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Friday 5 August 2016
Nintendo to start production of NX in early 4Q16, say Taiwan makers
Nintendo will start trial production of its next-generation console, the NX, in the third quarter of 2016 and start volume production in early fourth quarter, about one quarter ahead...
Monday 18 July 2016
Pixart ramping up shipments of CMOS-based heart-rate monitoring solutions, says paper
IC design company Pixart Imaging has been ramping up shipments of its CMOS-based hear-rate monitoring (HRM) solutions and will see its sales and earnings grow significantly in the...
Thursday 2 June 2016
Nintendo NX mass production postpones to early 2017
Nintendo's next-generation game console, the Nintendo NX is scheduled to enter mass production in early 2017, delaying about half a year from the company's original mass production...
Monday 30 November 2015
Upstream supply chain expects new Nintendo games console to achieve 10-12 million unit shipments in 2016
Nintendo's new game console is scheduled to enter mass production at the end of the first quarter 2016 and despite the fact that the Japan-based company is targeting to ship 20 million...
Thursday 2 July 2015
Supply chain players gear up for new Nintendo console
Japan-based Nintendo is planning to launch its next-generation games console in 2016 and has recently asked its supply chain partners to start pilot production in October, at the...
Thursday 30 October 2014
Commentary: Calculating the cost of GamerGate, many losers, 2 potential big winners
Concerns raised in a previous report that allowing the schism between the gaming press and their core audience to fester could lead to real economic impacts for the gaming industry...
Tuesday 9 September 2014
Commentary: Time is running out for console makers to clean up GamerGate
A battle, which has been given the title #GamerGate on social media, between gamers and the gaming press has been ongoing for three weeks and is showing only minimal signs of losing...
Monday 16 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Poor business strategy causing Nintendo to suffer from weak sales
Nintendo's Wii U is currently suffering from weak shipments and its quarterly shipments are even lower than those of the Wii, the previous-generation model. Seeing the issue, most...
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Pixart 1Q13 revenues to be affected by decreased joystick sensor orders
Pixart Imaging expects its sales to dip 15%-20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013, mainly due to declined shipments of joystick sensors for Nintendo's Wii gaming machines,...
Thursday 29 November 2012
Pixart ramping joystick sensors to Nintendo
Pixart Imaging, which supplies joystick sensors for Nintendo's Wii U gaming machine, is expected to see its current sales momentum continue into the first quarter of 2013, buoyed...
Thursday 4 October 2012
Shipments of Wii U to continue until 1H13, say Taiwan makers
Shipments of Nintendo's new Wii U games console began in August, increased in September, and are expected to peak in November, with monthly shipments expected to remain at high levels...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Pixart looks to strong shipment growth on release of Wii U console
With Nintendo scheduled to unveil more details about its next-generation console, the Wii U, on September 13, industry watchers expect Pixart Imaging, which supplies chips for Wii...
Monday 13 August 2012
Pixart looks to 40-50% sequential revenue growth in 3Q12
CMOS image sensor maker Pixart Imaging expects its revenues to grow 40-50% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012 as demand for IC parts for optical finger mice (OFM) and digital...
Thursday 8 December 2011
Macronix raises guidance for 4Q11
Macronix International has raised its guidance for the fourth quarter of 2011, thanks to brisk sales of its ROM chips used in handheld games consoles.
Thursday 27 October 2011
Taiwan market: PS Vita to arrive by the end of December
Sony's latest handheld gaming console PS Vita will start appearing in Taiwan retail channels on December 23 with a price of NT$8,980 (US$298), while a 3G model will arrive on February...