Archive for August, 2007

Wii Becomes Fastest Selling Console Ever In UK (Gamasutra)

Time to alert the people who follow Xbox 360 and Wii happenings:

Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) — Nintendo Co., projecting record earnings on sales of the Wii game console, may see its stock slide as Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. counter with price cuts and easy-to-play games.Nintendo Share Slide Shows Wii May Lose Ground to PS3, Xbox (Bloomberg.com)

pluke writes “According to the Daily Telegraph, the Wii has sold 1,000,000 units during 38 weeks in the UK. This makes it the UK’s fastest selling console ever, beating the Playstation 2 (50 weeks) and the Xbox 360 (60 weeks). Some industry analysts are also reporting that the Wii has overtaken the XBOX 360 to now become the worlds market leader across console and handheld fields. ‘The sales …Wii Breaks Sales Records in UK (Slashdot)

Nintendo ’s Wii games console has overtaken Microsoft ’s Xbox 360 to become the best-selling games console in the world, according to figures from a sales monitoring website.Nintendo Wii takes top console spot (Infomatics)

The Nintendo Wii has become the fastest-selling games console in UK history, with more than one million consoles sold since it was released in December, latest figures show.Nintendo’s Wii beats PlayStation and Xbox (Daily Telegraph)

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Bioshock Leads Xbox 360 Revival In UK Charts (Gamasutra)

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Owners of the Microsoft Xbox 360 have watched their machines break down. But the game Halo 3 could redeem the company going into the holiday selling season.Xbox 360 out of order? For Halo loyalists, no worries (International Herald Tribune)

Downloadable game service to temporarily slash prices on four older titles; Fatal Fury Special and Cyberball 2072 confirmed for Wednesday release.Xbox Live gets Labor Day sale (GameSpot)

Although much milder in effect this year than most, the traditional UK summer games drought has been brought to an unofficial end by the release of 2K Games’ Bioshock on Xbox 360 and PC. With the game’s level of success apparently coming as a surprise even to its developers, the title has become the second fastest selling Xbox 360 game ever in the UK, behind only Gears of War. Bioshock …Bioshock Leads Xbox 360 Revival In UK Charts (Gamasutra)

Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) — Nintendo Co., projecting record earnings on sales of the Wii game console, may see its stock slide as Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. counter with price cuts and easy-to-play games.Nintendo Share Slide Shows Wii May Lose Ground to PS3, Xbox (Bloomberg.com)

Twentieth Century Fox announced that the studio has signed an agreement with Microsoft, making available episodes from the animated television series Family Guy for download from the Xbox Live Marketplace beginning September 2. According to a statement, last year the animated series was rated as the number one prime time series among men between the ages of 18 and 34, the same core demographic …Fox, Microsoft Ink Deal Bringing Family Guy To Xbox Live (Gamasutra)

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