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VGChartz: Global Weekly, 20th September 2014

PS4 - 178,032 (-62%)
3DS - 98,177 (-4%)
XOne - 94,467 (-45%)
PS3 - 46,340 (-20%)
WiiU - 45,070 (+15%)
X360 - 28,909 (-16%)
PSV - 19,692 (-12%)
Wii - 6,067 (-3%)

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ABizzel13490d ago (Edited 3490d ago )

I literally just left to see if they have posted the numbers yet, and the PS4 is just killing it......STILL. Sony won this month hands down, and they'll have sold almost 1 million consoles in September alone (holiday numbers in September WOW)

3DS is holding strong in that 90k - 100k range, and the new model should push it back up into the 120k - 150k range. September numbers should be just shy of 400k for the 3DS.

XBO is finally starting to settle in, but the the final Tier 2 launch will boost their numbers again (as well as FH2), so we still won't be able to get a good idea of what they're averaging, and possibly not until 2015 since October is gameagedon, and the holiday season is right after that. But it's good for them to have their numbers up, and like I've said they should be in the 600k range (if the China numbers were really 100k) taking a comfortable 2nd place for September. It's great for them, but you can guarantee and XBO price drop is coming sooner or later (November - April).

PS3, the little console that could just keeps on going. It should be just shy of 200k units for September.

Wii U, is starting to drop back down, but numbers should skyrocket to MK8 numbers when Smash comes out, which is why they probably won't and don't need a price cut until 2015. 165k for the month.

360 is chugging along, just over 100k in sales for the month.

Vita, Japan alone is carrying the Vita with the NA and EU sales being awful. This is sad they're not getting over 100k in sales for September, the good news is PSTV is coming to NA in October, and EU in November and hopefully it'll get their numbers up, if not it's time to call it quits.

Wii it was a good run.

bouzebbal3490d ago

i'm loving the 3DS stability in sales volumes. new 3DS will be mine day one!

3-4-53490d ago

So Youkai Watch 2 is the new Pokemon ? lol

bouzebbal3490d ago

PS4 selling a million a month almost. it should have been on the way to 12 million by the time i'm writing these words.

NewMonday3490d ago

Hope Bayonetta sales are not true, and Nintendo fans complain about lack of 3rd party support

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SoapShoes3490d ago (Edited 3490d ago )

Vita numbers are terrible in NA because you can't find them. They were sold out for awhile before the slim came out and this month they finally got new stock but it's only carried online. I haven't seen Vita in retail for awhile. I mean they aren't going to be great even if they meet demand but it'd be better than abysmal...

ipach3490d ago (Edited 3490d ago )

i wonder if they're saving all the silicon for the vita TVs... i'm excited about that little box, but i don't know. kind of suspect it's not going to make much of a splash sales-wise outside of core gamers

Gemmol3490d ago

come to new york there is a full shelf, probably 12 to 15, with maybe more in the back

BattleAxe3490d ago

The problem is while there are still games coming out for the Vita, Sony isn't making anymore triple A games for the system. It's the Uncharted, Killzone, Resistance, Infamous and Gran Turismo games that sell systems, but Sony has already said that they are not investing in anymore big games for the Vita.

I'm actually really confused as to why they are even bothering to release PS Vita TV in North America if they've got no plans to make any system sellers. It streams PS4 games...well thats great if you own a PS4, but how often would you actually use that feature over directly playing on your PS4? If you can't play on your PS4, chances are you have a PS3 or a 360 in another room anyway.

AndrewLB3490d ago

Vita sales were crap back when they were available everywhere. Stop making excuses for it. I'm probably going to buy a Vita TV though. I had borrowed my brothers Vita so I could play Ys: Celceta and between the small size, crappy audio level output, and how its impossible to get comfortable playing it for extended periods of time. Being able to use my computer display or even a picture in picture box will be outstanding.

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kneon3490d ago

Between launches in new countries, big game releases, new bundles and the holiday sales soon to start the numbers are going to be all over the place for a while.

You'll have to wait until the new year to see where things settle out, then we can get a sense of what the normal sales are like.

TheHybrid3490d ago

You are living vicariously through the success of a game console. You know this? Yes?

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tlougotg3490d ago (Edited 3490d ago )

When official numbers come out itll still be killing it, nothing is going to stop this train. idc what game comes out on the oppossing platform, people have spoken and first impressions go a longgggggggg wayyyyyyy.

Oh the salty disagrees, i love it!

Abizzle....

The positive out of all this that benefits gamers the most is that due to the Xbone horrible messaging and Wiiu underpowere, narrowminded thinking comes growth. Already Microsoft is scrambling to try to make the Xbone "seem" better in other aspects and are doing good job with deals and firmware updates because they know if they dont they are even more screwed. Nintendo im sure is revising their whole game plan for their next console and ill bet itll be able to go toe to toe with next gen consoles and they are releasing their first party games slowly butsurely. So you see Ps4 dominiation helps gamers alot and we get good deals out of it. If Ps4 wasnt beating the crap out of Xbone ppl would have never gotten a kinectless sku

ABizzel13490d ago

I don't think any of the consoles will be able to win a single month of sales until they have something like a huge game and a price drop happen in the same month.

This was MS only shot at winning a full month for the year thanks to their Tier 2 launch, and while it shot their numbers up, Destiny + PS4 was just too much to handle. MS has a chance of winning "NPD" (aka US numbers only) for November thanks to Halo: MCC + COD bundle and people wanting to get into the Halo 5 beta, but even then it's still more than likely going to lose the Global numbers and the month of November.

I would have gave Smash a chance, but MK8 proved that it's unlikely to allow Nintendo to beat the PS4 as well.

I agree first impressions go a long way, and both MS and Nintendo gave Sony this generation, and brought the return of the PS2 among them. The only bit of good news for them is that I don't think they're both going to struggle with only 25m sales.

ramiuk13490d ago

u mean like when MS cut £39 off there console and included there supposed killer game(titanfall)

u can still buy the bundle now and it was limited edition

ABizzel13490d ago

@ramiuk1

TitanFall was marketed to be a huge game, but it was still unproven and graphically unimpressive (graphics can help sell a game too).

If MS has this $329 price drop with Halo, then they can win that month.

If Nintendo had a $50 price drop with Kart / Smash, they could win that month.

Other than that PS4 is going to dominate for a long time.

LOL_WUT3490d ago

Man PS3 is still putting out some decent numbers and congrats to the X1 its on the rise! ;)

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How to recruit Lam in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

Lam is among the 120 characters available for recruitment in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. While she is one of the many straightforward recruits, a known bug may prevent players from recruiting her if certain conditions are met. Despite developers’ assurances of fixing the bug, some early access players still encounter issues with recruiting Lam despite attempting the standard method.

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Tomb Raider Remastered just quietly censored one in-game detail

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered players are ticked off by the game’s most recent patch, which censors in-game pin-up posters of Lara Croft.

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rlow110h ago

This is why gaming is screwed. When people change things to fit someone’s agenda, it’s a slippery slope downhill.

Christopher9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

Even if that agenda is of the developer? Way to remove developer rights.

***One player called it a “huge problem with modern games,” saying they can now be “ruined AFTER people buy them”.***

The level of drama. Yes, I recall sitting there for more hours than I did anything else in the game. These two pinups are the core of the game, after all!

coolbeans8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

rlow1's cringe catastrophizing aside, I do think developers *ought* to strive to maintain an original work to the best of their ability. The language of a "remaster" tacitly implies that - for good or ill - what's being resold is what fans remember but better.

Profchaos8h ago

Games can be ruined after purchasing them yeah we know this not from this but from GTA IV which had half it's radio content patched out due to licensing expirations and to me that was a huge deal.

This pin up poster is a bit of nonsense but the whole argument of modern games can be ruined post launch is Absol true.

DedicatedDark6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

It's not their work to censor. They are incharge of restoration & remastering the work, not overwriting it.

Barlos5h ago

It's not the agenda of the developer though, they're pandering and trying to increase their ESG score.

Way to support censorship...

victorMaje5h ago

It’s not the end of the world for sure, but I understand the hate towards this kind of change. I believe it’s also a matter of principle.

Imagine a Picasso painting being restored & the restorer deciding there aren’t enough strokes, or some lines aren’t straight enough or curved enough…not sure it would/should sit well with people.

Have all original devs signed off on this change? Even if it’s the case, are we saying older gamers are better mentally equipped to process what was there than current gamers, hence the change?

Enough time ago the case was made that games are an art form. We’re supposed to have won that case.
So which is it? Are games art or not?

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Eidolon6h ago

Hasn't this been happened for over a decade since remasters? I can't see that it's any worse now. Maybe if Sweet Baby starts getting their hands on remasters we will definitely have a problem.

Rebel_Scum8h ago

tbh I dont see something like this as censorship. Does anyone else not find it strange for someone to stick pin ups of themsleves in a locker room?

Now of it was a pin up of some half naked firefighters it might make sense as Lara might like that, and if they removed that I would cry censorship. But removing pin ups of the main character, yeah I get it.

Barlos5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

It's a game, and they were placed there for the audience. It's not real life. If it was, she wouldn't have fought a T-Rex now would she?

Yes, it's censorship but it's a bit less in your face. If they were in the original game, then they should have been in the remasters. It's bad enough that they have that ridiculous unnecessary warning at the start, but then they start removing things post launch. I don't care how small the change, they shouldn't be doing it. It's nothing but ESG pandering but in a subtle way.

Rebel_Scum4h ago

Look bro, if you have pictures of yourself naked on a bear skin rug up in your house let me tell you, its not normal.

jambola3h ago

I wasn't aware censorship was based on what made sense to you

Rebel_Scum3h ago

Likewise, what a stupid comment.

jambola3h ago

I agree
Your comment was pretty stupid

Rebel_Scum2h ago

I never said censorship is based on what I say dumbass. Just because I dont see this as censorship doesnt mean I’m saying others cant.

How about you come at me with your opinion rather than snarky comments with no thought on the matter.

SimpleDad5h ago

By the year 2030, this remaster collection will totally be changed and censored. Probably will remove Lara as a playable character. It's ridiculous. Glad that my family didn't buy this.
I still have Tomb Raider 2 PS1 as a memory.

jambola3h ago

Those shorts are a little revealing
Should probably make them snow pants

Barlos3h ago

They'll probably make her trans

CobraKai4h ago

It’s mentioned in the article, and it’s a point i 100% agree with, it’s the fact that they can censor a game after you buy it. That’s total bullshit.

Killer2020UK4h ago

Whilst it's an overreaction to say this has "ruined" the game, it's still problematic that this has happened post launch and for many, post-purchase.

I don't want someone to change a product for the worse after I've bought it. The same goes for implementing micro transactions after reviews.

I wonder why they did this? Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.

maykhausonninh4h ago

Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.

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Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster Review – You Are Your Job, Apparently

Gary Green said: In a time where an enhanced, 3D remake of Final Fantasy III already exists, it’s hard to argue that Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster is the definitive version we were expecting. With Final Fantasy III already being the last in the series to be translated and make its way west, this is something of a slap in the face for the fans. Still, let’s not be disheartened. There may be many shortfalls in this edition of Final Fantasy III, however there’s no denying that this classic JRPG still holds some nostalgic value, even if it struggles to break away from its original hardware limitations.

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FACTUAL evidence9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

It’s funny I’m seeing these articles about pixel remaster, and I just platinumed 1-4 within 8 days lol. I’ve been on FF5 for about a week now. Let’s just say 5 was the start of FF having content like crazy. I should have the plat within 2-3 days.

MrBaskerville59m ago

The game being an accurate represantation of the original was not a slap in the face to the fans. The 3D remasters looked like ass (visually) tbh.