Nintendo Wii
North America 1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle (Activision) 2. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) 3. Winter Sports: The Ultimate Challenge (Conspiracy) …
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I think I am one of the few people in US that “Hates” Guitar Hero games. I just can’t get into them, good thing Guitar Hero’s success doesn’t …
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AIAS Stand for: Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. The winners will be announced February 7, during the 2008 D.I.C.E. summit, and hosted by Jay Mohr.
OVERALL GAME OF THE YEAR
BioShock
Call of Duty 4
Rock Band
Super Mario Galaxy
The Orange Box
CONSOLE GAME OF THE YEAR
BioShock
Call of Duty 4
Mass Effect
Rock Band
Super Mario Galaxy
PC GAME OF THE YEAR
BioShock
Call of Duty 4
Crysis
Orange Box
WoW: Burning Crusade
MMO GAME OF THE YEAR
Eve Online
Guild Wars: Eye of the North
Tabula Rasa
LotR Online
WoW: Burning Crusade
December Harware:
Nintendo DS – 2.47 million (from 1.53m)
Wii – 1.35 million (from 981K)
Xbox 360 – 1.26 million (from 770K)
PlayStation 2 – 1.1 million (from 496K)
PSP – 1.06 million (from 567K)
PlayStation 3 – 798K (from 466K)
2007 Hardware Sales:
Nintendo DS – 8.5 million
Wii – 6.29 million
Xbox 360 – 4.62 million
PlayStation 2 – 3.97 million
PSP – 3.82 million
PlayStation 3 – 2.56 million
YTD:
PlayStation 2 – 41.12 million
Nintendo DS – 17.65 million
PSP – 10.47 million
Xbox 360 – 9.15 million
Wii – 7.38 million
PlayStation 3 – 3.25 million
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 17, 2008 – Nintendo DS™ and Wii™ finished strong in 2007, commanding sales in the holiday shopping period and finishing the year as the two best-selling video game systems in the United States, according to new data just released by the independent NPD Group. Nintendo DS was the top-selling U.S. system of 2007, with nearly 8.5 million sold, including more than 4 million in November and December alone. Wii placed second, with nearly 6.3 million sold through the year, more than 2.3 million of which sold in the final two months.
“By the end of 2007 we were sold out of virtually all hardware, and much of our stock of software and accessories was sold out as well, thanks to the broad appeal of Wii and Nintendo DS to core gamers, women, families, grandparents – and seemingly everyone in between,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sales & marketing. “And that momentum continues here in the early weeks of 2008.”
HW Sales
System December 2007/Annual 2007
PlayStation 2 1.1 million/3.97 million
PlayStation 3 797.6 K/2.56 million
PlayStation Portable 1.06 million/3.82 million
Xbox 360 1.26 million/4.62 million
Wii 1.35 million/6.29 million
Nintendo DS 2.47 million/8.50 million
Top 10 SW Sales
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *1 1.47 million
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 1.40 million
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) *3 1.25 million
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 4 1.08 million
360 ASSASSIN’S CREED UBISOFT NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *5 893.7 K
360 HALO 3 MICROSOFT (CORP) SEP 2007 MATURE (M) *6 742.7 K
NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 7 659.5 K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 8 655.2 K
360 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 9 624.6 K
WII MARIO AND SONIC: OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 10 613.0 K
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Germany
01. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (DS) 02. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) 03. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) 04. Call of Duty 4: Modern …
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Characteristics of the Skill Player in Guitar Hero:
* Plays on expert difficulty, or strives to * Activates star power with the select button instead of tilting the controller …
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All
01. Super Smash Bros. Brawl*—Nintendo (Wii) 02. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare—Activision (Xbox 360) 03. Super Mario Galaxy—Nintendo (Wii) 04. Rock Band Special Edition—EA (Xbox 360) 05. …
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Monday
Pokémon Diamond & Pearl – 181,291 connections Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock – 133,779 connections Animal Crossing: Wild World – 43,386 connections Mario Kart DS – 42,385 …
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DS 1. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl – 1,289,151 connections* 2. Animal Crossing: Wild World – 302,669 connections 3. Mario Kart DS – 294,452 connections 4. The Legend of Zelda: …
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Before, you had to pre-order your GH3 replacement disk by calling Activision and actually talking to someone. Now it’s more simple and quick. All you have to …
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Interesting games
Pokémon Diamond & Pearl – 180,066 connections Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock – 146,362 connections Animal Crossing: Wild World – 42,389 connections Mario Kart DS – …
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SUMMARY
– Matt’s new beard was grown because he likes to grow a beard when he puts on weight during christmas to confirm his weight gain. Once he loses the weight, his beard will be lost as well.
Game of the Year
– Winner was Super Mario Galaxy.
– This was the first time that the Nintendo editors did not take part in the discussion – they only submitted their votes. However, they did play all of the contenders.
– Craig and Matt voted for Galaxy, but Bozon voted for Call of Duty 4 because he loves multiplayer FPS.
– Call of Duty 4, Bioshock and Mass Effect were all deserving of winning, though Mass Effect less so due to its technical issues.
– Such an incredible year of gaming that the decision was very hard to make compared to previous years – at least 5 games would have automatically been 2006 GOTY.
– Surprised that Bioshock didn’t win any of the major awards.
CES
– Matt’s one of IGN’s tech-nuts.
– Looked around the Apple and MAC areas as well as TV and projectors.
– There would be lots of worthless Wii accessories – there was a Cooking Mama accessory which changed the controller into a fork, a Zelda sword and shield that blocked the IR, and a Trauma Centre scapel add-on.
– Found it pretty boring – gets worse and worse everywhere, and always bring back old products rather than E3 which bring in new ones.
Grand Theft Auto IV (Take-Two) Midnight Club: Los Angeles (Take-Two) Guitar Hero III (Activision) Rock Band (EA) FIFA ‘08 (EA) Madden ‘08 (EA) Burnout Paradise (EA) Battlefield (EA) Mercenaries 2 …
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Boston, Massachusetts (January 3, 2008) – The word “swag” is commonly known among circles of niche communities as a word referring to collectable items. GamerSwagg.com aims to deliver the first …
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^ Yep, this is a very pitiful sight—no one wants to play Guitar Hero III with me :( Let’s change that! **Thanks to our photographer Ben!
Alright, you nintendophiles/Guitar …
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Ladies and Gentleman I would like to introduce the Super Awesome Big Five Banner!! This will be the staple of the Big Five for some time. A Big BIG Thanks …
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