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“Taming the Waves: Games Console Life Cycles and Platform Competition,” admits that Wii's hardware sales have so far eclipsed those of the PS3 and Xbox 360 but predicts that Sony's console will still be a commercial platform five years after the Wii is replaced. It expects that PS3's global lifetime sales will reach 127 million, compared to its prediction of 103 million Wii units.
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1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 11.86 milion 2. Wii Sports Resort - 7.57 million 3. New Super Mario Bros Wii. - 7.41 million 4. Wii Fit Plus - 5.80 million 5. Wii Fit - 5.44 million
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2009 Top 10: 1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision), Xbox 360 2. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo), Wii 3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo), Wii 4. Wii Fit (Nintendo), Wii 5. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo), Wii 6. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), Wii 7. Wii Play (Nintendo), Wii 8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision), PlayStation 3 9. Halo 3: ODST (Bungie, Microsoft), Xbox 360 10. Pokemon Platinum Version (Nintendo), NDS
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I can't format on here properly but the bottom end was Inside Story at 656K and top end was NSMBW 2.8M
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Shares in US specialist retailer GameStop have fallen by almost 15 per cent following its revelation earlier this week of poor Holiday sales. The company reported revenues down by 8.6 per cent for the nine-week period ending January 2 at USD 2.86 billion, significantly lower than most analysts had predicted. The company also slashed its Q4 forecast to an estimate of a 8.5-9.5 per cent decline, compared to previous guidance of a 4-7 per cent decline.
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Pachter says. "You just get way too much content. The installed base has a lot of music, and they don't really need a lot more. It's sort of like buying more books when you have a stack of books left to read. You just don't."
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Enterbrain reports that the PS3 has crossed the four million mark in Japan, selling over one million consoles in nine months for a total of 4,020,563. Though this milestone is impressive, expect the next million to go by much more rapidly, thanks to the price drop, the PS3 Slim, and, most importantly, Final Fantasy XIII.
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PlayStation 2 117.8K PlayStation 3 320.6K PSP 174.6K Xbox 360 249.7K Wii 506.9K Nintendo DS 457.6K UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES (PS3; Oct-09) 537,000 WII FIT PLUS* (WII; Oct-09) 441,000 BORDERLANDS (360; Oct-09) 418,000 WII SPORTS RESORT* (WII; Jul-09) 314,000 NBA 2K10* (360; Oct-09) 311,000 HALO 3: ODST (360; Sep-09) 271,000 NBA 2K10* (PS3; Oct-09) 213,000 FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 (360; Oct-09) 175,000 KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 DAYS (NDS; Sep-09) 169,000 FIFA SOCCER 10 (360; Oct-09) 156,000
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Never mind Black Friday. Wal-Mart's getting a jump on the holiday sales season starting November 7, and the deals are already looking good. The company's first big sale begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, November 7 and runs through Friday, November 13.
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Gamasutra looks at the effect of game console price cuts on September's NPD U.S. console numbers, noting that despite its sales boost, the PS3 "has a steep hill to climb" to beat Xbox 360 sales for the year.
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