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Kinect Sees A Million Sales In 10 Days

9:40AM November 16, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Microsoft says it has already sold one million Kinect cameras to Xbox 360 owners since the add-on for the console launched in the US earlier this month. More »


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It’s Official: Nintendo Has Sold A Ridiculous Amount Of Wii Remotes

7:40AM October 26, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

63,500,000. That’s the number of Wii Remotes Nintendo says it has sold in the United States since the Wii launched in November 2006. How did Nintendo manage to move so many of the damn things? More »


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Sony: We’ve Sold* More Than A Million PlayStation Moves

7:20AM October 22, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Sony’s motion controller add-on for the PlayStation 3 has been out for a little more than a month in North America. How’s the PlayStation Move doing, according to Sony? Oh, spectacularly, of course! More »


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Battlefield: Bad Company Demo — Over 3.5 Million Served

4:30AM February 21, 2010 | Owen Good

Electronic Arts is bragging that its Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo on PS3 and Xbox 360 has been downloaded more than 3.5 million times since its release last month. Yes, demo bragging is officially a trend now. More »


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PS3 Sales Reach Weekly All Time High

3:20PM December 1, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Sony saw swift PlayStation 3 sales over Black Friday and the holiday weekend. The home console racked up big numbers, reaching an all time high for the system, selling 440,000 units. More »


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Nintendo Sold Over 1.5 Million Wiis, DSs Last Week

10:20AM December 1, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

November will be a big month for Nintendo when all is said and done, based on the more than 1.5 million consoles and handhelds it sold in the United States last week. More »


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Battle Of The Music Games: The Beatles: Rock Band Vs. Guitar Hero 5

11:20AM October 20, 2009 | 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 August 6, 2009 | 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 June 10, 2009 | 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 »


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Sony Responds To November NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

12:00PM December 12, 2008 | 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.”

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