New Wii, DS Final Fantasy revealed News (EuroGamer)
A European announcement for brand new Wii and DS game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is "imminent", Square Enix told Eurogamer today. The games are due out in the US in spring 2009.
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Analyst: Wii Gets $6 Per-Console Profit (Gamasutra)
Analysts have put a figure of $6 on the profit made by Nintendo on each Wii console sold. With a lifetime total-to-date of more than 35 million consoles worldwide the figure implies hardware profits so far of $210 million. Traditionally console manufacturers have sold consoles at a loss or break-even price at launch. Ideally, the company can gradually lower the cost of parts and manufacturing, ...
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United Stated Patent Office Rejects Nintendo's Wii Remote Trademark Application (1up.com)
Think it's easy to get something trademarked? Nope, seems like the United States Patent and Trademark Office is a stickler for the little details. And it seems that Nintendo found out the hard way. According to Gamepolitics , Nintendo's application for a trademark on the name "Wii Remote" was rejected by U.S. Patent Office on the grounds that the term "remote" is too common. Oops. ...
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Nintendo in profit on each Wii sold (The Register)
Its rivals aren't Every Wii nets Nintendo $6, but the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 don’t produce any profit for Sony and Microsoft, a market analyst has claimed.…
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Disaster: Day of Crisis Review [Wii] (GameSpot)
Wielding more Wii Remote-waggling moves than you can shake a quake at, Disaster's lack of clear gameplay focus has resulted in a game that is competent at best and never compelling.
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