Japanese game-maker Nintendo suffered its first drop in annual profit in 6 years, hit by a price cut for the Wii home console and sliding global sales.

由于旗下Wii游戏机价格下跌，全球销售下滑，日本任天堂公司净收入6年来首次下降。

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While we’re making predictions, look this year for an enterprising hardware maker to create a Bluetooth game controller that snaps onto the iPhone.

在我们做预言的同时，放眼看今年一个有胆识的硬件制造商创建了个蓝牙游戏控制器紧咬着iPhone袭来。

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Zynga and Walt Disney, among others, are reportedly courting the game maker, whose profits soared to nearly $140 million from its plush toys, cookbooks, baby clothes and even costumes.

制造商通过周边产品如毛绒玩具、食谱、婴儿服甚至是服装大量获利，其利润已飙升至将近14亿美元。

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Namco joins a number of other game-makers trying to make multi-platform games, now that social games are spreading from browser to mobile, including everyone from the more traditional Electronic Arts to casual game-maker Bigpoint.

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Mr. Hautemont believes his experience in the technology world has helped him as a board-game maker.

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Facebook's efforts in recent years to offer tools for outside developers helped launch start-ups like social-game maker Zynga Inc.

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