Can Open Development Save Mario?

摘要

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles last month, Sony and Microsoft showed off new consoles and games scheduled to reach stores in time for Christmas. Nintendo's big news at the world's largest gaming show: its fifth round of game launch delays since October. Games drive console sales, and Nintendo's latest system, the Wii U, hasn't exactly been flying off the shelves. Between its November debut and the end of March, the company sold 3.45 million Wii Us, priced between $300 and $350. That's 37 percent below its initial estimate of 5.5 million and about 40 percent behind the original Wii in the same period after its 2006 release, according to an analysis by Citigroup.