New data from market research firm Newzoo has found that United States consumer spending on video games in 2011 will reach a total of $21.6 billion, just a bit lower than 2010’s statistics. In addition to this statistic, The 2011 Games Market Revenue Report, due to be released on July 5th, notes that 145 million people in the U.S. will spend money on games in 2011, with most of this...
Nintendo's famous Shigeru Miyamoto spoke with GameSpot about the Wii U, it's CPU and GPU and how the company is working to get the most out of those portions of the console while keeping the price in check. Nintendo has always been an entertainment company that's focused on appealing to all age groups while presenting a fiscally reasonable product. Miyamoto has indicated that the...
In speaking with corporate investors after E3 last week, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata revealed that the upcoming Wii U will not feature Blu-ray or DVD playback capabilities. Why? Iwata claims that the company has reviewed the costs associated with the drive features and elected to pass on it entirely. As the President explains, and I’ll tend to agree with him, the console’s timing...
After months of speculation regarding the specifics of Nintendo’s next console, codenamed Project Cafe, we finally have valid proof that a successor to the massively-successful Wii does exist. Most consoles and handhelds have some sort of working nickname while in development. Wii was infamously called “Revolution.” GameCube was known as “Dolphin” for many months. Nintendo’s next...
In case you haven’t noticed, this week around TechnoBuffalo the Herd has been taking part in a slew of theme-based articles. We’ve been talking about privacy as it applies to the world of tech, internetting (verbed it!) and online life. Well, I’m the gaming writer. My work is more constricted to the world of PC and console gaming. It seems to me that right now, especially more than...
A few weeks ago, we took a not-so-fond look at the console portion of the grotesque, unruly mass (in some circles known as a “family”) that is the gaming world. As we often do with those with whom we share any sort of relation, we proceeded to list off all the ways they’ve wronged us. We find it to be a good ice-breaker. Now, though, we’ve been struck with some strange and...
When rumors regarding a next-generation console began to circulate, Nintendo executives felt obligated to officially announce that they will display the gadget at E3 in Los Angeles. With the incredible success that the Wii has enjoyed over the years, it is difficult to believe that the Japanese company would part from its beloved hardware in such an abrupt manner. Why is Nintendo so...
Just because Sony’s PlayStation Network is offline (with good reason) doesn’t mean you have to be relegated to single player mode. There’s another time-honored way to get social: Throw a gaming party for your buds. Some of the best parties I’ve been to have centered around games — it’s a great way to spend time with friends, show off your prowess and even tempt non-gamers into the...
The press release announcing the Nintendo Wii‘s successor was, borderline, absurdly short. The big N gave the gaming world a confirmation, news that the machine would be playable at E3 and the target year of its launch. The next Nintendo home effort will see release in 2012. But why? With so many analysts pointing towards longer console life-cycles this generation, why would Nintendo...
Late last week an image leaked on to the Internet that was reportedly a design image of the controllers for the next Nintendo console, currently codenamed “Project Cafe“. While no one was quite sure if it was legitimate as Nintendo has denied that its next console was coming any time soon for so long, the surfacing of additional information now makes it seem a little bit more real that...