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Business lessons from the Nintendo Wii
14 December 2006Nintendo is on to something with the Wii and the buzz right now seems to favor them over the competition, which of course begs the questions “How did they do it?” and “What can other businesses learn and borrow from them?”
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Wii - Wireless Sensor Bar = $24.99
12 December 2006Don’t have two candles, and hate wires? If you can spare 25 bucks then this isn’t to shabby… Third party company so hopefully they can handle digg traffic!
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How much did Nintendo pay for Wii.com? Care to Guess?
12 December 2006Although it is completely unknown how much Nintendo payed for Wii.com, a site owned once by Weyerhauser Corporation, a new report suggests that Nintendo may have paid around 5k-250k just for the domain name. It is expected that hte price may even be a bit higher as three letter words for domains are costly and […]
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Wii hardware mod: pulsing disc slot light
8 December 2006While many of us were disappointed upon learning the disc slot lights would not act as we had hoped, some were so much so that they went ahead and modded the light to work all the time. With several different settings, some just pulsating slowly, others reacting to sound, these folk have managed to make […]
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PlayStation 3 vs. Nintendo Wii
29 November 2006The Onion’s charticle (as dug by kotoku as well) showing the real differences between the Wii and PS3. Hilarious stuff.
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Arrest made in PS3 shooting
28 November 2006A 20-year-old Woodstock man was arrested early Tuesday in the shooting of a Webster, Mass., man who was wounded in a robbery while he waited in line to buy a PlayStation 3 game console in Putnam. He was being held on $1 million bond pending arraignment in Danielson Superior Court. An arrest warrant has been […]
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Dell Has Wii Nunchuks for Sale!?
27 November 2006Dell has Nunchuks for the Nintendo Wii in stock (why are they selling Wii accessories?). So if you are having issues finding a Nunchuk locally you have another option, until they sell out that is….
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Severe Zelda Glitch Could Prevent You From Beating the Game
27 November 2006When you save in the room with the cannon and have to warp the cannon out, you could get stuck permanently! Watch this video for more details.
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Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess is the number 2 greatest game of all time
22 November 2006GameRankings.com has compiled the 20 votes necessary to include Twilight Princess in it’s overall database. LoZ has received to honor of being the 2nd greatest game of all time, bested only by the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
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My Wii grabbed pictures from my brother’s cell phone.
22 November 2006Yeah, this happened yesterday. The Wii must’ve grabbed photos from my brother’s phone a few hours prior I turned on my Wii when he was home. Apparently the Wii just eats up photos from any device around it that has bluetooth.
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How exactly do the Motion Sensors work in the Wii and PS3?
20 November 2006When you wave around the new Nintendo controller, two tiny, flat pieces of silicon inside it, each weighing about a millionth of a gram, flex against silicon springs that hold them in place. The movements are minute, or to put it another way, they’re on the scale of 10 to 100 hydrogen atoms stacked side […]
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Extend your Wii warranty for free
20 November 2006If you register your Wii on nintendo.com, you will get an extended 90 days of warranty protection.
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Pictures from the Wii Launch
20 November 2006Engadget reports (through pictures) on the Wii Launch in NYC.
Wii came, Wii saw, Wii conquered. After hours in line getting worked into a frenzy, the unwashed masses were finally admitted into Toys “R” Us to pillage the store and escape with their Wii. Triforce, who we spotted earlier, was of course the first to […]
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eBay Now Requiring Mug Shot and Receipt Before Selling a PS3 or Wii
17 November 2006The following requirements have been put in place for the sale of Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii products:
1. The item must be in your possession at the time of listing.
2. The listing must include a unique photograph of the item in your possession.
3. Your User ID […]
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Amazon to Sell Nintendo Wii Morning of November 19th
16 November 2006Amazon made it official. Excpect it to sell out quickly. Can this really be true? If so, can someone figure out what time zone that will be?
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Hiring Homeless To Wait in Line for PS3?
16 November 2006What people will do to get a PS3. Amazing feat.
While a TV crew was outside a store a “truck used to transport the men from the homeless shelter returned with food for the men. Abdul Salem said he and a friend came up with the idea. They said they plan to pay the men […]
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Let the camping begin! PS3 campers all over are already lining up.
16 November 2006We know that people started camping last week, but now that we are closer to the PS3 launch people are starting to camp all over. Even in places that are cold! Check out ConsoleCamp.com for the exclusive content.
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PS3 Fight SHUTS DOWN Wal-Mart!!
16 November 2006According to a television station, a group of PS3 line-waiters got angry when they were told they could no longer wait inside a Wal-Mart for the PS3 and would have to go outside. The group ran through the store knocking everyone and everything in their path over.
Sheriff’s deputies were called and the store temporarily shut […]
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Playstation 3 - Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
16 November 2006A detailed rundown of all the hardware, software and extra features of the PS3. Find out if it’s REALLY going to be worth the $2000 eBay prices, or camping for 48 hours.
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PS3 Back Compatability: Not Perfect
13 November 2006Sony boasted backwards computability for the PlayStation 3, but it’s currently not much better than the Xbox 360’s functionality. The PS3 is supposed to have all the requirements and hardware built for PS2 game playback, but reports are arriving from some reviewers and players saying “my games don’t work.”
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