The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK is investigating how three major companies – Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo – are handling renewals for their online gaming services. The […]
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Nintendo seeks millions in damages from gaming piracy site
Remember the days (circa 1999-2004) when the entire music business agenda was dominated by one topic and one topic alone – illegal filesharing? Just as the music business was first through the wringer, so it was the first to emerge, blinking and somewhat disoriented, out the other side.
Sure there’s still the occasional debate about stream ripping, but the agenda is primarily about continuing the growth curve rather than ululating about the decline. Spare a thought, then, for the games industry as high-profile legal action against unlicensed sites continues apace.
Nintendo recently took legal moves against two sites, LoveRetro and LoveRoms, that were offering unlicensed downloads of games and now EmuParadise, a site that has been operating since the turn of the millennium, has voluntarily shut down. Nintendo is not stopping there, though, and is seeking $150,000 for every game title that was infringed as well as $2m for every trademark infringement from EmuParadise.
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Apple disagrees with claims over Super Mario Run revenues
The most high-profile mobile game launch of December 2016 was Nintendo’s Super Mario Run, which was released initially as an exclusive for Apple’s iOS platform.
It was also a big experiment in freemium pricing: rather than selling virtual currency and other items with in-app purchases, Nintendo opted for an initial free download with a few levels available, then a single $9.99 in-app purchase to unlock the rest of the game.
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Could Nintendo Switch be in line for an Apple Music deal?
Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One consoles have both become important devices for home entertainment, with music-streaming part of their non-gaming arsenal.
Nintendo’s Wii U is… less so: its sales haven’t matched its rivals, and its emphasis has been much more on games. What of the company’s next-generation console though?
Unveiled yesterday in a video online, the Nintendo Switch (previously codenamed ‘NX’) will go on sale in March 2017. It’s certainly a departure from its rivals too: a cross between a tablet and a handheld gaming device, which docks with televisions for big-screen living-room play.
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Pokémon Go has (probably) passed $200m in revenues
We say “probably” because there are still no official figures for how much money the Pokémon Go mobile game has made.
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Don’t worry Rihanna, the Pokémon Go hype may be easing
Hats off to Rihanna for coming out with the best music-related quote about Pokémon Go so far. “I don’t want to see you catching any Pokémons up in this bitch,” she told the crowd at one of her recent gigs, after a similar warning about texting during the show.
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Pokemon Go has doubled Nintendo’s value to $42.5bn
Is hunting Pokemon in the (augmented) real world a fad? It’s still too early to tell, but the release of mobile game Pokemon Go has had a startling effect on Nintendo’s share price.
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Pokemon Go popularity starts sparking music/AR ideas
Nintendo’s Pokemon Go mobile game continues to be a craze, with the latest estimate suggesting it had 21 million daily active users in the US on Monday.
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Pokemon Go is a bona-fide craze – and a privacy headache
We’re not sure how many music-industry folk are hunting down virtual Pokemon in the streets around them, but the runaway success of Nintendo’s AR/location-based mobile game Pokemon Go this week is worth following.
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Pokemon Go game may be bigger than Twitter and Tinder in US
Nintendo has taken its time getting involved in mobile gaming, but based on recent days, it could have a massive hit on its hands with the Pokemon Go game. It’s a location-based, augmented-reality take on its famous creature-collecting franchise that sees players catching Pokemon in the real world around them, while snapping pictures of the digital beats in situ wherever they find them.
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Slacker Radio gets new CEO and vote of confidence from investor
In the football world, the dreaded vote of confidence from the directors’ board is often a sign that a manager is on the way out.
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Dear Santa, bring me an iOS device this Christmas or else…
Nielsen has published the results of its annual pre-Christmas survey of what gadgets American children aged 6-12 want to buy in the next six months.