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Xbox 360 Notches Rare Triumph Over Wii In February EB World members had gotten the early word, but passing past my local EB today, I noticed that a pretty intense one-day only sale is going on. Want a PS3 for $284, or a Vita for $298? Well, today is probably the day to head in to your local shopping centre and spent your rent money!*
After Dick Smith’s poorly handled video game sale last week, it seems as though it’s attempting to make amends, by offering 30% off on all games and accessories until this Sunday.
It’s become popular at the moment to worry about the death of gaming as we know it. The meteoric rise of mobile handheld platforms certainly has been disruptive and, as Kotaku Editor-in-Chief Stephen Totilo reported earlier today, there are valid concerns about the longevity and existence of console-based gaming in the future.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
