Consoles

Rockstar has made it a fourth week at number one in the ELSPA/ChartTrack All Formats chart – beating major new releases from Ubisoft, Eidos and EA. EA’s Rock Band hits sixth position in the chart, but it’s not likely the publisher will be disappointed; according to ChartTrack, three quarters of …

Nintendo’s phenomenal-selling Wii Fit has had the worst week of its existence in the UK – dropping all the way out of the ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats top 40. The spectacular drop – likely due to stock issues at retail – has seen the game slide from second position last week, …

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that over a million consumers have signed up for PlayStation Network accounts in Japan. PSN went online in the region in November, 2006 – and Sony revealed that since then 400,000 players have accessed the store each month. According to Japanese games site Game Watch …

But unpopular games get the boot as file size and price limits rise, while Microsft opens new first-party team for XBLA titles

Around 50 million games were sold for Nintendo’s Wii during its first 18 months on the market, according to the platform holder. The figure would set a new record for software sales, beating the previous record holder, PS2, into second – and, according to Nintendo, doesn’t include copies of Wii …

Early version of game-sharing initiative online now

Nintendo’s WiiWare service has made its European debut – and, as promised, there are six downloadable titles available to consumers to choose from on launch day. The service launched in Japan in March and in the US last week. Key games available from today include Lost Winds from UK developer …

User-created movie sharing debuted in Mainichi Issho

Global PS2 sales may have declined by over a million units in Sony’s last fiscal year , but the console was still the firm’s leading light in the 12 month period – selling over four million units more than successor PS3. Handheld PSP outsold the pair, clocking up 13.9 million …

Japanese market authroity Enterbrain has confirmed to MCV that PSP led hardware sales in the territory during April. Sony’s handheld sold a whopping 380, 697 units in the month, over double that of its nearest competitor, Nintendo Wii, which sold 187, 121. In third place was DS Lite with 169,911 …