Speaking to a crowd of Sony faithful and journalists at CES 2009, Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai offered up some numbers for the whimsical and woefully under-selling "LittleBigPlanet." It seems that, since its launch, the game has sold 1.3 million copies worldwide, which have been used to create 300k levels (which feature a total [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 13, 2008
Today, I was dismayed to learn that one of the best and most innovative games of the year, Valkyria Chronicles, is performing awfully in the American market. 33,000 units sold in the first month of release for the PS3’s only must-buy RPG title, and the most innovative strategy game in years? For shame, gamers. (It's [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 4, 2008
Want to know how to make bank in the gaming industry? Make good games! It’s that simple. In the latest issue of Game Informer, Valve shares the retail sales numbers of their games in the last decade. The numbers are physical copy only; Steam sales aren’t counted at all. Steam sales are a big part of [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 30, 2008
With companies still caring too much about review scores, and with recent studies showing that advertisements play a far larger role in purchases than any objective scores or grades, the timing was perfect for an example to drive home the “Reviews don’t matter quite as much as people think (most of the time)” debate. That [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 22, 2008
If you thought the early reception for Nintendo’s DSi was just a flash in the pan … Actually, did anyone think that? After an amazing first week of sales (including 170k units sold in its first two days of availability in Japan), the DSi continues to lead the way in Nintendo’s homeland according to Famitsu’s latest [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 14, 2008
Attention everyone who is new to the Steam bandwagon and who have never really gotten into Valve's older titles: Valve wants your economic crisis monies. This week, Steam users will be able to pick up the entire Valve catalog (22 Valve games in all) for the price of $99.99. For those who don't feel like [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 21, 2008
Considering Nintendo is hoping to give the game a North American release, this news can only bode well for the DS incarnation of Nintendo R&D1's quirky rhythm title. Rhythm Heaven, which we thoroughly enjoyed back at E3, claimed the top spot this week for game sales in Japan, as reported by Media Create via Gamasutra.
Continue reading...Thursday, May 29, 2008
Gamasutra has a lengthy look at a new report from DFC Intelligence discussing predicted hardware and software sales of the big three consoles over the coming years. Although the focus of the report seems to be about the viability of the PS3, DFC still manages to include a few nuggets about the Wii in there. [...]
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