Publisher’s gaming division revenues plummet 40%; Conduit racks up 150,000 in sales as Virtua Tennis serves up 790,000; PS2 support apparently discontinued. Not even Sonic the Hedgehog can outrun the global economic crisis. Sega Sammy, the parent company of Sonic publisher Sega, today posted its results for its first fiscal quarter, which ended June 30. Like many other publishers trying to navigate the current recession-marred market, the results were far worse than those of a yea

Nintendo has revealed the lifetime sales of the DSi and their home console Wii platform. As everyone knows, the Wii has been more profitable than anyone could ever have imagined, and the system has now passed the 50 million units sold milestone. The lifetime worldwide sales for Wii sit at 52.62 million units sold. The DSi meanwhile was released last April and has passed the 6 in a half million mark, sitting at 6.68 million units sold since launch worldwide. That of course is on top of the

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Nintendo wants to sell DS to everyone on EarthAugust 1st, 2009 Posted in General, Hot Stuff, Tech News, TechnologyFaced with slumping hardware sales, both at home and overseas, Nintendo has kicked off an ambitious scheme to get a DS in the hands of every single consumer.The headline-grabbing move was announced by company President Satoru Iwata after Nintendo's quarterly results showed the Wii in particular is starting to struggle.Sales slumpData show the console was down 57 per cent in Japan,