UK software sales (Week ending 2/19)
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Individual formats
9 1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
4 2 JUST DANCE 2 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 3 MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3: FATE OF TWO WORLDS XB360 CAPCOM CAPCOM
20 4 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
6 5 DEAD SPACE 2 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
1 6 TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2 XB360 ATARI NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
– 7 MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3: FATE OF TWO WORLDS PS3 CAPCOM CAPCOM
8 8 DEAD SPACE 2 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 9 FIFA 11 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 10 MARIO VS DONKEY KONG: MINI-LAND MAYHEM! DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
7 11 LITTLEBIGPLANET 2 PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
5 12 MARIO SPORTS MIX WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
12 13 DANCE JUNIORS WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
17 14 WII PARTY WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 15 TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2 PS3 ATARI NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
19 16 WII SPORTS RESORT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
13 17 WII FIT PLUS WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
21 18 FIFA 11 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
10 19 ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
16 20 JUST DANCE WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
11 21 ART ACADEMY DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
23 22 KINECT SPORTS XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
18 23 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: COMPLETE EDITION PS3 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
15 24 ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
25 25 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
22 26 GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
24 27 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 28 MASS EFFECT 2 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
27 29 DANCE CENTRAL XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
35 30 NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
34 31 MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
28 32 KINECT JOY RIDE XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
31 33 DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
30 34 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 PC SEGA SEGA
33 35 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 36 NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 37 MARIO KART DS DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 38 DEATHSMILES XB360 RISING STAR GAMES RISING STAR GAMES
39 39 YOUR SHAPE: FITNESS EVOLVED XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
38 40 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE LOST FUTURE DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
All formats
4 1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 2 MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3: FATE OF TWO WORLDS CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
2 3 DEAD SPACE 2 VISCERAL GAMES EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
1 4 TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2 EDEN STUDIOS ATARI NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
3 5 FIFA 11 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 6 JUST DANCE 2 UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
5 7 ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
6 8 MARIO VS DONKEY KONG: MINI-LAND MAYHEM! NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
9 9 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: COMPLETE EDITION ROCKSTAR NORTH ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
10 10 LITTLEBIGPLANET 2 MEDIA MOLECULE SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
16 11 NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT CRITERION GAMES EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
8 12 MARIO SPORTS MIX SQUARE ENIX NINTENDO NINTENDO
12 13 DANCE JUNIORS LAND HO! UBISOFT UBISOFT
18 14 WII PARTY ND CUBE NINTENDO NINTENDO
20 15 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
13 16 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
25 17 TOY STORY 3 N-SPACE DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
36 18 MASS EFFECT 2 BIOWARE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
17 19 BEN 10 ULTIMATE ALIEN COSMIC DESTRUCTION PAPAYA STUDIO D3P NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
15 20 JUST DANCE UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
11 21 ART ACADEMY HEADSTRONG GAMES NINTENDO NINTENDO
19 22 THE SIMS 3 THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
22 23 KINECT SPORTS RARE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
27 24 MEDAL OF HONOR DANGER CLOSE/DICE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
29 25 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
21 26 GRAN TURISMO 5 POLYPHONY DIGITAL SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
31 27 JUST CAUSE 2 AVALANCHE STUDIOS XBOX 360 CLASSICS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
26 28 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
32 29 DANCE CENTRAL HARMONIX MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
30 30 BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 DIGITAL ILLUSIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
23 31 RED DEAD REDEMPTION: UNDEAD NIGHTMARE ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
14 32 MADDEN NFL 11 EA TIBURON EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 33 MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
33 34 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011 YUKE’S THQ THQ
24 35 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA
34 36 KINECT JOY RIDE BIGPARK MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
35 37 DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS RETRO STUDIOS NINTENDO NINTENDO
39 38 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
– 39 TANGLED PLANET MOON STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
– 40 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS XBOX 360 CLASSICS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (2/21)
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Nintendo Download: This Presidents Day, Make an Executive Decision to Download New Games
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Not everyone is cut out to be a president, but every Wii™ and Nintendo DSi™ user must act as commander-in-chief of his or her own gaming republic. On this Presidents Day holiday, Nintendo recommends reaching across the aisle in the spirit of bipartisanship, creating harmony between new and classic titles, puzzle games and platformers, sprawling console adventures and crisp hand-held challenges. Start with the fantasy-fueled fun of Faxanadu, a memorable RPG from the NES™ era making its appearance on the Virtual Console™ service. Test your resolve even further with a demo version of the action-filled Rage of the Gladiator for the WiiWare™ service, available to download for zero Wii Points™. Most importantly, boost your diplomacy by sharing your favorite WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare™ game recommendations with friends and spreading fun throughout the 50 states and beyond.
Media Create software sales (2/7 – 2/13) – Top 50
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01. / 00. [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (Bandai Namco) {2011.02.10} – 222.068 / NEW
02. / 00. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 3 Z (Koei Tecmo) {2011.02.10} – 208.548 / NEW
03. / 06. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} – 93.483 / 4.249.622 (+236%)
04. / 01. [NDS] Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2 (Capcom) {2011.02.03} – 30.910 / 163.176 (-77%)
05. / 00. [PS3] LittleBigPlanet 2 (SCE) {2011.02.10} – 24.648 / NEW
06. / 00. [WII] Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (Koei Tecmo) {2011.02.10} – 22.598 / NEW
07. / 00. [PS3] Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take-Two Interactive) {2011.02.10} – 21.718 / NEW
08. / 09. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {2010.12.09} – 15.971 / 806.357 (-3%)
09. / 05. [PSP] Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood (Spike) {2011.01.27} – 14.372 / 101.350 (-49%)
10. / 03. [PSP] White Knight Chronicles Episode Portable: Dogma Wars (SCE) {2011.02.03} – 11.229 / 51.832 (-72%)
11. / 11. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} – 10.433 / 5.071.867 (-3%)
12. / 04. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden (Bandai Namco) {2011.02.03} – 10.341 / 41.449 (-67%)
13. / 13. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} – 10.239 / 1.787.341 (+6%)
14. / 07. [WII] The Last Story (Nintendo) {2011.01.27} – 9.052 / 142.952 (-53%)
15. / 02. [PSP] Macross: Triangle Frontier (Bandai Namco) {2011.02.03} – 8.409 / 63.922 (-85%)
16. / 14. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {2010.11.18} – 7.575 / 170.477 (-19%)
17. / 08. [PSP] Valkyria Chronicles 3 (Sega) {2011.01.27} – 7.491 / 128.196 (-58%)
18. / 17. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {2010.10.28} – 7.379 / 442.500 (-10%)
19. / 18. [NDS] Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5) {2010.12.09} – 7.267 / 474.828 (-4%)
20. / 00. [360] Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take-Two Interactive) {2011.02.10} – 7.180 / NEW
January 2011 console hardware sales, Wedbush commentary
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Xbox 360 – 381,000 (15% y-o-y)
Wii – 319,000 (-31% y-o-y)
PS3 – 267,000 (-3% y-o-y)
The information below comes straight from Wedbush Morgan…
Current generation (PS3, Wii, 360, PSP, DS) software sales were $572 million, $52 million above our estimate, while legacy software sales were $4 million, $6 million below our estimate. Wii software sales were $179 million (down 20% y-o-y), Xbox 360 sales were $170 million (up 8%), and PS3 sales were $141 million (up 24%). DS software sales were $72 million (down 13%), while PSP software sales Entertainment: Software| 3 were $10 million (down 37%).
The increases in sales for the PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms have become the norm, and declines for the other consoles have also become the norm. Over the next year, we expect Wii and DS software sales to continue the negative trend, but anticipate strong sales for Nintendo’s 3DS that should spur overall handheld software sales back into positive territory. We expect PS3 software sales to spike when several high profile releases launch in the coming months, and believe that overall PS3 software sales would benefit immensely from a hardware price cut, expected in June.
Under one-fifth of PS3 sales included bundles with Sony’s Move controller, suggesting another modest month (we have chosen not to subscribe to peripheral data). Just under three-fifths of Xbox 360 sales included bundles with Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral, as Xbox 360 Kinect console bundles again outsold PS3 Move console bundles by almost 5:1. We note that the top selling Kinect software titles easily outsold their Move counterparts
Sales are not yet available for handhelds, but we’ll update this post if any other data comes in. Also, in case you missed it last night, you can find the top 10 software sales for the month right here.
Best-selling games in January based on NPD data
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1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3/360/Wii/DS/PC)
2. Just Dance (Wii)
3. Dead Space 2 (PS3/360/PC)
4. LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)
5. Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (PS3/360/Wii)
6. NBA 2K11 (PS3/360/Wii/PSP/PS2/PC)
7. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (PS3/360)
8. Dance Central (360)
9. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Wii/DS/PSP)
10. DC Universe Online: The Next Legend is You (PS3/PC)
Radiant Historia screenshots
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Nintendo Download (1/18, Europe)
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WiiWare
Cricket Challenge (GameShastra, 500pts)
My Little Baby (dtp Entertainment, 600pts)
WiiWare Demos
ColorZ (Exkee)
DSiWare
Pucca Noodle Rush (Big Ben Interactive, 500pts)
Puzzle to Go Planets and Universe (Tivola, 500pts)
Faceez: Monsters! (Neko Entertainment, 200pts)
Virtual Console
Natsume Championship Wrestling (Super Nintendo, 900pts)
GET BOWLED OVER AS CRICKET TAKES TO THE STREETS
Get the lowdown on the latest WiiWare, Virtual Console and Nintendo DSiWare available for download this Friday!This week on WiiWare, cricket fans will be able to practice their cover drives, hook shots and slog sweeps from the comfort of their own home as Cricket Challenge* is released just in time for the Cricket World Cup. This street version of cricket will see you play as a batsman using your Wii Remote to plunder run after run. Do you fancy yourself as a centurion? Whatever you do, don’t get bowled out!
My Little Baby takes things a slower pace. Starting off with a new born baby, you are charged with looking after every aspect of your little bundle of joy’s life. Feed, change and even teach your baby how to walk as you help it grow into a toddler that will make you proud.
Nintendo Voice Chat podcast summary
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Better late than never, right?!
Cave Story 3D
– Not playable in 3D yet
– Polygonal elements
– View is shifted a bit as you run
– Not confirming many m potential features
– Coming out this summer
– Pixel overseeing the project
– Very much the classic game, just redone in 2.5D
– Backgrounds move differently
– Used the d-pad