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Figures from US sales analyst NPD group have shown that Nintendo’s DS sold more hardware units in August than any machine has ever sold throughout the month in North America. Videogamer reports that DS sold 518,000 units in the territory last month – beating the previous record set by PS2 …
Read More »US: Monthly growth slows amid credit crunch concerns
Amid a global climate of credit meltdowns and consumer struggles, the US games market continued to grow in August, but its rate of growth has dropped to its lowest in over two years. August sales were nine per cent up on the same month in 2007 – reason to cheer, …
Read More »US: 360 tops PS3 in August hardware sales
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has edged out Sony’s PS3 in the US during August, shifting 195,400 units compared to its rival 185,200 PS3s. However, both platforms were eclipsed by the DS (518,300 units), Wii (453,000) and Sony’s PSP (253,000). "The PSP and PS3 systems achieved the greatest percentage gain of all …
Read More »US: 360 sales double after price drop
Though the official sales numbers are yet to be revealed, Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft is claiming that sales of its machines have experienced a 100 per cent upturn across all SKUs following its recent price cuts in the territory . A press release, supplied via Kotaku, reads: Coming off …
Read More »US: Call of Duty World at War dated
Mega-publisher Activision-Blizzard has confirmed that Treyarch’s anticipated WWII shooter Call of Duty: World at War will be released on 360, PS3, Wii, DS and PC on November 11th. There’s no word yet on a European release date, but the odds are now surely on its continental arrival occurring on the …
Read More »Dead Space release date moves again
Just last week EA announced that the release of its brand new sci-fi survival horror IP Dead Space had been moved forward a week from the initially touted Halloween to October 24th – but seemingly that’s simply not soon enough. The publisher has now stated that the US release has …
Read More »US: Xbox 360 price drop confirmed
Just hours after analysts predicted a North American price drop , Microsoft has confirmed that is has dropped the RRP on all three of its Xbox 360 SKUs – with the now sub-$200 Arcade pack leading the charge. Coming in below the price of rival Nintendo’s popular Wii, Microsoft has …
Read More »US: Xbox 360 price cut predicted
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 »USA: STALKER Clear Sky suffers delay
The North American release of GSC’s anticipated PC FPS prequel STAKLER: Clear Sky has been delayed for what is claimed to be ‘a few days’ following an error with the game’s CD keys. Publisher Deep Silver confirmed to Shacknews that the initial batch of North American editions of the game …
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 …
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