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Nintendo chief promises to do Wii U launch right Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:53 a.m., Friday, January 27, 2012 TOKYO - Nintendo's chief is determined to get right the launch of its next game machine, Wii U, set for this year's holiday shopping season, and ...

Spurned by consumers who now favor tablets, smartphones and higher-definition consoles,Nintendo Co.said it will probably post a loss in its current fiscal year — its first in at least three decades.

TOKYO : Nintendo Co Ltd expects to solve the problem of losses on sales of its 3DS handheld game players in April-September, President Satoru Iwata said on Friday. He said that selling 3DS hardware at prices below cost constitutes the biggest drag on profitability this financial year.

LOSING MONEY: Nintendo Co. reports a loss of 48.35 billion yen ($627.9 million) in the April-December period — a reversal from a 49.56 billion yen profit a year earlier.REASONS: A price cut for its 3DS ...

(Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit and forecast a bigger-than-expected full-year loss, its first at an operating level, as it battles a strong yen and its games devices lose ground to gadgets such as Apple's iPhone. The creator of the Super Mario franchise dominated the video games industry for years with its DS handheld players and Wii home consoles, but is now ...

TOKIO - Nintendo Co. reportó pérdidas en el periodo abril-diciembre de 2011 afectada por un recorte de precio a su consola portátil de videojuegos 3DS y un yen fuerte que afectó sus ganancias, informó la empresa el jueves.

Nintendo Co. sank to losses for the April-December period, battered by a price cut for its 3DS handheld, a strong yen that erodes overseas earnings and competition from mobile devices such as the iPhone that offer games-on-the-go.

Nintendo Co. sank into losses for the April-December period last year, battered by a price cut for its 3DS handheld, a strong yen that erodes earnings and competition from mobile devices like the iPhone that offer games-on-the-go.

Games company Nintendo Co Ltd on Thursday cut its forecast for annual Wii sales to 10 million consoles from 12 million. It also cut its forecast for its latest handheld games gadget, the 3DS, to 14 million ...

IT'S BIG: Nintendo Co.'s upcoming Wii U game console will come with a touch-screen controller almost as big as the game console itself.