June NPD: Nintendo and Sony Prosper
by Patrick Steen on July 17, 2008

This is the month we’d see how much of an impact Metal Gear Solid 4 had on actual PS3 hardware sales. The results are promising. Read more…
Big Shock: Incredible First Day Sales for GTA IV
by Toni Dimayuga on May 1, 2008

According to industry tracker VG Chartz, early sales data indicates that Grand Theft Auto IV has sold a whopping 2.5 million units in the Americas on its first day of release. This is hot on the heels of reports that the game has sold over 600,000 copies in the UK on its first day, and an estimated 1.7 million units across Europe. Read more…
Wii Fit Vaulting Off Shelves
by Tom Hillman on April 28, 2008

Nintendo’s Wii Fit was released this week, and the craze surrounding it is already becoming comparable to the actual Nintendo Wii launch. Read more…
Xbox 360 Sales Rise in UK Following Price Cut
by Geoff Haugan on March 19, 2008

Following Microsoft’s recent price cut of all the Xbox 360 hardware packages in Europe, sales in the UK have risen by 40%. In an attempt to push back against popular incoming Sony software like Metal Gear Solid 4 and the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue PS3 bundle, the price cut looks to have had the intended effect so far.
Given such an immediate rise, it’s likely the sales increase will continue as word gets out and more people are able to take advantage of the new price. Read more…
Super Mario Galaxy Soars Past 1 Million U.S. Sales in November
by Andrew Podolsky on December 10, 2007
According to sales estimates by The simExchange, Nintendo utterly demolished its rivals in sales last month, selling over a million copies of Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii. The next best-selling software was Call of Duty 4 for the Xbox 360, which sold over 800,000 units. Read more…
Beowulf Gone Budget in Record Time
by Patrick Steen on December 4, 2007
Beowulf the movie is certainly not a budget title. It uses the latest technology to create a 3d CG experience like never before, and employs actors at the top of their game - who surely cost a bomb. The budget must be huge. Budget for the game? Hmm…well it could still be quite significant, but with this news they can’t have put that much cash into at all. Read more…
Costly MGS4 Must Sell 1 Million on Day One
by Cavin Smith on November 29, 2007

All of you PS3 hold-outs better be ready to pony up the cash when Metal Gear Solid 4 finally hits shelves next year, because Kojima Productions needs your support to continue working exclusively on Sony’s next-gen platform. Read more…
Nintendo On Historic High
by Adam Montgomery on November 28, 2007
Nintendo is reporting record sales for the first week of the holiday season. Read more…
Is The PS3 Really Selling That Well? *Update*
by Patrick Steen on November 28, 2007
We have seen reports from Japan and Europe showing that Playstation 3 sales are up, even thrashing the Wii in Japan three weeks running. Yesterday saw Sony boast a 300% sales increase in America since the beginning of November. But are things really that rosy for the Japanese giant? Read more…
PS3 Games Not as Profitable for EA as Mobile Titles
by Adam Montgomery on November 28, 2007
EA’s latest financial report makes embarrassing reading for Sony’s Playstation3, as its profits for EA trail behind those made by EA’s mobile phone games. Read more…
Is The PS3 Really Selling That Well?
by Patrick Steen on November 27, 2007

We have seen reports from Japan and Europe showing that Playstation 3 sales are up, even thrashing the Wii in Japan three weeks running. Yesterday saw Sony boast a 300% sales increase in America since the beginning of November. But are things really that rosy for the Japanese giant? Read more…
Playstation 3 Outsells Wii in Japan for Second Week Straight
by Patrick Steen on November 21, 2007
The latest sales are in from Japan for the week starting 12/11 and ending 18/11, and surprisingly, the PS3 is holding on in there with its new 40GB model, fighting off Nintendo’s Wii for another week. The Xbox360 saw a rise, and Super Mario Galaxy and Heavenly Sword also had respectable sales. Find out the numbers after the jump. Read more…
Xbox 360 Outsells Playstation 3 In Japan, But Handhelds Still on Top
by Ian Ennis on November 9, 2007

Thanks to Ace Combat 6, the Xbox 360 is on top of the Japanese console market this week, slightly ahead of the PS3. The last time Microsoft saw a nice victory like this was two months ago, when Halo 3 topped the charts in Japan. Read more…






