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Battle Of The Music Games: The Beatles: Rock Band Vs. Guitar Hero 5
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | The NPD Group’s September hardware sales report fails to mention two other important platforms viciously battling for gamer’s attention—Rock Band and Guitar Hero, two games that saw big releases last month. So who won? More »
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Wii Sports Resort Sells Half A Million In 8 Days
8:00AM Michael McWhertor | Nintendo’s follow up to the best-selling game of all time, Wii Sports, is off to a good start in the United States. The company boasted today of Wii Sports Resort’s first week sales, some 500,000 copies in eight days. More »
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The Sims 3 Sells 1.4 Million During Week One
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Was there ever any doubt that The Sims 3 would be a smashing success? If so, sweep away those doubts, because the Electronic Arts published game is now “the best-selling PC launch in EA’s history.” More »
Sony Responds To November NPD Sales, Seems Pleased
12:00PM Michael McWhertor | The PlayStation family didn’t have an ideal November, but Sony’s not letting an across-the-board decline bring it down. Nope, we’re only five words into the company’s NPD response before it throws it out there. “Momentum.” More »
Nintendo Responds To November NPD Sales, Seems Pleased
11:30AM Michael McWhertor | When just one of your platforms does more than a half-billion dollars in revenue, we’d expect you to be pleased. Unsurprisingly, Nintendo seems to be, bragging about the 3.6 million systems it sold last month in the US. More »
Microsoft Responds To November NPD Sales, Seams Pleased
11:00AM Michael McWhertor | The Xbox 360 had a solid, more spectacular November in the US than it did last year, which Microsoft is calling its “Biggest November Ever.” It took a few shots at its PlayStation competition while doing so. More »
Valve Releases Ten Years Of Amazing Sales Figures
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Half-Life, the first-person shooter that put Valve on the map, has sold, on average, almost a million copies each year since its release in 1998. It’s still the company’s best seller—and that’s just at retail. More »
Mario Kart & Wii Fit Get ELSPA Diamond Awards
6:40AM Stuart Houghton | Hey, guess what platform exclusive games have sold over a million copies in the UK recently? Why, it’s Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit, of course. More »
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Far Cry 2 Burns Through A Million Copies
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Ubisoft extended its sales plumage earlier today, proudly boasting that the Ubisoft Montreal-developed Far Cry 2 has already sold through 1 million copies since its October 21st launch. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said the game is “well on track to achieve our expectations for the year.” Someone has high expectations! More »
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