High consumer demand for Nintendo’s handheld hybrid, has made the Nintendo Switch a near impossible find on Online stores, and physical retail chains. The COVID-19 spread has compromised Nintendo’s ability to manufacture and ship the units to retailers worldwide. The Switch remains the highest selling console – on a monthly basis – despite the…
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Half Year Video Game Sales Reach A 10-Year High Milestone
As it has been the trend since the global pandemic hit, more people are staying indoors, and more people are buying videogame software and hardware, driving video game sales revenues to $6.6 billion. The number is the highest sum of revenue that has been achieved since 2010. All three major Console Hardware companies have…
Nintendo Shares Soar As a New Wave of COVID-19 Cases and Pokemon Loom on the Horizon
Every major player in the Video Gaming industry has seen a tremendous financial growth spurt (driven by sales) during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lockdown has prompted people to stay indoors, and to flock to their video gaming consoles. The biggest winner has been by far Nintendo, with their Hybrid Portable Switch Console. Microsoft saw a 130-percent increase in…
Nintendo’s Switch is the Biggest Winner of the Pandemic’s Video Game Sales Boom
While the effects of the Pandemic and the subsequent worldwide lockdowns hurt world economies and many industries a few have seen growth, in some cases exponentially. The Video Games Industry had one of the biggest surges in sales ever recorded for a month of March in it history. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One sales grew…
Phil Spencer Says Gaming is Having a “Global Moment” But Not Under the Circumstances He Would Have Wanted To
The COVID-19 Pandemic has rampaged the world, and it has had an impact on the gaming industry. Millions of people forced indoors for prolonged periods of time has elevated video games sales to absurdly high numbers for the time period. Xbox’s head, the charismatic Phil Spencer in an interview with Business Insider couldn’t help but…
Minecraft Sells Over 200 Million Units With 126 Million Monthly Users
Mojang Studios is celebrating the extraordinary milestone of achieving 200 million units sold of their once in a generation hit Minecraft. The Microsoft owned studio ( Microsoft bought it for 2 billion in 2014) was very proactive during the ongoing quarantine period by offering their Minecraft: Education Edition free until June. Over 50 million downloads of…
Nintendo Switch 10.0.2 Patch is Live
A new Nintendo Switch update which fixes a controller issue – but not THE controller issue we have all been waiting for to be fixed – is available for download. While no solution for the widespread Joy Con ‘drift’ issue has been announced (Other than mailing your set in for repairs). Nintendo has fixed a…
Nintendo Hinged Joy Cons Patent for Switch Hybrid
In an interesting development, Nintendo has filed patents for Hinged detachable Joy Cons (see illustrations) for it’s Nintendo Switch hybrid console. The development is interesting considering that Nintendo does sell a Pro controller already and the biggest issue with the Joy Cons has been the “Drift” malfunction that has plagued some of them. The slight…
Nintendo Announces a Smaller Cheaper Switch with the Nintendo Switch Lite
After a wave of rumors suggesting the imminent announcement of both a powered up Switch and a Lite version of it, Nintendo finally announced the lite version of its flagship system complete with a release date and price point. The Nintendo Switch Lite will release on September 20th, 2019 at a price point of $199.99…
Gamecube games’ list for winter 2003-2004
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 1080° Avalanche Mario Party 5 Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Kirby: Air Ride Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords F-Zero: GX Pikmin 2 Starwars: Rebel Strike: Rogue Squadron III Viewtiful Joe Soul Calibur II Sonic Heros Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Prince of Persia: The Sands of…