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Following NPD’s games industry report for North America in February , Nintendo and Sony have responded in bullish fashion and spoken positively about the year ahead. Nintendo, whose DS and Wii were the clear hardware leaders for the month selling over a million between them, said in a statement: Our …
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 »Metal Gear Solid Collection confirmed
After a period of speculation and gossip, Konami has finally confirmed that Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection will be arriving on PS2 shortly – in the US at least. The game includes the original PSOne Metal Gear Solid, the Director’s Cut edition of Metal Gear Solid 2 and the …
Read More »Rock Band moshing on Wii
CVG reports that Electronic Arts has confirmed Rock Band is coming to Nintendo’s Wii. EA CEO John Riccitiello revealed the information during the question-and-answer session of the company’s third-quarter conference call, referring to the coming launch” of a Wii version of the game. Last year, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos said …
Read More »Microsoft: 360 can be this generations PS2
Top Microsoft exec Jeff Bell has revealed that the format holder plans to make Xbox 360 ‘this generation’s PS2′. Bell, corporate VP of global marketing for Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, also said he was hopeful that 360 would become popular with Wii owners who had ‘graduated’ above Nintendo’s console. Speaking …
Read More »US: Nintendo DS triumphs in 07 hardware war
In a year that has seen all of the so-called seventh-generation of machines fully established and battling it out on the market, Nintendo’s DS has emerged as the top selling console in the US in 2007. The DS shifted 8.5 million units throughout the year in the US, well ahead …
Read More »New Euro PS2 confirmed for 08
Following the news that Sony is ready to unleash a redesigned PS2, which was first revealed by MCV last week , SCEE has confirmed to MCV that a European launch in the New Year is on the cards. Though no news on date or price has yet been announced, MCV …
Read More »New model PS2 confirmed
As reported by MCV last week , Sony has now confirmed that a new model PS2 will shortly hit the Japanese market – boasting a lighter weight and integrated power supply, Reuters reports. Launching on November 22nd, the new model is the same size as the existing PS2 Slim, but …
Read More »Is the end in sight for PS2?
Jeetil Patel, analyst for Deutsche Bank, has claimed that the most successful console the world has ever seen, the PS2, could be finally approaching the end of its days following the publication of NPD’s September sales figures for the US. GameDaily quotes Patel as saying: PlayStation 2 software sales fell …
Read More »PopCap titles to hit retail
MCV sister site Develop reports that PopCap Arcade Vol 1 heads to 360 containing Bejeweled 2, AstroPop, Feeding Frenzy and Zuma, while PopCap Hits Vol 1 for PS2 boasts Bejeweled 2 and AstroPop. All the games have of course has extremely profitable runs available for download via the likes of …
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