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Sonic Unleashed staggers release dates

November 18, 2008

brpFiled : a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagSony 2/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagSony 3/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagNintendo /a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/ rel=tagMicrosoft /a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/action/ rel=tagAction/a/pdiv align=centera href=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/930/930926p1.htmlimg width=490 vspace=4 hspace=0 height=318 border=0 align=top alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com///11/gam_nightofthewerehog_490.jpg //abr //div Oh, semantics. Although may have been a href=http://www.joystiq.com//11/11/quality-control--delays-sonics-unleashing--/believed/a that a href=http://joystiq.com/tag/-unleashedemSonic /em/a was hitting retail tomorrow consoles, apparently those dates weren’t . has rectified that by announcing dates today (via a href=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/930/930926p1.htmlIGN/a) stating that versions will be available tomorrow, while gets its a href=http://www.joystiq.com//11/02/-busts-ghosts--upcoming-night----//a on next week. As ’s emSonic /em, has been relegated an indeterminate December date. br /br /Yes, we know, dear owners, whatever else shall you while waiting emSonic /em?!p style=padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;a href=http://www.joystiq.com//11/17/--staggers-release-dates/ staggers release dates/a originally appeared on a href=http://www.joystiq.comJoystiq/a on Mon, 17 Nov 22:30:00 EST. Please see our a href=http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/terms use feeds/a./pp style=clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;nbsp;/ppa href=http://www.joystiq.com//11/17/--staggers-release-dates/ rel=bookmark title=Permanent link entryPermalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1374913/ title=Send entry a friend via emailEmail /anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://www.joystiq.com//11/17/--staggers-release-dates/#comments title=View reader comments on entryComments/a/p pa href=http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/rRXE47OVmYn9JjJPoLMhHZWgRV8/aimg src=http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/rRXE47OVmYn9JjJPoLMhHZWgRV8/i border=0 ismap=true/img/a/pdiv class=feedflare a href=http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?a=UhAcLmHIimg src=http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?i=UhAcLmHI border=0/img/a a href=http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?a=KpnkIlwIimg src=http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?i=KpnkIlwI border=0/img/a /divimg src=http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~4/VyOyEgy0exs height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/VyOyEgy0exs/’Source [joystiq]/abr

Japan: PSP-3000 boosts sales, but overall game market declines

November 17, 2008

brimg alt= best-selling gaming system month - Image 1 title= best-selling gaming system month - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126156/-2.jpg?704519 style=cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; align=right border=0The numbers a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags//109 id=tag title=island country East Asia; capital TokyoJapan/a month October are now a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/famitsu/106 id=tag title=Gaming MagazineFamitsu/a. Data shows sales a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/-3000/15703 id=tag title=third model PSPPSP-3000/a, which was released during month, boosting overall sales.brbrThe industry as a whole seems be suffering region though; data says that sales keep falling since year. Compared same period year, hardware sales declined 29.1 .brbrNo shocker there - almost everyone there probably has a console by now. Software sales are falling as well, 14.9 less than year. Small wonder, since region’s leading console , ’s been pretty quiet platform lately. Here are hardware sales numbers month October:brulliPSP: 267,000/liliDS: 140,000/liliWii: 98.285/liliPS3: 22,343/liliXbox : 27,224/li/ulNote that beat 3 by a small margin, but looking at region’s gamerbase, 3 has 1 market, while doesn’t even blip on radar. continues be most widespread console commanding 42.6 market, followed by a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags//2464 id=tag title= 2, second console series by ./a. tie with 16 each.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related Articles:/spanbrullia href=http://www.qj.net/-DSi-smashes-into--charts---back---place/pg/49/aid/125918span title=: DSi smashes into charts, back place style=font-style: italic;: DSi smashes into charts, back place/span/a/lilia title=: Theft Auto beats LittleBigPlanet href=http://www.qj.net/--Theft-Auto--beats-LittleBigPlanet/pg/49/aid/125915span title=: Theft Auto beats LittleBigPlanet style=font-style: italic;: Theft Auto beats LittleBigPlanet/span/a/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/?a=peqKZsimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/?i=peqKZs border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj//~4/451148133 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj//~3/451148133/126156 ‘Source [qj.]/abr

Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 3 - Nov. 9: Dear brother edition

November 17, 2008

brpFiled : a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagNintendo /a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagSony 2/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagSony 3/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagSony /a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagNintendo /a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/ rel=tagMicrosoft /a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagBusiness/a/pdiv align=centerimg hspace=0 border=0 vspace=4 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com///11/gam_nintendods_490.jpg alt= /br //div younger brother sworn enemy, :br /br / high atop pillowed throne you’ve become so accustomed years, I doubt you ever looked you at competition that scrambled match your unparalleled sales prowess. Even if you had, would have been quite ocular feat you have seen me, jilted decomposing place. Don’t bother looking now — I’ve been retired quite some time, living out days a cottage on an island off coast Kumihama, a respite afforded me by lucrative years, a perfect locale me focus energies on planning your demise.br /br /Fret not, dear brother — murderous ambitious were recently sated by birth our newest sibling, DSi. You see, you’re about suffer same fate which I befell, a fate worse than death itself: emabandonment/em. But, , you may protest, dad said a href=http://www.joystiq.com///05/-dsi-wont-immediately-replace----u-s/they’d still love me/a when they received their bundle joy! An empty promise, brother, I assure you. You’re already quite far down path I carved two years ago, your sales figures rendered twain, your rank plummeting just emone week/em after DSi’s victorious emergence. You will eventually come , your weekly tally dropping into double digits, then single — then, deeming you emirrelevant/em, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2007//19/japanese-hardware-sales-oct-8-oct-14-title-edition/ Create will longer list you/a.br /br /’s a long, cruel road obscurity, brother. DSi shortages will boost your sales, giving you momentary resurgences — but but a detour your inevitable fate. You emwill/em be crushed — though I will not be one do crushing. I longer harbor disdain that rose up within gut you entered promptly stole spotlight, your slender frame casting a shadow upon bulky . You are more than welcome join me Kumihama. We can spend our evenings sipping rice wine, PictoChatting about our brief, camera-less reign.br /br /See you about eighteen months,br /br /– Phatbr /br /- DSi: 104,897 img hspace=4 height= border=0 align=bottom width= vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com//2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg / 67,028 (38.99%)br /- : 43,726 img hspace=4 height= border=0 align=bottom width= vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com//2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg / 6,632 (13.17%)br / - : 24,726 img hspace=4 border=0 vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com//2006/04/Up_Arrow.jpg / 1,603 (6.93%)br /- : 18,354 img hspace=4 height= border=0 align=bottom width= vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com//2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg / 21,233 (53.64%) br /- : 12,759 img hspace=4 border=0 vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com//2006/04/Up_Arrow.jpg / 6,640 (108.51%)br /- : 8,381 img hspace=4 height= border=0 align=bottom width= vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com//2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg / 7,988 (48.80%) br /- : 5,743 img hspace=4 height= border=0 align=bottom width= vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com//2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg / 971 (14.46%)br /br /[Source: a href=http://www.m-create.com/ranking/ Create/a]br / br / strongSee: /stronga style= href=http://www.joystiq.com/tag/japanesehardwaresalesThe abandoned archives/ap style=padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;a href=http://www.joystiq.com//11/16/japanese-hardware-sales-nov-3-nov-9-dear-brother-edition/Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 3 - Nov. 9: Dear brother edition/a originally appeared on a href=http://www.joystiq.comJoystiq/a on Sun, 16 Nov 22:00:00 EST. 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Analysts: World at War could sell 5.5 million copies, decline from Modern Warfare

November 16, 2008

brp style=text-align: center;a href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126181/WaW_qjpreviewth.png?164990 rel=lightbox[article126181] title= 20at 20War 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126181/WaW.png 3F164990 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin-bottom: 3px; alt= at - Image 1 title= at - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126181/WaW_qjpreviewth.png?164990 align= border=0/abr/pbrDoug Creutz with Cowen Company believe, through their research note that span style=font-style: italic;Call Duty: at /span span id=iTxt(a title=Call Duty 5 3 href=http://.qj.net/Call--Duty-5/cid/4758PS3/a, a title=Call Duty 5 href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Call--Duty-5/cid/4760Xbox /a, a title=Call Duty 5 href=http://.qj.net/category/Call--Duty-5/cid/4759Wii/a, a title=Call Duty 5 href=http://.qj.net/category/Call--Duty-5/cid/4757DS/a) /spanwill sell 5.5 million copies during its lifetime US. Good news or bad? Apparently, a 32.4 year-on-year decline span style=font-style: italic;Call Duty 4 Modern Warfare /spanspan id=iTxt(a title=Call Duty 4: Modern Warfare href=http://.qj.net/category/Call--Duty-4-Modern-Warfare/cid/3012PS3/a, a title=Call Duty 4: Modern Warfare href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Call--Duty-4-Modern-Warfare/cid/3015Xbox /a, a title=Call Duty 4: Modern Warfare href=http://.qj.net/category/Call--Duty-4-Modern-Warfare/cid/3013PC/a). /spanspan id=iTxtIn 2007, span style=font-style: italic;Modern Warfare /spansold 7 million units worldwide earned a formidable 88 rating on Metacritic./spanbrspan id=iTxtbrDespite having big shoes fill, span style=font-style: italic; at /span will have a lot be glad about. Given ratings demand indicators, we think span style=font-style: italic; at /span could deliver meaningful upside our current statements, Creutz added. Our independent channel checks confirm high demand . fact, span style=font-style: italic; at /span was tied with span style=font-style: italic; : /span at #1 most likely purchase title holiday season.brbrIf you wanna help figures improve span style=font-style: italic; at /span, why not try buy links below?brbr/spanhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;span id=iTxtbrspan style=font-weight: bold;Related articles:br/span/spanullia href=http://.qj.net/Treyarch--at---focus-on-multiplayer-thanks--CoD-4/pg/49/aid/125972span title= at focus on multiplayer style=font-style: italic;Treyarch: at focus on multiplayer thanks CoD4/span/a/li/ulbrBuy: [Call Duty: at span id=iTxtspan id=iTxt(a href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty----/dp/B001E22VQO/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Call Duty 5 360Xbox /a, a href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty----3/dp/B001AWBYNE/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Call Duty 5 PS3PS3/a)]brBuy: [/span/spanCall Duty: at span id=iTxtspan id=iTxt(a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001AWIP7M/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Call Duty WiiWii/a, a href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty----/dp/B001AWIP8G/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Call Duty 5 DSDS/a)]/span/spanbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/?a=2oKgZpimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/?i=2oKgZp border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj//~4/451414798 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj//~3/451414798/126181 ‘Source [qj.]/abr

Pachter on October sales: Wii dominated, Xbox 360 outsold PlayStation 3

November 11, 2008

brimg alt=Michael Pachter - Image 1 title=Michael Pachter - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126093/-2.jpg?806967 style=cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; align=right border=0a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/michael-pachter/6516 id=tag title=Wedbush Morgan analystMichael Pachter/a has returned with his crystal ball give us a glimpse… past! Dun dun dunnnnn. Pachter has given us his predictions month October ahead numbers a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/npd/9643 id=tag title=National Purchase , global consumer retail information providerNPD/a Group.brbrPachter predicts that dominated month. Easy enough predict, seeing as ’s a title=: not affected by economic crisis, ramping up production by 33 href=http://.qj.net/-not-affected-by-economic-crisis-ramping-up--production-by-33-/pg/49/aid/125464ramping up production by 33 /a. One his more questionable predictions outcome between 3 .brbrNote that October was month that span style=font-style: italic;a title=Fable 2 href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Fable-2/cid/550Fable 2/a /spanand span title=LittleBigPlanet style=font-style: italic;a href=http://.qj.net/category/LittleBigPlanet/cid/3612LittleBigPlanet/a /spanwere both released - both platform exclusives console sellers their own right. seems magnitude span style=font-style: italic;a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/littlebigplanet/13193 id=tag title=’s community-based serviceLittleBigPlanet/a /spanand its cutesy wutesy sackboys didn’t sway Pachter’s opinion though. According him, still outsold a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags//880 id=tag title=Father PlayStationSony/a console October.brbrI wouldn’t be surprised if he’s right; a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags//94 id=tag title= CreatorMicrosoft/a’s a title=Ultracheap: slashes prices, going US 199 href=http://www.qj.net/Ultracheap--slashes---prices--going--US-199/pg/49/aid/123678price cut September/a really kicked up sales. They also introduced a title=Happy holidays : SKUs be bundled with href=http://www.qj.net/Happy-holidays-----SKUs--be-bundled-with--/pg/49/aid/124792bundles holiday season/a, so further sales boosts are expected. Here are sales numbers that Pachter’s crystal ball predicts October:brulliNintendo : 525,000/liliWii: 775,000/liliXbox : 325,000/liliPS3 : 225,000/liliPS2: 135,000/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/?a=JcICTGimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/?i=JcICTG border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj//~4/449887063 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj//~3/449887063/126093 ‘Source [qj.]/abr

Treyarch: World at War to focus on multiplayer thanks to CoD 4

November 10, 2008

brp style=text-align: center;span class=text_article_bodya href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125972/Call 20of 20Duty 205_qjgenth.jpg?190915 rel=lightbox[article125972] title=Call 20of 20Duty 205 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125972/Call 20of 20Duty 205.jpg 3F190915 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin: 3px; alt=Call Duty 5 - Image 1 title=Call Duty 5 - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125972/Call 20of 20Duty 205_qjgenth.jpg?190915 align= border=0/a /spanbrspan class=text_article_body/span/pspan class=text_article_bodybrWhat can we expect /spanspan id=iTxtspan style=font-style: italic;Call Duty: at /span span id=iTxt(a title=Call Duty 5 3 href=http://.qj.net/Call--Duty-5/cid/4758PS3/a, a title=Call Duty 5 href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Call--Duty-5/cid/4760Xbox /a, , a title=Call Duty 5 href=http://.qj.net/category/Call--Duty-5/cid/4759Wii/a, a title=Call Duty 5 href=http://.qj.net/category/Call--Duty-5/cid/4757DS/a)/span/spanspan class=text_article_body come November 11? Everything span style=font-style: italic;CoD 4′/spans multiplayer. Only better. with tanks. At least, that’s what /spanspan class=text_article_bodyspan style=font-style: italic;Call Duty 5/span senior producer Noah Heller promises./spanbrspan class=text_article_bodybrI think what [span style=font-style: italic;Modern Warfare/span’s success] did most emphasize multiplayer us, said /spanspan class=text_article_bodyHeller/spanspan class=text_article_body a recent interview with CVG. /spanspan class=text_article_bodyOur multiplayer’s definitely built off CoD4 because was an excellent platform off, he explained./spanbrspan class=text_article_bodybrspan style=font-style: italic;CoD5/span will sport stat-collecting mode, perks good stuff that made span style=font-style: italic;CoD4/span’s multiplayer so enjoyable. addition, there will be (something I would have loved have span style=font-style: italic;Modern Warfare/span), a co-op mode a number other tweaks that are supposed bring span style=font-style: italic; at /span’s multiplayer mode into a class its own ( example, takes now just one center-mass shot kill rather than three or four).brbrHeller continued on newfound emphasis on mutiplayer that span style=font-style: italic;CoD/span series seems be taking:brbr/spanp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; olden days span style=font-style: italic;CoD/span you had multiplayer you had single-player they never meet. span style=font-style: italic;CoD 4/span was a multiplayer sensation so was very important that we focused on multiplayer that we got a chance show our own multiplayer. /pspan class=text_article_bodybrSounds good, but I can’t feeling that I’ll just be buying an updated span style=font-style: italic;Battlefield 1942/span with span style=font-style: italic;CoD5/span… not that that’s a bad thing, you.brbr/spanhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related articles:br/spanullia style=font-style: italic; title= get their moment shine Call Duty: at href=http://www.qj.net/-get-their-moment--shine---Call--Duty--at-/pg/49/aid/125437Zombies get their moment shine Call Duty: at /a/lilia title=Call Duty: at perks list href=http://www.qj.net/Call--Duty--at--perks-list/pg/49/aid/124718span style=font-style: italic;Call Duty: at perks list/span/a/li/ulspan id=iTxtbrspan id=iTxtspan id=iTxtBuy: [Call Duty: at (a title=Call Duty 5 rel=nofollow href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty----/dp/B001E22VQO/quickjumpnetw-20Xbox /a, a title=Call Duty 5 rel=nofollow href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty----3/dp/B001AWBYNE/quickjumpnetw-20PS3/a)]brBuy: [Call Duty: at (a title=Call Duty rel=nofollow href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001AWIP7M/quickjumpnetw-20Wii/a, a title=Call Duty 5 rel=nofollow href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty----/dp/B001AWIP8G/quickjumpnetw-20DS/a)]/span/span/spanbrspan class=text_article_body/spanbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/?a=uXt7Lsimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/?i=uXt7Ls border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj//~4/445637331 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj//~3/445637331/125972 ‘Source [qj.]/abr

Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 27 - Nov 2: Impossible math edition

November 10, 2008

brpFiled : a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagNintendo /a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagSony 2/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagSony 3/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagSony /a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagNintendo /a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/ rel=tagMicrosoft /a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category// rel=tagBusiness/a/pdiv align=centerimg hspace=0 border=1 vspace=4 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com///11/gam_divbyzero_490.jpg alt= /br //div We were certain that release ’s shutterbug handheld, DSi, would have a rather volatile effect on Japanese hardware sales numbers week — as dastardly text-skippers among you already know, we were quite correct. usual suspects played a thrilling Musical Chairs, bringing about a comeback , a return bottom rung . [Source: a href=http://www.m-create.com/ranking/ Create/a] text glad you’re back, . missed you terribly.br /br / big news week, however, was DSi, which sold like strikehotcakes/strike Pocky Japanese , who reportedly can’t go a month without buying some iteration without developing delirium tremens. Unfortunately, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/bloggers/ludwig-kietzmannpredecessor ways Japanese hardware sales/a failed warn me about caution required when adding a system weekly chart. When typing DSi’s sales figures into trusty Excel spreadsheet, computer attempted discern