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PS3 rules 2009 – Metacritic’s best of 2009
See entire Metacritic article here: Sony’s Playstation 3 console has edged out Microsoft’s once-dominant Xbox 360 to finish on top in Metacritic’s first annual Game Platform Power Rankings. The Power Rankings combine a variety of factors — all involving the quality and quantity of titles released during the year — to rank the six major gaming [...]
July NPD numbers released
Hardware PlayStation 2 108K PlayStation 3 121.8K PSP 122.8K Xbox 360 202.9K Wii 252.5K Nintendo DS 538.9K Software Wii SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA July-09 508.2K 1 NCAA FOOTBALL 10 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS July-09 376.5K 2 NCAA FOOTBALL 10 PS3 ELECTRONIC ARTS July-09 237.4K 3 WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD* [...]
360 suffers worst quarter in 2 years
By Kyle Kulyk A look at the 360′s sales since the September 08 price cut The recent sales boost Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console has enjoyed since a drastic price cut in September of last year seems to have fizzled out as a result of stiff competition and the current worldwide economic recession take their [...]
U.S. Year-To-Date Console Top 5s Reveal 2009′s Victors So Far
Gamasutra Reports: As part of Gamasutra’s June NPD analysis, the site is revealing the Top 5 year-to-date rankings for PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii games in the U.S. – with some notable games and surprises. Obviously, the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and PlayStation 3 are currently the focus of much of the American video game market, [...]
Metacritic: 2009 multiplat games better on Playstation 3
By Kyle Kulyk In this present gaming age where developers do not have the luxury of a ready audience of well in excess of 100 million Playstation 2 owners and with the added developmental costs associated with videogames for this generation, many developers have turned to releasing their titles on multiple gaming consoles [...]