Today sony released its Q3 figures showing sales of 4.90 million units worldwide.
The total for 2007 is now 8.83 million units, taken from official Sony numbers
Official Sony Source: http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps3_sale_e.html
According to Gamespot, Microsoft’s tally for 2007 was 7.3 million units.
Gamespot Source: http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6184291.html
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Talk about quick! Homebrew developer Dark_AleX has now released PSP custom firmware 3.90 M33. The firmware update can be applied either directly via Network Update if you’re already on 3.80 M33, or by following the manual instructions after the jump.
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Niko Bellic will be able to do just about anything gamers want him to do.
For the scruffy leading man in Grand Theft Auto IV, that includes blowing stuff up, driving drunk, meeting someone online, going on a date, hailing a cab, listening to the radio, killing innocent bystanders, patronizing strip clubs, flying helicopters, earning cash for criminal activities, running from the police and, of course, hijacking lots of cars.
Players will be tempted with such seedy choices in Rockstar Games’ wildly anticipated ninth entry in their controversial but lucrative Grand Theft Auto franchise, set for release April 29. GTA IV will be the first game in the 10-year-old “GTA” series for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3 video game consoles.
Video game analyst Mike Hickey at Janco Partners expects five million copies of GTA IV will sell the first week of release, on par with last year’s record-breaking US$300 million first-week sales of Bungie Studios’ “Halo 3.” Hickey says that Rockstar’s hush-hush promotional effort — more viral, less in-your-face than the “Halo 3” campaign — could give GTA IV an edge.
“Maybe the first week ‘GTA IV’ sales won’t do what ‘Halo 3′ did, but I can almost guarantee they’ll probably outsell ‘Halo 3′ in the first year,” said Hickey.
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During Electronic Arts’ financial conference call today, company execs stated that they plan to release all of the new games in Valve’s Orange Box collection (Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal) as separate retail games for the PC. The three games will ship to stores for the PC sometime before the end of March; no prices for the games were announced. Of course, Steam owners can already pay and download those three games as separate products.
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Closing comments from the review by IGN’s Greg Miller:
"There’s no doubt that Turok can be fun, but ultimately, the feeling of satisfaction that comes with slitting a raptor’s throat or pulling off a headshot with your bow is lost in the shuffle of swarming enemies, less than stellar visuals and a story that disappears. Do I recommend Turok for folks just looking for a game to run through with two shotguns in hand? Yes, but I wouldn’t expect to walk away from playing with your mind blown."
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Nintendo has dismissed suggestions a 1st June date has been set for the UK release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl - despite said suggestions having appeared on the company’s own website.
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MyWiiNews continues its look at the major problems facing the Wii in 2008 with a look at the saturation of casual games on the system and how Nintendo and 3rd parties can fix the problem.
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The Content uploaded to the Playstation Store for January 31, 2008 for North America, Japan, and Europe.
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GameTrailers: L Johnny Cage unboxes the brand new Import Ceramic White PS3 system for the world to see! Check out the Import Ceramic White PlayStation 3 console at VideoGameCentral.com.
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