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Bandai Namco Q2 FY09

Bandai Namco - November 4, 2008

Submitted by apujanata (3) at 4:42PM PST on November 5, 2008

Net Sales: 190.8 billion yen (-10.6%) Net Income: 1.3 billion yen (-83.9%) For S/W shipment and sales broken into platform, see comment.
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Activision Blizzard loses $108m in Q209

Joystiq - November 5, 2008

Submitted by rjboettcher (360) at 2:41PM PST on November 5, 2008

"Publishing powerhouse Activision Blizzard (or "A.B. Atta' Boy" to its friends) has released its fiscal quarter results for the three-month period ending September 30. Overall, the company incurred a $108 million net loss, with a bulk of that (at least $188 million) from costs related to the merger with Vivendi Games. Top games for the quarter were Call of Duty 4, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, GH: On Tour and money-gusher World of Warcraft."
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BBC: Games 'to outsell' music, video

BBC - November 5, 2008

Submitted by OuterHaven (123) at 12:30PM PST on November 5, 2008

UK sales of games will outstrip music and video for the first time in 2008, says a report from Verdict Research.A huge shift in consumer attitudes has turned video games into the UK's most popular form of entertainment, say the retail analysts. It predicts spending on games will rise by 42% to £4.64bn in 2008, with sales on music and video at £4.46bn.
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UK Top 10 : Week 44, 2008

Charttrack - November 3, 2008

Submitted by apujanata (3) at 5:33AM PST on November 5, 2008

Individual Format : 01 (07) WII Wii Fit (Nintendo) 02 (__) 360 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks) 03 (01) 360 Fable II (Microsoft) 04 (08) WII Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 05 (__) PS3 Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks) 06 (09) 360 Fifa 09 (Electronic Arts) 07 (03) 360 Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft) 08 (13) WII Wii Play (Nintendo) 09 (14) NDS Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo) 10 (__) PS2 Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
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Metacritic to tighten user votes system

GamesIndustry - November 5, 2008

Submitted by welshbloke (25) at 5:07AM PST on November 5, 2008

Aggregate site Metacritic has said that it intends to tighten its user voting system after a series of high profile games received poor scores before they were even released to stores. Platform exclusive titles LittleBigPlanet, Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2 have all suffered at the hands of users intent on disrupting legitimate scores – prompting Metacritic to disallow titles to be voted for before public release.
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NPD PC Sales Charts October 19th-25th

Kotaku - November 3, 2008

Submitted by zukaus (1) at 3:22PM PST on November 4, 2008

The top 10 best selling PC entertainment titles in the US for the week ending October 25th, 2008 according to NPD. Also included is bonus coverage of the daily top selling PC games on Steam and Direct2Drive.
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1M Sold & Sequel possibility

Edge Online - October 30, 2008

Submitted by apujanata (3) at 6:27PM PST on October 31, 2008

Poland-based CD Projekt's development debut, the PC RPG The Witcher, sold 1 million copies worldwide in the 12 months since release. Development cost is $11 million. It's success is achieved by making a game for a certain kind of gamer instead of trying to be everything to everyone. While other spends millions of dollars on marketing , the importance of word of mouth sometimes is lost on game companies.
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Japan Sales: 10/20 - 10/26

Media Create - October 30, 2008

Submitted by apujanata (3) at 4:03AM PST on October 31, 2008

PSP | 60,467 WII | 24,292 DS | 22,965 360 | 7,844 PS2 | 6,962 PS3 | 3,931. This is the week that PS3 went below 4K/week. For Software, see comment
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Pre-owned market is "defrauding the industry"

GamesIndustry - October 30, 2008

Submitted by welshbloke (25) at 9:52AM PST on October 30, 2008

Frontier founder and creator of Elite, David Braben, has said that he thinks HMV's move into selling pre-owned games is "shocking", and that the increasing emphasis on the pre-owned market is a serious threat to the games industry.
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Aussie game charts: October 20-26

Gamespot AU - October 29, 2008

Submitted by afsplat (42) at 8:16AM PST on October 30, 2008

For the first time in a month, Wii Fit has been knocked off the top spot of the Australian game charts, with the honours going to the Xbox 360 exclusive--Fable II. The last game to knock Wii Fit down was Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which only held the champion place for one week.
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