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Media Create Sales: 01/12 - 01/18, 2009
Media Create - January 23, 2009
Submitted by apujanata (3) at 2:56AM PST on January 25, 2009
01. [WII] Wii Play: Mario Tennis (Nintendo) 56,509 / NEW 02. [NDS] Megami Ibunroku: Devil Survivor (Atlas) 55,466 / NEW 03. [PS3] Naruto: Narutimate Storm (Namco Bandai) 44,065 / NEW 04. [PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix) 29,355 / 848,000 05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (Capcom) 27,032 / 332,000 For remaining list, please see comment.
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Amazon's Top 10 Video Game Pre-Orders
Gamersreort - January 24, 2009
Submitted by apujanata (3) at 2:27AM PST on January 25, 2009
n an e-mail today from Amazon, they listed the top 10 video game pre-orders to date. In other words, the top 10 anticipated games of 2009, at least on Amazon, It is a good overall gauge, though, of what gamers are looking forward to. For list, see comment.
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No Link Between Violent Games & School Shootings
GamePolitics - January 21, 2009
Submitted by necron101 (57) at 12:53PM PST on January 21, 2009
A researcher at Texas A&M International University has concluded that there is "no significant relationship" between school shootings and playing violent video games. Writing for the Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, Prof. Christopher Ferguson criticizes the methodology used in earlier research linking games to violence and aggression.
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Exclusive NPD sales data from GamaS
GamaSutra - January 21, 2009
Submitted by deftangel (35) at 8:28AM PST on January 21, 2009
The top 20 selling software list for December 2008 released by the NPD Group on Thursday of last week contained some surprising appearances as well as absences. However, big-name titles like Ubisoft's Prince of Persia, Sony's Resistance 2, LBP and Eidos' Tomb Raider: Underworld fell completely below the top 20 list, and so their sales figures remained unknown. Furthermore, NPD provided us with launch-to-date sales for Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4.
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Famitsu Top 100 2008
Famitsu - January 19, 2009
Submitted by apujanata (3) at 2:43AM PST on January 21, 2009
01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) 2,452,111 02. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) 2,187,337 03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 2,149,131 / 2,967,297 04. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) 2,003,315 05. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) 1,747,113 For the remaining list, see comment.
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Digital distribution: PC Sales Charts January
Kotaku - January 20, 2009
Submitted by dryden (247) at 6:25PM PST on January 20, 2009
Although NPD data is already posted, this post lists Steam and Direct2Drive data also: Definitely a mixed bag in this week's edition of the PC sales charts. Lich King sits atop the NPD charts, while on both Steam and Direct2Drive, EA games are punching above their weight.
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Australia : Games Market 47 % Growth In 2008
Gamasutra - January 20, 2009
Submitted by apujanata (3) at 4:28PM PST on January 20, 2009
The Australian games market saw an increase in sales of 47 percent in 2008, as the industry’s value rose to $1.96 billion. Software sales rose by 57 %, hardware sales up 43 % and accessories sales up 68 %. The most popular titles were what the IEAA calls "family games", which saw 137 percent sales growth over 2007. The second most popular category of titles were "action games".
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XBOX LIVE Activity Week of 1/12/09
majornelson.com - January 20, 2008
Submitted by FoxHoundADAM (95) at 11:05AM PST on January 20, 2009
Call of Duty: World at War took over the top spot for all Xbox LIVE acitvity last week. Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War 2 and Left 4 Dead rounded out the top 5. Castle Crashers had the top spot for all arcade games, fueled by the recent release of DLC. Additionaly a new section for the most played Communit Games.
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Weekly PC Sales: Lich King Reclaims Its Throne
Shacknews - January 19, 2009
Submitted by soupsoup (7) at 12:48PM PST on January 19, 2009
The latest PC sales figures from marketing research firm NPD Group are in, showing the ten most popular games at US retailers from January 4-10, 2009. After being dethroned by The Sims 2 Double Deluxe last week, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King reassumed the top spot. Meanwhile, Left 4 Dead rose from #7 to #3, Call of Duty and Fallout 3 dropped a few spots, and Red Alert 3 reappeared, probably because of a lower price.
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UK CHARTS: Wii Fit returns to the top
MCV - January 19, 2009
Submitted by deftangel (35) at 10:47AM PST on January 19, 2009
Nintendo’s exercise title claims the ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 crown for the fifth time The ever-popular Wii Fit has proved that it's far from out of steam this week by returning to the top of ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for the fifth time, knocking last week’s number one, EA’s FIFA 09, back to number four.
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