"Videogame execs say impatient gamers increasingly act like Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — they want their games now, Daddy, and if you don’t give them what they want, they’ll find somebody who will.

“People have no patience,” said Steve Perlman, CEO of OnLive, a company that is currently beta-testing a service that streams high-def games directly into homes without the need for consoles. “What they want is all media, and they want it instantly delivered.”"

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Amazon.com discounted several Nintendo DS games to the best prices ever available for these titles: Discounted games include Collector's Edition Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force ($24), Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon ($10) and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games ($25).

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