"HW Sales
System December 2007 Annual 2007
PlayStation 2 1.1 million 3.97 million
PlayStation 3 797.6 K 2.56 million
PlayStation Portable 1.06 million 3.82 million
Xbox 360 1.26 million 4.62 million
Wii 1.35 million 6.29 million
Nintendo DS 2.47 million 8.50 million


Top 10 SW Sales
360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *1 1.47 million
WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 1.40 million
PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF..."

The itasha scene spills forth from Japan, but we don't recall ever seeing anything of the ilk for Nintendo characters and certainly none for gaming's best known tradesperson.

Bear witness now, as Singapore's streets have, to this road warrior's bold homage to Mario.

"Will third-party developers be as patient? Historically, Capcom has been happy to push epic games and unique content. But if you want our honest-to-God advice, don't go booking time off for Zack & Wiki 2 yet."

Hot Shots Golf 5 for the PlayStation 3 was expected to be a big hit for Sony in Japan, and it certainly didn't disappoint by making a debut at second place in Japanese charts this week with 152,000 copies sold. Yet in the end it was Mario Party that stole golf's thunder, despite being criticized as a series milked by Nintendo for all it's worth. Mario Party 8 for the Wii topped sales charts in its opening week with sales of 265,000 copies, beating the golf-themed runner up by over 110,000 u...

"It’s competition time again, so lets party, Mario style! That’s right, we’re teaming up with Game Share to give away Nintendo’s latest offering in the Mario Party franchise, Mario Party 8 for the Nintendo Wii."

"Nintendo has recalled all copies of Mario Party 8 in the UK due to it containing an offensive word.

The title was released for the Nintendo Wii on Friday and has seen heavy promotion over the weekend with TV advertisements.
"Unfortunately we have discovered that a small number of games contain the wrong version of the disk due to an assembly error," reads a statement from the company.

"We have therefore decided to recall all copies of the game from UK retailers so that this mistake can..."

"With the new E3 Business & Media Summit 2007 kicking off on Tuesday July 10 it’s perhaps scant little surprise that the already dire summer release listings – which have only kicked up two real games of note thus far in The Darkness and Ninja Gaiden Sigma – have hit a new all-time low."

"As the first Mario Party game created exclusively for Wii, this new installment has sold more than 550,000 copies in the United States during the weeks following its May 29 launch.

"The overwhelming response not only reminds us how much fans absolutely love the Mario Party franchise but also proves the unmatched ability of the Wii system to attract new players," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Wii users are keepi..."