in my collection. ... I thought it was interesting, at least... (and it's really totals, not ratios. Close enough.)
Hardware Japanese Games American/European Games
Game Boy 19 11 36.7% US/Eu releases
GB Color 9 6 40% US/Eu releases
GB Advance 22 1 4.3% US/Eu releases
SNES 37 15 [two games are a Japanese ports of European computer games listed here as US/Europe]
Genesis 34 16 [Sonic 2 was a joint US/Japan team; I listed it as Japan] 32% US/Eu releases
Sega CD 0 4 100% US/Eu releases
Nintendo 64 23 35 60.3% US/Eu releases
Gamecube 25 18 41.9% US/Eu releases
Playstation 24 16 40% US/Eu releases
PC 6 243 97.6 US/Eu releases
... US/European breakdown would be more interesting for the PC list, for sure.
Those two I have notes for are trickier. Like, how do you categorize Super Swing Golf, a Japanese console port of a Korean PC game? I think it makes the most sense to list something by original developer, not the one who ported it, so Super Swing Golf (PangYa/Albatross18) would be Korean, despite Tecmo making the Wii port... but the porting one should be noted somehow too... bah. 0.7 for the original maker and 0.3 for the porting company? :D Not to mention how some games have developers in multiple regions working on them (like art/CG teams in other countries working on the game while the main developers are elsewhere -- it has happened.), and I probably have some of those and didn't note it, but I'm not even going to get into that...
Quote:Last month Microsoft issued a statement saying that it expected to sell one million Gears of War units by year's end, but it seems they have underestimated the title's popularity. In its 6 weeks since launch Epic's gritty action game has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide (1 million in the US alone), becoming the fastest- selling next-generation game of 2006.
Quote:In addition to being the must-have video game of the holiday season, "Gears of War" continues to rage on the Xbox Live battlefield as well, with more than 1 million unique gamers engaging in 10 million online gameplay sessions and unlocking an impressive 7 million achievements. On top of being the No. 1 title on Xbox Live, "Gears of War" has driven new members to the network; paid registrations per day have skyrocketed more than 50 percent since the game's launch.
New IPs can sell.
In unrelated news, Viva Pinata sold a paltry 40,000 units in its first week. Yikes.
I never even realized this, because I did not combine all known data in all possible configurations! This odd little song is in a LOT of games! I'd heard it before in a few of them but never put 2 and 2 together to realize I'd heard it before! Let the search continue!
Fortunately, it won't kill us, but it may disrupt some electrical systems, like satellites or maybe Ontario could get another solar blackout (I use "black" figuratively because a lot of crazy electrical activity happened that day). Sounds like fun! Too bad I'm too close to the equator to see the auroras that'll emerge from this...
does it come out today? IGN lists today as the release date but neither Gamestop or EBGames says anything about it and Gamestop hasn't called me to say that it's in. just wondering if anybody knows anything about it.
Quote:"At a NASDAQ event in London, chief financial officer Chris Liddell reiterated Microsoft's forecast for 10 million consoles by the end of the Christmas season. "
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"Reaching the 10 million goal is just now a matter of sales: about a week ago the company shipped its ten millionth console. And from the looks of things, hitting the mark may not be that difficult."
Their original estimates were to have 10 million sold to consumers by the time the competition launched...looks like they missed that by a bit. Good sales in any case.
Xbox 360 sold 511,000 units in N.A. according to NPD. They're on track to sell even more in December.[Link]
