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Americas Sales for the Week Ending November 22, 2008

In the lead up to Black Friday, videogame sales continue ramp up in the Americas. Hardware sales increased to over 1m units this week, up 15% from last week. The total hardware sold is less than a year ago at this time, when Black Friday arrived earlier than in 2008. However, outside of that timing difference, the recession does not appear to be harming the industry. The real reason for the seasonal increases is of course the volume of top software released. Left 4 Dead, Animal Crossing, Need For Speed, as well as new entries in the Mortal Kombat and Tomb Raider series pushed all hardware sales up except for Wii, which is being withheld a bit for an enormous stock deployment on Black Friday.

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TheColbertinator5620d ago (Edited 5620d ago )

I hope sales explode today

Covenant5620d ago

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Oh wait, that was my sanity (I work in retail)

Danja5620d ago

well I went to BB and walmart today...and every single console was sold out at Walmart even the PS2....lol

at Best Buy I saw 1 360 and about 3 PS3's ..no Wii's or PSP's in sight...

aggh im on fire5620d ago

Ive just been looking at there top 50 for the week. Wheres Resistance2 ? Has it fell out of the top 50 or am i just being blind?

Roukuko5620d ago

r2 was 5 under tombraider whats funny is tomb raider and last remnant didnt even make top 10 on xbox. Its ok though they get dlc that noone will buy.

happyface5620d ago (Edited 5620d ago )

r2 looks to be the biggest sales disappointment of the year!

hyped to be a Gears of War 2 competitor, but ps3 owners aren't even supporting their exclusive, they choose Call of Duty instead

WHY buy a ps3 if you dont like the exclusives????? ps3 owners like multiplat games better than their r2 lbp motorstorm

LightningPS35620d ago

people want some idea of how things are going before the NPD. But VG chartz usually fails.

Covenant5620d ago

VG's numbers are OK for guesstimates, but best taken with a grain of salt.

Johnny Rotten5620d ago

VG Chartzzzz

yes that's chartz with a z.

heyheyhey5620d ago (Edited 5620d ago )

FVCK OFF DANNAGAR!!!!!!!

ah it was a blissful period with no VGchartz bullcrap, but you had bring it back didn't you? and why... because you saw VG posted 360 outselling the PS3 and you got all giddy didn't you?

it was good without VGchartz... fvcking 360 fanboys

EDIT: @ rofl

hmm, total time spent on N4G today... about an hour and a half... in like 10 minute chunks when i have some leftover time

oh wait your the moron who can't think for sh!t aren't you? that explains it

just because i'm intellectually superior to you doesn't mean yo have to cry and call me a troll... you think VGchartz are tangible? what a tool you are..

my life is fine thank you, yes i like to troll here and there... but that's because it's entertaining- you know, watching degenerates like you wail and make racist remarks because they have no come back

@Magic

why thank you..... and likewise

ROFL COPTER5620d ago

you're obviously a ps3 fanboy. you spend your whole day on this site. get a life

Magic_The_Celt5620d ago

im pretty sure in the past you'v supported me, im pretty sure in the past you'v called me out on things

but goddamn you make me laugh.

jack who5620d ago

bu bu bu butteh cell fail americas

ROFL COPTER5620d ago

"you think VGchartz are tangible?"

Work on your GED please. 1.5 hours trolling on a website eh? Once again...get a life. You're a pathetic loser.

heyheyhey5620d ago (Edited 5620d ago )

hmmm... said the ignorant racist d!ck

how does it feel to have a black man as your president by the way? hurts doesn't it redneck?

now be a good redneck and go fvck your sister as entertainment for your mother.... my life is fine thank you, much better than your close-minded one

it's not 1.5 hours of trolling- it's about 10 minutes of trolling and the rest chatting to folk on the forum, reading the news etc etc... your day was 24 hours of being a dumbass though... nice one :)

oh and by the way

tangible = definite, not vague

back to school with you

Potty Scotty5620d ago

Any unfavorable Playstation 3 news is going to warrant crying from you Playstation 3 Fanboys. Aren't you guys tired of crying all day long? I know the beating you take from Xbox 360 must hurt but take it like a man.

Danja5620d ago

it's not about Negative PS3 news it's about VGchartz , they're figures are never correct...these are just guesses or estimates...so these articles normally just produced flame wars...

BTW I thought Vgchartz was banned...?

karlostomy5620d ago (Edited 5620d ago )

Shut your trolling mouth up.
Your posts in this thread seem to dribble on and on like festering verbal diarrhoea...

Vgchartz has been proven to be estimating sales accurately enough to be considered a good guide to overall sales.

Often they are wrong, but they have recently overstated ps3 sales as often as 360 sales in the past.

Just because the sales don't reflect your personal agenda, doesn't mean Dannager can't post these VG analyses.

Who made you the fvcking president of n4g submission guidelines?

Just for your demented arrogance, i will from now on go out of my way to post VG data again.

Suck it up you sad, sad Sony c0cksucker..

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Delta, a new all-in-one Nintendo emulator launches for iOS

The new Nintendo-focused emulator for the iPhone is now available with support for several classic systems.

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jznrpg11h ago

How long until they get sued and it gets taken down? I say a month or 2

PRIMORDUS10h ago

Sued for what? It's just an emulator no ROMs are with it. ROMs are easy to get anyway, but with iPhone you can't just copy and paste like Android unless it's jail broken I think. Anyway Nintendo should be more concerned with their ROMs up to torrent for years for all of their concoles, but then again they can't do nothing about it, they never will and I love it. 🤣

NotoriousWhiz8h ago

As long as it isn't emulating the Switch, it'll be fine.

RonnySins8h ago

Naaah! Don't want to waste time emulating on iPhone.

Knightofelemia7h ago

Won't belong before Nintendo bangs on Apple's door to have the emu removed. Like I say you take down one six more take it's place. Problem is people are putting emu's on such stupid platforms. The good emus are the ones not on stupid platforms like a red target. The good emu's are word of mouth and keep a low profile.

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10 Weirdest Video Games of All Time

Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.

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JonTheGod17h ago

Why are the Katamari games not on the list??

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Tales Of Graces Ƒ Retro Review – Holding Out For a Hero

Gary Green said: Namco Bandai heard the call of many fans asking for the PlayStation release of Tales of Graces which was originally released seemingly exclusively for the Wii back in 2009. If you’re acquainted with the Tales series then Graces f won’t be something entirely new to you, yet if you’re a newcomer then you’ll find a plethora of gameplay mechanics and nuances that distinguish this series from other JRPGs. While the game finds itself following the traditional archetype of JRPGs, such as a somewhat clichéd story, Graces has something to offer to both veterans and newcomers alike.

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GoodGuy092d ago

Odd this and the xillia games still haven't gotten remasters yet.