Thursday, May 26, 2005
Nintendo forecasts tough trading - Japanese game console firm Nintendo has warned that earnings this year will suffer amid strong competition.
Japanese game console firm Nintendo has warned that earnings this year will suffer amid strong competition.... Demand for Nintendo's Game Cube console and related software is suffering as Sony and Microsoft launch new versions of their Playstation and Xbox products. Nintendo will have to rely more on sales of handheld players until it puts out its Revolution console next year.
Demand for Nintendo's DS portable game machine is expected to pick up from last year after sales of the two-screen player did not live up to expectations.... Gaming has become an increasingly profitable business, and has moved into the mainstream with adults as keen to play as children. Games are multi-million dollar production efforts and companies are lookihttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifng at ways of attracting more users, especially women.
...As with elsewhere in the technology industry, getting new products onto the shelves first can help companies establish themselves as the industry standard. Microsoft is rushing to be the first with its new console and the Xbox 360 is due to hit stores worldwide before Christmas.
BBC 5/26/05
Demand for Nintendo's DS portable game machine is expected to pick up from last year after sales of the two-screen player did not live up to expectations.... Gaming has become an increasingly profitable business, and has moved into the mainstream with adults as keen to play as children. Games are multi-million dollar production efforts and companies are lookihttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifng at ways of attracting more users, especially women.
...As with elsewhere in the technology industry, getting new products onto the shelves first can help companies establish themselves as the industry standard. Microsoft is rushing to be the first with its new console and the Xbox 360 is due to hit stores worldwide before Christmas.
BBC 5/26/05
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