Will Nintendo Stock Ever Be a Buy?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Sep 09, 9:22AM CDT
It has been an interesting year for Nintendo stock. January saw its shares climb above $19 thanks to the arrival of key software and an uptick in optimism about the company's Wii U console. Then, the release of a dour quarterly report and the...
Will This Price Cut Make People Buy Xbox One?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Sep 08, 5:13PM CDT
Microsoft has clearly decided that lower prices are the way to go in helping the Xbox One make up its sales deficit to Sony 's PlayStation 4. The company, which lowered the price in June to $399 by dropping the Kinect Motion Sensor from its...
What Samsung’s Gear VR Headset Means For Mobile Gaming
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Sep 08, 3:47PM CDT
At IFA 2014 in Berlin Samsung unveiled the Gear VR, a new version of the Oculus Rift that uses the Galaxy Note 4 as its display. The Gear VR. Source: Samsung The Gear VR is a visor with a docking slot for the 5.7-inch Note 4. The device,...
Why Sony Is Bringing PS4 Games to Xperia Phones
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Sep 07, 8:59AM CDT
Sony recently announced that it will bring PS4 games to its Xperia Z3 smartphone and tablets via Wi-Fi Remote Play. The games will require a dual-shock controller to be paired to a phone via Bluetooth, so Sony will convert the Z3 devices into...
Creator of Nintendo's Mario and Zelda Slams Smartphone Gaming as Pathetic
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Sep 06, 8:30AM CDT
"[It's just] a bigger iPod touch," said Satoru Iwata, Nintendo 's CEO, in response to Apple 's unveiling of the first-generation iPad back in 2010. Iwata wasn't necessarily wrong, but Apple has clearly had the last laugh: The explosion of...
Can Microsoft's Xbox One Overcome These Challenges in Asia?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Sep 05, 12:15PM CDT
Ten months after its initial launch in North America, Microsoft is finally bringing the Xbox One to Asia as part of its global launch across 28 countries. Japan will get the console first on Sept. 2. China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and...
Why Nintendo's "New" 3DS Is a Confusing, Colossal Mistake
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Sep 04, 10:31AM CDT
Nintendo just announced two new versions of its 3DS handheld video game consoles, simply called the "new" 3DS and "new" 3DS XL (known as LL in Japan). This isn't a new strategy for Nintendo. The 3DS family is already split into three lines: the...
The 3 Companies Nintendo Should Buy
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Sep 03, 12:50PM CDT
Nintendo has clearly seen better days -- Wii U sales remain weak, 3DS sales appear to have peaked, and third-party publishers keep passing over its consoles in favor of Sony 's PS4 and Microsoft 's Xbox One. Analysts constantly offer...
Tablet Games vs. Consoles: Will Tablets Make Xbox and PlayStation Irrelevant?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Sep 03, 10:31AM CDT
Since the Atari 2600 launched in the late 1970s, consoles connected to televisions have been an important part of the at-home video game business. The 2600 led to Nintendo's original NES console, which eventually ceded dominance to the Sega...
What a Standalone $150 Xbox One Kinect Means for Microsoft
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Aug 31, 1:13PM CDT
Microsoft recently announced that it will sell the Xbox One's Kinect motion sensor as a stand-alone device for $149 starting Oct. 7. It will include a copy of Dance Central Spotlight , a new game in the Dance Central series. The device should...
Why Gamers Dumped the Xbox 360 and Wii for Sony’s PS4
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Aug 28, 10:03AM CDT
For a while, Sony was confused about the PS4's massive success. When asked why Sony sold 10 million units so quickly -- hitting that milestone faster than any previous PlayStation -- Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida told Eurogamer that the...
Should Sony Be Scared of Microsoft's Next-Generation Gaming Platform?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Aug 27, 1:00PM CDT
Microsoft seems to fall farther behind Sony and Nintendo in the eighth generation console race with every passing month. The company has only sold around 5 million Xbox Ones, compared to 6.7 million Wii Us and over 10 million PS4s. Looking...
How Amiibos Could Save Nintendo’s Wii U and 3DS
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Aug 23, 5:00PM CDT
These days, it's popular to claim that Nintendo is "out of lives" and doomed to fail. On the surface, Nintendo's numbers confirm that bearish view -- last quarter, revenue fell 8.3% year over year to 74.7 billion yen ($720 million), and it...
Nintendo's (NTDOY) Wii U Sidelined by Ubisoft & Activision - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 22, 1:20PM CDT
This time Nintendo Co. Ltd (NTDOY) fans will not be able to play the new installments of either Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed or Activision Blizzard's (ATVI) Call of Duty (COD) on Wii U.
Steve Ballmer's Mixed Legacy at Microsoft
at The Street - Wed Aug 20, 10:45AM CDT
Steven Ballmer's reign at Microsoft will be remembered for some good but mainly the bad.
Does the Upcoming "Pokemon" Game for iPad Mean Nintendo Is Finally Embracing Mobile?
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Aug 19, 8:00AM CDT
Source: PokémonTCG.com. There has recently been a lot of pressure on Nintendo to bring its software to mobile platforms. The company's hardware business is facing serious decline, with combined sales of Wii U and 3DS all but guaranteed to come...
Why Nintendo Will Launch 'Pokémon' on Apple's iPad
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Aug 19, 7:45AM CDT
Nintendo recently announced that it will finally take its first step into mobile games with a Pokémon game, from its affiliate The Pokémon Company, for Apple 's iPad. The iPad game will be a trading card game, similar to Activision...
Gamescom 2014: Sony’s Biggest Announcements for the PS4
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Aug 14, 2:57PM CDT
Sony recently made some important announcements about the PS4 at the Gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany. The company confirmed the console's whopping sales growth, unveiled a slate of impressive exclusive games, and introduced a new feature...
Why Sony Killed PlayStation Mobile for Google Android
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Aug 11, 9:17AM CDT
Sony recently announced that it will stop supporting PlayStation Mobile, a cross-platform gaming service it launched nearly three years ago. PS Mobile featured games that could be played on both Sony-certified Android devices and the PS Vita....
Nintendo Is Missing Out By Not Bringing its Games to Apple's iOS
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Aug 09, 9:00AM CDT
Despite the exploding popularity of mobile gaming, Nintendo has staunchly refused to participate. Rather than bring its wildly popular Mario, Zelda and Pokemon franchises to mobile platforms, including Apple 's iOS, Nintendo has stood by its...