Following the lead of several other UK retailers, Amazon.co.uk has taken £50 off of the price of the Wii U Basic Set and the Deluxe Set, pricing them at £199 and £249 respectively. More than likely this is in response to slow sales, and the product providers simply want to free up shelf space that’s being used up by Wii Us that aren’t selling. It’s unclear whether this price cut will be permanent or temporary, or whether more shops will follow suit.
According to CVG, the trade price (that is, the “wholesale” price) of a Wii U is roughly £205, which means these folks are all selling the system at a loss.
NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of February. The results can be found below.
- Dead Space 3 (360, PS3, PC)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, Wii U PC)
- Crysis 3 (360, PS3, PC)
- NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC)
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3, 360)
- Aliens: Colonial Marines 2013 (360, PS3, PC)
- Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, PS3, Wii U)
- Far Cry 3 (360, PS3, PC)
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PS3, PSV)
- Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U)
If you plan on purchasing LEGO City: Undercover from the Wii U eShop, keep in mind that a separate hard drive is required. Today’s “Nintendo Download” report contains a side-blurb listing the necessity. No word yet on why such a requirement is in place, but it’s something to consider when buying the game on Monday.
There are lots of references to find in LEGO City: Undercover, including ones that pay home to Nintendo.
Kotaku has a look at one such reference in a video today. You’ll need to head over to the site for the clip, but it basically involves the appearance of a Mario star power-up – music and all. It’s pretty neat.
Nintendo is confident that the result will be set aside. The jury’s verdict will not impact Nintendo’s continued sales in the United States of its highly acclaimed line of video game hardware, software and accessories, including the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights of others.”
– Nintendo Statement
As expected, Nintendo will be appealing the decision and trying to get it reversed. None of us are law professors or lawyers (probably– maybe one of you will surprise me), so it would be hard for us to comment on exactly whether this is a fair decision or not. If they are guilty, it’ll be the first time in quite a while that Nintendo will have lost a lawsuit!
It is true that seven studios are contributing to the development of Black Flag, but as far as the number of specific people is concerned, Ubisoft won’t say. They’re staying silent on the issue (as they say they always have), which does poes the interesting question of how much the game will have to sell to turn a profit for Ubisoft.
With the launch of Devil Survivor Overclocked just on the horizon in Europe, we can now turn our attention to another Shin Megami Tensei game that has not yet been released in the continent: Devil Survivor 2.
Things are a bit more complicated with Devil Survivor 2 than they were with Overclocked. Devil Survivor 2 is a DS game, and as European publisher Ghostlight said on its blog, “retail support for DS titles is understandably low at the moment making it difficult for us to release the title.”
Don’t lose hope, European gamers! Ghostlight did note that the company is “currently looking into several different ways of making this fantastic game available to you all.” It may opt to prepare a special release exclusively through Ghostlight’s online store, but nothing has been set in stone just yet.
“Currently the European version of the game is finished and has been approved for release by Nintendo. However, without going into too much detail, retail support for DS titles is understandably low at the moment making it difficult for us to release the title. We haven’t given up though and we’re currently looking into several different ways of making this fantastic game available to you all. One way that I’ve heard being discussed on the Ghostlight grapevine is that we may release a Collector’s Edition of the game exclusively through our website which will mean we’d need your full support in making this release happen. I’ve probably said too much already, but you can expect more news on this in the coming weeks.”
Famitsu published a lengthy roundup of its readers’ top games of 2012 in its latest issue. Users have been sending in ratings between 1 and 10 on a weekly basis, and the results were finally compiled by the magazine this week.
The full results are posted below. Some of the selections and rankings may surprise you!
Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Desilets left Ubisoft a few years ago. But now that THQ is no more and its assets have been sold off, Desilets has returned to the place where he started.
It has been confirmed today that Desilets is once again working for Ubisoft, as THQ Montreal was taken in by the publisher. In January, when asked about his status, Ubisoft said that it was “too soon to say for certain” if Desilets would be back for another stint with the company.
A spokesperson said in a statement:
“We are very pleased to welcome Patrice to Ubisoft again and anticipate that this renewed partnership will produce new ideas and high-quality titles for Ubisoft’s customers.”
Desilets is hard at work on two projects: 1666 and a mysterious game codenamed Underdog. Neither title has been revealed as of yet.
