Posted on May 15, 2008 by Wow
[For a new feature here at Wow's Media Blog, I present to you the first video game review. Enjoy!]
Mario Kart Wii, the newest of the beloved go-kart racing series featuring Mario characters was released, somewhat bizarrely, two days before that of superstar Grand Theft Auto IV. Ultimately for Mario and friends, this poorly chosen [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2008 by Wow
The New York Times opens its technology headline article with:
Nintendo sits atop the home video-game market. Its Wii, though lesstechnologically advanced than Microsoft’s Xbox 360 or Sony’s PlayStation 3, continues to outsell those machines and is now in more than 20 million homes.
So why are retailers having so much trouble selling Wii games?
They go on [...]
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Posted on April 3, 2008 by Wow
This year’s NPD (a sales tracking group) report found that 72% of Americans are playing video games up from 64% in 2007. They don’t make any radical conclusions about WHY this is happening, but I have a feeling we can point to a few titles here: Rock Band/Guitar Hero and Wii Sports. Both of which [...]
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