VG247: Wii first. Big news in North America this week: for the first time since release, Super Smash Bros. Brawl has finally been knocked off its perch by a resurgent Guitar Hero III. Elsewhere, Mario Kart tops the Japanese chart on its debut, knocking Wii Fit off balance in the process, and folks from the UK can't seem to get enough of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, which beats off all competition for yet another week.
Xbox 360 in America is dominated by the best selling game of the last 12 months, Call of Duty 4, which holds the top of both the 360 and PS3 charts, although the hilariously inexpensive-compared-to-Europe Rock Band gives both versions a run for their money. R6: V2 continues to sell more than anything else for the 360 in the UK.
For PS3, Gran Turismo: Prologue keeps pole position in the UK, while Konami's Pro Yakyuu Spirits 5 holds steady for a second week running in Japan.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII continues to stave off the opposition in America, whilst the sales phenomenon that is Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G unsurprisingly heads the Amazon Japanese Charts for PSP.
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"30XX is one of the best roguelikes out there, combining the tight platforming action of the Mega Man X series with the challenge and randomization that roguelike fans crave. Batterystaple Games has done lots of refinement through updates since 30XX first appeared on Steam Early access a few years ago. The latest such update adds a new character for free, one who combines the best attributes of the two existing characters. Also, the Steam version is on sale, making it a great time to travel to the distant year of 30XX!" says Co-Optimus.
"Hammerwatch II's journey to Xbox has been long and perilous. After first launching on Steam in the fall of 2023, the game finally turned up on PlayStation 5 last December. Since then, Xbox gamers who enjoyed the original Hammerwatch and the sublime Heroes of Hammerwatch have been anxiously awaiting their turn at the long-promised sequel. At last, the wait is nearly over because Hammerwatch II will hit Xbox and PlayStation 4 on April 23," says Co-Optimus.
Joe 'Three Sheets' Neate (Executive Producer): "As I’m sure you can imagine, when it comes to Sea of Thieves my days are full of numbers. Development costs, active servers, days until the next update… Sometimes, though, a truly extraordinary number stands out – a number like 40 million, which I’m incredibly pleased to say is the number of pirates who’ve now set sail in Sea of Thieves!"
Garrr... more people to walk the plank and send to Davey Jones locker.
would have been funny to release this on talk like a pirate day.
40 million have set sail...that's great. How many are sailing now? Monthly active users....when it actually matters. How many people purchased the game is another important number.
You don't get numbers like that from MS mouth pieces, they just like to say stuff like "this game was looked at 129 million time, the biggest amount of people browsing a game of this genre on xbox gamepass ever in the last 3 weeks compared to before gamepass was out (small print only 2 million bothered playing longer than 20 seconds and only 100 people are playing it concurrently)
It's all smoke and mirrors
There are usually around 10,000 concurrent users on Steam not counting Xbox or PS but really it doesn't matter as long as there are enough people on the servers to play which there always were and will be for a long time now with the PS players coming on board. Same goes for how many people bought it and how many are on GP, we aren't the accountants of these console companies so why would we care?
