16. November 2007 by Costas Taliadoros.

I have 3 links for you today. Although most you will probably have left the office by now, you can always check them out at home later or tomorrow.

PS3 outsells Wii in Japan - Gamesindustry
The History of Bioware - Eurogamer
World’s most expensive games - GameSniped

Enjoy your weekend everyone.

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16. November 2007 by Costas Taliadoros.

US videogame hardware and software sales increased 73 per cent in October according to NPD sales data. Total sales were USD 1.1 billion, compared with USD 643 million a year earlier.

After the Halo 3 and the 360 dominating September’s charts the Nintendo machine is back on track with the Wii and DS claiming the top 2 spots. 360 now in 3rd and it does not seem that the Halo effect is strong enough to carry the console above the Wii. PS3 in last place with the 40GB version only made available in November.

On the software side the Guitar Hero franchise is now one of the great franchises of the gaming world.

NPD Analyst comments:

“Guitar Hero has certainly established itself among the elite video games properties. Very few games sell in excess of 1 million units in their first month in market, but Guitar Hero III did easily with combined sales of 1.4 million units in only 6 days. Since it has broad appeal, it’s also the type of game that should continue to do very well throughout the holidays.”

Hardware

Wii — 519K
Nintendo DS — 458K
Xbox 360 — 366K
PlayStation Portable — 286K
PlayStation 2 — 184K
PlayStation 3 — 121K

Software - October’s top 10:

1. Xbox 360 “Halo 3′’ * (Microsoft) 433.8K
2. Xbox 360 “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’’ w/guitar (Activision) 383.2K
3. Wii ”Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’’ w/guitar (Activision) 286.3K
4. PS2 ”Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’’ w/guitar (Activision)271.1K
5. DS “Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass’’ (Nintendo) 262.8K
6. “Wii Play’’ w/remote (Nintendo) 239.7K
7. Xbox 360 ”Half Life 2: Episode 2 The Orange Box’’ (Electronic Arts) 238.4K
8. PS2 ”Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’’ without/guitar (Activision)231.7K
9. PS2 “FIFA Soccer 08′’ (Electronic Arts) 129.7K
10.DS “Brain Age 2: More Training’’ (Nintendo) 116.9K

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