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E3 2013: Preview of Nintendo and it’s Secret Weapon

There’s under two months remaining until Nintendo will front up to E3 with it’s back against the wall with other new consoles being revealed and discussed. Nintendo always performs at it’s best when it’s threatened and there is one secret weapon that’s been very quiet for a couple years. Something that could really bring the Wii U back from it’s testing launch period and that’s...

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danny8184027d ago

One game is supposed to go up against ps4 and the next Xbox? Dude get out of here !

Thatguy-3104027d ago

Don't forget the games that follow the NEW console. Wii u will be irrelevant during e3 if they don't pop up with new Ip's that have potential. The industry has all eyes on Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo messed up their head start.

Realplaya4027d ago

Your right Sony will show a game system that has pretty visuals and it will have 50 games at launch it will be $200.00 or less with a cool eye toy that smashes the kinect. Unlike the Wii U touch screen we will have our same controller with a tacked on touchpad. That my friend is innovation at it's best and as killzone showed we killing anything out there.

Realplaya4027d ago

Mad at what exactly? I'm just living in your fantasy world.

Thatguy-3104027d ago (Edited 4027d ago )

Fantasy world?? No one is expecting a price of 200$ or less. Remember the 600$ price tag. Graphic wise the ps3 provides the best graphics on exclusive games from the 3 console manufacture. Don't see the fantasy world your talking about? But yea stay in your fantasy world where Nintendo wins E3. When has it won it? Stay optimistic because that's what most wii u buyers could only do. Can't wait for e3 to come around to see what excuses you guys make.

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SonyNGP4027d ago

Never underestimate Smash Bros. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

BitbyDeath4027d ago

This may be the best E3 ever as everyone has promise of excitement.

MS - new Xbox
Sony - more details on PS4
Ninty - Having to find a way to combat both and gain some spotlight

schlanz4027d ago

good point, best in awhile at least

BullyMangler4027d ago

sounds like you just dont know what ninty has in store this E3 ehh

HammadTheBeast4027d ago

Please. Enlighten us peasants.

ScubaSteve14027d ago

let me guess zelda or smash brothers that cant go up against new console reveal

xabmol4027d ago

They really need something that actually shows that the new controller/iPad thingamajig is actually useful...

TheoreticalParticle4027d ago

"Preview of Nintendo and IT IS Secret Weapon"

Learn how to write, "writer".

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Megaton Musashi World Cup: Preview and First Round Results

Game Rant participates in the Megaton Musashi World Cup, checking out the game a little bit beforehand and winning the first round match.

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Microsoft’s Surface and Xbox hardware revenues take a big hit in Q3

Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.

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darthv7219h ago

Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.

solideagle6h ago

you should apply in MS PR team buddy, I think you will do a great job in my humble opinion :)

Sonic18814h ago

I thought darthv72 and Obscure_Observer already work for Microsoft 🤔

dveio3h ago

MS: "Xbox services and content without AB up 1%, with AB up 62%. Hardware down 31%. In total a loss of 350 mill."

darthv72: "Seems about right."

MS: "Excuse m ..."

darthv72: "I don't hardly play on my consoles directly."

MS:

Cacabunga6h ago

I can tell people like you are an absolute minority..

If service is up means their fans and fanboys accepted this model and subscribed to it. The near future you will see a big decline because the service is saturated.

shinoff21835h ago

But that's been ms for years. When things aren't going their way they try to change the way things are said. For instance console sales are down, they stop telling how many sold instead telling us how many hours spent in halo or headshots. So it makes sense console sales down just say people are playing on more devices then previous. What they won't say is how many xbox players jumped ship to ps5.

Cacabunga4h ago

Hardware sales are so bad that Sony and Nintendo are blowing the sales off the water with their hardware.

If Xbox are losers, others aren’t..
Xbox already tried everything with Xbox live then subscriptions went down so much that they had to find something else. Their fans subscribed then reached saturation rather quickly.

Hardware and exclusive games is where it’s at! Keep gamers excited, announce decent software and people will support you

itsmebryan12m ago

@shin
Well keep it simple Sony 's operating income is down 26% and Microsoft's is up 32%. No MS spin there, just facts. 😉
Cheers

purple1019h ago

Xbox hardware revenue tanks to lowest point of Xbox Series generation

Profchaos8h ago

I'm not surprised surface is struggling they aren't relevant anymore

XBManiac7h ago

Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.

SimpleDad7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."

That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.

purple1017h ago

Activision: "we gonna need a bigger rucksack/backpack please"

Microsoft: "why's that"

Activision: "to carry yo' weak ass'

Profchaos6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Top brass have also wanted to start seeing returns on the 100 billion they have put into various Xbox related moves so seeing more multiplatform games is highly likely especially from abk

It's basically saying that PlayStation is the reason Xbox is afloat right now thinks to Ps5 versions of COD

Kornholic5h ago

So basically PS and PC gamers' money is keeping Xbox on life support.

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Why Monopolies In Gaming Must Not Be Allowed

As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.

thorstein18h ago

Shouldn't be allowed in any field.

Inverno14h ago

And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.

jwillj2k413h ago

Eventually they’ll realize the value is with the employee not the company. Buying an IP means nothing if the people who contributed are let go. They’ll get it one day.

MrCrimson12h ago

tech is different because they buy threats and then kill them. Twitter bought Vine and did nothing with it. Despite people seemingly liking it. Could've had tiktok a decade before bytedance. go figure.

Zenzuu13h ago

Monopolies shouldn't be allowed regardless. Not just for gaming.

MrCrimson12h ago

They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -