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Nintendo shatters game console sales records
tgdaily.com - 12/12/2008
Nintendo shatters game console sales records
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Nintendo has never seen a more successful month of game console shipments than November 2008: We knew before the release of NPD's November 2008 numbers that Nintendo was on track break its November 2007 U.S. sales record of 981,000 sold Wiis, but it we were stunned to see that the company was ...

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PlayStation Home Beta first impressions
obsessable.com - 12/12/2008
PlayStation Home Beta first impressions
— obsessable.com — Sony finally released the long-awaited PlayStation Home virtual world for the PS3 yesterday, and this morning we at Obsessable were finally able to get past all the multiple errors that Sony suffered during the first day and actually give the service a whirl. (more) PlayStation Home Beta first impressions

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Mario makes way for Shakespeare on Nintendo DS in HarperCollins deal
technology.timesonline.co.uk - 12/10/2008
Mario makes way for Shakespeare on Nintendo DS in HarperCollins deal
— technology.timesonline.co.uk — Nintendo, the Japanese video games company that brought us Donkey Kong and Mario the Plumber , is to announce a deal with the publisher HarperCollins today to make literary classics available to read on its DS portable games consoles. The 100 ... (more) Mario makes way for Shakespeare on Nintendo DS in ...

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Sony's PS3 A Sinking Ship: Sales Plummet (SNE)
alleyinsider.com - 12/12/2008
Sony's PS3 A Sinking Ship: Sales Plummet (SNE)
— alleyinsider.com — Sony's (SNE) PS3 is dying on the shelves. Alone among the three major videogame consoles, sales of the PS3 are down about 19% from November 2007, according to the latest stats from the NPD Group. Sony was only able to sell 378,000 PS3s this ... (more) Sony's PS3 A Sinking Ship: Sales Plummet (SNE)

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