Game giant takes $1.16 billion profit as Wii installed base surpasses 13 million worldwide; international sales of DS near 54 million.
[UPDATE] Microsoft's shooter moves 3.3 million copies in the US in 12 days, propels Xbox 360 hardware sales to first place; Nintendo touts its own record-setting Wii sales.
Bungie shooter and NHL 08 sit atop software chart as Xbox 360 finishes first in monthly hardware sales race.
Members of the public are being asked to vote for their favourite game from a choice of seven finalists for the PC World Gamer's Award.
Xbox 360 unseats PS3 usurper, as NPD reports north of the border sales approach C$100 million in combined hardware, software, accessory sales.
NPD reports combined hardware, software, and accessories sales hit $993 million last month, spurred by Madden, BioShock, Metroid 3, and the Wii; 360 sales skyrocket post-discount.
Game-industry sales surge 62 percent north of the border, thanks to post-price-cut surge of Sony console; Wii, DS still dominate.
First quarter results put the company's good fortunes in perspective as sales double, profits quintuple.
Software shows modest year-over-year growth compared to soaring console hardware and accessory revenues.
June game industry sales up 60 percent in the Great White North according to NPD; Nintendo's latest handily tops next-gen rivals.
Industry-wide sales surge 49 percent; consoles up nearly 80 percent, software up 33 percent.
The success of the first-party-oriented Wii and DS cut into third parties' profits; EA, THQ, Take-Two hard hit.
Latest report sends mixed messages about US game industry; Pokémon top game, DS top handheld, Wii top console.
Industry-tracking group reports good jump over previous year in north-of-the-border software sales while hardware sales more than double.
Mario Factory proves completely dominant on the latest sales charts from Media Create.
Wii's popularity propels Nintendo's venerable game designer onto magazine's prestigious list of year's most influential people.
President Satoru Iwata tells the Bloomberg news service some 79 DS, 45 Wii first-party titles are in the works.
Norwegian Cruise Line adding Nintendo's new console to its list of seaborne activities; Wii Sports, WarioWare, more played on gigantic screens.
NPD Group numbers show a 32 percent jump for the month; Wii Play stands as best-selling game of the month.
Nintendo's new accessory bundle and PlayStation Portable offerings take center stage on the new-release shelves this week.
Capcom's Lost Planet is frozen at the top of the charts for a second week in a row, while football titles from Konami and EA round off the top three.
Lost Planet shakes off The Burning Crusade to rediscover the top slot, while football titles continue to prove popular.
A dozen more games expected to arrive on store shelves through March; Mario Kart 64 powerslides onto VC next week.
Nintendo pushes minigame pack back to mid-February from previous date of mid-January.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess bought by the majority of purchasers; Nintendo says a "steady supply" of consoles will arrive in months to come.
FIFA 07 scores a hat trick of number ones; The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess debuts at number five.
We point, thrust, and twist with the finished PAL version of Nintendo's minigame collection, which just hit shelves along with the Wii in the UK.
Famitsu publishes estimates for the "new-gen" console's launch, which saw Nintendo narrowly miss its 400,000-unit target.
Nintendo lists 24 games available for the console's December 8 European launch date, 27 by year's end; 31 Virtual Console games also revealed for 2006.
Wii Play is a collection of nine minigames to be bundled with the Wii Remote controller, and we got a hands-on with the pack before launch.
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