By game title, sales in the quarter for Lineage recorded KRW 28.1 billion (US$27.2 million), Lineage II KRW 34.7 billion (US$33.6 million), City of Heroes®/City of Villains® KRW 5.7 billion (US$5.5 million), Guild Wars KRW 5.1 billion (US$4.9 million) and Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa® KRW 2 billion (US$1.9 million).
Blizzard has struck a joint venture with NetEase.com affiliate Shanghai EaseNet Network Technology Limited. Blizzard will be introducing StarCraft II, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, and Battle.net platform to China.
@mrahaju,
It definitely is not easy to compare because Wii also benefited from releasing a year after the 360. Had they released in the same timeframe like Wii vs PS3, then we would have a good comparison.
@mrahaju,
Interesting part :
Taking all that into account, it's abundantly clear that both Microsoft and Nintendo are keenly aware of the importance of third parties in the future success of their consoles, but it also highlights one important point: If Nintendo wasn't a Microsoft competitor, why would it care about Nintendo's claims of dominance?
Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
But in the end, there's really no way to judge the success of third parties on either console in a way that would be fair to all parties involved. Sure, there are a number of factors involved, including hardware sales and first-party sales, but it's practically impossible to compare each fairly.
Microsoft was contacted for a response. So far, it has yet to respond.
According to NPD's Anita Frazier, in the first 20 months of availability (the entire tally of sold units so far), the Wii "sold 60 million total S/W, 33 milion is third party. This does not include Wii Sports" During its first 20 months of availability, the Xbox 360 sold "35 million software units, 29 Million is third party" Over its entire lifespan Xbox 360 has sold 82 million units total (67 million units third party)
Could we get the listing for the Tales of Symphonia Wii game switched to the English title for the game (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World) - as the site is an English-based one?
@Heloise10,
You could be right. The LEGO games are really popular within hardcore gamers too. It also doesn't try to be the movie, so realistic fighting is not important.
Sega president Simon Jeffery appeared to have misspoke on the employment fate of famed game designer Yu Suzuki when he told Gamasutra that the Outrun creator was no longer employed at the company. Turns out, he is! Hooray! Said to be bearing the title Creative Officer of Sega Corp., Suzuki may be (extremely) low profile and the opposite of prolific, but it appears he's still getting his checks signed by Sega.
The achievements for Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise have just made their way onto the interwebs and among the traditional gardening achievements we spotted an extremely interesting and feature revealing "Full House" achievement. This 10 Gamerscore earning "Full House" achievement pretty much confirms co-op details we never knew about Trouble in Paradise, reading "Play 4 Player Online Co-op for 1 hour".