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As games markets on both the near and far sides of the Atlantic stutter in the face of barren release schedules and a thinning H2’09 lineup, proof of the positive overall effect of proper triple-A software has made itself evident on the far side of the globe. The increasingly difficult …
Read More »JAPAN: Warner movies available on Wii
Warner Bros. movies are now available to rent through the Nintendo Wii in Japan. As revealed by IGN, 54 films will be made available, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Charlie and the Chocolate Factor, Contact, Batman Begins, Last Samurai, The Goonies, Free Willy and 2001: A Space Odyssey. …
Read More »JAPAN: Dragon Quest IX sells 2m+
The latest release in Square Enix’s hugely popular RPG series, Dragon Quest IX, has enjoyed a fantastic debut in Japan racking up sales of 2,343,440 copies in its first two days on sale.Andriasang reports that the numbers mean that DQIX bettered the impressive debut of predecessor DGVIII, which sold 2,237,000 …
Read More »JAPAN: Monster Hunter ships 3.5m
Publisher Capcom has revealed that over 3.5m copies of its PSP hit Monster Hunter Freedm Unite have now been shipped in Japan – the first PSP title to reach such a landmark in the region. The game was first released in March of last year, propelling PSP to the top …
Read More »JAPAN: Market declines by 24%
The bad news continues for the troubled Japanese games industry with new stats from Famitsu-owning Enterbrain showing that the total value of the region’s games market is down 24.4 per cent year-on-year for the period between December 29th and June 28th. A slump in hardware sales of 27.6 per cent …
Read More »JAPAN: GTAIV goes budget
Rockstar’s next-gen opus Grand Theft Auto IV is getting the budget treatment in Japan with news that the Capcom published title is to be ushered in to the PlayStation Best discount range. Kotaku reports that that the new version will be released on August 27th and will cost YEN 3,900 …
Read More »JAPAN: Black Wii this summer
The release of the first colour variant always marks a significant point in a console’s lifecycle, so considering the Wii’s slowing sales in Japan news of a new look for the machine is hardly surprising. Kotaku has pictures of a new black Wii variant, which will be released on August …
Read More »Monster Hunter creator: Western studios could learn from Japanese devs
...but Capcom's Ryozo Tsujimoto sees there is plenty the East can take from the US and Europe
Read More »Nintendo software delays â??inevitableâ?, says Iwata
Company president explains that you canâ??t rush quality, and â??Miyamoto is not a godâ?
Read More »Sony to halve its 2,500 suppliers
Sony is set to terminate partnerships with more than half of its parts and materials suppliers by 2011 in a new extraordinary effort to save the company around 500 billion Yen (3.3 billion). The decision will see the company’s fleet of 2,500 suppliers cut to around 1,200. Those remaining suppliers …
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