Nintendo wins court appeal over Wii motion-tracking patents

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The United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled in favor of Nintendo, upholding a previous decision that video game giant did not infringe upon motion-tracking patents held by Ohio-based Motiva LLC. Back to 2008, Motiva accused Nintendo of infringing on two patents it held for “Human Movement Measurement System,” and it claimed that importing the… Read More…

Nintendo wants WiiU.com domain, files cybersquatting complaint

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The latest sales numbers of Nintendo’s Wii U are not good, so maybe a new website at WiiU.com can help the cause. Unfortunately for Nintendo, someone else owns the WiiU.com domain name. And so today the company filed a cybersquatting complaint with the World Intellectual Property Forum to snatch it back. According to domainnewswire.com, WiiU.com was registered back… Read More…

A gamer’s dream: ‘The Art of Video Games’ exhibit debuts Friday at the EMP (PHOTOS)

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If you’ve ever wanted to jump in a time machine and relive the 40-year history of video games, well, Seattle’s EMP museum is the place to do it. Opening this Friday is a kickass exhibit called The Art of Video Games. From the Atari VCS to Myst to the Nintendo Wii, the exhibit takes you through… Read More…

Wii U posts big first week, but Xbox 360 is still champ for now

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Xbox 360 was the top-selling game console in the U.S. for November, kicking off the critical holiday shopping season with 1.26 million units sold, according to data compiled by the NPD research firm and reported publicly by Microsoft. It’s the Xbox 360′s 23rd straight month as the top-selling home console in the U.S. — helped… Read More…

So far, so good: More than 400,000 Wii U consoles sold after first week

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It’s not easy for consumers to find a Wii U in stores and that’s good news for Nintendo. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that the company estimates that more than 400,000 Wii U’s were sold during the first week of its release beginning Nov. 18. Fils-Aime said that the Wii U “essentially sold… Read More…

‘Nintendo TVii’ aims to leapfrog Xbox 360, PS3 in living room

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Nintendo this morning unveiled its television and media integration plans for the Wii U, announcing a new feature called Nintendo TVii that will come with the upcoming console, at no extra charge, and work in conjunction with the Wii U’s tablet-style GamePad controller. Nintendo TVii (pronounced “TV”) will integrate with existing services such as Hulu,… Read More…

Sony hides PlayStation 3 sales data as profits fall

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Maybe I’m a nerd, but one of the things I look forward to each quarter is the release of Sony’s earnings, because they provide the final data point that we need to update the status of worldwide game console sales — showing how the PlayStation 3 stacks up against the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft’s Xbox 360…. Read More…

Xbox 360 marks 18 months atop U.S. console market

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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold 257,000 units in the U.S. in June, topping Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii for the 18th consecutive month, according to NPD Group research cited by the Redmond company. That translates into 47 percent market share among current-generation consoles. The latest numbers were down considerably from the 507,000 Xbox 360 units… Read More…

Ask Andru: Is Wii U really a next-generation console?

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Today we received a question about Nintendo’s upcoming console release, Wii U, with GeekWire reader Alex wondering why the company continues to release new peripherals for a console that’s seen better days. Question: What’s up with the Wii U? Why is Nintendo releasing yet another expensive peripheral for the aging Wii? Nintendo originally announced Wii… Read More…

PS3 sucks less than Xbox and Wii in tough Q1 for consoles

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Sony reported its latest financial results overnight, and the numbers put the PlayStation 3 back atop the worldwide console market for the March quarter. But that ain’t saying much. In a sign of the current weakness of the game console market, the PS3 reclaimed the title despite seeing its unit sales decline to 1.9 million units,… Read More…