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EA Sports has announced that the newest in its line up of fitness videogames, called EA Sports Active More Workouts, is now out in stores in North America and is slated to also arrive in Europe on November 20.The new title, which has been created by the team at EA Canada, is set to enhance the exercise line up offere... |
18 November 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Apple has recently launched a broadside towards the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation Portable, saying that the iPhone and the iPod are platforms better suited to mobile gaming because of their tactile driven interface and because of the huge number of videogames, most of them priced below five dollars or even offered ... |
16 November 2009
16:41 GMT |
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It seems that Nintendo has managed not only to make the Wii home gaming console the best sold of the generation and the Nintendo DS one of the most ubiquitous platforms for videogames in the world but to also to pride on the best sold title of the decade beginning with the year 2000. The game is Wii Play, one of the ... |
15 October 2009
03:14 GMT |
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It takes a courageous publisher and a very solid videogame to compete in August in the North American videogame market, as this is the time frame in which, normally, Electronic Arts puts out the annual installment of Madden NFL 10, the American football franchise that is one of the main money makers for the company. ... |
11 September 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The biggest release of the last few weeks, the new Wolfenstein videogame, has not managed to reach the first spot in the United Kingdom videogame chart.Despite the nostalgia factor that worked in its favor and offering a pretty competent, well, a bit derivative shooting experience, the game in which you fight mystici... |
27 August 2009
04:30 GMT |
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Nintendo has reported its financial results for the first fiscal quarter of the year and it's not a pretty sight. Arguably the most important force in videogaming at the moment, with strong businesses in both hardware and software, it has told investors that it has seen profit go down by more than 60% to reach 4... |
31 July 2009
03:19 GMT |
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The NPD Group, which tracks sales of videogame hardware and software on the North American market, is set to release its sales numbers for June at some point during this week and analysts are already issuing predictions related to what they'll be telling us about the videogaming industry, which has had rough fiv... |
13 July 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Konami Digital Entertainment has sent word that it plans to publish a new Nintendo Wii title called Walk It Out, which is set to offer a new twist on the fitness genre. Unlike Wii Fit from Nintendo or EA Sports Active from Electronic Arts, which are focused on offering yoga exercises or more hardcore strength trainin... |
13 July 2009
03:31 GMT |
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On the one hand, the recession hitting the world at the moment is certainly bad for the videogaming industry, as revenue is going down from both hardware and software sales, with players tightening their wallets and spending less. On the other hand, it seems that the recession is good for gaming in general, as a new ... |
13 July 2009
02:56 GMT |
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The United Kingdom market is a very important one for videogames and Nintendo seems to be dominating it in a big way. Looking at the videogame chart provided by GfK Chart Track, Nintendo takes three of the top spots, while six of the first ten games are released by the Japanese publisher.The GfK Chart Track top ten i... |
8 July 2009
02:35 GMT |
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Electronic Arts surely has high hopes for The Sims 3. After all, the series has broken sales records after sales records and the new game can be seen as being a platform on which Electronic Arts can continue to deliver content for quite a few years.Unfortunately, the initial performance of the title does not seem to ... |
25 June 2009
14:31 GMT |
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The videogame chart in the United Kingdom might just have found its long term king, as The Sims 3 from Electronic Arts has managed to hold on to the top spot in the face of quite a strong challenge from Activision's Prototype.Of course, The Sims 3 has a wider appeal than Prototype. After all, the Sims series has... |
18 June 2009
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In May, no videogame release managed to sell more than 1 million units in the United States and this number alone manages to offer a quick, simple view at the overall state of the videogaming industry. The NPD Group numbers for the month of May paint a picture of an industry that lost 23% of the value of its sales ye... |
12 June 2009
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THQ unveiled its entry in the fitness game market at this year's E3 trade show. The publisher partnered up with NBC to create a title based on the hit TV show The Biggest Loser. The release date is set for the autumn of this year and THQ is really pulling all the stops to make the game competitive with titles li... |
5 June 2009
13:01 GMT |
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With the E3 videogame expo taking place in Los Angeles, most of the news this week is focused on the announcements coming from big videogame companies like Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Activision.But a quick look at the charts is always interesting and the United Kingdom videogame one is right on ti... |
4 June 2009
04:04 GMT |
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Nintendo is one of the biggest companies active in both the software and hardware market of the gaming industry. Its Wii and DS consoles have experienced unrivaled popularity with a huge number of people, and its franchises, such as Mario or Zelda, are selling like the proverbial hotcakes even though a lot of time ha... |
4 June 2009
02:59 GMT |
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Ubisoft is one of the biggest European developers and publishers of video games. From franchises like Far Cry to Assassin's Creed or new properties like I Am Alive, the company is branching out into many genres, bringing its games on a variety of platforms. But what does its president, Yves Guillemot, think abo... |
28 May 2009
11:11 GMT |
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Finally, a new videogame release has managed to kick Wii Fit, the Nintendo best seller, off the number one spot in the United Kingdom chart. The move was perfectly executed by UFC 2009: Undisputed, the THQ published fighting game that is the beginning of a new franchise for the company, one that could go over WWE to ... |
28 May 2009
04:25 GMT |
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Nintendo is making huge amounts of money, as its DS and Wii consoles are selling like proverbial hot cakes, even though the recession has made a small impact on the amount of units moved by the two devices. Not only is the company doing well in hardware sales, but also in software ones, where titles such as Wii Play ... |
27 May 2009
16:41 GMT |
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The United Kingdom videogame charts have the same leader this week as during the previous one. Wii Fit, the exercise game from Nintendo that comes packed with a Balance Board, has been sitting at number one for no less than seven weeks.Research firm Chart Track, which puts together the top 20 for each week, is saying... |
21 May 2009
04:24 GMT |
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Software releases drove up the impressive results that the videogames industry posted in April 2008, with Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart Wii leading the charge. Now, software releases are probably to blame for the slump that the NPD Group reported for April 2009, as the research group says that the overall value ... |
15 May 2009
17:31 GMT |
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There's a sense of deja vu when taking a look at the videogame charts coming out of the United Kingdom. This week, the first four spots are occupied by the same games as last week, which is quite surprising and emphasizes the limited appeal of the new titles released at the moment.Wii Fit from Nintendo is still ... |
14 May 2009
04:30 GMT |
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Nintendo has reported record sales again, when it comes to both hardware and software. The Japanese game console creator and videogame publisher has managed to increase its sales and profit, registering a 10% increase over the previous period. Operating income reached 5.6 billion dollars for the fiscal year while net... |
8 May 2009
13:51 GMT |
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Wolverine is huge. It is one of the biggest comic book characters in the world, with Marvel banking on its popularity by featuring it in comic series, offering it an Origins movie tracking its evolution and by building a videogame around that movie. Breaking with tradition, the videogame tie in is not just a cheaply ... |
7 May 2009
04:38 GMT |
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After a brief period of shaking up earlier during spring, with the release of titles like Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5, both from Capcom, the videogame charts from the United Kingdom seem to be returning to the rather monotonous image of a total Wii Fit domination.Considering that no blockbuster releases are... |
30 April 2009
03:11 GMT |
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Last week, the NPD Group numbers for the United States videogames market came out, chronicling the sales for the month of March. The best sold videogames was Resident Evil 5, the zombie shooter created by Capcom, which sold more about 1.5 million units in one month.Wii Fit only managed to come in fourth in the chart.... |
23 April 2009
04:30 GMT |
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Software sales for March 2009 are 17% lower than those for March 2008, which benefited from the release of Nintendo's Super Smash. Bros Brawl. The overall value of videogame sales is about 792 million dollars and the big title of the month of March is Capcom's Resident Evil 5, which moved close to 1,5 milli... |
17 April 2009
15:51 GMT |
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The staying power that Wii Fit, the fitness game that comes packed with a Balance Board and enough exercise options to get anyone into shape, has in the United Kingdom is truly amazing.After being dethroned by Resident Evil 5 for a few weeks in a row, the game has managed to sell better than The Godfather II from Ele... |
16 April 2009
13:21 GMT |
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When the government of the United States of America becomes interested in taking over some aspects of the banks that have generated the recession, a lot of people scream “socialism.”What will they say when they see that a Californian representative aims to restrict the amount of time that someone can spen... |
15 April 2009
05:46 GMT |
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Resident Evil 5, the zombie-oriented shooter from Capcom, fought valiantly but, after quite a few weeks, was forced to cede the first spot in the United Kingdom videogame chart to the omnipresent Wii Fit from Nintendo, some betting that it will still dominate the chart in a year from now. Capcom should probably make ... |
9 April 2009
03:28 GMT |
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Capcom's zombie shooter, Resident Evil 5, continues to amaze us. Quite some time after its initial release, the title manages to retain the number one position in the United Kingdom videogame chart, beating Wii Fit to the spot.The zombie shooter has been plagued by accusations of racism and some have critic... |
1 April 2009
04:06 GMT |
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Ever since Nintendo released the record-breaking Wii Fit video game, which has now taken the Xbox 360's blockbuster Halo 3 title in terms of sales, a lot of things have been said about it. These have ranged from debates on whether it can make you fitter, as it is a fitness game, to propaganda about it being resp... |
30 March 2009
02:34 GMT |
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It seems that zombie killing is more important these days than keeping yourself in shape, as Resident Evil 5 from Capcom again tops the United Kingdom videogame chart, just ahead of Nintendo's Wii Fit.Apparently unaffected by the racism controversy that rages around it, the zombie killing shooter manages a rare ... |
26 March 2009
03:58 GMT |
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One of the direct consequences of Nintendo's success is the fact that there are less and less potential market segments that the company has not already conquered. The Nintendo Wii has managed to expand the appeal of gaming and the Japanese videogame developers have launched quite a few titles specifically targe... |
23 March 2009
18:51 GMT |
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With the NPD data for February now out, all the big gaming companies, focusing on creating gaming consoles and publishing titles for them, are scrambling to put a positive spin on the new results.Taking a cold, hard look at the numbers reveals that Nintendo has the easiest job doing this, considering that fact that W... |
23 March 2009
17:11 GMT |
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Last week we saw the NPD Group, which specializes in market research, release their monthly charts showcasing the sales of gaming hardware and software in the United States of America. The results were, as always, pretty much the same as any other month, with Nintendo's Wii and related games dominating their opp... |
23 March 2009
04:28 GMT |
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The NPD Group numbers of the month of February are out and they're pretty good, given the impact that the economic crisis has on the world economy. The videogaming business has grown in North America by no less than 10% over the same period in 2008, reaching an overall value of 1.47 billion dollars. The 10% grow... |
20 March 2009
20:01 GMT |
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These are truly exciting times for videogame enthusiasts. After the lack of big releases in both January and February, which allowed Wii Fit and other Nintendo platform games to dominate the United Kingdom videogame charts, March has brought a variety of new titles that have shaken up the top positions.The most recen... |
19 March 2009
05:19 GMT |
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The United Kingdom has fallen and the United States (or should I say the Thirteen Colonies?) are next in line for Empire: Total War, the strategy game developed by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA.In its first week on sale, the title sits atop the UK videogame chart, managing to take last week's number on... |
12 March 2009
06:40 GMT |
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In the United Kingdom, the videogame charts are seeing a bit of a shake up as the first big releases of 2009 make their appearance. Wii Fit, which seemed glued to the top spot, has fallen in the charts, allowing Killzone 2 to take first place.The Guerrilla Games developed shooter, which is exclusively offered on the ... |
5 March 2009
02:45 GMT |
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At last, something exciting to report from the land of videogames charts. In the United Kingdom, which is fast becoming a bigger market for games than Japan, Wii Fit, the long time top spot holder from Nintendo, has been dethroned by Street Fighter IV, the fighting game from Capcom. And there are other interesting mo... |
26 February 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Although 2008 ended two months ago, things are barely starting to become clear in terms of sales for games in a lot of countries. We've already seen charts from other territories, but it was yesterday that Enterbrain, the publisher of the famous Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, posted the Top 100 best selling t... |
18 February 2009
02:21 GMT |
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Hardware sales were the main driver for the 13% increase the videogame industry saw in the United States for the month of January 2009 over January 2008. The data coming from the NPD Group shows that software sales increase at a slower pace than hardware, indicating a somewhat surprising trend: when there’s lit... |
13 February 2009
14:21 GMT |
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The Wii is expected to do great in January's NPD numbers, when they are released, even as Nintendo is wondering why Japanese gamers are no longer interested in home gaming consoles. To keep the balance positive, Nintendo should take into account the performance it has achieved in the United Kingdom, where only o... |
13 February 2009
02:40 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii has become a true phenomenon since it was launched, as it introduced a lot of new things to gaming in general. You weren't supposed to sit on your couch but to actually get up and move around, thus performing a small physical exercise. The fact that people got into it and started buying the cons... |
10 February 2009
15:11 GMT |
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This is getting rather boring. Week after week, the Nintendo phenomenon Wii Fit, boosted by its Balance Board hardware peripheral, appears at the top or near the top of the United Kingdom videogames chart. I bet analysts and pundits are secretly hoping that the Nintendo money maker will at one point falter and drop o... |
6 February 2009
02:29 GMT |
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It seems that Nintendo can do no wrong. The Wii home gaming console is outselling both the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, while the Nintendo DS manages to even outsell its corporate brother. The games for the two platforms are also consistently beating the 1 million barrier, with titles like... |
5 February 2009
02:15 GMT |
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One cannot write about a sales chart, be it in Japan or in the United States, be it about hardware or software, without mentioning the Japanese company Nintendo, which produces the Wii and the DS, plus the videogames for these systems. In fact, most of the charts we have reported on lately here at Softpedia have seen... |
4 February 2009
02:30 GMT |
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Nintendo has announced having released, for the moment only in Japan, a new channel for the Nintendo Wii, called the Wii Fit Body Check Channel and aiming to allow gamers to share their information with health professionals. Those joining Nintendo in the project are NEC, Panasonic and Hitachi.Wii Fit has been a best ... |
30 January 2009
02:48 GMT |
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Another week passes and the United Kingdom videogames chart is still being topped by Wii Fit, the Balance Board using the fitness title from Nintendo, which has been selling well ever since it was launched and took the top spot in the second week of 2009. Britons are apparently very interested in getting their exerci... |
29 January 2009
03:33 GMT |
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