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Australian Game Sales Down At Retail, But Does The Growth In Digital Make Up For It?

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11:00AM February 6, 2012 | Mark Serrels

According to the latest data from NPD Australia, the Australian Games Industry raked in $1.5 billion at retail in 2011, that’s a 12.8 per cent contraction compared to 2010, but that figure doesn’t account for the growth in digital sales, says Ron Curry, CEO of iGEA. More »


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PS Vita Now Selling Less Than PSP In Japan

12:00AM January 22, 2012 | Owen Good

The PlayStation Vita debuted to strong sales in mid-December. New devices usually do and a falloff after that is likewise to be expected. But for the week ending January 15 — a month after its Japan release — the PS Vita had fallen to 18,361 units sold. More »


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Steam Sales Double For The Seventh Straight Year

4:00AM January 7, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Disproving the power of packaged goods once again, Valve’s digital download platform Steam saw another year of massive growth in 2011, with sales more than doubling and the number of simultaneous users surpassing the five million mark. What gets five million people on Steam all at once? More »


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Japan PS Vita Sales Drop 78 Per Cent In A Week

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11:30AM December 31, 2011 | Logan Booker

Sony’s latest handheld had a cracking debut last weekend in Japan, hitting 325,000 sales in just two days. Unfortunately, the console hasn’t been able to sustain the momentum, even with the benefit of Christmas, pushing a paltry 72,000 the following week. More »


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Now’s A Great Time To Pick Up Those PlayStation 3 Add-Ons You’ve Been Eyeing

6:30AM December 28, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Have you purchased add-ons like controllers, headsets, or glowing balls-on-sticks for the PlayStation 3 in the weeks leading up to Christmas? Why would you do that? Didn’t you know Sony’s Play Days sale was coming? More »


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So Many Cheap Games I Don’t Even Know Where To Start

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10:30AM December 22, 2011 | Mark Serrels

I noticed there was a sale on Square-Enix games on the iOS — ‘oh, must tell the chaps and chapettes on Kotaku Australia,’ I thought. Then I saw there was also a massive EA sale. ‘This is getting saucy,’ I told myself. Then I saw that Capcom had a sale on PSN. My poor wallet. Now it’s my duty to inform you all, and push you all headfirst into the poorhouse. More »


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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Shatters All Sales Records, Surprises No One

12:46AM November 12, 2011 | Brian Crecente

More than 6.5 million people bought copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in the US and UK in the first 24 hours of its release, Activision said today. More »


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Soccer And 48 Pop Idols Show Rage Who’s The Boss In Japan

9:40AM October 14, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

It was a big week for two very different video games in Japan. One, Konami’s World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012 (a series you may know as Pro Evo), topped the charts overseas, selling more than a quarter million copies in its first week. More »


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The Legend Of Heroes & Dynasty Warriors Take Down Dark Souls

7:40AM October 7, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

After debuting strongly in first place in Japan a couple weeks back, PlayStation 3 role-playing game Dark Souls has been defeated. Taking its first place position is another role-playing game, the latest in Falcom’s Legend of Heroes line. More »


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PlayStation Gamers Choose Dark Souls Over Rage… At Kmart

3:08AM October 6, 2011 | Mike Fahey

According to a surprised American Kmart Gamer, the avatar of all things gaming and Kmart-related, the PlayStation 3 version of Dark Souls outsold Rage on the PS3 yesterday, defying expectations, while Rage reigned supreme on the Xbox 360. [Twitter]