The next iteration of the Nintendo Wii - Nintendo Wii U and a new controller!

Nintendo unveiled during at E3 in Los Angeles the next iteration of their Wii, the Nintendo Wii U. The new console comes with a new controller. The controller is what makes the Wii U, I think, special. Without it, I believe, this gaming system would just be another gaming console. With Microsoft's hit Kinect, Nintendo is faced with a dilemma which urged them to think out of the box and that thinking resulted to the Wii U.

Nintendo to unveil the successor of the Nintendo Wii in June

Oh yeah, the gaming console market. The Japanese company, Nintendo, have confirmed that they will be unveiling the successor to the Wii gaming system during the E3 Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles (June 7-9, 2011). Nintendo started it all, you know from the Wii, the PlayStation Move was born and from these two the Microsoft Kinect for the Xbox was born. 

Microsoft bags Fastest Selling Consumer Electronics Device record - Microsoft Kinect

Guiness World Records officially names the Microsoft Kinect as the world's fastest selling consumer electronics device. This announcement comes after Microsoft announcing that the popular Kinect Sensor have already sold 10 million units world wide. Head over the break for the presser.

Nintendo has no plans of cutting prices on the Wii "in the near future"

Nintendo, the Japanese gaming company & the creator of Mario Bros, said that they do not have any plans, at least in the near future, about cutting the Wii's price. With a tough six months for the company's earnings which reported a $24.6 million loss, was due to weak Wii, Nintendo DS, and software sales. 

Sony PSP Go price been cut to $200 in the US and Japan

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Price cut for the PSP Go,launched a year ago. From $249 to $199, Sony have announced that it will be cutting it down to that price. Endgadget has confirmation too that in the US, the said price cut is true. In Japan Sony have cut the price to from ¥26,800 to ¥16,800. In Philippine peso that'll be Php 10,700 to Php 8,600.

Source: Endgadget & Reuters




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