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Why Nintendo was a Wii Bit Off Forecast: For the second holiday season in a row, Nintendo has botched forecasted demand for the Wii game system, leaving frustrated potential buyers clutching at -- well, nothing. Is it really this hard this hard to forecast? In a new blog on Harvard Business, Yossi Sheffi...; Tags: Sales Force Management, Nintendo Wii, Forecasting, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Point-of-sale, Productivity, Games, Sales, Personal Technology, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2007-12-21
Nintendo faces profits blow as Wii sales slow: Nintendo yesterday warned that full-year profits would be far below its previous forecast , as it unveiled a new version of its handheld videogame console in an attempt to recapture consumer interest.A lack of "software titles which consistently drove hardware sales" for its Wii home console, the impact of...; Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Console, Nintendo Wii, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Company News, Consumer Issues, General News, Interim Results, Profit Warnings, Results, Financial Times; External links 2009-10-29
Media Roundup: Wii Sales Up, WaPo CEO Lands at Facebook, and More: Five months after merger, CBS and CNET trim staff -- After purchasing CNET for $1.8 billion in July, CBS (this blog's parent company) has cut roughly 275 employees from a variety of media properties including last.fm, GameSpot, CBSNews.com and CBSSports.com. TechCrunch has the exact memo sent to employees.Â [Source: TechCrunch]...; Tags: Facebook, Media, Washington Post Co., CBS Corp., Nintendo Wii, EW, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Game Players, Blogging, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Sean Blanda; Blog posts 2008-12-12
Bleak Black Friday: Reports on Black Friday sales have largely agreed on some basics. But the more you dig into the numbers, the more obvious it is that we're seeing some particularly ugly business conditions, because one figure out of context doesn't tell you everything you need to know. by Erik Sherman; Tags: Item, Analyst, Electronics, Nintendo Wii, NearbyNow, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Retail, Sales, Erik Sherman; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Electronic Arts F4Q09 (Qtr End 3/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions And we will take our first question from Heath Terry with FBR Capital Markets. Heath Terry - Friedman Billings Ramsay Great, thank you. I was wondering if you could talk to us about the strategy for embedding Wii motion plus with or packaging...; Tags: Electronic Arts Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Nintendo Wii, Title, Sales Strategy, GAAP, Research & Development, Business Structures, Strategic Planning, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Financial Accounting, Finance, Business Operations, Strategy, Management, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-05-05

PS3, Xbox 360 Price Cuts Drive Sales?Will Nintendo Cave And Slash Wii Pricing, Too?: Back-to-back $100 price drops from Sony and Microsoft for the PS3 and Xbox, respectively, pumped up sales of both consoles in just over a week. Sony (NYSE: SNE) sold just over 75,900 PS3s—more than double the number of units it sold the previous week—and up 16 percent vs....; Tags: Sony Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Console, Sony PlayStation 3, Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Wii, Sales Strategy, Game Players, Sales Force Management, Games, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Money, Companies, Microsoft, xBox, Sony, Tameka Kee; External links 2009-09-04
Nintento cuts price of Wii for the first time: Nintendo on Thursday announced the first price cut for its Wii games console following declining sales and price competition from Microsoft and Sony.The Japanese company said the price of the Wii would drop $50, or 20 per cent, to $199.99 in the US on Sunday. Its price is also...; Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Console, Nintendo Wii, Sales Strategy, Games, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Company News, Marketing, Prices, Financial Times; External links 2009-09-23

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Looking back to the future of fun: As 2008 draws to a close and with 2009 just around the corner, it has been an eventful year for the games industry. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 surpassed expectations, Wii Fit showed us that you can play video games and still keep the spare tyre in check, Gears...; News items 2009-08-07