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First day sales in Japan

Posted on 15 years ago by (@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

First day sales data in Japan for various games have been released.

Fantasy Golf Pangya Portable (PSP) – 8,000 (45%)
Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Fate of Heat II – Unmei no Futari (DS) – 6,000 (25%)
The Godfather II (PS3) – 3,500 (35%)
The Godfather II (360) – 2,300 (35%)
Remember11: The Age of Infinity (PS3) – LE 500 (20%)
Deca Sports 2 (Wii) – 2,500 (3%)


ESRB updates

Posted on 15 years ago by (@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 8 Comments

Ghostbusters The Videogame (DSi) – E
The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity (DSi) – E
N+ (DSi) – E
Hot ‘n’ Cold (DS) – E
Space Camp (Wii) – E
The Tower of Druaga (Wii) – E
Gaplus (Wii) – E
Overlord: Dark Legend (Wii) – T
Mappy (Wii) – E
Little King’s Story (Wii) – T
BRAIN CHALLENGE (DSi) – E
Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming (DS) – E
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 (Wii) – E

We’ll have to see what all of those Atari DSi ratings are.


NO HELP NEEDED HERE! HUDSON ENTERTAINMENT’S QUIRKY JOB
Help Wanted is One Step Closer to Bringing 50 Wacky Jobs to WiiTM Owners

San Mateo, Calif. – April 16, 2009 – Help Wanted, the upcoming job simulation videogame from Hudson Entertainment, is about to begin taking applications as it has just gone gold. Help Wanted is published by Hudson Entertainment, the North and South American publishing arm for HUDSON SOFT, and will be available exclusively for the Nintendo Wii console on May 12th.

“Help Wanted is a compellation of quirky and fun mini-games that lets players try out wacky jobs like a Haunted House Monster – it’s filled with silly humor,” said Mike Pepe, Director of Marketing of Hudson Entertainment. “We continue to look forward to consumers being able to try out Help Wanted for themselves now that it has completed development!”


Hidden away in the depths of Nintendo’s latest NPD press release is news regarding the DSi’s performance in the United States. According to the company, 435,000 units were sold in just one week. The DS Lite did not disappear with the release of the DSi, as 226,300 systems were sold in the same time span. Earlier this month, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata stated that 300,000 DSi units were moved in the United States and UK during launch weekend.


Initial NPD sales data reports are in for two hardcore Nintendo titles: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and MadWorld. Unfortunately, neither title seemed to have sold particularly well. Analysts were predicting a fairly huge month for Chinatown Wars, anticipating up to 450,000  units sold. In actuality, the game’s true performance was the complete opposite. GTA on the DS managed to move an estimated 88,704 copies. More disappointing news comes from the first sales data numbers on the ultra hardcore Wii title MadWorld. The title apparently sold less than 70,000 units. While NPD accounts for sales only in North America, it will be interesting to see how third-parties react to both of these latest figures.


PSP 40,886
DSi 40,673
PS3 16,701
Wii 13,349
Xbox 360 10,134
DS Lite 6,869
PS2 4,531

Source


Nintendo News

Nintendo Systems Account for 58.4% of Video Game Hardware Sold in March

Nintendo’s Wii™ home console and the Nintendo DS™ portable video game system comfortably led U.S. sales in March, according to data from the independent NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. Pokémon™ Platinum Version for Nintendo DS emerged as the No. 2 video game of the month, with nearly 805,000 units sold.

Wii tallied sales of nearly 601,000 in March, while Nintendo DS sold more than half a million, even in advance of the April 5 launch of the new Nintendo DSi™ system. Both Wii and Nintendo DS extended their lead as the best-selling video game systems of this generation.



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