On the 1st of September last year Nick posted up an articled entitled Is the PS3 really catching up to the Xbox 360? where he looked at the sales gap between the Xbox 360 and PS3 and then working out how long it would take for the PS3 to overtake the Xbox 360. At the time it was worked out …
Okay so lets take a look at this awesome graph that Gaming Front Network has put together to show us how the Xbox 360 is dead in Japan. This graph depicts the amount of software sales in Japan and as we can easily see the pie chart on the left (2008) has a larger wedge for the Xbox 360 than …
Street Fighter IV gas been released in Japan and has been met with an incredible amount of love from the local gamers. The title went on to sell 86 000 units across both platforms on its first day. To give you a good idea of how impressive that is, Soul Calibur, the current record holder for a fighting game across …
The latest sales reports are in and there are some surprises if you start looking into the charts. First of Fallout 3 has broken through the 2 million barrier worldwide, Fable 2 is sitting on just over 2.5 million and LittleBigPlanet has had a late surge after the holiday season and is now also sitting over 2 million which is …
So the Live Chart for Jan 09 has arrived (see list below) and it’s no surprise that the Call of Duty games are still dominating in a big way. Not only is World at War sitting on the top of the list, but it’s older brother Modern Warfare is still in 3rd place and even ahead of Gears of War …
Microsoft’s global product manager Guy Welch has announced that Gears of War 2 has in fact managed to sell a massive 4 million units over the last 2 months, doubling the sales pace of the original. While I am very happy for them, I cannot help but feel a little upset by the fact that there are so many small …
Nintendo’s money printing machine (no not that one) will possibly see its upgrade hit US shores around April this year. According to ‘multiple sources’ (CVG’s quote) the DSi will retail for $179 when it hits US shores. The DSi, for the uninformed, drops the GBA slot in favour of a SD slot, gets a bigger screen and a VGA camera …
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, …
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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