And speaking of different, EA is supporting the Nintendo Wii U launch with FIFA Soccer 13.
One driver for 2013, he contends, will be the debut of the Nintendo Wii U console.
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It's well past midnight, you're home with your brand new Nintendo Wii U -- now what?
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GameStop said that for the holiday period, new hardware sales fell 2.7%, including the sale of 320, 000 Nintendo Wii U units worldwide.
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Two new consoles, the handheld PlayStation Vita and the Nintendo Wii U, introduced new gameplay options with touch screen controls and cross-platform titles.
Months before the official November 18 launch of Nintendo Wii U, it appears that Nintendo already has a certified hit on its hands.
One reason some people waited in long lines to be the first to get the new Nintendo Wii U console has nothing to do with the games.
Performance Designed Products ("PDP") is aware of recent rumors posted alleging that PDP inadvertently "leaked" the official release date of the upcoming Nintendo Wii U gaming system during a trade presentation earlier today.
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GamingBolt is reporting on the findings of hacker Marcan who has hacked the new Nintendo Wii U and revealed the clock speeds in its CPU and GPU. Take these findings with the appropriate grains of salt.
GameStop cited the end of the seventh generation console cycles as the major factor behind the decline, and expects sales to improve after the launch of Nintendo Wii U, which is expected to be launched in Q4 2012.
All Wii U Deluxe Set owners who purchase digital content for Wii U, including downloadable games in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U and download codes sold at select retail stores, will earn points with a value equivalent to approximately 10 percent of the Nintendo eShop list price of each purchase.
It s a simple idea but one with major repercussions: Nintendo s Wii U game console features a touch-sensitive controller rather like a tablet computer.
That's a notable change for the franchise, marking Activision's focus shifting from Nintendo's Wii to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, as well as Nintendo's Wii U. Oh, and there's jumping.
Virtual Console for Wii U: A spring system update will add Virtual Console software to the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. The service will launch right after the spring update and will include a selection of NES and Super NES games, with Game Boy Advance games to be added in the future.
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Received codes must be exchanged for Nintendo eShop credit on Wii U or Nintendo 3DS by June 30, 2015.
Nintendo eShop credit on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS does not expire.
If Nintendo's Wii U doesn't get snapped up by consumers, Nintendo risks taking a massive financial hit.
Nintendo's Wii U also launched that month and Assassin's Creed 3 had just gone on sale.
Nintendo's Wii U was supposed to get TVii when the console launched back in late November.
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Disney Infinity launches June 2013, globally, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Wii U, 3DS, PC, and mobile.
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After all, Nintendo's Wii U just launched less than two months ago, and both Microsoft and Sony's aging consoles are sorely due for updating.
There's something immediately striking about Nintendo's Wii U proprietary disc format that's hard to notice in photos -- it's got rounded edges, both outside and in.
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As shown by a slow start for Nintendo's Wii U, gamers base a lot of their decisions about which console to buy on the games that are available for it.
More ambiguous, Nintendo's Wii U isn't listed, but it stands to reason it'll head that way as well (the last series entry, Black Ops 2, got a Wii U version).
When pushed on how this will work, she said, "The games will be tied to you, the gamer, " (like Steam is now) rather than tying your game licenses to the hardware you purchased (like, say, Nintendo's Wii U).
News that a forthcoming software update will allow the Vita to act as a PS3 controller may help counter the appeal of Nintendo's Wii U touchscreen Gamepad controller and Microsoft's Smartglass service, which pairs the Xbox with a tablet.
We're here at Nintendo's Wii U event in New York City where the gaming outfit's prexy Reggie Fils-Aime just announced US pricing and release details for the console, as well as it's own unique TVii service.
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Nintendo's Wii U tablet controller thankfully streamlines that process in a small, but tremendously meaningful way: during initial console setup, you're prompted to sync your television and the tablet controller, allowing the tablet itself to control the TV's power, volume, channels, and input directly.
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Nintendo cannot sell Wii U on its multimedia capabilities alone, not when many households already contain an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, which can provide a lot of the content Wii U claims to deliver albeit in a less cool and less attractive way.
It didn't take long for console warriors, fanboys and a brutal media to take aim at Nintendo's Wii U. The fledgling system was relentlessly teased for its name (seemingly even sillier than that of its predecessor) and a list of specifications certain to be outdone by its competitors.
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