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Scribblenauts Spells Sales Success In September
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Though it didn’t make an appearance in the NPD Group’s top ten bestselling games in the U.S. for September, 5th Cell’s innovative Nintendo DS game Scribblenauts conjured up impressive sales. More »
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Halo 3: ODST Beats Out Madden, Mario & Marvel To Win September
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | The PlayStation 3 may have killed it in the hardware contest last month, but Xbox 360 software reigned supreme this September, thanks to Bungie’s Halo 3: ODST. The game dropped more than 1.5 million copies in its debut month. More »
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PS3 Price Drop Makes It September’s Bestselling Console
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | The newer, slimmer, cheaper PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360 and Wii during the month of September, according to new data from the NPD Group, the first time the console has bested both of its console rivals in the U.S. More »
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Madden Tops Charts Again, But Sales Plummet On PS2, Wii
9:00AM Michael McWhertor | Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello had a right to be discouraged by sales of the latest Madden NFL football game from EA Sports. While it managed to be August’s bestselling game in the US, sales were definitely down. More »
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NPD: PS3 Sales Gain Ground On Price Drop, Nintendo DS Still Tops
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | August video game hardware sales were, like most of 2009, down from the previous year. But at least PlayStation 3 sales were up considerably from the month prior, selling almost twice the amount thanks to a mid-month price drop. More »
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NPD: U.S. Hardware Sales Continue Decline, Xbox Holds Strong
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | It was another depressing month for the video game industry in the United States, as hardware sales dropped across the board, with the Wii, PSP and PlayStation 3 seeing the biggest year-over-year declines. More »
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Prototype, UFC Beat Up The Competition In June
9:00AM Michael McWhertor | U.S. consumers liked what they saw in Activision’s Prototype making the open world action game June’s bestselling title by an impressive margin. Its sales beat those of the game it was often compared to, Infamous, by more than two to one. More »
U.S. Army Testing Out Recruitment ‘Arcades’
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | The U.S. Army wants you, gamers. It’s testing a new kind of recruitment centre, one the New York Times is calling a “model for recruitment in urban areas,” one that smacks of old-school arcades. More »
Nintendo Sold 800K Wiis In The US Last Week
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, said that the company sold 800,000 Wiis in the United States during the week of Black Friday. Yes, 800,000. In a week. More »
