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Tuesday 29 May 2007
Taiwan market: Official Wii sales agent suffers from unknown launch schedule and competition from private imports
With Nintendo Wii still yet to launch in the Taiwan market, reports have surfaced that Nintendo has not started developing a Chinese-language operating interface for the console and...
Tuesday 29 May 2007
China market: Online gaming services valued at 2.56 billion yuan in 1Q07
Online gaming services in China during the first quarter of 2007 were worth 2.56 billion yuan (US$330 million), rising by 26% on quarter, according to China-based consulting company...
Monday 28 May 2007
Taiwan market: Astro to become sales agent for Sega Initial D Arcade Stage 4
Astro Corporation, a Taiwan-based producer of electronic gaming machines mainly for export, on May 25 signed a letter of intent with Sega Amusements Taiwan and Japan-based ALTA Company...
Friday 25 May 2007
IPC maker Ibase Technology aims to be among global top-10 makers
Ibase Technology, a Taiwan-base industrial PC (IPC) maker, aims to rank among the world's top-10 IPC manufacturers and become the second largest maker in Taiwan, according to company...
Tuesday 22 May 2007
Wii widens its lead against PS3 in April, says NDP
Sales of Nintendo's Wii consoles totaled 360,000 units in the North America market in April, almost 3.5-fold higher than the 82,000 PS3s sold during the same month, according to a...
Friday 11 May 2007
Taiwan top online game developer Soft-World sees growth in April, four-month revenues
Soft-World International, the largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on May 10 reported self-estimated revenues of NT$340.1 million (US$10.2 million) for April 2007,...
Tuesday 8 May 2007
Synnex Technology sees April consolidated revenues up nearly 20% on year
Synnex Technology International, one of the largest 3C (computer, communication, consumer electronics) channel distributors in Taiwan, on May 7 reported estimated consolidated revenues...
Monday 7 May 2007
Production cost of PS3 could be cut by US$100
As blue-laser pick-up heads (PUHs) for use in the PlayStation 3 (PS3) are expected to increase in supply and decrease in price, the production cost of the game console could be reduced...
Friday 4 May 2007
Taiwan online game operator Gamania swings from 2003-2005 losses to 2006 profits
Gamania Digital Entertainment, a operator of online games in Taiwan, has turned its business operation from net loses for three consecutive years (2003-2005) to net profits of NT$434.7...
Monday 30 April 2007
Taiwan top online game developer Soft-World enjoys large growth in 1Q07 net profits
Soft-World International, a large developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, recorded net profits of NT$229 million (US$6.9 million) for the first quarter of 2007, increasing by...
Monday 30 April 2007
Wistron sees earnings decline almost 15% in 1Q
Wistron said its after-tax profits declined 14.7% on year to NT$1.1 billion (US$33 million) in the first quarter of 2007, making it the only one of the four first-tier notebook makers...
Friday 27 April 2007
Taiwan game developer Chinesegamer enjoyed profitability for last quarter
Chinesegamer International, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on April 26 reported self-estimated net profits of NT$184.8 million (US$5.55 million), equivalent to net...
Monday 23 April 2007
NDS tops North American games console sales in March
Sales of NDS (Nintendo DS) handheld games console topped all digital gaming devices in the North American market during the month from March 4 to April 7, totaling 508,000 units,...
Friday 20 April 2007
Sony and Taiwan games developer to cooperate on PS3 rail-sim
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) Asia on April 19 signed with Actainment, a Taiwan-based games developer established six months ago, for the latter's assistance with the development...
Friday 20 April 2007
Taiwan market: China-made unlicensed Wii accessories are hot sellers
There are more than 40 unlicensed Wii accessories, produced by makers in China without paying a license fee to Nintendo, available for sale in the Taiwan market. Gross margins of...