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The latest sales figures have been released from the NPD Group and Nintendo is leading the pack by miles while Sony and Sony duke it out for 2nd place. The difference between first and second however is great enough to be considered third place judging...
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Figures released from Konami today show that thanks to a little something something called MGS4, their sales have jumped by up to 16.7% in sales in the PS3 volume of sales. Since June 12th, Konami's PS3 business has accounted for 57.3% of their total...
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The Japanese are still going crazy for handhelds from both Nintendo and Sony with the PSP, surprisingly, continuing to outsell the DS. We thought once the fever died from the whole Monster Hunter Portable frenzy, the DS would continue to climb back up...
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In Japan, Mario Kart had enjoyed top spot on the charts until Monster Hunter for the PSP took the top spot after MK spent 5 weeks at the top. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G managed to sell 53,000 units in Japan while Mario Kart sold 42,000, still a very...
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Figures for sales for the major players in the games industry have been released for the month of April and believe me...there was really no surprise to speak of at all. First of all, let's look at Nintendo with the Wii selling 714,200 units and the...
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Preliminary reports are starting flood in regarding the sales fisgures for GTA IV in its first week. In the UK alone, the release of the games caused sales of the Xbox 360 to jump by 125% - mind blowing. Take Two Interactive have revealed that the game...
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The PSP absolutely reigned for the month of April in Japan with sales nearly doubling the DS. Figures for the PSP equate to 380,000 units while the DS came in with 170,000, that's a ratio of 2 to 1 in the PSP's favour according to Japanese magazine...
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Sales of the PS3 console have sky rocketed since the release of GTA IV the other week. Sony are remaining tight lipped on releasing the figures on exactly how much is a lot but they have attributed the loyal PS2 (fanboys) base as a reason. GameStop’s...
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Am amazing statistic today from play.com reporting that it's been taking over 80 orders a minute for highly anticpated roam and destroy God title, GTA IV. Stuart Rowe, the Chief Operating Officer for play.com said, "We're experiencing trading...
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We all knew it would happen and mostly does with HUGE releases in the gaming world/industry but there have already been reports trickling in that some retailers have been shafted by their distributors with the release of GTA IV today in Australia. The...
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Reports today from Nintendo that they have forecasted selling another 25 million Wiis over the next 12 months bringing the total up to 50 million. Absolutely staggering. Their profits have already gone up 50% to $2.5 billion for the Japanese fiscal year...
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And for some news that we didn't know...Nintendo has made a lot of money for the past fiscal year. Duh! How much money exactly, you ask?? Well between the Wii and the DS, Nintendo scored an absolutely massive and mind blowing $US 1 billion dollars...
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Some clever goose believes that the Nintendo Wii is on its last legs and may need life support very soon. Here's the reasons why: * Poor game marketing. * They rely too heavily on sequels. * Low quantities of consoles on the shelves. * Poor relationships...
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Pre order sales of GTA IV have already certified it gold status before it's even released it was reported today. Take Two CEO, Ben Feder confirmed that the game is in production and should start hitting stores fairly soon. Take Two, the games publisher...
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For what seems to be a reoccurring theme in Japan lately, the Sony PSP has beaten out all other competitors in sales charts in Japan for the past week. It managed to sell 85,000 units which is a drop in sales on past weeks but still nearly doubles that...