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Week recap: PS3 beats Xbox 360; Wii No. 1 in U.S.

PS3 beats Xbox 360 in July U.S. sales

Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 outsold Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 in July U.S. sales in the latest retail data from NPD Group Inc.

PS3 sales below Xbox 360 at Japan retail

Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 ranked below Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 in the latest Japan retail figures.

Xbox 360 Japan sales up 400% on new ‘Tales’ release

Japan sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 increased more than 400 percent on the release of Namco Bandai Inc.’s Tales of Vesperia in the latest retail data.

Madden NFL 09 Xbox 360 punts No. 2 rank

EA Inc.’s Madden NFL 09 for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 ranked as the No. 2-selling video game title on Tues. in the latest sales data at Amazon.com.

Nintendo Wii, DS lead July U.S. retail sales

Nintendo Co.’s U.S. game division on Thurs. said that the Nintendo DS handheld and Wii home video game console led overall July hardware sales in the U.S.

Wii Music pre-sales soft upon availability

Initial sales for Nintendo Co.’s Wii Music were soft following availability at Amazon.com on Mon.
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NPD to date for 2008: Wii whitewashes while 360 and PS3 thrash it out

VG247: In the wake of July’s NPD figures, we thought we’d look at just how well the ‘big three’ have fared over the last seven months by tallying all hardware data for 2008.

We all know Nintendo is having a fantastic year, but just how well is Wii doing?

Microsoft and Sony are fighting their own high-def battle, but how big is the margin between the two, and who has the lead?
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Resident Evil 5 absent from Game Convention

Play3-live:

"The German branch of Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 5 will not be present at the Leipzig Games Convention, due to the law on violent video games in the country."
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Soul Calibur IV Frankensteins

OXM UK tests the limit of character creation in Soul Calibur IV. See how you can play as Ronald McDonald, Lara Croft, Britney Spears and most of the cast of Street Fighter.
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Fable 2 Pub Games XBLA Review (XboxOZ360) Better Than Kick In The Pants?

From XboxOZ360:

"Sometimes you really have to wonder what is going through developer’s minds while they are creating some games. One also must wonder at the state a mind would have to be in to decide that sitting there pressing "A" 100 times is going to be a good time for all. It is of course quite possible that they were suffering from severe sleep deprivation after working 72+ hours straight on the actual Fable 2 game or something like that. Regardless what is really a fantastic marketing concept falls very short of being an entertaining game."
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Opinion: Fanboys can F*** Off

This editorial over at gameplayer lashes out at gamers who have been organising petitions and complaining about the approach taken on upcoming sequels such as Fallout 3 and Diablo 3.

"Here’s a thought experiment for you: imagine the mid-1990s, just before Super Mario 64 was due to be released for Nintendo’s new console, the Nintendo 64. Having read all the buzz in the games magazines, and having seen the screen shots and read the eyewitness accounts, gamers worldwide are frothing at the mouth in anticipation.

Now imagine a petition landing on Shigeru Miyamoto’s desk, demanding the game be scrapped."
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American Hardware and Software Chart for Week Ending Aug 9th, 2008

VGChartz reports that their estimate for American hardware and software chart for week Ending Aug 9th, 2008 is as follows:

Total Hardware: [Last Week #]

DSL: 145,021 (-28%) [200,223]

Wii: 90,895 (-14%) [105,974]

PSP: 64,890 (-9%) [71,507]

360: 63,079 (-30%) [89,568]

PS3: 50,352 (+23%) [41,027]

PS2: 37,502 (-6%) [39,961]

Top 10 Software:

1 Soul Calibur IV (360) 104,253 402,289

2 Wii Sports (Wii) 90,895 13,518,003

3 Wii Fit (Wii) 76,173 1,637,512

4 Soul Calibur IV (PS3) 69,156 236,514

5 Wii Play (Wii) 57,002 6,873,490

6 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 55,255 2,805,048

7 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 49,157 1,174,019

8 NCAA Football 09 (360) 32,822 455,380

9 Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) 30,599 679,388

10 Pokemon Diamond / Pearl (DS) 28,113 5,454,815

Software Totals: [Last Week Total]

DSL: 915,023 (-6%) [971,783] Tie Ratio: 4.38

360: 804,679 (-24%) [1,063,210] Tie Ratio: 9.30

Wii: 799,252 (-8%) [867,297] Tie Ratio: 6.18

PS3: 465,060 (-20%) [583,000] Tie Ratio: 6.54

PS2: 312,826 (-2%) [319,965] Tie Ratio: n/a

PSP: 204,103 (-8%) [222,171] Tie Ratio: 4.01
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New: Fallout 3 Gameplay Footage

Almost 4 minutes of new gameplay footage from Fallout 3 shown during the Bravo Channel’s TV show Playr’s.
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Great Graphics vs Splitscreen - Which would you choose?

In this generation we have seen many games giveaway the opportunity of great split-screen gaming in order to maintain a high visual quality. This article at gameplayer debates the merits of such a strategy.

"There’s a certain amount of live interactivity that co-op or versus online play will never be able to replicate, and here’s where the quandary lies. Should we be satisfied with a sexy as hell looking title devoid of a split-screen or multi-player component? Or do we make do with decent enough graphics so we can booze it up with our mates and battle for title of champion of the household?"
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FIFA 09 Better than PES – Hands-On @ Gameplayer

The annual battle between FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer looks to be heating up this year with reports coming in from Gameplayer that the mighty PES may have finally been trumped by EA’s big-spending FIFA series.

"The brilliant new animation technology extends beyond looking sweet and making the Ronaldos and Rooneys of the world carve it up on-screen like they do on the field. The whole game world feels more alive. Collision detection has been pumped up impressively and is now dynamic, so rather than getting canned ’stacking it’ animations when two players collide they will dive heroically in every way imaginable depending on both the players body positions and momentum at the time and the point of collision. This may be in the form of a trip, or a contested header, or even two people shouldering into each other as they chase down a ball. Very impressive stuff."
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