Not only is Nintendo the undisputed champion of hardware sales – it seems its software is causing cash registers to whirr in a frenzy too. According to NPD’s end of year figures, five of the top ten selling games of 2008 were from the Japanese giants. Other juggernauts include GTA IV – which sold a total of 5.18 million copies …
Nintendo have announced, by means of a particularly German press release, that they have made obscene amounts of money in Europe last year. Nintendo’s market-dominant waggle machine has sold 8.3 million units in in 2008, bringing total euro sales figures to a staggering 14.2 million. Up 58% from the previous year, this benchmark makes it the largest annual home console …
Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter (try saying that when you are drunk) has said that he expects a Playstation 3 price drop by April this year. He then specifically predicted that the 80gb PS3 SKU would drop by $100. He added, “Once the PS3 is at a more affordable price point, we think that sales of that device will …
Microsoft has been boasting to the world about it’s latest sales figures for the Xbox 360 and rightly so. According to Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft Director of Product Management, the Xbox 360 has now surpassed 28 million in life time sales. Some other notable points is the fact that they have now surpassed 8 million in Europe which was their most …
The biggest and most jaw-dropping gaming milestone has just been smashed in the most arbitrary fashion. Wii Sports, the game bundled with the Wii, has beaten the long-standing record held by Super Mario Bros on the NES. Super Mario Bros, also a bundled game, sold a staggering 40.24 million units. Wii Sports has sold, as of the 27th of December, …
Around about a year ago we posted the American full year console sales for 2007 and said that we could come back to it a year later to do a quick comparison Well to do a quick recap in 2007 the console sales went something like Wii – 6.29 million 360 – 4.62 million PS2 – 3.97 million PS3 – …
According to Greenpeace, Nintendo’s response to Greenpeace concerning their efforts to conserve the precious resources of our planet has been “inadequate”. Greenpeace states “We’re in continuous dialogue with all the companies we speak to, apart from Nintendo,” in and interview with EDGE. “The company has an incredibly poor standard of communication regarding this issue.” “What really struck me was Nintendo’s …
The Wii may still be outselling the other consoles every month but one department it’s never had the upper hand in is online gaming. There is no good argument for why friend codes were a good idea at all… lets just be honest here. Exchanging 12 digit codes in order to play with people is no where near the ease …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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