Nintentunes: The anti-Nintendo edition

Sunday, December 18th, 2011 at 10:43pm by Eugene

Video game music has come a long way from the bleeps and bloops that populated most game at the inception of the medium, and seems only right to take a look back at not only game that have appeared on Nintendo consoles, but ones that have appeared on consoles that do things that Ninten-don’t (see what I did there?). With that said, I hope you enjoy this weeks walk down memory lane in this edition of non-Nintentunes! (more…)

With motion now standard and when equally priced, Xbox 360 more popular than Wii

Friday, May 13th, 2011 at 12:26am by Dan

The Wii has seen quite the drop in demand recently. After dominating the competition for the first four years of its life, the game-changing console has been relegated to second place in America for the last 12 months (give or take a month or two) behind Xbox 360. In other words, when equally priced at $199, Americans slightly favor Xbox 360, at least at this point in the Wii’s lifecycle.

On May 15, the Wii drops to $150. Microsoft is expected to at least match that price for Xbox 360 at E3 next month, putting the consoles on equally pricing ground yet again, and likely helping Microsoft keep the same competitive edge its maintained over the last year.  (more…)

Exclusive: In an Xbox Live world, Nintendo defends online Wii service

Thursday, January 6th, 2011 at 11:48am by Dan

Nintendo’s online service is better than most hardened gamers give it credit for. At least that’s what company spokesman Kit Ellis told Infendo in an interview last week.

When asked how the popularity of Xbox Live and PSN have encouraged Nintendo to rethink their online strategy in planning their next console, Ellis turned the conversation back to the present. “The Wii is here now, so let’s talk about its online offerings rather than speculating on the future,” he said. “The idea of online services is incredibly broad, so I’ll point to a few specific products that spotlight what Wii can do online.”

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Infendo Radio 191 gets International

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 11:33am by Sean Buckley

Netflix is finally heading up to the great white north – Canada.  What does this mean for Wii owners?  Will console streaming be available internationally? And what’s up with those crazy European release dates, and what can their history tell us about the North American release of the Nintendo 3DS?  This and more, on this week’s edition of Infendo Radio!

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Poll: What’s your favorite non-Nintendo system?

Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 4:54pm by Dan

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