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Monday 29 January 2007
Taiwan market: Wii's loss is NDS Lite's gain
Hakuyu, Nintendo's Taiwan sales agent, has confirmed that the Wii game consoles will not hit the Taiwan market before Chinese New Year, so retailers are now increasing their orders...
Monday 29 January 2007
Taiwan market: Sky Entertainment aims to be largest online entertainment platform
Sky Entertainment, a joint-venture operator of online games established by South Korea-based BUGS Interactive and Taiwanese venture capital firms in 2003, is extending its business...
Friday 26 January 2007
Microsoft Taiwan to promote integration of Xbox 360 and Vista at Taipei Game Show 2007
Microsoft Taiwan is poised to market the unique cross-platform functionality of Xbox 360 and Windows Vista at the Taipei Game Show 2007 taking place from February 8-12, according...
Thursday 25 January 2007
Microsoft squeezes Xbox 360 component suppliers
Microsoft is adopting various strategies to be more cost competitive with its Xbox 360 game consoles, with moves including asking for a price reduction from Taiwan-based component...
Wednesday 24 January 2007
Asix revenues up on shipments of Wii USB-to-Ethernet controllers
Taiwan-based Asix Electronics saw its revenues jump 59.3% sequentially to NT$31.5 million (US$957,000) in December on shipments of USB-to-Ethernet controller ICs for Nintendo's Wii...
Tuesday 23 January 2007
Wii wireless broadband router to be made in Taiwan, sources say
Taiwan-based WLAN solution providers are expected to have won wireless broadband router orders for the Wii game console, with Nintendo planning to launch the products later this quarter,...
Monday 22 January 2007
Taiwan market: PS3 and Wii to be absent from annual game show
Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii will be absent from the upcoming Taipei Game Show (TGS) 2007, which will kick off on February 8, raising speculation that Microsoft's Xbox...
Monday 22 January 2007
VIA Technologies invests in digital entertainment content platform CatchPlay
VIA OnDemand, VIA Technologies' 50%-stake subsidiary founded in June 2006, on January 19 debuted CatchPlay a self-operated platform for providing various digital entertainment services...
Monday 15 January 2007
Taiwan market: Microsoft to introduce Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on in 1H
Microsoft will introduce to the Taiwan market a HD DVD add-on for its Xbox 360 games console in the first half of 2007 as the company gears up efforts to bring high-definition (HD)...
Monday 15 January 2007
China market: On-line search services valued at over 1.5 billion yuan in 2006
On-line search engines in China generated total revenues of 1.57 billion yuan (US$197.2 million) last year, growing by 69.1% from 2005, according to China-based consulting firm Analysys...
Friday 12 January 2007
Taiwan market: Webs-TV aquires Blockbuster Taiwan
Webs-TV Digital International, broadband online audio/video services operator in Taiwan, and Blockbuster on January 11 jointly announced that Webs-TV will acquire a 100% stake in...
Wednesday 10 January 2007
Asustek doubles its revenues in 4Q, says record 1Q07 possible
Asustek Computer saw its fourth-quarter consolidated revenues almost double from the same period in 2005, with the company attributing the stunning monthly revenue growth in November...
Wednesday 10 January 2007
Taiwan online game developer finds success with traditional swordplay
Chinesegamer International indicated that Huang-yi Online, its self-developed/operated online game featuring ancient Chinese swordsmen, has reached a user level of nearly 200,000...
Thursday 4 January 2007
Electronic equipment market to stay on track in 2007, says iSuppli
The global market for all types of electronic equipment will essentially maintain its rate of revenue growth in 2007, propelled by accelerated expansions in the data processing, consumer...
Thursday 4 January 2007
Foxconn Technology share price hits record on growing Wii shipments
The share price of Foxconn Technology climbed by the 7% daily fluctuation limit to close at its highest level of NT$428 (US$13) on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on January 3 buoyed...