Data collected by shopping market research firm InfoScout indicates that the Xbox One was the most popular gaming console during Black Friday 2013, thanks to a 31 percent market share. Xbox 360 followed with a 30 percent share. The PlayStation 4 and PS3 were next with 15 percent each. Nintendo closed things out with a 6 percent share for Wii U and 1 percent share for Wii.

InfoScout also reveals the top-selling games for the Black Friday period. Call of Duty: Ghosts came out top, with Disney Infinity, Skylanders Swap Force, Grand Theft Auto V, and Madden NFL 25 rounding out the top five.

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Random video: Mario Party: Island Tour – Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing

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Media Create software sales (11/18 – 11/24) – Top 50

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [PS3] Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) {2013.11.21} (¥7.770) – 277.082 / NEW <71,98%>
02./00. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) – 99.588 / NEW <57,17%>
03./00. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.980) – 83.605 / NEW
04./05. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 72.932 / 3.002.738 (-12%)
05./00. [3DS] Aikatsu! 2-nin no My Princess (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.480) – 72.087 / NEW
06./01. [PSV] God Eater 2 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.14} (¥5.980) – 39.052 / 305.378 (-85%)
07./03. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 (Konami) {2013.11.14} (¥7.980) – 35.879 / 187.678 (-76%)
08./02. [PS3] Call of Duty: Ghosts – Subtitled Edition (Square Enix) {2013.11.14} (¥7.980) – 29.252 / 219.883 (-85%)
09./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 21.120 / 2.959.789 (-20%)
10./00. [PSP] God Eater 2 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.14} (¥5.980) – 20.508 / 132.531
11./00. [PS3] Monster Hunter Frontier G: Beginner’s Package (Capcom) {2013.11.20} (¥6.090) – 19.334 / NEW
12./00. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version! # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.480) – 19.265 / NEW
13./00. [PSV] New Atelier Rorona: Hajimari no Monogatari – The Alchemist of Arland # (Gust) {2013.11.21} (¥6.090) – 17.536 / NEW
14./00. [PS3] New Atelier Rorona: Hajimari no Monogatari – The Alchemist of Arland # (Gust) {2013.11.21} (¥7.140) – 14.060 / NEW
15./09. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) – 13.548 / 593.370 (-33%)
16./06. [3DS] Daigasso! Band Brothers P (Nintendo) {2013.11.14} (¥4.800) – 12.635 / 52.831 (-69%)
17./12. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} (¥3.980) – 9.485 / 190.659 (-30%)
18./10. [PS3] Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts) {2013.11.07} (¥7.665) – 9.134 / 150.124 (-53%)
19./11. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 (Konami) {2013.11.14} (¥3.980) – 7.624 / 24.600 (-55%)
20./16. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) – 7.046 / 102.350 (-12%)

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Reggie on Wii U’s competition, people now understand it’s a new console, publisher relationships, more

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 9 Comments

Forbes has put up a new interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. Wii U’s competition and third-party support were discussed, as was the issue of people not understanding the system is a new console – which Reggie believes has been addressed.

You can find Reggie’s full comments below. Forbes’ full piece can be found here.

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Masahiro Sakurai on his huge workload for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS and more

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The amount of work Masahiro Sakurai puts into the new Smash Bros. games is kind of unbelievable. One of his tasks has him inputting a ton of different parameters, which under normal circumstances, would be a job for multiple staffers – not just one employee.

Sakurai wrote in his weekly Famitsu column this week:

“With the previous Smash Bros. games, I would input all the fighter specs and attack hitboxes, and with the new games I’m doing something very similar. If I were to hand over the work to someone else, it would be a full-time, multi-person designated workload.”

Why would Sakurai take on such an involved task by himself? For one thing, he’s working with a new team. Collaborating with Namco Bandai does have its advantages though, as he says the company has created development tools that are more advanced and allow for more immediate trial and error.

Sakurai also says working alone is “faster and more accurate”.