Play the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Demo Right Here!
How’s this for cool? You know that DS game demos are pretty tough to do; it’s not like publishers can include cartridges with magazines or something - the cost would be too high. And it’ll be a cold day in hell when we start seeing legit game demo ROMs intended to be used with [...]
January 2008 Sales Figures: Shortages cause a 3 way tie
January is a rough month for video game sales. After seeing numbers steadily increase for the final 3 months of each year, January’s results look extra low in comparison. This is especially the case when manufacturers nearly sell out their entire inventory of product, which is what happened to both Nintendo and Microsoft. Therefore, [...]
Nintendo DS finally gets a cool new colour in North America
White.. okay
Black.. cool, but total fingerprint magnet
Pink..
Gold..
Metallic Rose.. ugh..
Crimson/Black.. Nice try, but the shade of red just isn’t right
Is this better?
Today, Nintendo announced a new colour of DS Lite for the North American market. As you can see, it will be another two-tone colourway, and should I say, just a bit more macho than the [...]
Everybody Wants a Wii - December 2007 Video Game Sales Figures
The North American December sales figures are in and, well, it was a big month. Game companies saw a total revenue of $4.82 billion come their way last month, nicely capping off a $17.9 billion year. This marks the biggest year ever for the games industry - a 43% increase in sales over 2006’s [...]
Nintendo back on top again; October Videogame Hardware Sales
Okay Microsoft, you had your fun on top for a month. Everyone who was waiting for Halo 3 got their 360, and now the Wii takes over its spot on top.
Wii | 519K
Nintendo DS | 458K
Xbox 360 | 366K
PSP | 286K
PlayStation 2 | 184K
PlayStation 3 | 121K
Things are certainly back to normal. Almost too much [...]
Guitar Hero III ROCKS THE WORLD - October Videogame Sales Figures
October’s NPD sales figures are in, and although it was only available for six of the thirty-one days that month, Guitar Hero III went and sold about 1.4 million units that month, across all platforms.
Halo 3 | XBOX 360 | 433.8K
Guitar Hero III w/Guitar | XBOX 360 | 383.2K
Guitar Hero III w/Guitar | Wii | [...]
XBOX 360 tops sales chart for once
As you just saw, Halo 3 sold pretty damn well in September, making more money than every other game on the Top 10 list combined. It also helped propel the 360 to the top of NDP’s September hardware sales charts, although not by as much as you might have expected:
Xbox 360 - 527.8K
Wii - 501K
Nintendo [...]
