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PS3 December NPD To Show Approx. 100% YOY Increase

The NPD results for North America should be released later this week, and all evidence points to PS3 seeing an impressive year-over-year increase from the previous year.

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Amp5650d ago

Everybody have fun this year, play on!

vhero5649d ago

NPD = Who gives a crap? Sick of this NPD is the only place in the world thing going around N4G... Probably because it covers the only place 360 is winning.

gaffyh5649d ago

@vhero - True, but imo every region matters. So if someone is doing well in NA, they should get more Western devs on their side, and it should be the same for Japanese devs if a console sells more in Japan. As long as PS3 sells well in NA, then it should mean more games for PS3.

sikbeta5649d ago

Is good news anyway, Congrats to SONY

mint royale5649d ago

NA is part of the world. You want to silence the information that is available from the region becuase the 360 is winning? Stop being such a fanboy, this is a good ps3 article.

chrisnick5649d ago

Why is NPD a credible source when it doesn't cover every retailer? am i the only one that thinks that doesn't make sense? That's not accurate regardless of who is "winning" If they leave some numbers out then to me they're just as credible as VGcharts or say MS and their bloating of numbers.

hay5649d ago

@mint royale: There's world outside console "war". I think he just don't like USA.

StanLee5649d ago (Edited 5649d ago )

Not to sound like an elitist because I'm not even an American but, while Europe may be bigger, North America is the most important region in the video game industry. It's the most visible and generates the most revenue and it's where publishers and console makers hope to have the largest successes. I know people like to dismiss the NPD precisely because it's the region where the XBox 360 is winning but it doesn't change the impact of the region in the industry.

Guitardr855649d ago

Way to put spin on what he was trying to say. Good to see your 360 fanboy ways coming through...

All he was attempting to say was that NPD is only 1 of 3 very large regions. NA is important, but sadly to say, way less important than it was 5-10 years ago.

Quit trying to turn things against people for your own agenda!

rezenu5649d ago

vhero has a point. I wonder why worldwide numbers aren't released here as well?

gaffyh5649d ago

@chrisnick - NPD is used by Sony, MS and Nintendo when they announce their numbers. This is one of the reasons way they are considered credible, they also have a proven track record with their numbers, and don't just track gaming related stuff, but pretty much everything retail.

darthv725649d ago (Edited 5649d ago )

probably because each major territory is centered around themselves. It only makes sense that the place you get "worldwide" numbers from are the combined totals of the various reporting territories. You do that by getting info and just adding them up. Japan doesnt report worldwide nor does Europe or US. They report THEIR numbers.

It is other people that take those numbers and simply add them up. Voila, worldwide numbers.

Honestly, there are so many holes in the reporting process to even take seriously anymore.

Edit: @chris...it isnt like the NPD is the census bureau. Requiring every number to be reported for accuracy. They report numbers from those who report to them. Some retailers have chosen not to participate and that is their decision. NPD isnt going to force them to reveal anything because you want them to. That is at the retailers discretion.

morganfell5649d ago

Some of the people posting do not realize there is a misprint in the article. It lists the NPD for December 2009. It should say 2008. December 2009 figures do not release until Thursday.

morganfell5649d ago

Good to see they finally corrected the article.

n4gno5649d ago

Stan lee you are wrong, europe is more important than US (hardware and software numbers are talking, not me)

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Dutch Boogie5650d ago

Congrats to Sony. Hopefully the momentum will continue for years to come.

Dellis5649d ago

Its amazing, who ever made the SONY shake up after the 599.99 fiasco

needs to get promoted, PS3 was nearly in the grave and look at it now

a whole PS3 is out there, killer Apps are there and the people are getting it

gaffyh5649d ago

Well I personally didn't mind the ps3's price tag when it was released. I mean if you look at it, the price is what made the console so good, and is why we are now getting some of the best games EVER made.

A LOT of people said "Sony shouldn't have included Blu-Ray in PS3, it would have been cheaper to make then," but Blu-Ray is the main reason that the console has the best games and is considered more future proof than any previous console. Now those people who used to say that, say that MS should have included hd-dvd in the 360 (which they should have), because that way they would have had a chance to completely defeat the PS3.

But their cheap = better idea meant that they used an old format, offered an SKU without a HDD, and caused RROD on most of the early 360 skus.

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Split/Second Is The Explosive Racing Game That Deserved a Sequel

The Outerhaven writes: Split/Second was the explosive arcade racing game that outshone Ridge Racer and Burnout. That is, until Disney shut it all down before a sequel could happen.

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OmegaSoldati4h ago

As a kid i had some heart attacks playing this game. The soundtrack right on point with those close calls. I love this game.

shadowhaxor4h ago

Agreed. I still love it and play it often. Still sucks that Disney was like, nah... this game didn't do well, when it did well against other racers and reviewed well.

MaximusPrime_3h ago

Split/Second was one of the game I enjoyed playing. In fact it's still the most popular video on my YouTube channel. It's a gameplay of Split/Second posted 15 years ago. This past month 25 people viewed it. Split/Second is a favourite amongst racing gamers worldwide.

AuraAbjure46m ago

This game was super awesome and hella fun playing split-screen with the homie. Trashing your friend’s car during split-screen competition using one of those QuickTime events was so funny haha

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Looming Xbox layoffs threaten Microsoft's reputation

Even as the company sets out to overhaul the very definition of Xbox, cuts at its studios risk creating a negative image reminiscent of EA's worst era

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Jingsing3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I appreciate the article but this guy must be living in a delayed universe, The reputation was ruined 10+ years ago and hasn't recovered since. As such people have voted with their wallets and stopped buying Xbox products in large amounts.

YourMommySpoils2d ago

Their reputation was lost way before that. From the moment Microsoft said they entering the console business, we all knew it would be a downgrade.

Bathyj1d 20h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

That's not true at all the OG Xbox had drive and they had hunger and they wanted to accomplish something. It was a great console.

they didn't quite reach their goals and they gave up prematurely because they couldn't win. It was halfway through the Xbox 360 when kinect released and that was when they lost their way and we're a rudderless ship ever since

Agent751d 17h ago

In all fairness, Xbox had some great games with online play, Xbox 360 even better. Xbox consoles started to die with the Xbox One. Ditch consoles for the PC and PS.

YourMommySpoils1d 9h ago

@Bathyj hard to compute ay. Xbox was never better than a PC and that's all they ever were. A demo box. Doesn't get more true than that.

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isarai3d ago

What reputation is this threatening exactly? 😂

Lightning773d ago

Rumors of Turn 10 being either shut down or hit with massive lay offs is on the horizon.

The issue is MS will do something right only to do something very, very wrong. And they do this what seems calculative at this point. Doesn't matter what they do the Investors and leadership want more and more money an endless bottomless pit of purr insatiable greed. A company that acts like it's broke or hurting is what really, really infuriates me. They've surpassed apple again well over 3 trillion who acts like they're a million dollar company is fk stupid. Pivots and changes for no reason and can't do things for more than a year with out a pivot or changing their metrics.

Christopher2d ago

That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest.

1Victor2d ago

@christopher: “ That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest”
The key word big can be ether good or bad 🤷🏿only time can tell

DarXyde2d ago

First Forza being generated entirely via AI?

If any company would do it, it'd be them.

Nacho_Z2d ago

Isn't the point that it's irrelevant how profitable MS is, the suits have decided it's time that the Xbox division started making them money. Hence the layoffs, the pivots.

hennessey861d 21h ago

That wouldn't surprise me, as motorsport has been heading down hill since the great number 4. Where as playground have consistently put out better games. I think the two studios will be merged under playground games banner.

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The 'Stop Killing Games' initiative is close to its final deadline

Ross Scott—also known as Accursed Farms on YouTube—has been fighting tooth and nail for almost a full year to help spearhead game preservation. Starting after it was announced that Ubisoft's The Crew would be shutting down, permanently ending support for the game, Scott launched the "Stop Killing Games" initiative.

That makes a twofold deadline for the Stop Killing Games initiative. Or, at least, one headed up by Scott: The UK petition, which ends July 14, and the EU Citizens' Initiative, which ends July 3.

M3talDiamond6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

If you live in the EU then Please sign this or our game ownership rights and game preservation is
at stake. I know there isnt much time left but please consider signing the petition

-Foxtrot5d ago

I never knew Ross Scott was doing this

I love Freemans Mind

Inverno5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

People whine and in the end don't do a thing. Then whine more when they get screwed some more smh. If this makes it then it'll be monumental for consumers. That Pirate software guy was no help either smh.

GazCBG5d ago

The EU Date is the 31st July not the 3rd

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