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Pirates
3rd November 2009, 1:11pm

News: Pirates "spend more on content"

Illicit file-sharers each spend £77 on music annually, £33 more than legitimate consumers

Wii Sports Resort nears 7m
2nd November 2009, 11:52am

News: Wii Sports Resort nears 7m

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

NPD: Halo ODST flattens the competition
20th October 2009, 10:49am

News: NPD: Halo ODST flattens the competition

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

JAPAN: Market 10% down in 2009H1
1st October 2009, 2:45pm

News: JAPAN: Market 10% down in 2009H1

Nintendo DS remains the strongest selling machine; Dragon Quest IX tops the hardware charts

NPD: PS3 surges month-on-month
11th September 2009, 9:58am

News: NPD: PS3 surges month-on-month

Big gains for Sony’s console as EA’s Madden NFL 10 tops the monthly software charts

1st September 2009, 10:46am

Blog: Keeping pirates at bay

Gamescom was a great opportunity to speak to all kinds of people in the games industry. But from Yves Guillemot to small indie developers, one theme regularly emerged when you talked about Nintendo’s DS platform – piracy.

NPD: Wii Sports Resort dominates
14th August 2009, 10:30am

News: NPD: Wii Sports Resort dominates

EA proves to be the only challenger to Nintendo’s dominance of the North American software market

Ubisoft reports 67% YoY drop in DS sales
28th July 2009, 5:55pm

News: Ubisoft reports 67% YoY drop in DS sales

French publisher's Q1 fiscal results suggest Nintendo handheld market is suffering

NPD: Prototype keeps Nintendo from the top
17th July 2009, 10:04am

News: NPD: Prototype keeps Nintendo from the top

Activision Blizzard’s sandbox superhero outing emerges as the June victor in software market

JAPAN: Market declines by 24%
7th July 2009, 9:41am

News: JAPAN: Market declines by 24%

Steep decrease in hardware sales force H1 2009 numbers down year-on-year

NPD: Hardware suffers sharp dip
12th June 2009, 10:02am

News: NPD: Hardware suffers sharp dip

Nintendo continues to boss the market whilst UFC continues to outperform expectations

41% of all PC software is pirated
15th May 2009, 10:55am

News: 41% of all PC software is pirated

Business Software Alliance claims market lost $53bn to illegal installations in 2008

54 Wii titles sell over a million
7th May 2009, 10:05am

News: 54 Wii titles sell over a million

As DS hardware officially passes 100m unit sales mark and worldwide Wii sales pass 50m

83 DS titles pass a million units
12th March 2009, 12:18pm

News: 83 DS titles pass a million units

And seven more top 10m sales; total DS hardware sales pass 100m worldwide

Ninja Blade sneaking to retail in April
26th February 2009, 2:19pm

News: Ninja Blade sneaking to retail in April

FromSoftware’s Xbox 360 exclusive combat romp to get demo next month

NPD: Nintendo shatters records in 2008
16th January 2009, 10:23am

News: NPD: Nintendo shatters records in 2008

Wii smashes US annual platform sales records whilst DS does the same in December

ESRB introduces age rating summaries
13th November 2008, 3:38pm

News: ESRB introduces age rating summaries

North American regulators follow BBFC’s lead in posting descriptions of games content online

JAPAN: Big market drops in October
13th November 2008, 12:27pm

News: JAPAN: Big market drops in October

Monthly market 21.6 per cent down on last year; hardware the biggest faller, despite strong performance from PSP; 360 beats PS3

JAPAN: DS wins in August as market declines
8th September 2008, 11:29am

News: JAPAN: DS wins in August as market declines

29 per cent year-on-year hardware sales dip leads to 17 per cent overall decline

Microsoft announces Ninja Blade
1st September 2008, 4:52pm

News: Microsoft announces Ninja Blade

New hack ‘n’ slash outing from Tenchu and Armored Core developer From Software emerges from the shadows

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