**ROCK BAND MEDIA ALERT** “KING OF SOUL” OTIS REDDING DEBUTS ON ROCK BAND
Guildford, UK. – 12th Feb 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a five pack of songs from Otis Redding, known as the “King of Soul,” as well as singles from All Time Low, Alphabeat, Brian Setzer and The Chemical Brothers, will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.These are among the more than 400 artists currently available through the Rock Band platform. With more than 1,000 songs available, Rock Band is, without question, the industry leader in providing the best selection of interactive musical content, songs and artists.
There’s something missing from gaming today. I’ve been feeling it for a while now, but I haven’t been able to put my finger on what it is exactly. It’s certainly nothing totally debilitating for the gaming experience or I wouldn’t keep buying games, and I definitely wouldn’t identify myself as a gamer, but there are still times that I feel a disconnect between myself and what I’m playing. I’m not really sure how to fix it, but the first step to recovery is acceptance, right?
01. / 00. [PSP] God Eater (Namco Bandai) – 295,405 / NEW
02. / 01. [NDS] Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reviere (Square Enix) – 189,802 / 1,096,260 (-79%)
03. / 00. [PS3] Star Ocean: The Last Hope – International (Square Enix) – 72,026 / NEW
04. / 03. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 62,174 / 3,263,191 (-26%)
05. / 05. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) – 38,164 / 2,779,685 (-16%)
06. / 06. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 27,104 / 1,610,154 (-18%)
07. / 02. [PS3] Resonance of Fate (Sega) – 25,460 / 143,548 (-78%)
08. / 00. [PSP] Pop ‘n Music Portable (Konami) – 19,138 / NEW
09. / 07. [PSP] Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix) – 14,780 / 727,938 (-51%)
10. / 11. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 13,314 / 1,735,000 (-11%)
– Platformer
– Rooted in origins of historical/geographical nature
– Main character is a hunter who is going on a person expedition
– Log book keeps track of his adventures/progress
– “Really big” areas in scope
– Many enemies, mazes
– Buy new equipment with money
– Can’t visit some areas in the game without certain upgrades
– 3 skill levels
– 8 hours of gameplay
Quiz Magic Academy DS ~Futatsu no Jikuuseki~ (DS) – 24k (32%)
Sacred 2 (PS3) – 19k (83%)
Zangeki no Reginleiv (Wii) – 17k (52%)
Tennis no Oujisama ~More Sweet Edition~ (DS) – 16k (65%)
Sacred 2 (360) – 15k (87%)
Dragon Ball DS 2 (DS) – 11k (17%)
Lupin the 3rd: Shijou Saidai no Tounousen (DS) – 7k (40%)
SOCOM Portable (PSP) – 5k (36%)
Madworld (Wii) – 5k (25%)
There hasn’t been a first day sales leak in awhile, and I can’t confirm that these numbers are 100% correct. None of them are too surprising, though, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they were the real deal.
I want to know exactly who is in charge of Nintendo’s advertising department in Australia. Not content with putting an ad for Wii Fit Plus during virtually every commercial break, Nintendo and Southern Star Entertainment joined forces to bring audiences The Pursuit, a TV show that can only be described as The Amazing Race meets The Wizard.
[PS3] MAG ~150K
[PS3] Darksiders ~130K
[360] Bayonetta ~100K
[PS3] Bayonetta ~60K
[Wii] Tatsunoko vs. Capcom ~50K
[Wii] No More Heroes 2 ~25K
[All] Dark Void – 22K
These figures are not confirmed, but they do look like they are fairly accurate. EEDAR recently shared the news that No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle sold about 30,000 units in its first week. Based on the official data released by the NPD as well as the top 20 rankings we posted today, the numbers above don’t seem to be too far off. If they are true, I think that most Wii owners would agree that Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is off to a pretty good start.
Thanks to David S for the news tip!
