<![CDATA[Kotaku: Charts]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Charts]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/charts http://kotaku.com/tag/charts <![CDATA[So, How'd The Nintendo 3DS Do In Its First Week On The Charts?]]> This past weekend, the Nintendo 3DS officially launched (in Japan), moving more than 350,000 units in just two days on the market. Not bad! Nintendo 3DS games managed to sell pretty well too, with the latest Professor Layton game performing better than anything else for Nintendo's new portable. But it wasn't the week's most popular game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5774470&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How Does The Nintendo 3DS Price Stack Up?]]> Nintendo has revealed the launch price of the Nintendo 3DS, the company's priciest portable yet at $249.99 USD. How does Nintendo's stereoscopic 3D gaming handheld compare to the competition and its ancestors? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5737948&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[When The Game Comes On, Madden Goes Off]]> An interesting little graphic EA Sports sent us today illustrates what most would expect: An actual NFL game crashes Madden NFL's participation numbers. But it still holds on to about 34,000 hardcore users from kickoff to final gun. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5637076&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[There Are Too Many Damn Video Games]]> Ever get the feeling there are more games being released than you can even keep track of, let alone get your hands on? Don't worry. It's not your mind playing tricks on you. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5513192&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Left 4 Dead 2's Frying Pans Kill a Tank 3 Times Faster than Shotguns]]> Granted, this chart assumes the Tank is just standing there taking the abuse. Still, a Steam user found that 10 frying pan hits kill a Tank in nine seconds, compared to 30 blasts from a combat shotgun in 26 seconds. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5438758&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The 2009 eBay Holiday Video Game Grey Market Report]]> While game publishers look to retail sales figures to gauge the success of the holiday season, let's take a look at how our favorite games and consoles performed in the shady back-alleys of eBay's 2009 holiday grey market. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5437760&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Aion Wings It To The Top Of September PC NPDs]]> The NPD PC charts for September have arrived, bringing with them several new entries amidst the old favorites, with Batman, Champions Online, and Aion slipping into the top 20. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5385916&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Confused About Commenting? Consult This Chart]]> Late to the party on the latest development? Weekend friends B-Miggs and Agent B have broken down the orthodoxy of each console's partisans and their most common reactions to the most common industry news. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5312907&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[This is So True ...]]> As seen on Hawty McBloggy. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5290208&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Call Of Duty 4 Top Selling Title Of 2007]]> Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare completely kicked 2007's ass. This is the gist of the latest press release from Activision, which pulls out the NPD, Chart Track, and GFK Group numbers showing that not only has the game sold in excess of 7 million copies across all platforms since its release in November, but also wound up selling the most units of any game on any system worldwide during calendar year 2007.
"We're very excited about this achievement especially given so many competitive titles this year," said Will Kassoy, senior vice president, global brand management, Activision Publishing, Inc. "Consumer and critics agree that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is one of the best games ever created and further establishes Call of Duty as one of the premier brands in the industry."
While the game came in third in US software sales behind Halo 3 and Wii Play, it turns out the United States is just one of many countries that thinks shooting other people is a worthwhile pastime. Hit the jump for more Activision self-love. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=348925&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Nintendo Million (Bajillion) Club]]> It's easy to forget just how much money a sweet, innocent company like Nintendo makes. Gamasutra dug through Nintendo financial reports and listed all the million+ selling shipping titles Nintendo (proper) has produced for the Wii and DS worldwide between March 07 and Sept 07 (basically, a million had to sell within that timeframe). And while we've listed all of the results after the jump, just know that the biggest surprise of cumulative sales shipments wasn't Brain Age's near 10 million copies (or the 7.5 million follow-up of its sequel), but Nintendogs, which has moved 15,770,000 units when you include all versions. It all leads us to one final question for Nintendo: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=317830&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]]> Shocker! A Nintendo DS Final Fantasy game tops the weekly Japanese sales charts! Alongside Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Fuuketsu no Grimoire's impressive weekly sales, the rest of the top ten features uniquely Japanese releases, mostly new. Winning Eleven, Imabikisou, Sega's horrific sound novel game, DS Bungaku Zenshuu, the Nintendo literature collection, and all sorts of other things I don't recognize round out the top ten. Even Sega's wacky Ghost Squad debuted strong. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=317414&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]]> Please, stop e-mailing us about the Japanese sales chart position of DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series: Kyoto Atami Zekkai no Kotou - Satsui no Wana. We're well aware that you're all fans of Tecmo's Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series, but numbers don't come in until late Wednesday night from Media Create, so we simply can't answer your questions until then. Yes, it placed well in this week's sales charts, beating out last week's retail champ Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor by a wide margin. Exciting, isn't it? Yes, it is. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312199&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Best Pac-Man Joke Ever]]> I'm sorry, I just couldn't help but laugh out loud at this perfectly executed pie chart. And it's so rare that I do audibly giggle at a pie chart that I had no choice but to post it. Michael McWhertor More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=212117&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[IGN's 7-9 Point Review Scale... Charted!]]>
I dig Metafuture... an entertaining, witty gaming blog written by one of Kotaku's disgruntled ex-own. I was saddened by the recent announcement of its passing as a blog: who will point out mistakes in our grammar or chide me for having the name of a Harry Potter fan fic character now? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=192428&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Horde/Alliance Ratios Stable Over Time]]>
Weary Kotaku Scout, rest your pink-and-chartreuse-seared eyes by laying them on this tasteful graph. There, there. More »
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