Nintendo DSi XL to launch next month
Nintendo has announced they will launch the Nintendo DSi XL, a larger-sized version of their DSi handheld in North America on March 28th.
The primary benefit of the new DSi XL is a screen that measures 4.2 inches diagonally and has a surface area which Nintendo says is 93% larger than its predecessor.
Super Mario Brothers.Wii expected to sell 15 million units
Last week the latest installment in the Call of Duty video game franchise “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ racked up an amazing $310 million in sales and is expected by many analysts to be this year’s top selling video game.
While Modern Warfare 2 may be the biggest selling game of 2009, longer term the bigger seller may be Super Mario Bros.Wii which was released this week by Nintendo.
Consumers planning to spend more on electronics this Xmas
U.S. consumers plan to spend more on consumer electronics this holiday season, as technology garners a larger share of holiday gift budgets, according to a new survey released today by the Consumer Electronics Association. (CEA)
The industry trade group 16th annual Holiday Purchase Pattern Study conducted in September found that four out of five adults (80 percent) plan on buying CE products this holiday season, the highest results in the 16 years of the survey.
Canadian video gamers are an impulsive bunch
The video game industry has been overcome by a wave of impulse purchases fuelled primarily by low prices, creative packaging and online accessibility.
In an August survey of about 2,500 Canadian video gamers, 40 per cent told the NPD Group they had purchased a game on impulse in the past six months despite the recent recession.
