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NPD, GfK Chart-Track, Enterbrain Team Up to Measure Global Software Sales

Any individual gamer may or may not have care how many units of Tales of Vesperia flew off store shelves in Japan last week — but as a whole we gamers sure do love our statistics. And whether gathering ammunition for the “console wars,’ reveling in the fact that that their favorite medium sold better [...]

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Xbox 360 Leads PS3 in Japan, Even as Sales ‘Stagnant’ in US Update

Looking at previous generations of video game hardware, there have regularly been big winners and big losers in what are dubbed the “console wars.” PS1 trounced the Dreamcast and N64. PS2 continues to thrive even as Xbox and GameCube lie all-but-forgotten. Nintendo’s Game Boys have historically driven all competitors out of business. But in this [...]

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The Best Pre-E3 Scoops

The Electronic Entertainment Expo certainly ain’t what she used to be. Formerly a mecca for game industry insiders looking to get their hands on the latest and greatest, hear exclusive announcements and witness the booth babe-studded spectacle, it was all ruined by GameCyte’s Jesse Henning has since shrunken to a tiny invite-only affair designated the [...]

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US Wii Fit Shortage Intentional, Alleges Analyst

Nintendo’s Wii Fit has already become a worldwide success story at retail, selling over two million copies in Japan alone. But for U.S. consumers, finding the oblong white box is an exercise in frustration; and according to the perennially outspoken Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter, Nintendo — and the weak dollar — are to [...]

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GameStop CEO Says Hardware Doing Fine, ‘Happy’ with Current PS3 Pricing

Yesterday, we suggested that industry analysts would be a far more reliable source of prognostication than cautiously spinning studio executives, but we forgot that there is another semi-reliable source that has even greater access to sales data — the GameStop corporation. Following today’s quarterly earnings report, CEO Dick Fontaine told investors that the industry is [...]

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Discussing Game Violence with Maturity: Senator Leland Yee

This week, California State Senator Leland Yee defends our children — and his own political stance — by answering YOUR questions.

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April NPD Numbers: Grand Theft Chart, Mario Kart, PS2 Departs

The April NPD numbers are here, and once again the gaming industry performs as if recession meant every American had $600 burning a hole in their pocket and only games to spend it on. With multiple Guinness World Records in its honor, even with only five days worth of sales there was no question whatsoever [...]

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Anecdotal Evidence Suggests GTA IV is Selling Twice as Many Copies on Xbox 360 as PS3

In the aftermath of one of the largest video game launches of the year, if not of history, Microsoft and Sony are trying to use the retail numbers to jockey for position in their hardware war. Currently, Microsoft is bragging that the 360 edition of Grand Theft Auto IV is outselling to the PS3 version [...]

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GTA IV Breaks UK Sales Record, Sells 609K on Day One

Your forecast for U.S. sales of Grand Theft Auto IV is sunny with a chance of massive ownage, if initial UK results are any indication — MCV is reporting that in the United Kingdom, the game sold 609,000 copies on day one, breaking sales records along the way.

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Battle of the Analysts Mostly Resolved, GTA IV Will Sell 9 Million?

We’ve already heard that Grand Theft Auto IV will probably outsell Halo 3; and this won’t be the first time Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has estimated the game will move 9 million copies. But now, Pachter tells the Associated Press that the game won’t sell that nine million over the course of the year, [...]

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