AUG. 21, 2008 • At Nintendo NEX Latin America 2008, a conference held in Playa Bonita, Panama, Nintendo vice president of sales and marketing Cammie Dunaway stated that Latin American sales are 50% higher than last year. The gamemaker says two top Latin American markets for Nintendo are Mexico and Brazil. Bill van Zyll, in charge of head of Nintendo’s Latin America business, told Reuters that the region’s video game market could be worth $2 billion this year. .....

MAY 29, 2008 • Led by the PlayStation 2 (PS2), the “128-bit” generation of video game systems has reached a record global installed base that is expected to exceed 180 million units.  Of course, the PS2 was the best-selling game system ever.  With high hardware prices and a slow start for most .....

JUNE 26, 2008 • Foreign Ministers attending the G8 summit in Kyoto were presented with special gifts, including a specially lacquered Nintendo DS, including their own Mii avatar. Impact: Nintendo is getting very savvy with its marketing. With media from throu.....

APRIL 22, 2008 • Over the next few months DFC Intelligence will be releasing its forecast for the game industry.  2007 was a record year for the industry and it has resulted in some significant adjustments to our overall forecasts.  The two most notable international growth trends highlighted in 2007 were 1) the continued strength of on.....

APRIL 7, 2008 • MTV.com reports that Microsoft has been working since last August on a motion-sensitive controller for the Xbox 360 to compete with Nintendo’s Wiimote. Microsoft’s Rare studio is supposedly tasked with creating the unified interface for the controller, as well as its look. The report went onto say the Xbox 360 motion-sensitive controller is slated to debut by the end of 2008, with functionality greater than available with the Wiimote. Microsoft did not comment on.....

OCT. 05, 2007 • In the console hardware battle one of the key distinguishing features is software that is exclusive to a particular platform. Therefore, DFC Intelligence is taking a close look at the software development efforts of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. This month we are focusing on the Nintendo Wii and first-part.....