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The PS3 registered big sales in December

Written by IT News on 2:05 AM

Console war is a very tough fight between the three manufacturers, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have been doing their best to attract customers and gain more profit. Although it appears that between 2008 Nintendo dominates his opposition, the battle for second place was a very brutal one.

Despite the competition for Sony, Microsoft prevail through the application of the price of its Xbox 360 console, it seems that things are promising for the PlayStation 3. Even if it reached 18 percent decline in November, for the same period in 2007, in December 2008 was a very good month for the Japanese company and its products.

During the month of the holiday season begins, it appears that Sony achieved solid revenue growth of 130 percent compared with November. This was reinforced by the internal information from the Japanese company, which also found that there is still hope that a strong momentum in 2009, while confirming a statement, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO David Reeves, who expressed his belief that the PS3 will have a major new year.

"Early internal data indicate an increase of more than 130 percent of the PS3 hardware sales holiday season, Black Friday and we also see an increase of almost 40 percent of the total PS3 hardware sales for the calendar year. We are confident that this momentum will continue and in the New Year. “

Although most of the industry analysts and critics of a place in the Sony shameful last place, for the Nintendo and Microsoft, this year could start a lot of changes in the Japanese console. Let us not forget that there are many new features coming to PS3, as part of the new "value added" approach, and if we believe, Microsoft, and almost everyone else in the game industry, apart from Sony, discounts that can be used in the time. All that remains for us to do is wait and see what is projected to become a reality.

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Nintendo Dominates Japanese Games Market

Written by IT News on 8:39 AM

By: Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor

Enterbrain, the company, which specializes in analysis and technology in the Japanese software market, released its findings related to the evolution of the video game market during the fiscal year that just ended March 30. While not mind-blowing figures and sow clearly sustainable growth.

Total sales of hardware games, including consoles and video games that have reached more than 667 billion yen, which is approximately 6.6 billion U.S, sporting a healthy 3.8 per cent after growth in the previous fiscal year. A breakdown of the figures reveals some surprises.

In the market, where power and graphics blockbuster game seemed to be the norm, the Japanese government prefers the Nintendo DS, with its touch screen capabilities and innovation, for more powerful PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. In the Nintendo DS boasts of 6343547 units it sold a year for a period of total sales estimated at 22169761. The number of units sold in 2007, nearly twice the number of its nearest competitor.

In Nintendo Wii was in second place with 3741946 units sold in the 2007 fiscal year and a lifetime total of 5695579, while the PlayStation Portable Sales 3427971 for a lifetime, a total of 8574026.

Speaking of Sony, PlayStation 3 at 1197418 units sold compared with the previous year, while the PlayStation 2 sales numbers have not been made public. Microsoft's Xbox 360 sold only 235318, and only about 600000 sold in Japan since the console launched.

Wii exceeded the size of Nintendo software sales chart, registering more than 1700000 units sold, even though it was released in December. Close on the heels were books Nintendo DS and Mario Party Wii sports. SuperSmash Bros. Brawl took fourth place with a little more than 1 million people, and half of sales, followed by Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2 on the Nintendo DS.

So it seems that Nintendo has been dominating Japan in fiscal year 2007, as hardware and the software market. The question is if it can keep him in 2008.