Satoru Iwata says Nintendo isn't planning on reducing the cost of its market-leading Wii and DS consoles during the current fiscal year. "Our earnings projection for the year is not based on hardware price cuts, and I don't think we are going to need them."
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Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection service has always been entirely free of charge, but the company will soon introduce a pay-to-play service for some games, it announced at Game Developers Conference. "Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Pay And Play" will let users subscribe on a game-by-game basis to certain titles. Nintendo project leader Takashi Aoyama announced the service at GDC, but did not say what upcoming games would require payment for the service, or how much they would cost.
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Well, there go our dreams for a PokéMMO; Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has confirmed that Nintendo has no interest in developing an MMO at this time, putting to rest the rumor of a massively multiplayer version of Animal Crossing, as well as any hope for Nintendo further broadening their online offerings. Specifically, Iwata stated that Nintendo would only pursue MMO development if the title could appeal to people of all ages, from "5 to 95."
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DS Hardware - 70.60 Million Software - 369.61 Million Wii Hardware - 24.45 Million Software - 148.44 Million. Wii Forecast for the next FY: 25m DS Forecast for the next FY: 28m Wii Software forecast for the next FY: 177m DS software forecast for the next FY: 187m
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Metroid Prime 3 will be released on August 20!
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