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Shin Megami Tensei IV hits first place on Japan sales chart

Added: 30.05.2013 7:59 | 14 views | 0 comments


3DS RPG from Persona 4 developer Atlus sells 188,562 copies, followed by new Kamen Rider game and Resident Evil: Revelations port.

Atlus' latest game in the Megami Tensei series, Shin Megami Tensei IV, was received well in Japan when it was released on May 23.

The game was at number one on the recent update for the week of May 20, with 188,562 units sold. The RPG beat out new releases in the top 10, such as PS3 action game Kamen Rider: Battride War (128,659 units sold) and the PS3 version of Resident Evil: Revelations (102,673 units sold).

Shin Megami Tensei IV will be out in North American markets on July 16. Check out the of games for the week of May 20 below.

Rank / Title / Publisher / System / Sales Unit

1) Shin Megami Tensei IV / Atlus / 3DS / 188,562
2) Kamen Rider: Battride War / Namco Bandai / PS3 / 128,659
3) Resident Evil: Revelations / Capcom / PS3 / 102,673
4) Friend Collection: New Life / Nintendo / 3DS / 59,876
5) Valhalla Knights 3 / Marvelous AQL / PS Vita / 40,357
6) Terraria / Spike Chunsoft / PS3 / 19,861
7) Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon / Nintendo / 3DS / 19,079
8) Animal Crossing: New Leaf / Nintendo / 3DS / 15,489
9) Summon Night 5 / Namco Bandai / PSP / 13,624
10) Resident Evil: Revelations / Capcom / Wii U / 8,398

2013 Year on Year Sales and Market Share Update to May 18th

Added: 29.05.2013 7:18 | 12 views | 0 comments


Worldwide Hardware YTD: 1: 3DS - 3,588,896 2: PS3 - 3,483,190 3: X360 - 2,444,556 4: PSP - 1,585,099 5: PSV - 955,251 6: Wii - 899,935 7: WiiU - 823,659 8: DS - 418,470 Worldwide Software YTD: 1: (3DS) Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 1,811,126 2: (X360) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 1,369,353 3: (PS3) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 1,367,123 4: (3DS) Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 1,260,735 5: (3DS) Dragon Warrior VII - 1,219,217 6: (X360) Gears of War: Judgment - 1,182,472 7: (PS3) Tomb Raider - 1,180,755 8: (X360) BioShock Infinite - 1,163,995 9: (PS3) God of War: Ascension - 1,133,113 10: (X360) Tomb Raider - 1,008,683

From: n4g.com

Global Weekly Chart, Ending 11th May 2013

Added: 19.05.2013 4:17 | 20 views | 0 comments


Worldwide Hardware: 1: 3DS - 138,079 (-18%) 2: PS3 - 127,649 (-9%) 3: X360 - 92,388 (-2%) 4: PSP - 50,273 (-10%) 5: PSV - 31,794 (-36%) 6: Wii - 30,249 (-4%) 7: WiiU - 26,864 (-17%) 8: DS - 16,641 (-0%) Worldwide Software: 1: (3DS) Tomodachi Collection: Shin Seikatsu - 103,410 2: (3DS) Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 95,590 3: (3DS) LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins - 61,775 4: (X360) Dead Island: Riptide - 50,505 5: (X360) Injustice: Gods Among Us - 37,791 6: (PS3) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 36,128 7: (X360) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 34,783 8: (3DS) New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 31,852 9: (PS3) Dragon's Dogma - 29,146 10: (PS3) Dead Island: Riptide - 28,181

From: n4g.com

Review - Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon [3DStination]

Added: 19.05.2013 4:17 | 9 views | 0 comments


Luigi and Professor E. Gadd are back in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon for the Nintendo 3DS. How does the follow-up to the Gamecube launch title compare - and what makes it such a special game for the handheld?

From: n4g.com

Global Weekly Chart, Ending 11th May 2013

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Worldwide Hardware: 1: 3DS - 138,079 (-18%) 2: PS3 - 127,649 (-9%) 3: X360 - 92,388 (-2%) 4: PSP - 50,273 (-10%) 5: PSV - 31,794 (-36%) 6: Wii - 30,249 (-4%) 7: WiiU - 26,864 (-17%) 8: DS - 16,641 (-0%) Worldwide Software: 1: (3DS) Tomodachi Collection: Shin Seikatsu - 103,410 2: (3DS) Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 95,590 3: (3DS) LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins - 61,775 4: (X360) Dead Island: Riptide - 50,505 5: (X360) Injustice: Gods Among Us - 37,791 6: (PS3) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 36,128 7: (X360) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 34,783 8: (3DS) New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 31,852 9: (PS3) Dragon's Dogma - 29,146 10: (PS3) Dead Island: Riptide - 28,181

From: n4g.com

Nintendo reports 52 percent rise in first-party 3DS software sales

Added: 17.05.2013 12:24 | 11 views | 0 comments


2.1 million Nintendo-published 3DS games have been sold in North America during the first four months of 2013.

Nintendo has reported a 52 percent year-on-year rise in sales of first-party 3DS software during the first four months of 2013.

2.1 million Nintendo-published 3DS games have been sold between January through April 2013 in North America, Nintendo says, citing data from the NPD group.

Nintendo reports it took 30 weeks to sell two million first-party games in 2012, and reports that it accomplished the same sales milestone this year in 18 weeks, suggesting increasing take-up of the platform in North America.

While the first four months of 2012 saw the release of high-profile 3DS titles such as Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D and Resident Evil: Revelations, there were two first-party releases; , and the Tecmo-developed Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir.

In the same time period in 2013, however, Nintendo has published .

Nintendo says sales of Lego City Undercover: The Chase begins have reached almost 94,000 copies since its late-April launch, whereas Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon has been purchased over 530,000 times.

The Mario publisher has .

From: www.gamespot.com

NPD: Injustice: Gods Among Us April's top seller in US

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NetherRealm's DC brawler the best-selling title in region last month; overall industry sales slide 25 percent; Xbox 360 sales hit 130,000.

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Rounding out the top five performers for the month were .

Overall, industry sales slid by 25 percent to $495.2 million. However, NPD analyst Liam Callahan points out that the sales figures make up only about half of the total consumer spend for the month.

"When taking into account our preliminary estimate for other physical format sales in April such as used and rentals at $76 million, and our estimate for digital format sales including full game and add-on content downloads including microtransactions, subscriptions, mobile apps and the consumer spend on social network games at $267 million, the total consumer spend in April is $802 million," he said.

In addition, Callahan pointed out that the Easter holiday typically accounts for a 10 percent boost in sales for the month. Since Easter fell in March this year and in April last year, a direct comparison is "difficult," he said.

Regarding hardware, total sales plummeted by 42 percent to $109.5 million. Microsoft was again the market leader, selling 130,000 Xbox 360 units in the month, . Total retail spend on the Xbox 360 platform (hardware, software, and accessories) was $208 million.

Sony has not divulged PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita sales information for the month, while Nintendo , some 20,000 fewer than the 75,000 Wii systems in the period.

As for software, this category decreased 17 percent in April to $267.8 million in April. Though the overall sector declined year-over-year, sales of April 2013 titles posted positive figures over April 2012, which was .

"Despite overall declines, April title launches in 2013 fared better than games that launched in April 2012, up 118 percent in unit sales and 130 percent in dollar sales," Callahan said. "This increase was driven by games like Injustice: Gods Among Us, Dead Island: Riptide, and Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins."

Separately, Nintendo announced that it has sold 2.1 million first-party 3DS games through the first four months of the year, up 52 percent over last year.

"In 2012, it took 30 weeks for Nintendo 3DS to sell 2 million units of first-party software. In 2013, the platform accomplished that same feat in 18 weeks," Nintendo said.

Nintendo said sold 140,000 units in the month (physical and digital), boosting its life-to-date total to 530,000 units.

The only Wii U title Nintendo revealed sales statistics for was , which has now sold nearly 770,000 combined physical and digital units to date.

Shifting to accessories, this sector fell 19 percent to $131.4 million for April 2013.

"Though every accessory type experienced year-over-year declines in April 2013, year-to-date trending increased by over 20 percent for the combined sales of point cards, headsets/headphones, and All Other Accessories (which includes Skylanders)," Callahan said.

APRIL US GAME SALES (April 7-May 4, 2013)
OVERALL DOLLAR SALES

Total retail sales: $495.2 million (-25%)
Non-PC hardware: $109.5 million (-42%)
Non-PC software: $254.3 (-17%)
Accessories: $131.4 (19%)
Total software: $267.8 million (-17%)

TOP 10 GAMES FOR APRIL 2013
Title (Platforms) - Publisher

1. Injustice: Gods Among Us (X360, PS3, Wii U) - Warner Bros.
2. Dead Island: Riptide (X360, PS3, PC) - Deep Silver
3. BioShock: Infinite (X360, PS3, PC) - Take-Two
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360, PS3, PC, Wii U) - Activision Blizzard
5. Defiance - (X360, PS3, PC) - Trion Worlds
6. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) - Nintendo
7. NBA 2K13 (X360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC) - Take-Two Interactive
8. Skylanders Giants (Wii, X360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U) - Activision Blizzard
9. Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins (3DS) - Nintendo
10. MLB 13: The Show (PS3, PS Vita) - Sony

From: www.gamespot.com

NPD: Injustice: Gods Among Us April's top seller in US

Added: 17.05.2013 0:03 | 17 views | 0 comments


NetherRealm's DC brawler the best-selling title in region last month; overall industry sales slide 25 percent; Xbox 360 sales hit 130,000.

.

Rounding out the top five performers for the month were .

Overall, industry sales slid by 25 percent to $495.2 million. However, NPD analyst Liam Callahan points out that the sales figures make up only about half of the total consumer spend for the month.

"When taking into account our preliminary estimate for other physical format sales in April such as used and rentals at $76 million, and our estimate for digital format sales including full game and add-on content downloads including microtransactions, subscriptions, mobile apps and the consumer spend on social network games at $267 million, the total consumer spend in April is $802 million," he said.

In addition, Callahan pointed out that the Easter holiday typically accounts for a 10 percent boost in sales for the month. Since Easter fell in March this year and in April last year, a direct comparison is "difficult," he said.

Regarding hardware, total sales plummeted by 42 percent to $109.5 million. Microsoft was again the market leader, selling 130,000 Xbox 360 units in the month, . Total retail spend on the Xbox 360 platform (hardware, software, and accessories) was $208 million.

Sony has not divulged PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita sales information for the month, while Nintendo , some 20,000 fewer than the 75,000 Wii systems in the period.

As for software, this category decreased 17 percent in April to $267.8 million in April. Though the overall sector declined year-over-year, sales of April 2013 titles posted positive figures over April 2012, which was .

"Despite overall declines, April title launches in 2013 fared better than games that launched in April 2012, up 118 percent in unit sales and 130 percent in dollar sales," Callahan said. "This increase was driven by games like Injustice: Gods Among Us, Dead Island: Riptide, and Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins."

Separately, Nintendo announced that it has sold 2.1 million first-party 3DS games through the first four months of the year, up 52 percent over last year.

"In 2012, it took 30 weeks for Nintendo 3DS to sell 2 million units of first-party software. In 2013, the platform accomplished that same feat in 18 weeks," Nintendo said.

Nintendo said sold 140,000 units in the month (physical and digital), boosting its life-to-date total to 530,000 units.

The only Wii U title Nintendo revealed sales statistics for was , which has now sold nearly 770,000 combined physical and digital units to date.

Shifting to accessories, this sector fell 19 percent to $131.4 million for April 2013.

"Though every accessory type experienced year-over-year declines in April 2013, year-to-date trending increased by over 20 percent for the combined sales of point cards, headsets/headphones, and All Other Accessories (which includes Skylanders)," Callahan said.

APRIL US GAME SALES (April 7-May 4, 2013)
OVERALL DOLLAR SALES

Total retail sales: $495.2 million (-25%)
Non-PC hardware: $109.5 million (-42%)
Non-PC software: $254.3 (-17%)
Accessories: $131.4 (19%)
Total software: $267.8 million (-17%)

TOP 10 GAMES FOR APRIL 2013
Title (Platforms) - Publisher

1. Injustice: Gods Among Us (X360, PS3, Wii U) - Warner Bros.
2. Dead Island: Riptide (X360, PS3, PC) - Deep Silver
3. BioShock: Infinite (X360, PS3, PC) - Take-Two
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360, PS3, PC, Wii U) - Activision Blizzard
5. Defiance - (X360, PS3, PC) - Trion Worlds
6. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) - Nintendo
7. NBA 2K13 (X360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC) - Take-Two Interactive
8. Skylanders Giants (Wii, X360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U) - Activision Blizzard
9. Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins (3DS) - Nintendo
10. MLB 13: The Show (PS3, PS Vita) - Sony

From: www.gamespot.com


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