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Analyst: The Year Of The PlayStation 3 Unofficially Delayed
Kotaku - December 26, 2008
Submitted by Sanderson1 (1045) at 5:59PM PST on December 26, 2008
One analyst, Piers Harding-Rolls from Screen Digest says that his firm thinks that next year could be Sony's year. "We always felt that 2008 was the year that PS3 kicked off - but we think that will now be 2009," he says. Yes, this is the same Screen Digest that projected that the PlayStation 3 would dominate, with the Wii slipping to third by 2010. That was extremely early in this console generation and, obviously, things have changed.
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JAPAN: 12/15 - 12/21
Media Create - December 24, 2008
Submitted by apujanata (3) at 3:04PM PST on December 24, 2008
01. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix) - 489,100 / NEW 02. [PS3] Gundam Musou 2 (Bandai Namco) - 176,400 / NEW 03. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 149,600 / 779,100 04. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 144,500 / 731,500 05. [NDS] Tales of Hearts: Anime Movie Edition (Bandai Namco) - 123,600 / NEW For complete list and H/W, see comment.
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SF IV Battle Pits Capcom Against Microsoft Against Sony
Kotaku - December 23, 2008
Submitted by necron101 (57) at 5:29PM PST on December 23, 2008
It's like something out of a fanboy fantasy land. At next year's CES, there will be a Street Fighter IV tournament. In which Capcom, Microsoft and Sony will select champions, then do battle. For real. They will fight, you will take sides, s*?! will get real.
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Factor 5 Officially Closed?
Gamasutra - December 22, 2008
Submitted by apujanata (3) at 4:05PM PST on December 22, 2008
Last week Gamasutra was able to confirm that nearly half of the San Rafael, California-based studio's workforce had been let go. The remaining 38 were forced to take pay cuts in order to allow them to remain at the company. According to a report by IGN’s Matt Casamassina, the entire studio may have been forced to close. Reproducing part of an e-mail from an “inside source” at the company, the report suggests that the company has already closed.
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UK Charts - FIFA 09 Xmas #1
MCV - December 22, 2008
Submitted by deftangel (35) at 12:26PM PST on December 22, 2008
EA has scored its sixth Christmas number on in eight years - FIFA 09 has claimed the top spot and trumped the favourite Call of Duty: World at War. Retailer promotions saw sales of FIFA 09 rocket by 89 per cent according to the weekly sales data from Gfk-ChartTrack. Call of Duty had been the UK's top selling games for the past five weeks. Full Price top 40 in comments.
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Free Radical Closing Down
Edge - December 18, 2008
Submitted by apujanata (3) at 5:08AM PST on December 19, 2008
Free Radical, creator of Timesplitter, are closing down. Co-founder Ellis was "visibly upset" when he talked to the staff. "[He] told staff how very sorry he was and they'd been doing all they could, working flat-out to either find a publisher or a buyer over the past six months, but no offers were made. There have been several visits to the States, but to no avail." Reps from Codemasters and Monumental Games were at the hotel after the meeting asking for CVs and applications.
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JAPAN : 12/08 - 12/14 : Nintendo Platform only week
Media Create - December 17, 2008
Submitted by mrahaju (32) at 1:03PM PST on December 17, 2008
01. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Bandai Namco) - 105,900 / 105,900 02. [WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 97,700 / 587,000 03. [NDS] Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) - 94,500 / 629,400 04. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (Nintendo) - 63,100 / 341,700 05. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (Konami) - 59,000 / 59,000 For complete Top 10, see comment. 5 on Wii, 5 on NDS
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NPD Weekly PC Sales Charts (November 30th - December 6th)
Kotaku - December 15, 2008
Submitted by zukaus (1) at 8:28PM PST on December 16, 2008
The top 10 best selling PC entertainment titles in the US for the week ending December 6th, 2008 according to NPD. Also included is bonus coverage of the daily top selling PC games on Steam and Direct2Drive.
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NPD Canada's 2008 YTD
Canadian Press - December 15, 2008
Submitted by apujanata (3) at 4:26AM PST on December 16, 2008
Wii: 695K X360: 353K PS3: 326K NDS: 717K (all of 2007= 711K) For Nov 2008 S/W Rank and Nov 2008 H/W #, see comment.
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UK Charts, week ending 13 December
Chart Track - December 15, 2008
Submitted by soupsoup (7) at 5:40PM PST on December 15, 2008
Individual formats top ten: 1. Mario Kart Wii, 2. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training, 3. Call Of Duty: World At War (360), 4. Wii Play, 5. Wii Fit, 6. LittleBigPlanet, 7. Call Of Duty: World At War (PS3), 8. Gears Of War 2, 9. Fallout 3 (360), 10. More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima. LBP sales were up 58% over last week. Follow the link for the full top 40.
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