Nintendo Wii Price Cut to $199 in Two Weeks [Unconfirmed]
A Toys R US ad for Sept. 27 follows a Walmart list that makes it seem pretty damn likely the Wii's gonna drop to $199 in the next couple of weeks. With Wii Sports intact, even. [...more]
A Toys R US ad for Sept. 27 follows a Walmart list that makes it seem pretty damn likely the Wii's gonna drop to $199 in the next couple of weeks. With Wii Sports intact, even. [...more]
You know what was dumb, until just now ? That you had to pay, at least in Wii Points, to download the console's Opera browser, which isn't very good. Today, Nintendo would like to let you know that they're (somewhat) sorry! The deal, according to ElectricPig , is as follows: If you never dropped those 500 Wii Points on access to the Internet Channel, you can now download it for free [...more]
MediaMall is on the verge of announcing their Wii PlayOn beta, which has been in quiet testing for a while now. What this means to you: For about $40, you'll be able to stream Hulu and Netflix to your Wii. PlayOn's been around on the Xbox and PS3 since last year , as well as on all kinds of DLNA-compliant TVs—it's essentially a super-compatible web interface for video services that don't work on certain platforms—and we knew it was headed Wii-ward from the start . [...more]
This makes you want to buy a black Wii, even if you already have a white one, right? Right? [...more]
Knowing that iPhone owners like myself are drawn towards any opportunity to leverage the technology, CBS Outdoor has partnered with Clusta to develop advertising signage that interacts with our phones via Wi-Fi or 3G. When connected, users can manipulate the content on the screen with their phone [...more]
In the same interview he said the Wii could live for eight more years, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata remarked that if Apple and Nintendo "were in direct competition, I would not use a Mac in my presentations." When Dean Takahashi asked about the potential threat of free games, Iwata responded, "Because of this?" as he pulled out his iPhone. Talking about the overlap between it and the DSi, he said, "The features of the iPhone and the DSi may overlap. But if we look at our differences, the areas of overlap are small. [...more]
What happens when you take a Segway to a supercross track? You make motocross far less exciting [...more]
One year after its unveiling, WiiMotion Plus is days away from locking onto Wiimotes everywhere. Let's get the bad news out of the way: Go ahead and earmark another $80 for Nintendo's coffers [...more]
The Xbox 360 is less than halfway done , and the PS3 is a "ten year" console. But what about Wii? Satoru Iwata says new hardware could come "three years from now, five years from now or eight years from now." Dear lord. [...more]