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Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that Wii emerged as the best selling home console of December in the US. Overall he reckons Nintendo’s machine sold 2.6m units. Just behind it, he foresees Xbox 360 sales of 2.5m units – more than double his predicted PS3 sales of 1.2m …

Retailer Best Buy has reported revenues of $8.4bn for December 2010 – a 1.6 per cent decline year-on-year. The US market in isolation suffered a 3.2 per cent dip to $6.5bn, which was partially made up for by a 4.5 per cent jump in international revenues to $1.9bn, though Best …

Platform holder Nintendo has confirmed the total lifetime sales for both DS and Wii in the US. Since going on sale in November 2004 the DS has gone on to sell a total of 47m units in the territory, making it the best selling handheld console in US history. Its …

The somewhat threadbare US SingStore is to be significantly beefed up with the addition of content that until now has only been available to European gamers. In addition, Sony has secured a new agreement with universal Music that will mean that all future digital track releases for SingStar will be …

The lucrative Black Friday shopping week has seemingly proved a very successful period for Nintendo.CVG reports that internal company estimates point to US sales of 900k units for DS and 600k units for Wii in the period between November 21st and November 27th. That represents total sales of 1.5m consoles …

The recent 3D reinvention of cult games IP Castlevania has enjoyed a solid start at retail, publisher Konami has announced. The company has shipped 1m units of the game to European and North American retail since its release last month. It will hit Japanese retail in December. Castlevania has truly …

Analyst Cowen and Company is claiming that the most recent title in the Tony Hawk series, Tony Hawk’s Shred, sold just 3,000 copies in its first week on sale in the US. The game was a virtual no show”, the analyst is quoted as saying by GamesIndustry. It adds that …

With firm sales figures still unavailable, US analyst Michael Pachter has said that he believes Sony’s PlayStation Move controller has sold 400k units in the US since its launch in the territory in mid-September. The comparisons with Kinect are inevitable, of course. Kinect sold in excess of 1m units in …

Xbox 360’s American dream continues with news that Microsoft’s console saw year-on-year sales gains in October 2010. It was the only console in the market to enjoy annual growth, with total unit sales of 325k according to Larry Hryb. That’s a 34 per cent year-on-year increase for a machine now …

Sony is to embark on a dedicated marketing campaign in Latin America following a tremendous boom for the PlayStation market in the region. The new ad spots, made by sector specialist Saatchi & Saatchi, feature both the PS3 and PlayStation Move and focus on a character called ‘babyman’ (who has …