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GameStop ad (11/6 – 11/12)

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This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. It’s yet another slow week at the retailer, but you can find what’s being offered this week below.

Media Create software sales (10/28 – 11/3)

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 162.347 / 2.731.470 (-29%)
02./02. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} (¥3.980) – 52.826 / 136.709 (-37%)
03./00. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Wars (Level 5) {2013.10.31} (¥4.980) – 50.217 / NEW
04./04. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 46.729 / 2.872.106 (-31%)
05./06. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} (¥2.980) – 38.179 / 74.181 (+6%)
06./00. [WIU] Wii Party U (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥4.935) – 37.371 / NEW
07./00. [PSV] Gundam Breaker # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.31} (¥6.980) – 33.775 / NEW
08./05. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) – 32.666 / 531.266 (-35%)
09./00. [PSV] Chou Tsugitsugimono Game Neptune Re:Birth1 # (Compile Heart) {2013.10.31} (¥6.090) – 31.811 / NEW
10./00. [PS3] Tears to Tiara II: Haou no Matsuei # (Aqua Plus) {2013.10.31} (¥6.980) – 24.422 / NEW
11./03. [PS3] BlazBlue: Chronophantasma # (Arc System Works) {2013.10.24} (¥7.140) – 14.307 / 86.771 (-80%)
12./08. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) – 13.563 / 75.137 (-20%)
13./07. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} (¥3.980) – 12.866 / 37.197 (-47%)
14./10. [PSP] Diabolik Lovers: More, Blood # (Idea Factory) {2013.10.24} (¥6.090) – 5.929 / 16.411 (-43%)
15./15. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 5.421 / 1.485.035 (-2%)
16./14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 5.263 / 3.456.116 (-5%)
17./00. [PSP] Shinsouhan Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World # (QuinRose) {2013.10.31} (¥6.300) – 4.811 / NEW
18./11. [PSV] Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.10.10} (¥5.229) – 4.412 / 100.574 (-58%)
19./00. [PSP] Seishun Hajime Mashita! # (Honeybee) {2013.10.31} (¥7.140) – 4.352 / NEW
20./19. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.01} (¥5.480) – 4.156 / 305.203 (-15%)

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Swapnote shutdown linked to child predators

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Nintendo has disabled all SpotPass features within Swapnote. Why? Based on a report from a pair of Japanese newspapers, Nintendo made the move following some disturbing incidents.

Child pornography charges have been filed against a 44 year-old man who apparently sent nude photos through Swapnote to two girls aged 11 and 12. The acts have already been confessed to.

Two other men, aged 49 and 36, have also been arrested for allegedly performing “improper acts” in hotel rooms with a young girl several times earlier in the year. The 12 year-old child met both adults through her 3DS, though apparently not through Swapnote. Yomiuri Online reports that the 3DS’s online function was used to access an online dating site. Interestingly, Mainichi News does specifically mention Swapnote.

In both instances, the parents had originally turned off the 3DS’s internet function, but the children turned it back on.

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Wii Sports Club – Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi UK TV ad

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First day Call of Duty: Ghosts sales reach $1 billion

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Call of Duty: Ghosts is Gamestop’s Most-Preordered Next Gen Title
Call of Duty: Ghosts Takes over the #1 Spot on Xbox Live
Call of Duty: Ghosts Sets New High Watermark for Average Player Session Length
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that the company sold more than $1 billion of Call of Duty®: Ghosts into retail stores worldwide as of day one.
“Call of Duty is by far the largest console franchise of this generation,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. “More people have played Call of Duty this year than ever before, logging four billion hours of gameplay. And in the last 12 months, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II, including its digital content, generated more revenues than any other console game ever has in a single year. Although it is too early to assess sell-through for Call of Duty: Ghosts, it’s launching at a time when the franchise has never been more popular.”