Sonic Unleashed staggers release dates
November 18, 2008
brpFiled under: a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps2/ rel=tagSony PlayStation 2/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/ rel=tagSony PlayStation 3/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/wii/ rel=tagNintendo Wii/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/ rel=tagMicrosoft Xbox 360/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/media/2008/11/gam_nightofthewerehog_490.jpg //abr //div Oh, semantics. Although it may have been a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/11/quality-control-sega-delays-sonics-unleashing-in-japan/believed/a that a href=http://joystiq.com/tag/sonic-unleashedemSonic Unleashed/em/a was hitting retail tomorrow for all consoles, apparently those dates weren’t official. Sega has rectified that by announcing official launch dates today (via a href=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/930/930926p1.htmlIGN/a) stating that the Wii and PS2 versions will be available tomorrow, while the Xbox 360 gets its a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/02/sonic-busts-ghosts-in-upcoming-night-of-the-werehog-short/werehog/a on next week. As for the PS3’s emSonic Unleashed/em, it has been relegated to an indeterminate December date. br /br /Yes, we know, dear Xbox 360 and PS3 owners, whatever else shall you play while waiting for emSonic Unleashed/em?!p style=padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/17/sonic-unleashed-staggers-release-dates/Sonic Unleashed staggers release dates/a originally appeared on a href=http://www.joystiq.comJoystiq/a on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:30:00 EST. Please see our a href=http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/terms for use of 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/2008/11/17/sonic-unleashed-staggers-release-dates/ rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1374913/ title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/17/sonic-unleashed-staggers-release-dates/#comments title=View reader comments on this 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= PSP best-selling gaming system for the month - Image 1 title= PSP best-selling gaming system for the month - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126156/psp-2.jpg?704519 style=cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; align=right border=0The numbers in a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/japan/109 id=tag title=island country in East Asia; capital city TokyoJapan/a for the month of October are now in from a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/famitsu/106 id=tag title=Gaming MagazineFamitsu/a. Data shows strong sales of the a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/psp-3000/15703 id=tag title=third model of the PSPPSP-3000/a, which was released during the month, boosting overall PSP sales.brbrThe industry as a whole seems to be suffering in the region though; the data says that sales keep falling since last year. Compared to the same period from last 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 last year. Small wonder, since the region’s leading console is the Wii, and Nintendo’s been pretty quiet for the platform lately. Here are the hardware sales numbers for the month of October:brulliPSP: 267,000/liliDS: 140,000/liliWii: 98.285/liliPS3: 22,343/liliXbox 360: 27,224/li/ulNote that the Xbox 360 beat the PlayStation 3 by a small margin, but looking at the region’s all in all gamerbase, the PlayStation 3 has 1 of the market, while the Xbox 360 doesn’t even blip on the radar. The DS continues to be the most widespread console commanding 42.6 of the market, followed by the a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/ps2/2464 id=tag title=PlayStation 2, second console in the PlayStation series by Sony.PS2/a. The PSP and the Wii tie with 16 each.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related Articles:/spanbrullia href=http://www.qj.net/Japan-DSi-smashes-into-the-charts-Xbox-360-back-in-last-place/pg/49/aid/125918span title=Japan: DSi smashes into the charts, Xbox 360 back in last place style=font-style: italic;Japan: DSi smashes into the charts, Xbox 360 back in last place/span/a/lilia title=Japan: Grand Theft Auto IV beats LittleBigPlanet href=http://www.qj.net/Japan-Grand-Theft-Auto-IV-beats-LittleBigPlanet/pg/49/aid/125915span title=Japan: Grand Theft Auto IV beats LittleBigPlanet style=font-style: italic;Japan: Grand Theft Auto IV beats LittleBigPlanet/span/a/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=peqKZsimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=peqKZs border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/451148133 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/451148133/126156 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr
Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 3 - Nov. 9: Dear brother edition
November 17, 2008
brpFiled under: a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ds/ rel=tagNintendo DS/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps2/ rel=tagSony PlayStation 2/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/ rel=tagSony PlayStation 3/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/psp/ rel=tagSony PSP/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/wii/ rel=tagNintendo Wii/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/ rel=tagMicrosoft Xbox 360/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/business/ rel=tagBusiness/a/pdiv align=centerimg hspace=0 border=0 vspace=4 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/gam_nintendods_490.jpg alt= /br //div To my younger brother and sworn enemy, the DS Lite:br /br /From high atop the pillowed throne you’ve become so accustomed to over the years, I doubt you ever looked beneath you at the competition that scrambled to match your unparalleled sales prowess. Even if you had, it would have been quite the ocular feat for you to have seen me, jilted and decomposing in last place. Don’t bother looking now — I’ve been retired for quite some time, living out my days in a cottage on an island off the coast of Kumihama, a respite afforded to me by my lucrative years, and a perfect locale for me to focus my energies on planning your demise.br /br /Fret not, dear brother — my murderous ambitious were recently sated by the birth of our newest sibling, the DSi. You see, you’re about to suffer the same fate which I befell, a fate worse than death itself: emabandonment/em. But, no, you may protest, dad said a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/05/nintendo-dsi-wont-immediately-replace-ds-lite-in-u-s/they’d still love me/a when they received their new bundle of joy! An empty promise, brother, I assure you. You’re already quite far down the path I carved over two years ago, your sales figures rendered in twain, your rank plummeting just emone week/em after the DSi’s victorious emergence. You will eventually come in last, your weekly tally dropping into the double digits, then single — then, deeming you emirrelevant/em, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/19/japanese-hardware-sales-oct-8-oct-14-title-edition/Media Create will no longer list you/a.br /br /It’s a long, cruel road to obscurity, my brother. DSi shortages will boost your sales, giving you momentary resurgences — but this is but a detour from your inevitable fate. You emwill/em be crushed — though I will not be the one to do the crushing. I no longer harbor the disdain that rose up within my gut the day you entered the world and promptly stole the spotlight, your slender frame casting a shadow upon my bulky build. You are more than welcome to join me in Kumihama. We can spend our evenings sipping rice wine, and PictoChatting about our all too brief, camera-less reign.br /br /See you in about eighteen months,br /br /– The DS Phatbr /br /- DSi: 104,897 img hspace=4 height=10 border=0 align=bottom width=10 vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg / 67,028 (38.99%)br /- PSP: 43,726 img hspace=4 height=10 border=0 align=bottom width=10 vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg / 6,632 (13.17%)br / - Wii: 24,726 img hspace=4 border=0 vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Up_Arrow.jpg / 1,603 (6.93%)br /- PS3: 18,354 img hspace=4 height=10 border=0 align=bottom width=10 vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg / 21,233 (53.64%) br /- Xbox 360: 12,759 img hspace=4 border=0 vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Up_Arrow.jpg / 6,640 (108.51%)br /- DS Lite: 8,381 img hspace=4 height=10 border=0 align=bottom width=10 vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg / 7,988 (48.80%) br /- PS2: 5,743 img hspace=4 height=10 border=0 align=bottom width=10 vspace=0 alt= src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/04/Down_Arrow.jpg / 971 (14.46%)br /br /[Source: a href=http://www.m-create.com/ranking/Media 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/2008/11/16/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 2008 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=World 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=World at War - Image 1 title=World at War - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126181/WaW_qjpreviewth.png?164990 align= border=0/abr/pbrDoug Creutz with Cowen and Company believe, through their research note that span style=font-style: italic;Call of Duty: World at War/span span id=iTxt(a title=Call of Duty 5 for the PlayStation 3 href=http://ps3.qj.net/Call-of-Duty-5/cid/4758PS3/a, a title=Call of Duty 5 for the Xbox 360 href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Call-of-Duty-5/cid/4760Xbox 360/a, a title=Call of Duty 5 for the Wii href=http://wii.qj.net/category/Call-of-Duty-5/cid/4759Wii/a, a title=Call of Duty 5 for the DS href=http://ds.qj.net/category/Call-of-Duty-5/cid/4757DS/a) /spanwill sell 5.5 million copies during its lifetime in the US. Good news or bad? Apparently, this is a 32.4 year-on-year decline from span style=font-style: italic;Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare /spanspan id=iTxt(a title=Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the PS3 href=http://ps3.qj.net/category/Call-of-Duty-4-Modern-Warfare/cid/3012PS3/a, a title=Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the Xbox 360 href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Call-of-Duty-4-Modern-Warfare/cid/3015Xbox 360/a, a title=Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the PC href=http://pc.qj.net/category/Call-of-Duty-4-Modern-Warfare/cid/3013PC/a). /spanspan id=iTxtIn 2007, span style=font-style: italic;Modern Warfare /spansold over 7 million units worldwide and earned a formidable 88 rating on Metacritic./spanbrspan id=iTxtbrDespite having big shoes to fill, span style=font-style: italic;World at War/span will have a lot to be glad about. Given the strong ratings and demand indicators, we think span style=font-style: italic;World at War/span could deliver meaningful upside to our current statements, Creutz added. Our independent channel checks confirm high demand for the game. In fact, span style=font-style: italic;World at War/span was tied with span style=font-style: italic;Guitar Hero: World Tour/span at #1 for most likely to purchase title this holiday season.brbrIf you wanna help the figures improve for span style=font-style: italic;World at War/span, why not try the buy links below?brbr/spanhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;span id=iTxtbrspan style=font-weight: bold;Related articles:br/span/spanullia href=http://ps3.qj.net/Treyarch-World-at-War-to-focus-on-multiplayer-thanks-to-CoD-4/pg/49/aid/125972span title=World at War to focus on multiplayer style=font-style: italic;Treyarch: World at War to focus on multiplayer thanks to CoD4/span/a/li/ulbrBuy: [Call of Duty: World at War span id=iTxtspan id=iTxt(a href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-World-War-Xbox-360/dp/B001E22VQO/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Call of Duty 5 for the 360Xbox 360/a, a href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-World-War-Playstation-3/dp/B001AWBYNE/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Call of Duty 5 for the PS3PS3/a)]brBuy: [/span/spanCall of Duty: World at War span id=iTxtspan id=iTxt(a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001AWIP7M/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Call of Duty for the WiiWii/a, a href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-World-War-Nintendo-DS/dp/B001AWIP8G/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Call of Duty 5 for the DSDS/a)]/span/spanbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=2oKgZpimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=2oKgZp border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/451414798 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/451414798/126181 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/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/wii-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 to give us a glimpse… of the past! Dun dun dunnnnn. Pachter has given us his predictions for the month of October ahead of the official numbers from the a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/npd/9643 id=tag title=National Purchase Diary, global consumer and retail information providerNPD/a Group.brbrPachter predicts that the Wii dominated last month. Easy enough to predict, seeing as Nintendo’s a title=Nintendo: not affected by economic crisis, ramping up Wii production by 33 href=http://wii.qj.net/Nintendo-not-affected-by-economic-crisis-ramping-up-Wii-production-by-33-/pg/49/aid/125464ramping up production by 33 /a. One of his more questionable predictions is the outcome between the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.brbrNote that October was the 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://ps3.qj.net/category/LittleBigPlanet/cid/3612LittleBigPlanet/a /spanwere both released - both platform exclusives and console sellers in their own right. It seems the magnitude of span style=font-style: italic;a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/littlebigplanet/13193 id=tag title=Sony’s online community-based serviceLittleBigPlanet/a /spanand its cutesy wutesy sackboys didn’t sway Pachter’s opinion though. According to him, the Xbox 360 still outsold the a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/sony/880 id=tag title=Father of PlayStationSony/a console for October.brbrI wouldn’t be surprised if he’s right; a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/microsoft/94 id=tag title=Xbox 360 CreatorMicrosoft/a’s a title=Ultracheap: Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 prices, Arcade going for US 199 href=http://www.qj.net/Ultracheap-Microsoft-slashes-Xbox-360-prices-Arcade-going-for-US-199/pg/49/aid/123678price cut last September/a really kicked up Xbox 360 sales. They also introduced new a title=Happy holidays from Microsoft: Xbox 360 SKUs to be bundled with free games href=http://www.qj.net/Happy-holidays-from-Microsoft-Xbox-360-SKUs-to-be-bundled-with-free-games/pg/49/aid/124792bundles for the holiday season/a, so further sales boosts are expected. Here are the sales numbers that Pachter’s crystal ball predicts for October:brulliNintendo DS: 525,000/liliWii: 775,000/liliXbox 360: 325,000/liliPS3 and PSP: 225,000/liliPS2: 135,000/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=JcICTGimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=JcICTG border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/449887063 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/449887063/126093 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/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 of Duty 5 - Image 1 title=Call of 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 from /spanspan id=iTxtspan style=font-style: italic;Call of Duty: World at War/span span id=iTxt(a title=Call of Duty 5 for the PlayStation 3 href=http://ps3.qj.net/Call-of-Duty-5/cid/4758PS3/a, a title=Call of Duty 5 for the Xbox 360 href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Call-of-Duty-5/cid/4760Xbox 360/a, PC, a title=Call of Duty 5 for the Wii href=http://wii.qj.net/category/Call-of-Duty-5/cid/4759Wii/a, a title=Call of Duty 5 for the DS href=http://ds.qj.net/category/Call-of-Duty-5/cid/4757DS/a)/span/spanspan class=text_article_body come November 11? Everything from span style=font-style: italic;CoD 4′/spans multiplayer. Only better. And with tanks. At least, that’s what /spanspan class=text_article_bodyspan style=font-style: italic;Call of 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 of all is emphasize multiplayer to us, said /spanspan class=text_article_bodyHeller/spanspan class=text_article_body in a recent interview with CVG. /spanspan class=text_article_bodyOur multiplayer’s definitely built off CoD4 because it was an excellent platform to build off, he explained./spanbrspan class=text_article_bodybrspan style=font-style: italic;CoD5/span will sport the stat-collecting online mode, perks and all the good stuff that made span style=font-style: italic;CoD4/span’s multiplayer experience so enjoyable. In addition, there will be vehicles (something I would have loved to have in span style=font-style: italic;Modern Warfare/span), a co-op mode and a number of other tweaks that are supposed to bring span style=font-style: italic;World at War/span’s multiplayer mode into a class of its own (for example, it takes now just one center-mass shot to kill rather than three or four).brbrHeller continued on the newfound emphasis on mutiplayer that the span style=font-style: italic;CoD/span series seems to be taking:brbr/spanp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;In the olden days of span style=font-style: italic;CoD/span you had multiplayer and you had single-player and they never meet. span style=font-style: italic;CoD 4/span was a multiplayer sensation so it was very important that we focused on multiplayer and that we got a chance to show our own multiplayer. /pspan class=text_article_bodybrSounds good, but I can’t shake the 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, mind you.brbr/spanhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related articles:br/spanullia style=font-style: italic; title=Zombies get their moment to shine too in Call of Duty: World at War href=http://www.qj.net/Zombies-get-their-moment-to-shine-too-in-Call-of-Duty-World-at-War/pg/49/aid/125437Zombies get their moment to shine too in Call of Duty: World at War/a/lilia title=Call of Duty: World at War perks list href=http://www.qj.net/Call-of-Duty-World-at-War-perks-list/pg/49/aid/124718span style=font-style: italic;Call of Duty: World at War perks list/span/a/li/ulspan id=iTxtbrspan id=iTxtspan id=iTxtBuy: [Call of Duty: World at War (a title=Call of Duty 5 for the 360 rel=nofollow href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-World-War-Xbox-360/dp/B001E22VQO/quickjumpnetw-20Xbox 360/a, a title=Call of Duty 5 for the PS3 rel=nofollow href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-World-War-Playstation-3/dp/B001AWBYNE/quickjumpnetw-20PS3/a)]brBuy: [Call of Duty: World at War (a title=Call of Duty for the Wii rel=nofollow href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001AWIP7M/quickjumpnetw-20Wii/a, a title=Call of Duty 5 for the DS rel=nofollow href=http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-World-War-Nintendo-DS/dp/B001AWIP8G/quickjumpnetw-20DS/a)]/span/span/spanbrspan class=text_article_body/spanbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=uXt7Lsimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=uXt7Ls border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/445637331 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/445637331/125972 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr
Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 27 - Nov 2: Impossible math edition
November 10, 2008
brpFiled under: a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ds/ rel=tagNintendo DS/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps2/ rel=tagSony PlayStation 2/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/ rel=tagSony PlayStation 3/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/psp/ rel=tagSony PSP/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/wii/ rel=tagNintendo Wii/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/ rel=tagMicrosoft Xbox 360/a, a href=http://www.joystiq.com/category/business/ rel=tagBusiness/a/pdiv align=centerimg hspace=0 border=1 vspace=4 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/gam_divbyzero_490.jpg alt= /br //div We were certain that the release of Nintendo’s new shutterbug handheld, the DSi, would have a rather volatile effect on the Japanese hardware sales numbers this week — and as the dastardly text-skippers among you already know, we were quite correct. The usual suspects played a thrilling round of Musical Chairs, bringing about a comeback for the PS3, and a return to the bottom rung for the Xbox 360. The [Source: a href=http://www.m-create.com/ranking/Media Create/a] text is glad you’re back, 360. It missed you terribly.br /br /The big news of the week, however, was the DSi, which sold like strikehotcakes/strike Pocky to Japanese gamers, who reportedly can’t go a month without buying some iteration of the DS without developing delirium tremens. Unfortunately, my a href=http://www.joystiq.com/bloggers/ludwig-kietzmannpredecessor in the ways of the Japanese hardware sales/a failed to warn me about the caution required when adding a new system to the weekly chart. When typing in the DSi’s sales figures into my trusty Excel spreadsheet, my computer attempted to discern

