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Japan: 2008 Hardware Sales Down 22%

MediaCreate - November 18, 2008

Submitted by OuterHaven (128) at 8:20PM PST on November 18, 2008

Japan has declined as a market with total hardware console and hand held sales down significantly from last year.
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Oct 2008 NPD: Behind The Numbers

Gamasutra - November 16, 2008

Submitted by apujanata (3) at 4:37PM PST on November 17, 2008

In this exclusive analysis, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews looks in more detail at October's NPD U.S. game hardware/software sales, revealing guitar wars, top-selling games so far this year, and much more. Software Sales by System, YTD 2008 : Wii 38M, X360 30M, PS3 18M
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Square Building U.S. Development Studio

Gamasutra - November 17, 2008

Submitted by OuterHaven (128) at 12:19PM PST on November 17, 2008

Gamasutra: "Tokyo-headquartered developer and publisher Square Enix is building a new studio in Los Angeles (El Segundo) that is working on an action-oriented game based for an original IP. According to the career section of the Final Fantasy company's U.S. site, it is seeking to fill several positions for the new location, including the roles of Xbox 360 software engineer, product manager, 3D artist, and more."
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UK Charts: World at War holds off Lich King

Chart Track - November 17, 2008

Submitted by soupsoup (7) at 12:09PM PST on November 17, 2008

Four new entries take the top spots in the individual formats chart this week. 1. Call of Duty: WaW (360), 2. Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, 3. Call of Duty: WaW (PS3), 4. Football Manager 2009, 5. Gears of War 2, 6. Professor Layton and the Curious Village, 7. Mario Kart Wii, 8. Wii Play, 9. Wii Fit, 10. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training. Check the comments to see how other new releases Wii Music, Mirror's Edge, and Banjo Kazooie got on.
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NPD Top 20

Gamasutra - November 14, 2008

Submitted by apujanata (3) at 4:32AM PST on November 15, 2008

The NPD Group exclusively revealed to Gamasutra the Top 20 Software titles for the U.S. in October 2008, showing disappointing sales for Far Cry 2 and evidence of Activision Blizzard's Guitar Hero: World Tour lower down the charts -- but with November being the true franchise test. For text of the #11 - 20, see comment.
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October 2008 NPD Results

NPD - November 13, 2008

Submitted by apujanata (3) at 3:34PM PST on November 13, 2008

HW Sales Hardware Unit Sales Oct-08 PlayStation 2 136K PlayStation 3 190K PSP 193K Xbox 360 371K Wii 803K Nintendo DS 491K For S/W and other details, see comment.
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NPD PC Sales Charts October 26th - November 1st

Kotaku - November 12, 2008

Submitted by zukaus (1) at 8:51PM PST on November 12, 2008

The top 10 best selling PC entertainment titles in the US for the week ending November 1st, 2008 according to NPD. Also included is bonus coverage of the daily top selling PC games on Steam and Direct2Drive.
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Ubisoft gets bigger by picking up Massive Entertainment

Joystiq - November 10, 2008

Submitted by afsplat (42) at 4:17PM PST on November 10, 2008

Massive Entertainment, developers of World in Conflict and the Ground Control series, have a new home at publisher Ubisoft. The Swedish studio was let go by Activision Blizzard following "The Merger." Clearly, despite Massive's quality work, WiC and the studio's RTS proficiency lacked the "potential to be exploited" by Blizzavision.
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Pachter October NPD Estimates

VG247 - November 10, 2008

Submitted by apujanata (3) at 3:04PM PST on November 10, 2008

Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter’s put out his October hardware estimates. “We estimate sell-through of 775,000 Wii, 325,000 Xbox 360 and 225,000 PS3 consoles,” he said. For comparison, EEDAR's estimate are : Wii 750k, X360 270k, PS3 220k. Note the big difference of expectation for X360 between Pachter and EEDAR
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UK Charts: Gears 2 takes top spot

Chart Track - November 10, 2008

Submitted by soupsoup (7) at 10:53AM PST on November 10, 2008

There are three new entries at the top of the individual formats chart this week. The top ten: 1. Gears of War 2, 2. LittleBigPlanet, 3. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS), 4. Mario Kart Wii, 5. Fallout 3 (360), 6. Wii Fit, 7. Wii Play, 8. FIFA 09 (360), 9. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (DS), 10. Fable II. First week sales for Gears are the 3rd highest of any 360 game. Follow the link for the rest of the chart.
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