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Japanese production company saw less return from Wii titles than its PSP outings

Whilst PSN downloads increase 60% compared to the same month in 2008

Activision reckons new Call of Duty has beat all previous first and five-day entertainment industry records

Analyst reveals higher marketing spend more influential than review scores

EA indulges in a spot of football willy-waving; And there’s good new for Madden, too

Olivier Comte takes charge or redesigned business development, marketing and sales team

Nintendo enjoys best week’s Wii hardware sales this year

Publisher says that the upcoming quarter “will be the most important in its history”

Viacom claims that things are on the up for music series – though progress is slower than hoped

Nintendo president admits that there’s been little to separate the two machines in Japan this year

New motion sensing title hits new sales benchmark; Original Wii Sports passes 50m sales

Though sales fall and losses grow at Sony’s PlayStation division; PS2 sees software sales nosedive

Nintendo CEO admits that failure to produce consistent triple-A software has hurt console

Developer expects a slow start but increasing momentum for new ‘Hero’ game at retail

Developer Naughty Dog says sequel has outsold predecessor “by many, many times”

Sony’s console accounts for 66% of game’s sales; Week one performance down 39%

EA adds that it’s pleased with the performance of Need for Speed: Shift

There’s good news for all three platform holders in NPD’s September numbers

1.5m sales of Bungie’s latest shooter see it top the September software charts in North America