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Europe Weekly Chart, Ending 2nd Feb 2013

Hardware:

1: PS3 - 45,998 (+6%)
2: 3DS - 40,940 (0%)
3: X360 - 24,739 (-1%)
4: WiiU - 9,746 (+34%)
5: PSV - 9,083 (-1%)
6: Wii - 7,487 (-24%)
7: DS - 6,877 (-16%)
8: PSP - 1,591 (-16%)

Software:

1: (PS3) Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - 95,806
2: (PS3) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 35,244
3: (X360) Call of Duty: Black Ops II - 28,834
4: (PS3) FIFA Soccer 13 - 28,648
5: (PS3) Far Cry 3 - 23,306
6: (Wii) Just Dance 4 - 21,622
7: (X360) FIFA Soccer 13 - 20,223
8: (X360) Far Cry 3 - 18,451
9: (3DS) New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 16,844
10: (Wii) Zumba Fitness - 14,054

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Godchild10204093d ago

It's nice to see Ni No Kuni doing well in Europe (According to VGchartz). Hopefully the sells will get other developers to bring over more JRPGs.

aceitman4093d ago (Edited 4093d ago )

sony is up world wide on sales ranging from 4+-8+ good show sony . world wide.

Army_of_Darkness4093d ago

my goodness! another platform finally beat the 3ds for once! LOL!

Ripsta7th4093d ago

Lets see how many fanboys are gonna say they are not stock owners or say this isnt related to gaming now that their daddy the ps3 is on top...

GribbleGrunger4093d ago (Edited 4093d ago )

Could you expand on that ... I'm a tad confused by your comment. All I can decipher from that flimsy logic is that you are making a correlation between the Sony sales figures, where Sony fans pointed out that the failings where not really game related, and this, which is the sales of the console only. That can't be right though because that would be a very odd comparison.

Ripsta7th4093d ago

Nope ive lured the site long enough to see this happen, when Sony is not 1st on sales everyone starts saying how they are not stock owners and dont care bout sales and how only games matter, you cant deny the truth

GribbleGrunger4093d ago (Edited 4093d ago )

Well you must be going into different threads than me because I've never seen it myself. Sony has outsold the 360 every week for nearly four years now -- except the last five weeks of the year. So I have to think you've imagined it. The only people I've seen that say those sorts of things are 360 owners in WW sales threads. Why would Sony fans say that when the PS3 outsells the 360 every week? It makes no sense at all. Unless you are one of those people who only usually go into American sales figures and assume they're the WW numbers ... ?

What I have seen is Sony fans going into US sales threads and reminding 360 owners that they're not WW figures. I think you are confusing the fanbase here, or are taking a very few isolated cases and assuming it's the norm ... There are a few foolish Sony fanboys out there as well, who also get fooled into believing the US is the world.

one2thr4093d ago (Edited 4093d ago )

@Rip
But do you feel good about that, or do you gain an indescribable amount of pleasure of having post something about something that is usually inevitable?

Ripsta7th4093d ago

I gain an indescribable pleasure of having post something about something that is usually inevitable, Yes

one2thr4092d ago

Understandable... And I guess I can only respect your statement...

adorie4093d ago

Daddy Microsoft is waiting for you at NPD time. Don't be a fool. Your comment was uncalled for.

And some people, who prefer one console over the other, wonder why these arguments continue, endlessly.

bryam19824093d ago

well if we compare sony and microsoft sales basically USA and europe sales equals than japan move the balance for sony so if we stop counting the sales of microsoft for a year(remember they have a year star over sony)than we will see who is the winner on sales this gen so he is not a fool

Bathyj4093d ago

yeah good point bryam.
xbox fans always pointed out from early on that japans sales didnt matter because xb sold so much in usa.
but as you said, europe basically cancels out the us so japan casts the deciding vote.

plus no one ever mentions that ps3 actual released a year and a half after xb in europe and still became the most prefered console.

BitbyDeath4093d ago (Edited 4093d ago )

The complaints are because the numbers only include 3 EU territories instead of 27, not to mention both Australia and New Zealand are also missing.

VGChartz Europe = UK + Germany + France only

Link - http://www.vgchartz.com/met...

Bathyj4093d ago

i didnt know that.
are you telling me the ps3 i bought in 2007 didnt register on vgcharts?

BitbyDeath4093d ago (Edited 4093d ago )

Yep, states this on the website itself through the link I provided above.

So the 3 I purchased would not be included either.

blackbeld4093d ago

Yep, but hurt.

And some jealousy.

Ezz20134093d ago (Edited 4093d ago )

i really hate how xbox fanboys always play the victim in every thing

they say "they don't care" about sales
when the worldwide numbers from sony and MS them self (not vgcharts)show how much ps3 outsold xbox

yet as soon as NPD article come out you see them all in those articles and show how much they care about sales

they don't care when it come to World wide numbers but they care about NPD

that's hypocrisy at its finest

OmegaSlayer4093d ago

9000 WiiUs in EU
This is performing worse than XBox360 in Japan LOL
Hope Nintendo put a nail in the WiiU coffin soon. :p

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nevin14093d ago

It seems its been a PS3 vs 3DS sales war lately.

Or am I seeing things?

Blastoise4093d ago (Edited 4093d ago )

Ni No Kuni #1

So good to see a traditional JRPG doing well these days

medziarz4093d ago

Guess who's DOOMED, CONFIRMED.

juandren4093d ago

I wouldn't say any console is doomed. Microsoft still has North America. Sony just needs to market the strengths of the PS3 (which, let's face it, is everything it offers) to North America and they will slowly start narrowing the gap between the PS3 and 360.

Knight_Crawler4093d ago

PS VITA? LOL

On serious note Sony needs to figure out how they can move some Vitas...how about adding 3D and dropping the price -_-

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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."

ChasterMies12h ago

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

just_looken8h 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

CrimsonWing6923h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker23h 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!

KyRo23h ago(Edited 23h 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.

CrimsonWing6923h ago(Edited 23h 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.

Profchaos20h ago(Edited 20h 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_Frampt11h 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_looken8h 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 5h 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 4h 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 4h ago

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

ChasterMies18h 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.