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After Microsoft’s aggressive price cuts in Japan that saw its entry level Arcade machine drop below the price of Nintendo’s rival Wii console, leading games industry analysts are predicting that price cuts are now sure to come in North America. Edge Online reports that both Lazard Capital’s Colin Sebastian and …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet dated
Media Molecule’s massively hyped LittleBigPlanet has been given a firm release date of October 30th – in Japan, at least. The news comes from Sony’s official Japanese PS3 site. Unfortunately, there’s no word yet on either a European or US release date. Some sources are claiming that an October release …
Read More »US: PS3 tops 360 in June hardware sales
If there’s one thing that was evident from Sony’s E3 conference it was the firm’s confidence in its range of platforms, and in particular the PS3 – and this self-belief has now been backed up by news that North American sales of the PS3 in June were very nearly double …
Read More »US: Wii claims next-gen pole-position
Nintendo is claiming that Wii is now the best-selling next-gen console in North America after NPD figures confirmed that since its launch in November 2006 the machine has racked up sales of 10.9 million units. In June ’08 alone the Wii sold over 666,000 units in the region. "Wii was …
Read More »E3 08: Sony backing 80GB PS3 in US
Sony made an important announcement regarding its PS3 hardware strategy at last night’s E3 conference, confirming that from September its focus would be laid solely on its 80GB model. The hardware will drop from $499 (as it was in the MGS4 bundle) to $399 and will replace the existing 40GB …
Read More »US: Guitar Hero DS triumphs
One of modern gaming’s biggest success stories is celebrating newfound domination on Nintendo’s DS, with publisher Activision announcing that Guitar Hero On Tour sold over 300,000 copies in its first week on sale in the US, GameDaily reports. The numbers make it Activision’s largest ever DS launch by a considerable …
Read More »NEW YORK MINUTIAE: Examining the Big Apple’s games potential
Special territory report on Developmag.com explores how NY can be a world-class 'games city' like Montreal, Tokyo or Brighton
Read More »Star Wars: Force Unleashed dated for Europe
George Lucas’s gaming arm LucasArts has confirmed that its massively hyped and much anticipated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP and PS2 on September 19th in Europe, CVG reports. It will hit stores a few days earlier in North America on …
Read More »US: Feb sales reach $1.3bn
US sales body NPD has released its figures for games industry sales in February in North America, and they show a massive 47 per cent increase in software sales and 19 per cent hike in hardware sales – with total national sales hitting a massive $1.33 billion. Breaking that number …
Read More »WiiWare dated for May 12th
Nintendo’s WiiWare platform will launch in North America on May 12th. The new service has been designed with developers in mind, letting them upload and sell games via digital distribution to Wii owners. For the full strory, head over to the world’s number one games development site and the premier …
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