3 posts and columns on Mario Kart

Will New Games and Pink Hues Give Nintendo 3DS a Needed Boost?

in Media on December 1, 2011 at 1:00 pm PT

Nintendo is hoping more Mario — and pretty colors — will help the gaming giant’s 3-D device.
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Nintendo Drops Wii Price In Advance of New Hardware Release

in Commerce on May 4, 2011 at 9:45 am PT

Nintendo is slashing the price of the Wii by up to $50 starting May 15, reports Gamasutra. The console will now cost $150 for a package that includes one remote and a copy of Mario Kart with steering wheel accessory. Some games will also be cheaper at $20 apiece. It was expected that Nintendo would cut the price of the Wii in order to energize weak sales ahead of a Wii successor, which will launch in 2012. This is only the second price drop for the system, which originally launched in 2006 at $250. Nintendo plans to announce specifications of the new system at E3 Expo in June.

Videogame Industry in Massively Multiplayer Sales Decline

in News on September 11, 2009 at 5:05 am PT

The videogame industry may be recession-resistant, but it is clearly not recession-proof, as some once claimed. If it was, surely we wouldn’t be seeing the sixth consecutive month of declining sales reported by NPD. According to the market research firm, overall sales in the United States in August of hardware, software and game accessories were $909 million–a 16 percent drop from the same period a year ago.
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