AUG. 31, 2009 • The news in 2009 has not been entirely positive for the video game industry. Sales are down in what was once considered a growing, recession proof industry. Of course, the mentality is to look at short-term sales as an indication of a major change in consumer behavior. This begs the questi.....

AUG. 26, 2009 • Eastern Europe is a market that deserves increasing focus as an important area for not just games, but consumer products in general. However, there is also a strong traditional retail business and established game tradition throughout Eastern Europe. DFC’s Prague based correspondent David Watson is very pleased to further our coverage of the region with the following interview with Nikolay Baryshnikov, head of the Gaming Department at 1C Company. The casual concepti.....

APRIL 7, 2009 • Nintendo Co. Ltd. president Satoru Iwata told the Wall Street Journal that the gamemaker will be launching a downloadable video service in Japan. A major feature Iwata mentioned was downloading video through the Wii and passing it along to the DSi for mobile viewing. If the video service does well in Japan, he said Nintendo will launch it overseas, as well. In other news, in the three days after its April 5 launch in North America and Europe, Nintendo said 300,000 units each.....

FEB. 10, 2009 • Nintendo will build a new R&D facility near its headquarters in Kyoto. The gamemaker purchased the 40,000 square-meter lot last December for ¥12.8 billion ($138.7 million). New hardware and software will be developed at the site. In related news, GfK ChartTrack reported that Wii Fit has been N.....

FEB. 3, 2009 • Nintendo Co. Ltd. told The Korea Herald that it has sold 2 million DS units in South Korea since the handheld went on sale there in January 2007. The second million units were tallied during 2008. Impact: The DS continues to break records in all major.....