Console Watcher

I'm just a bit curious here. I wonder how many wii players are actually in the the age bracket of 60 and above. It's interesting to find find some photos of old people enjoying their ...

Nintendo's Wii is nearing the Xbox 360 in terms of total consoles sold, despite the year-long availability advantage enjoyed by Microsoft’s console. VGChartz, which claims to base its figures on over-the-counter sales data from a selection of retailers around the world, puts the Wii at 10.10 million units sold to date worldwide, just behind the 360's 10.32 million.

Nintendo Co. on Mon. announced a range of new Virtual Console titles for the Wii home video game system, including the action title Metroid. The first installment of the Metroid series features Samus in a mission to penetrate the home planet Zebes. The 1-player title is rated E and retails for ...

I've read about some news a few days back that the Microsoft's Xbox 360 has the highest failure rate compared to its competitor's gaming machines such as Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation 3. The rate was like 30%-35% compared to 1% of both Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3! Imagine that...

The Wii Balance Board is a balance board accessory for Nintendo's Wii video game console and was first introduced together with Wii Fit during the E3 press conference on July 2007 by video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. It is designed for interactive exercises and had attracted attentions from the health and medical industries who are interested to know how the Wii Balance Board might be implemented in helping patients with rehabilitation and recovery from certain injuries.

Nintendo briefly zipped past Sony in market capitalization on Monday to become one of Japan’s 10 most valuable companies as it elbows the PlayStation maker out of its decade-long dominance of the game industry. Nintendo joined global household names such as Toyota Motor, Honda Motor, and Canon on the Top 10 list before its shares erased earlier gains and ended the day lower.

Is Nintendo going to be the king in next generation console gaming? The bar chart says it all.