a little bit of help. Coincidentally, both companies chose to focus on games that...
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Could This Startup Save Nintendo?
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 2:02pm | 931Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) is arguably the most troubled developer within the video game industry. The company announced in January that it had reduced its Wii U sales estimate from nine million consoles to just 2.8 million units by the end of March 2014. This was not the first time that Nintendo...
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Sony's PlayStation Coming To China
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 2:39pm | 480Sony (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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SLIDESHOW: Apple's First TV, New iPads And More From The Fourth Week Of October
Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 3:48pm | 211The past week was nearly dominated by Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) many product announcements. New iPads, new Mac Book Pros, new details on the Mac Pro -- the list went on and on. The only thing missing was Apple's first TV set, though the rumor mill helped consumers cope with that. The unconfirmed...
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Nintendo Stops Producing Console That's More Popular Than Wii U
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 12:35pm | 586During the June quarter, Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) sold 210,000 units of the seven-year-old Wii game console. Wii U, Nintendo's newest game console, sold 160,000 units during the same period. Despite the sales discrepancy, Nintendo has decided to throw its weight behind Wii U and cease production of...
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Wii U Sales Hurt By Retailer Confusion, Misinformation
Monday, October 14, 2013 - 2:37pm | 685Uninformed retail employees may have contributed to the sales problems afflicting Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) latest console. Christine Arrington, the Senior Games Analyst at IHS Electronics & Media (NYSE: IHS), told Benzinga that she realized that Wii U was in trouble when she became an...
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China's Video Game Approval Could Be Worth Billions To Sony, Microsoft And Nintendo
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 12:24pm | 765In 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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Video Game Sales Rise Ahead Of PlayStation 4, Xbox One Release
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 2:04pm | 761After two years of declines, the video game industry is beginning to rebound. According to The Wall Street Journal, sales of new hardware (consoles like Xbox 360 and handhelds like Nintendo 3DS), new software and accessories have risen one percent in the United States. The collective sales of...