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[KhanadaRhodes]

 

[catlhere]

Ok here are the Media Create hardware sales to go along with my previous update. Nothing too surprising here. North American sales should be coming soon. I also found some France numbers but didn't think too many people would care seeing as they are pretty much the same as the Japanese charts. Anywho...

1.) Nintendo DS Lite - 153,566
2.) PSP - 25,935
3.) PS2 - 23,133
4.) Nintendo DS - 3,504
5.) GBA SP - 2,919
6.) Xbox 360 - 1,897
7.) Gameboy Micro - 1,443
8.) Gamecube - 1,002
9.) Gameboy Advance - 17
10.) Xbox - 8

LOL@Xbox numbers

 

[waynetravis]

^

does anyone know when Mercenairies 2 is out??

the first one is

 

[catlhere]

^There hasn't been a definite date set for the release. But here is a hands-on review of the game that explains some of the new details Pandemic has worked on.

-Mercenaries 2: World In Flames
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/mercenaries2worldinflames/news.html?sid=6150343&q=Mercenaries 2

-This was too good to pass up. Tingle's RPG finally has a website!
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/tincle/index.html

Look at him shake his little booty for ya

 

[catlhere]

Oh and while I'm at it, here are some US sales numbers from Best Buy. Most recent I could dig up.

1.) Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo
Platform: DS Category: Miscellaneous

2.) New Super Mario Bros.
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: DS | Category: Platformers

3.) NFL Head Coach
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: PS2 | Category: Football

4.) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts | Platform: XBOX | Category: Soccer

5.) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts | Platform: PS2 | Category: Soccer

6.) Star Wars: Battlefront II
Publisher: LucasArts | Platform: XBOX | Category: First-Person Shooters

7.) Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Publisher: Aspyr | Platform: XBOX | Category: Action Adventure

8.) FIFA 06
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: XBOX | Category: Soccer

9.) Mario Kart DS
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: DS | Category: Racing

10.) Ninja Gaiden Black
Publisher: Tecmo | Platform: XBOX | Category: Action Adventure

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

three ds games in the top ten

 

[catlhere]

^ i love that smiley!

Here are more sales numbers (I know my gaming pals must be yawning by now!)

Best Buy US software sales, even more recent ones!
Bestbuy.com console best-sellers: Week of June 25, 2006

1.) Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo
Platform: DS Category: Miscellaneous
2.) New Super Mario Bros.
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: DS | Category: Platformers
3.) Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
Publisher: Namco Bandai Games America | Platform: PS2 | Category: Fighting Games
4.) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts | Platform: PS2 | Category: Soccer
5.) NFL Head Coach
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: PS2 | Category: Football
6.) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Publisher: Ubisoft | Platform: X360 | Category: Tactical Shooters
7.) Over G Fighters
Publisher: Ubisoft | Platform: X360 | Category: Combat Sims
8.) FIFA 06
Publisher: EA Sports | Platform: PS2 | Category: Soccer
9.) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts | Platform: X360 | Category: Soccer
10.) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts | Platform: XBOX | Category: Soccer

UK sofware sales charts for this week!

1.) Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Publisher: Rockstar Games Developer: Rockstar Leeds
Platform: PS2 Category: Action Adventure
2.) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts | Platform: PS2 | Category: Soccer
3.) Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: DS | Category: Miscellaneous
4.) Pro Evolution Soccer 5
Publisher: Konami | Platform: PS2 | Category: Soccer
5.) Hitman: Blood Money
Publisher: Eidos Interactive | Platform: PS2 | Category: Action
6.) Tomb Raider: Legend
Publisher: Eidos Interactive | Platform: X360 | Category: Action
7.) Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: DS | Category: Virtual Life Games
8.) Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War
Publisher: Midway | Platform: PC | Category: Real-Time Strategy
9.) Sensible Soccer 2006
Publisher: Codemasters | Platform: PS2 | Category: Soccer
10.) Animal Crossing: Wild World
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: DS | Category: Virtual Life Games

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i dare you to post something other than sales numbers

 

[catlhere]

^Ok done

News:

*A new challenger... Envizion's "Evo: Phase One" console is revealed. Take a look.
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/12/evo-phase-one-like-the-phantom/

*Here's a silly little find that relates to video games as well as the Fifa World Cup! GOOOAAAL!
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/13/materazzi-owned-by-countryman-mario/

*Target is discontinuing UMD movies. This could spell bad news for the PSP.
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/12/target-discontinues-umd-movies/

*And of course... Media Create software sales for the latest week of July

1.) (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros. 134568 / 2137680
2.) (PS2, Namco) Xenosaga Episode III - 123847 / new
3.) (DS, Nintendo) More Brain Age - 50634 / 2700187
4.) (PSP, Namco) Tekken Dark Resurrection - 49426
5.) (DS, Nintendo) Brain Age - 33771 / 2508373
6.) (DS, Capcom) Rockman ZX - 33,652 / new
7.) (PS2, Konami) Winning Eleven 10 - 31228 / 932027
8.) (DS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing: Wild World - 26234 / 2911295
9.) (DS, Nintendo) English Training DS - 21956 / 1239164
10.) (DS, Nintendo) Super Dragon Ball Z / 21355 / 116437

New Super Mario Bros. is still selling well over 100k even into its 7th week. Wow!

 

[catlhere]

June NDP hardware sales

1.) DS/DSL 593k
2.) PS2 312k
3.) Xbox 360 277k
4.) PSP 221k
5.) Xbox 24k

Holy moly at the DS numbers. It's a monster in all areas of the world. Nintendo should capitalize on this success which will hopefully transfer to the Wii. Microsoft really doesn't seem to be finding any major push in their market share with the 360. Gamecube, GBA/SP/Micro sales are strangely absent, so I will take this as unconfirmed until all are present.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

 

[Laird/Bono]

let's talk old school arcade games ('80s)

zaxxon
kangaroo
missle command
burger time

 

[catlhere]

Galaga

Or how about some classic Battletoads and Double Dragon

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Galaga

 

[RavenBlue]

Paperboy!

I loved that game

and Excitebike!

 

[TheQuiet1]

Paperboy!

I loved that game

YES!

Does anybody remember a Speccy strategy game called Hijack? I loved that game- didn't have a clue what I was doing and the lift was annoying as but I loved that game.

They've started showing ads for New Super Mario Bros. It looks great I love the references to the original game in the ad too.

 

[TheQuiet1]

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/info...game=/games/p/Paperboy.tap.zip&emu=3&aspect=3



And it's 100% legal too

 

[Canadiens1131]

If you were looking for an XBOX 360 but were hesitant at the price, you can grab one now for around 308.00 including shipping.

Good stuff
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?threadid=288185&postid=0#post0

 

[waynetravis]

how do you connect PS2 online?

i got my PS2 connected to a ethernet modem.
when i test the connection its sucessfull, but when i try to connect to the game server i keep getting DNAS 612 error

 

[mdw3935]

let's talk old school arcade games ('80s)

zaxxon
kangaroo
missle command
burger time

My favorite was Centipede. Wasted so much time playing that game. I also loved:
Space Invaders
Frogger
Pitfall
Galaxian
and of course Pac-Man

 

[zoobeatle]

Wanna know what the new Hitman game on ps2 is like. anyone?

 

[RavenBlue]

Any Intellivision players here? There were so many great games on that system. Night Stalker, Skiing, Sea Battle, Biplanes just to name a few. I'm so glad they released Intellivision Lives for the console... I adore playing the classics!

 

[catlhere]

Media Create software and hardware sales for this latest week of July!

1.) PS2 Pawafuru baseball 13 - 151,000 [NEW]
2.) NDS New Super Mario Bros. - 119,000
3.) PS2 Persona 3 - 116,000 (84%) [NEW]
4.) PS2 Sarugetchu Million monkeys - 57,000 [NEW]
5.) NDS Brain Age 2 - 52,000
6.) NDS Project Hacker 覚醒 - 37,000 [NEW]
7.) PSP Loco Roco (Loco Roco + PSP pack included) - 31,000 [NEW]
8.) NDS Brain Age - 31,000
9.) NDS Naruto RPG 3 - 26,500 [NEW]
10.) PSP Quiz Mobile Suit Gundam DX - 23,700 [NEW]

1.) DSL - 140,858
2.) PSP - 35,283
3.) PS2 - 23,927
4.) DS - 11,821
5.) GBASP - 2,619
6.) GBM - 1,581
7.) Xbox360 - 1,105

Locoroco didn't do too well. While NSMB beat out 6 of 7 new games on the market. That little Italian just wont quit. Great debut for Pawafuru Baseball! Also congrats to the PSP for finally catching a break

 

[catlhere]

And as for you waynetravis, this is the quickest help I could find. Hope it answers at least some questions.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/247720

 

[waynetravis]

thanks catlhere, i've tried all that, but nothig seems to work.
i got a ethernet modem/router that my computer won't recognise and the installation software won't, and i'm unable to return it
i might have to get a better router

i'm waiting for a network access disc from Sony.
i thought it would be real easy to get online

 

[catlhere]

Wow been forever since an update on sales so here are some!

Media Create hardware and software sales for the latest week of July:

Hardware
1.) DSL 262,453
2.) PSP 35,938
3.) PS2 22,288
4.) DS 6,344
5.) GBASP 2,953
6.) Xbox360 1,472
7.) GBM 1,410
8.) GC 1,076
9.) GBA 20
10.) Xbox 0*

Software
1.) (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Brothers - 145,095 / 2,401,965
2.) (DS, Nintendo) Shaberu! Oryouri Nabi - 126,530
3.) (DS, Nintendo) More Brain Training - 72,327 / 2,824,538
4.) (PS2, Bandai) Battle Stadium DON - 49,085
5.) (DS, Nintendo) Brain Training - 44,499 / 2,584,420
6.) (PS2, Konami) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 13 - 44,242 / 196,148
7.) (PSP, SCE) BLEACH Heat The Soul 3 - 35,476
8.) (GC, Bandai) Battle Stadium DON - 35,399
9.) (DS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing: Wild World - 35,121 / 2,972,162
10.) (DS, Nintendo) English Training DS - 28,905 / 1,289,633

*LOL

 

[namkcuR]

Check this out...this Asian pianist plays tons of video game music from Mario to Zelda to Sonic to Final Fantasy, all by ear. He's really really good.

Video:

Super Mario Medley: http://www.videogamepianist.com/videos/1.wmv

Super Mario Medley 2: http://www.videogamepianist.com/videos/2.wmv

Audio:

Legend Of Zelda(Original NES Game) Level Themes: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/5_mp3

Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past and Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Level Themes: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/6_mp3

Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Temple Themes: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/7_mp3

Sonic The Hedgehog(Original) Level Themes: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/8_mp3

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Level Themes: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/9_mp3

Final Fantasy Prelude: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/15_mp3

Final Fantasy Ending Theme: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/19_mp3

Super Mario Brothers(Original) Level Themes: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/1_mp3

Super Mario Brothers 2 and 3 Level Themes: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/2_mp3

Super Mario World(SNES) - Level Themes: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/3_mp3

Super Mario World(SNES) - Overworld Themes: http://www.videogamepianist.com/pianocollections/4_mp3

 

[catlhere]

I love that guy! Very funny to think that those songs are so recognizable even to non-gamers. Here are some more gaming music links.

Martin Leung (The Video Game Pianist) Zelda Medley Live!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-PwSKAxR4

Super Mario Bros. +SFX On Electric Guitar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6PvUK561Vw

Nintendo Themes (and one non) Acapella!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ldFCBpTwEGI&search=Nintendo Acapella

 

[waynetravis]

Hardware
1.) DSL 262,453
2.) PSP 35,938
3.) PS2 22,288
4.) DS 6,344
5.) GBASP 2,953
6.) Xbox360 1,472
7.) GBM 1,410
8.) GC 1,076
9.) GBA 20
10.) Xbox 0*

its wierd how the PS2 is out selling Xbox360 by nearly 20,000 units.
is it because of the price of the Xbox or are people waiting for PS3 i know i am, its just the price of the PS3 that's !!!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]