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USA Weekly Chart, Ending 1st Dec 2012

Hardware:

1: X360 - 333,540 (-59%)
2: PS3 - 152,860 (-64%)
3: 3DS - 132,293 (-50%)
4: WiiU - 130,733 (-68%)
5: Wii - 109,205 (-63%)
6: DS - 86,996 (-68%)
7: PSV - 58,887 (-58%)
8: PSP - 5,693 (-52%)

Software:

1: (X360) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 420,491
2: (Wii) Just Dance 4 - 275,841
3: (X360) Kinect Adventures! - 246,009
4: (PS3) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 216,093
5: (X360) Halo 4 - 199,873
6: (X360) Kinect: Disneyland Adventures - 145,705
7: (PS3) Assassin's Creed III - 141,466
8: (X360) Assassin's Creed III - 132,608
9: (X360) Forza Motorsport 4 - 121,352
10: (X360) Madden NFL 13 - 109,586

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Godchild10204156d ago

It hard to compete with Black Friday numbers, the week after black Friday and a release week for a console. With that said, each console did fairly well and the 360 still dominating the USA. So far the Vita is selling fairly well, I can't wait to.see how numbers improve with the 3G/Wifi with a year of plus and Unit 13 is released this week.

Dante1124156d ago (Edited 4156d ago )

True, and the PS3 dominated the Europe and Japan numbers as well (I just approved the other vgchartz article). All consoles did well though (USA and Europe). Can't wait to see how everything evens out in the WW totals.

insomnium24155d ago

Yawn.....vgc....carry on...

Ezz20134156d ago (Edited 4156d ago )

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B1663r4156d ago

Most of the Wii U's will eventually be returned because of piss poor experience.

Multiple hours in now simply trying to get the piece of shite to connect to the internet and update, on a wifi network that had worked flawlessly on every other single device out there from iPhones to Android phones and X-Box 360's to iMac's.

Just saying... If this expereince is typical, the Wii U is DOA.

Just about ready to box mine up and take it back.

millzy1024156d ago

people having trouble connecting to wifi on wii u go on pc open cmd from start menu type ipconfig/all then copy ip adress' to wii u done mine in 2 mins its not that hard.

Hicken4156d ago

... that's too much. It doesn't take that much for ANY wifi-enabled device I've ever used. Why should a BRAND NEW piece of tech require such old-school workarounds for a basic feature to work?

poo3429472947924155d ago

insta connect here the firdt update took 15 minutes and 2nd 3 minutes no idea what ppl do wrong either user error or dial up interwebz

Belking4156d ago

Xbox360 continues to dominate the software sales list.

stage884156d ago

I know, it's about time they woke up and got PS3's and their exclusives. US, take note of rest of the world.

Belking4156d ago

Little too late for sony to take back the US market. They might as well just focus on recovering for next gen. Xbox is just too strong in the U.S.

Muerte24944156d ago

guesstimates at best. We wont have to wait long before the Big 3 release their quarterly reports. Seeing as how VGChartz has decided to take Microsoft's numbers at face value yet remain skeptic about Sony's, has me seriously doubting their "Sales analysis" very much. VGchartz tracking has been know to be off by as much a 500,000 when it comes to overtracking the 360. It also undertracks ps3 200,000~75,000. I can't deny that Microsoft has made themselves a major player compared to last generation.

BanBrother4155d ago

They under-track anything.

They do under-track the PS3 console sales, but don't make it out as if this is some Microsoft conspiracy. They under-tracked Halo 3 sales by a couple million at one stage. They also counted the shipped numbers of UC3 (3.8 million) but then corrected it.

I'm just saying it does go both ways, before people try to jump on the tin-foil hat bandwagon.

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Mugen Souls Retro Review – Sexy Demon Space Adventure

Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies9h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken4h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing6920h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker20h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6919h ago(Edited 19h ago)

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt7h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken4h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos1d 2h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 1h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies14h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.