Sony Corp said sales in Japan of the new version of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) game gear reached 1 million units in the two months since its launch, hitting the 1 million mark at a quicker pace than the original model.
Nintendo is calling on its greatest superhero to help make the its Wii game system even hotter than last year.
Nintendo Co Ltd on Tuesday unveiled two special editions of its DS handheld gaming unit as the video-game maker seeks to keep up fans' enthusiasm for the popular device heading into the holidays.
Two new video games from Sony and Nintendo have players exploring jungle islands for lost treasure or skipping across the galaxy to save a kidnapped princess.
Nintendo Co Ltd said it aims to launch its Wii game console in China and South Korea next year, helping accelerate its break-neck growth and cement its recent lead over Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp.
Sony Corp said Thursday that its net profit for the second quarter soared on turnaround in its electronics operations.
Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd nearly tripled its first-half profit and boosted its annual earnings outlook on Thursday as its popular Wii and DS game machines outsell rival Sony Corp's PlayStation.
A Nintendo computer game that allows players to practice their golf swing or fine-tune their tennis stroke in their living room has won six Bafta awards. The Japanese company's top-selling title Wii Sports swept the board at the British Academy Video Games Awards in central London.
Japan's Nikkei 225 average rose 0.7% to 16,563.51, aided by a higher close on Wall Street for the second straight day, while the broader Topix index advanced 1% to 1,585.86.
Nintendo Co Ltd surpassed 10 trillion yen ($85 billion) in market value on Monday, joining Toyota Motor Corp and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group as one of the bluest of Japanese blue-chip stocks.
Nintendo Co Ltd said on Wednesday it would start selling its Wii Fit home fitness game in Japan in time for the critical year-end shopping season, sending its shares to a record high.
Sony Corp said it would cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console by 10 percent in Japan and launch a new model, in a bid to ignite demand in the run-up to the critical year-end shopping season.
Nintendo has reworked one of its most beloved franchises in a new Zelda video game designed to appeal to a broader audience.
Shares in Nintendo Co Ltd hit a record high on Wednesday after Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of the maker of the Wii game console with a buy rating, while speculation the firm could raise its earnings forecast again gave it an extra boost.
Halo is in the headlines but these alternatives may be for you.
Microsoft's Halo 3 has dominated video game headlines this week, but if blasting aliens isn't appealing there is more on offer in other games, including role-playing the composer Frederic Chopin.
Sony Corp sold about 250,000 units of the new version of the PlayStation Portable in Japan in the four days since its launch, a game magazine publisher said on Wednesday, roughly matching total Japanese sales of the original PSP in the two months through August.
Nintendo Co Ltd's video game console Wii outsold Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 by a ratio of three to one in Japan in August, but Nintendo's overwhelming lead in the market narrowed for the second consecutive month.
The market for video games is expected to expand by half over the next four years as it extends beyond hardcore gamers, the chief executive of French video game publisher Ubisoft said on Wednesday.
Sony Corp. said its first-quarter profit more than tripled, beating expectations, after strong contributions from digital camera sales and a softer yen far outweighed losses on the slow selling PlayStation 3 game console.
Nintendo Co. Ltd. zipped passed telecoms giant NTT and a major financial group to become Japan's fifth-biggest company by market value on Thursday, propelled higher by a stellar earnings performance on demand for its Wii and DS game gear.
Sony Corp. said its first-quarter profit more than trippled, beating expectations, after strong digital camera sales and a softer yen far outweighed losses on the struggling PlayStation 3 game console.
