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Sony to sell latest PlayStation console in China

SHANGHAI, China - Officials of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s Chinese joint ventures announce in Shanghai on Dec. 11, 2014, the start of sales in China from Jan. 11, 2015, of its PlayStation 4 home-use video game console and PS Vita handheld gaming console.

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Nintendo 1st-half net profit surges

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata attends a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. The company said its group net profit in the fiscal first half surged, driven by a foreign exchange-related gain and solid sales of its Wii U home video-game console.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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'Famicom' turns 30 years old

KYOTO, Japan - Masayuki Uemura, adviser for Nintendo Co. who developed "Famicom," or the Family Computer video game console, holds "Donkey Kong" software that can be played on the console during an interview with Kyodo News in Kyoto on July 10, 2013. The Japanese game company shipped 61.91 million units of the console since launching it 30 years ago on July 15, 1983.

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'Famicom' turns 30 years old

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co.'s latest video game console Wii U is on sale at a home appliance store in Osaka on July 12, 2013. Wii U was launched in 2012 in Japan and overseas.

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'Famicom' turns 30 years old

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in June 1996 shows people lining up at a store in Osaka to buy Nintendo Co.'s video game console.

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Nintendo's new Wii U game console

OSAKA, Japan - People line up at a store in Osaka to buy the Wii U game console on Dec. 8, 2012, when Nintendo Co. began selling in Japan the successor to its video game console Wii.

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Nintendo's new Wii U game console

OSAKA, Japan - People smile at a store in Osaka after buying the Wii U game console on Dec. 8, 2012, when Nintendo Co. began selling in Japan the successor to its video game console Wii.

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Tokyo Game Show

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co.'s Wii U video game console is displayed as the Tokyo Game Show 2012 kicked off in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 20, 2012. The four-day video game software and hardware expo is one of the world's top gaming industry events.

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Tokyo Game Show

TOKYO, Japan - Konami Digital Entertainment Co. displays the first smart phone title of its action game "Metal Gear Solid" series as the Tokyo Game Show 2012 kicked off in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 20, 2012. The four-day video game software and hardware expo is one of the world's top gaming industry events. Developers unveiled an increased number of titles for smart phones, at a time when sales of console games are slowing.

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PlayStation Vita

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the PlayStation Vita, a new video game console from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., the game unit of Sony Corp. SCE said Sept. 14, 2011, that it plans to release the game console in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011.

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SCE to release PlayStation Vita in December

TOKYO, Japan - Personnel including Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Andrew House (2nd from L) hold SCE's video game console PlayStation Vita in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, a division of SCE, announced the same day that it plans to release PlayStation Vita in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011, with preorders starting on Oct. 15, 2011.

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Nintendo's new game console Wii debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People show off Nintendo Co.'s next-generation video game console, the Wii, they bought at a Tokyo store on Dec. 2, the first day of sales for the product in Japan. The Wii made its sales debut in the United States two weeks ago.

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Tokyo video game show kicks off

CHIBA, Japan - Visitors try Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation 3 console at Tokyo Game Show 2006 that kicked off Sept. 22 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba Prefecture.

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Nintendo's new game console Wii to debut on Dec. 2 in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Nintendo Co. said on Sept. 14 it will launch its next-generation Wii video game console (in photo) on Dec. 2 in Japan, hoping to attract more game enthusiasts during the Christmas shopping season than its major domestic rival Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

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PlayStation 3 release to be delayed until early November

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Kutaragi, president and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., speaks about the delay of the release of Sony's new PlayStation 3 video game console in Tokyo on March 15.

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Microsoft's Xbox 360 debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Peter Moore (L), vice president of Microsoft Corp., hands out a new Xbox 360 video game console to a customer at a video rental shop Dec. 9 in Tokyo. Microsoft started selling the next-generation video game console ahead of its two Japanese competitors, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and Nintendo Co.

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Japan's biggest video game show opens at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation 3 draws the attention of visitors to Tokyo Game Show 2005, Japan's biggest video game console and software exhibition that opened at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 16. PlayStation 3, a video game console featuring realistic high-definition graphics, will be released next spring.

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Japan's biggest video game show opens at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 16 to open the three-day Tokyo Game Show 2005. Japan's biggest video game console and software exhibition features products from a record 131 companies.

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Nintendo DS portable game console launched

TOKYO, Japan - People form long lines to buy Nitendo DS portable video game consoles at an electronics outlet in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Dec. 2.

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(2)Video game show featuring over 500 new products opens

TOKYO, Japan - A ''booth bunny'' holds up Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation Portable console at Tokyo Game Show 2004 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 24, the opening day of the three-day event. The show is Japan's biggest video game software exhibition, featuring more than 500 new products.

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Nintendo names new president

KYOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Kyoto's Minami Ward on May 24 about his retirement as president. Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by director Satoru Iwata, 42, effective May 31. Yamauchi has been president for 52 years and is responsible for turning the Kyoto-based entertainment equipment maker into one of the world's leading video game console makers.

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Microsoft's Xbox video console goes on sale in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Bill Gates (R), chairman of Microsoft Corp., hands a Microsoft Xbox video game console Feb. 22 to Atsushi Ishizaka, a 22-year-old student who was the first buyer of the Xbox, at a store in Tokyo's Shibuya district.

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Bill Gates promotes Xbox

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates speaks with the media in Tokyo on Feb. 21 on the eve of the release of the company's Xbox video game console in Japan.

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Nintendo puts GameCube on Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - People rush to an electric appliance store in Tokyo's Higashi-Ikebukuro district on Sept. 14 to buy Nintendo Co.'s GameCube video game console. Nintendo put GameCube, priced at 25,000 yen, on the market the same day to compete with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation2.

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Nintendo unveils GameCube console

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to a press preview try to play with a new GameCube video game console showcased by Nintendo Co. in Tokyo on Aug. 23. The GameCube, which was jointly developed by Nintendo and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., can be used to access the Internet and can hook up with Nintendo's handheld Game Boy Advance console, among other features. It will be released in Sept. in Japan in a head-to-head battle with similar offerings by Sony Corp. and U.S. computer software giant Microsoft Corp.

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Video game maker Sega's president Okawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Isao Okawa, president of major video game console and software maker Sega Corp., who died on March 16 of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 74. In 1984, Okawa assumed the chairmanship of Sega Enterprises Inc., the predecessor of Sega, which is known globally for its Dreamcast video game consoles.

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Nintendo to market electronic Pokemon card in fall

TOKYO, Japan - Video game giant Nintendo Co. said March 7 it will launch new Game Boy Advance portable console (in handout photo) in Japan on March 21, in the United States on June 11, in Europe and Australia at about the same time, and in other overseas markets by the end of June. The firm said it will market an electronic Pokemon card in the fall which will allow gamers to play with Pokemon animated characters using Game Boy Advance.

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Nintendo to release new game console

TOKYO, Japan - One of visitors to an electronics fair at Makuhari, east of Tokyo, takes a picture of Nintendo Co.'s next generation of home video game console, dubbed GAMECUBE, on display in a plastic case. The company said Aug. 24 it will release the console, measuring 11 x 15 x 16.1 centimeters, in Japan next July.

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Tokyo Game Show opens

CHIBA, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s yet-to-be-released PlayStation 2 video game console steals the show as the Tokyo Game Show '99, one of the world's largest exhibition of entertainment software, opens at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 17.

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Sony to sell PlayStation2 next March

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announces Sept. 13 it will begin selling next March 4 its next-generation PlayStation2 game console (shown in this photo), which, in addition to video games, will allow users to play software downloaded from the Internet, moving images and music.

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SINGAPORE-OLD TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION-PREVIEW

(220607) -- SINGAPORE, June 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes a photo of a Nintendo video game console at the preview of "Off/On: Everyday Technology that Changed Our Lives, 1970s-2000s" exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore, June 7, 2022. The exhibition will be held from June 10 to October 30. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

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(2)Video game show featuring over 500 new products opens

TOKYO, Japan - A ''booth bunny'' holds up Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation Portable console at Tokyo Game Show 2004 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 24, the opening day of the three-day event. The show is Japan's biggest video game software exhibition, featuring more than 500 new products. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo DS portable game console launched

TOKYO, Japan - People form long lines to buy Nitendo DS portable video game consoles at an electronics outlet in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Dec. 2. (Kyodo)

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Japan's biggest video game show opens at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 16 to open the three-day Tokyo Game Show 2005. Japan's biggest video game console and software exhibition features products from a record 131 companies. (Kyodo)

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Japan's biggest video game show opens at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation 3 draws the attention of visitors to Tokyo Game Show 2005, Japan's biggest video game console and software exhibition that opened at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba on Sept. 16. PlayStation 3, a video game console featuring realistic high-definition graphics, will be released next spring. (Kyodo)

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Microsoft's Xbox 360 debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Peter Moore (L), vice president of Microsoft Corp., hands out a new Xbox 360 video game console to a customer at a video rental shop Dec. 9 in Tokyo. Microsoft started selling the next-generation video game console ahead of its two Japanese competitors, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and Nintendo Co. (Kyodo)

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PlayStation 3 release to be delayed until early November

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Kutaragi, president and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., speaks about the delay of the release of Sony's new PlayStation 3 video game console in Tokyo on March 15. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's new game console Wii to debut on Dec. 2 in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Nintendo Co. said on Sept. 14 it will launch its next-generation Wii video game console (in photo) on Dec. 2 in Japan, hoping to attract more game enthusiasts during the Christmas shopping season than its major domestic rival Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo video game show kicks off

CHIBA, Japan - Visitors try Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation 3 console at Tokyo Game Show 2006 that kicked off Sept. 22 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's new game console Wii debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People show off Nintendo Co.'s next-generation video game console, the Wii, they bought at a Tokyo store on Dec. 2, the first day of sales for the product in Japan. The Wii made its sales debut in the United States two weeks ago. (Kyodo)

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Hangtime - Kein Leichtes Spiel (2009)

Max Kidd, Max Frohlich & Ralph Kretschmar Characters: Vinz Berg, Ali, Samuel 'samy' Film: Hangtime - Kein Leichtes Spiel (2009) Director: Wolfgang Groos 29 June 2009 Hangtime - Kein leichtes Spiel (BRD 2009, Regie: Wolfgang Groos) Max Kidd, Max Fr

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Hangtime - Kein Leichtes Spiel (2009)

Max Kidd, Max Frohlich & Ralph Kretschmar Characters: Vinz Berg, Ali, Samuel 'samy' Film: Hangtime - Kein Leichtes Spiel (2009) Director: Wolfgang Groos 29 June 2009 Hangtime - Kein leichtes Spiel (BRD 2009, Regie: Wolfgang Groos) Max Kidd, Max Fr

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$9.99 (2008)

Lenny Peck & Tanita Characters: Lenny Peck & Tanita Film: $9.99; 9.99; 999 (ISR/AUS 2008) Director: Tatia Rosenthal 04 September 2008 Date: 04 September 2008

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Nintendo names new president

KYOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Kyoto's Minami Ward on May 24 about his retirement as president. Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by director Satoru Iwata, 42, effective May 31. Yamauchi has been president for 52 years and is responsible for turning the Kyoto-based entertainment equipment maker into one of the world's leading video game console makers.

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Tokyo Game Show opens

CHIBA, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s yet-to-be-released PlayStation 2 video game console steals the show as the Tokyo Game Show '99, one of the world's largest exhibition of entertainment software, opens at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 17.

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Sony to sell PlayStation2 next March

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announces Sept. 13 it will begin selling next March 4 its next-generation PlayStation2 game console (shown in this photo), which, in addition to video games, will allow users to play software downloaded from the Internet, moving images and music.

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Microsoft's Xbox video console goes on sale in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Bill Gates (R), chairman of Microsoft Corp., hands a Microsoft Xbox video game console Feb. 22 to Atsushi Ishizaka, a 22-year-old student who was the first buyer of the Xbox, at a store in Tokyo's Shibuya district.

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Bill Gates promotes Xbox

TOKYO, Japan - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates speaks with the media in Tokyo on Feb. 21 on the eve of the release of the company's Xbox video game console in Japan.