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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has topped a consumer satisfaction poll in Japan, outperforming both Nintendo and Sony’s console offerings. The survey, released by ASCII Media Works, asked both console owners and potential buyers to rate all the consoles in six categories; Value for money, variety of compelling software, graphical strength, hardware …
Read More »Sony and Microsoft wage Metacritic war
Amidst all the talk of NPD’s March year-on-year hardware sales comparisons, chart-topping software battles and third party revenue numbers, Sony and Microsoft both chose to play the PR game on another front – Metacritic review aggregations. In its post-March response, Sony stated that: Approximately one in every three PS3 titles …
Read More »US: Chinatown Wars sales below expectations
US analyst Cowan and Company has stated that it believes Rockstar’s recently released Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars sold just 89,000 units on DS in the territory in March. The firm had originally predicted that the game could sell as many as 450,000 units upon its release in North America. …
Read More »NPD: Xbox sales jump amid hardware downturn
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 managed to buck trends in March by becoming the only console to enjoy a year-on-year sales boost. The Xbox 360 sold 330,000 units across North America in March; a figure which Microsoft was pleased to explain accounted for a 25 per cent year-on-year sales increase. The system’s …
Read More »Does mature content have a future on DS?
The failure of Rockstar’s critically-adored Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars to trouble the higher end of the charts has lead one analyst to predict that there are unlikely to be many more 18-rated games released for Nintendo DS. Though the US March sales figures are not known, analysts predict that …
Read More »Nintendo planning Wii and DS video download service
With both Xbox 360 and PS3 making giant strides in the video on demand market, Nintendo has confirmed that it too is to enter the sector with a rival service for both Wii and DS. Nintendo president Saturo Iwata explained that the Wii will become the hub of the new …
Read More »DSi enjoys rampant demand in debut weekend
Nintendo’s DSi became the fourth fastest-selling console in UK history over its opening weekend, according to GfK-ChartTrack data. The handheld’s performance even eclipsed the debut sales numbers of the original DS – only being outdone by the opening weekends of PSP, PS3 and Wii. In unit terms, it outsold all …
Read More »GAME hosts Pokémon tour 2009
High Street retailer GAME is the host of this year’s Pokmon tour: The Search for Giratina. The tour will feature face painting, balloon modelling, and a free prize draw with Pokmon prizes and GAME gift cards up for grabs. Gamers can also bring their DS along to battle, as well …
Read More »DSiWare launch line-up detailed
Nintendo has revealed the titles that will release alongside its launch of digital download portal DSiWare tomorrow in conjunction with the arrival of the DSi on UK soil. The headline grabbers we already knew about – the latest addition to the WarioWare franchise, WarioWare: Snapped, is arguably the big title …
Read More »Gardening Mama to arrive in May
Publisher 505 Games is to release the latest title in its Mama brand, Gardening Mama, in the UK on May 1st. Available exclusively for the DS, the game sees Mama shun her traditional pans and fresh food in favour of crops and tools as players work to turn her plot …
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