Friday, January 30, 2009 - Page 2
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PlatinumGames Launches Website, Promises To ‘Get It’

MadWorld developer PlatinumGames sends its new English language website into orbit today. The site’s first post lays out the site’s M.O.


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Let’s Break Down Nintendo’s Biggest Selling Wii Games (Let’s!)

You’ve seen us break down Nintendo’s DS sales. Now let’s look at the Wii sales! Since this includes the Christmas quarter, sales are looking good, in both Japan and the West.


Who Did Win That BRAVIA Z Series LCD TV?

Without further ado, congrats to Lyn, Paul, Matt, Dan, Georgina and Chris, whose extraordinary abilities to fill out a survey have landed them either a BRAVIA LCD TV (onya Chris) or $100 voucher to their choice of retailer.

Of course, we all know the real reason you so generously gave your time to complete our site surveys had absolutely nothing to do with the $4k prize pool and everything to do with helping us grow our precious little blog. So for that, we thank you.


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Nintendo’s 2009 Launch Schedule Includes Punch Out

Nintendo announced its “Launch Schedule of Primary NINTENDO Products by Region (Jan. 2009~)” for Japan, the United States and Europe. There’s hardware, there’s software, there’s Nintendo, and there’s Giant Reggie Face.


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Let’s Break Down Nintendo’s Biggest Selling DS Games (Let’s!)

Nintendo has released the financial findings for its Nintendo DS games sold last year.


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Survey: 47% Of PC Game Purchases Are Digital

Getting sales data for the PC market is hard. The NPD Group try, but they don’t cover digital downloads, so there are big holes in their data. Enter Rock Paper Shotgun’s ginormous reader survey.


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Bruce Shelley And Ensemble Studios Say ‘Goodbye and Thanks’

Ensemble Studios is being shuttered. The studio’s Bruce Shelley leaves us with one last (and bittersweet) blog post.


In Real Life

This Is The New Xbox Experience That Could Have Been

Design firm Grid/plane worked with Microsoft on early design ideas for the New Xbox Experience. While the NXE we ended up with is a different beast, it’s interesting looking at what could have been.


News

Has ‘Something Big Gone Wrong’ At Nintendo?

Respected analyst Hiroshi Kamide thinks so. Following Nintendo’s announcement last night of a cut in profit forecasts, Kamide thinks the revision was made because the company know “something big has gone wrong”.


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R18+ Debate: Atkinson Delays Discussion Paper Again

Kotaku AU

Why is this man still smiling? Is it because he enjoys frustrating the millions of gamers around the country? It’s the only explanation we can think of as, once again, SA Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has thrown a spanner in the works of proposed changes to our videogame classification system.