Wii reaches the 10 million mark in Japan
Posted on | March 2, 2010 | No Comments
Nintendo has sold over 10 million Wii consoles in Japan. 10, 009,736, to be precise.
That’s according to data from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain (thanks to a Kotaku translation), who also claim that Nintendo’s tiny white money maker took 170 weeks until Feb. 29…
January NPDs: Sony, Microsoft switch, Nintendo leads all
Posted on | February 12, 2010 | No Comments
The January NPD data is in and it shows that Microsoft’s home console has managed to outsell Sony’s once more. After being neck and neck in December with the PlayStation 3 having the lead, the Xbox 360 has made a quick…
December NPD: Nintendo, Nintendo, Nintendo
Posted on | January 15, 2010 | No Comments
Wii was easily the highest selling home console during the 2009 holiday season, NPD’s newly released sales numbers for the month of December show. The Nintendo system sold through 3.81 million units in the US — over a million more…
Xbox 360, PS2 top Nielsen ratings as most used consoles
Posted on | January 7, 2010 | No Comments
When I think of the Nielsen ratings, I think of the traditional television survey sent to the prototypical American family with a dog and two and a half kids. While they sit in front of the TV together, in a…
Heavy Rain gets DLC, collector’s edition for Europe
Posted on | December 19, 2009 | No Comments
Quantic Dream’s interactive thriller Heavy Rain promises around 60 scenes for players in the final product, but it turns out the developer isn’t stopping there. You may recall seeing the first footage of the game a few years back in Germany, showing one…
360 doubles up PS3 sales of Modern Warfare 2
Posted on | November 15, 2009 | No Comments
Speaking at a digital entertainment conference in New York, Dennis Durkin, Chief Operation Officer of Activision’s Interactive Entertainment Business, said, without going into detail on numbers or geographical break down, that the Xbox 360 version of Modern Warfare 2 has outsold its…
October NPDs: Uncharted, Wii big winners; DJ Hero, PSP big losers
Posted on | November 14, 2009 | No Comments
Every gamers favorite monthly stat sheet has been released, as Nathan Drake surprisingly came out the big winner in the October NPD numbers. Here’s the breakdown:
Software:
01. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3) – 537,000
02. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 441,000
03. Borderlands (Xbox 360)…
Why Epic Mickey is on the Wii
Posted on | October 28, 2009 | No Comments
360 and PS3 owners might be upset that they will have to snag Nintendo’s console if they want to guide Mickey through his upcoming quest (which is a bit more malevolent than magical), but Warren Spector has his reasons. As…
Price cut, new model put the PS3 on top
Posted on | October 20, 2009 | No Comments
September’s US sales numbers released by NPD confirm what everyone, including Microsoft, expected; The price cut and the introduction of the new slimmer model paired with some solid advertising were enough for the PS3 to catapult itself to the top spot in…
Want a Dark Cloud sequel? Ask.
Posted on | October 6, 2009 | No Comments
I remember playing Dark Cloud 2 when it saw release for the PlayStation 2 and thought it was a very creative game that took a while before its true colors started showing. It is a title that is also held in…
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