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Call of Duty: World at War took over the top spot for all Xbox LIVE acitvity last week. Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War 2 and Left 4 Dead rounded out the top 5. Castle Crashers had the top spot for all arcade games, fueled by the recent release of DLC. Additionaly a new section for the most played Communit Games.
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The latest PC sales figures from marketing research firm NPD Group are in, showing the ten most popular games at US retailers from January 4-10, 2009. After being dethroned by The Sims 2 Double Deluxe last week, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King reassumed the top spot. Meanwhile, Left 4 Dead rose from #7 to #3, Call of Duty and Fallout 3 dropped a few spots, and Red Alert 3 reappeared, probably because of a lower price.
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Nintendo’s exercise title claims the ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 crown for the fifth time The ever-popular Wii Fit has proved that it's far from out of steam this week by returning to the top of ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for the fifth time, knocking last week’s number one, EA’s FIFA 09, back to number four.
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US Market Share 2008 : Nintendo went up from 37% (6.7 B) to 47% (10.0 B), while Sony went down from 35% (6.2B) to 30% (6.4 B) and Microsoft went from 28% (5.1B) to 23% (5.0B).
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Console : 1.9 million. Wii 44.1 %, XBOX 25.5, PlayStation 3 21.7. Portable : 1.2 million. Nintendo DS took 76.5 %, with Sony PSP accounting for the rest.
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While video games are often slammed over violent content, a new study suggests that it is the challenge presented by a game rather than graphic violence which attracts players. The research, which appears today in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, was conducted at the University of Rochester in cooperation with Immersyve Inc., described as a "player-experience research firm."
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NPD has released more sales results from the record-breaking month of December 2008. We've already seen the hardware figures and top 10 software sales, in which Nintendo's Wii games dominated with Wii Play (above) as the top-selling game of the month and year. Now, NPD gives us a broader picture: the top 20 games across all platforms, and the top 10 for each console. For list, see comment.
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US consumers spent USD 5 billion on games, hardware and associated peripherals in December, according to the latest data from NPD. The month recorded the highest revenues of any other month in videogame history, up 9 per cent year-on-year. Sales for 2008 overall were up 19 per cent, to USD 21.33 billion.
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Bankrupt electronics retailer Circuit City Inc. said Friday it has asked for court approval to close its remaining 567 U.S. stores and sell all its merchandise.
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Ahead of Gamasutra's full NPD analysis on Monday, an exclusive graph shows the story behind its record revenues -- that year on year growth rates are dramatically slowing as we move into 2009. As can be seen, the industry entered a period of rapid growth in late 2006 that peaked in 2007, and has subsequently cooled throughout 2008.
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