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The PlayStation Vita debuted to strong sales in mid-December. New devices usually do, and a falloff after that is likewise to be expected. But for the week ending Jan. 15—a month after its Japan release—the PS Vita had fallen to 18,361 units sold. More »
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Go ahead, snicker and titter just like you do when you pass a display of Ubisoft's dancing franchise games at Target or Walmart. With 25 million copies sold across six titles, odds are you secretly own a copy of Just Dance yourself. More »
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Disproving the power of packaged goods once again, Valve's Steam digital download platform saw another year of massive growth in 2011, with sales more than doubling and the number of simultaneous users surpassing the five million mark. What gets five million people on Steam all at once? More »
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Have you purchased add-ons like controllers, headsets, or glowing balls-on-sticks for the PlayStation 3 in the weeks leading up to Christmas? Why would you do that? Didn't you know Sony's Play Days sale was coming? More »
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More than 6.5 million people bought copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in North America and the United Kingdom in the first 24 hours of its release pulling in more than $400 million, Activision said today. More »
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It was a big week for two very different video games in Japan. One, Konami's World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012 (a series you may know as Pro Evo), topped the charts overseas, selling more than a quarter million copies in its first week. More »
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After debuting strongly in first place in Japan a couple weeks back, PlayStation 3 role-playing game Dark Souls has been defeated. Taking its first place position is another role-playing game, the latest in Falcom's Legend of Heroes line. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5847437&view=rss&microfeed=true According to a surprised Kmart Gamer, the avatar of all things gaming and Kmart related, the PlayStation 3 version of Dark Souls outsold Rage on the PS3 yesterday, defying expectations, while Rage reigned supreme on the Xbox 360. [Twitter] More »
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More than a quarter million masochists in Japan have snapped up a copy of Dark Souls for the PlayStation 3 , making From Software's punishing role-playing game the country's bestselling game. More »
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Last week's software champ, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver., had to settle for a second place showing in Japan this week, thanks to the warm reception of the latest Vanillaware and Marvelous Entertainment game Grand Knights History. More »
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Japan loves it some Monster Hunter. Take the latest version, the PSP to PlayStation 3 port—or if you prefer "PSP Remaster"—Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Version. It's Japan's hottest game right now. More »
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Disney's Epic Mickey made its (rather late) to the Wii in Japan last week, debuting in the top ten, but not in the top five. Another adorable mascot, Nintendo's Kirby, fared much better overseas. More »
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WIi game Rhythm Heaven Wii (Minna no Rhythm Tengoku in Japan) is still the bestselling game in Japan, according to the people at Media Create. But Namco Bandai's Queen's Gate came closest to beating that with its suggestive, girl-on-girl role-playing brawler. More »
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The delightful Rhythm Heaven series has come to the Wii—in Japan, at least—arriving to divine reception from the Nintendo loving masses. Rhythm Heaven Wii (aka Minna no Rhythm Tengoku) is Japan's bestselling game. More »
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High-definition, big headed baseball is currently the hottest thing in Japanese video games. Konami's latest cartoonish baseball sim, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2011, is the country's number one game. More »
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Japan's hottest game right now is not made in Japan, which doesn't happen often. Maybe more surprising is that four of the top 10 games on the country's bestseller list weren't made in Japan either. More »
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Remakes! Japanese gamers love 'em, with further evidence to prove that theory in the form of Namco Bandai's Tales of the Abyss. That Nintendo 3DS remake of the PlayStation 2 title is currently Japan's bestselling game. More »
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What's selling well in Japan these days? The likes of Meruru no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi 3, Steins;Gate and a new Gundam game for the PlayStation Portable. I know. Exciting, right? More »
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Japan's bestselling video game right now may be a PlayStation Portable title—Level 5's Cardboard Senki—but The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D wasn't far behind, helping to put the Nintendo 3DS back into first place this week. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5814935&view=rss&microfeed=true No stranger to sales, Valve is now committing to "a new 24-hour deal, every single day" via its Steam digital distribution service. Valve christens the daily deal with Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, currently 75% off. More »
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They're sick of waiting. And now some are crossing over to the other side. More »
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Yes, yes, it was a Nintendo DS game that managed to outsell everything else in Japan this week—Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional—but it was the continued strength of PSP hardware in Japan that seemed most impressive. More »
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Japanese video game fans caught a new strain of Pokemon fever this week with the release of the unlikely Nintendo DS game, Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS. The Nintendo game that comes bundled with a keyboard for the DS was Japan's bestselling game. Take that, Mavis Beacon! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5796379&view=rss&microfeed=true As of March 2011, Apple has sold more than 108 million iPhones, 19 million iPads and 60 million iPod touch devices, according to a recently filed lawsuit against Samsung. That's more than 180 million iOS devices, an impressive number that's quickly catching up to the combined install base of the Nintendo DS and PSP. [Bloomberg] More »
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Since its launch in Japan, the Nintendo 3DS has ruled the hardware chart, making a strong debut overseas and outselling its entrenched competition. But this week, the still popular PSP strikes back—and so does the Nintendo DS. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5789677&view=rss&microfeed=true Want to buy three (or more) video games today on the cheap? Hit up Amazon.com's "Buy Two Games, Get a Third Free" sale. Great games featured in that offer include Killzone 3, Epic Mickey, Bulletstorm, Gran Turismo 5 and Donkey Kong Country Returns, plus more great and not-so-great games. More »
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It was a week light in new video game releases in Japan. Sega's gangsters meet zombies game, Yakuza Of The End, was supposed to have been released this past week, but was delayed after Japan's natural disasters. That gives not-so-fresh games more opportunity to sell overseas. More »
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Honestly, I wasn't sure if we'd even get fresh sales figures from Japan this week, but we did and it appears that video game sales overseas are still rather strong, with the latest Dynasty Warriors game debuting with a quarter million copies sold. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5782734&view=rss&microfeed=true Congratulations to Microsoft, who took what I thought was going to be a modest hit and making it a giant one. Now let's get that next wave of games coming! [GuinnessWorldRecords.com] More »
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The Nintendo 3DS had a great second week in Japan, with another 200,000 gamers snapping up stereoscopic 3D hardware. But it was a PSP game that dominated the software charts (again), with Square Enix's dramatic fighting game adventure Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy dominating the sales charts. More »
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Atlus' weird and (for some) nightmarishly difficult adventure Catherine is on its way to being a bit hit overseas. One week in and the game has sold more than 160,000 copies to eager Japanese gamers. More »
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Graphic designer Eileen Lopez has put together this very helpful chart, which shows the best-selling games of all time in the United States. All of them. From the 2600 to the 360, Space Battle to Smash Bros. More »
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Japan continues to show a lot of love for the PlayStation Portable, with Namco's role-playing game Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 securing the top spot on the country's bestsellers list. More »
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The creator of Final Fantasy brought his latest adventure, Mistwalker's The Last Story, to Japan this past week, with the Wii game debuting at the top of the country's bestseller list. But this week's chart definitely belongs to the PSP. More »
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That Kingdom Hearts is once again the bestselling video game in Japan is a testament to the PSP's power overseas. This is, after all, a game that has already been released in the country. More »
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Who can stop Monster Hunter Portable 3's streak? Only another PSP game, one with similar Japanese flair, Another Century's Episode Portable. The mech simulation has dethroned the latest and 4 million selling Monster Hunter in Japan. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5738169&view=rss&microfeed=true Lifehacker's incredibly detailed guide to deal hunting just went live, reaffirming that October is the best month to land a deal for gamers. Check it out. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5736743&view=rss&microfeed=true Don't look now, but the Xbox 360 nearly outsold the Wii in the US last year. More »
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Microsoft warned this week that getting your hands on a new Xbox 360 right now may be more difficult than normal. You can blame Kinect's eight million sales for part of that, says Microsoft. More »
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The Monster Hunter dynasty continues its proud rein in Japan this week with the latest entry in Capcom's beast slaying sensation managing to win over more PSP fans to its brand of hack and slash action. More »
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