Japan Charts: PSP overtakes DS
"The Japanese software market continues to slow down after the busy New Year period, with new GBA release Mario Party Advance taking the top spot while weekly sales of the PSP surpassed DS sales for the first time.

Mario Party Advance displaced PS2 title Gran Turismo 4 from the top spot, selling 68,000 units in its first week on sale, while only one other new release made it into the top ten - From Software's PS2 action title The Story of Hero Yoshitune, which sold 42,000 units and came in at number three.

All eyes, however, are on the battle between Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS, which saw the PlayStation Portable pulling ahead of its rival in weekly hardware sales for the first time, taking just under 31 per cent market share as opposed to just over 25 per cent for the DS.

The DS, of course, still has a huge lead in terms of overall installed base, but its sales are slowing slightly after the initial rush - while demand for the PSP remains high, with Sony's limited shipments being snapped up as soon as they arrive at retail.

Nintendo's platform continues to dominate in terms of software sales, however, with Wario Ware: Touched! taking the number four slot in this week's ranking, ahead of Super Mario 64 DS at number seven.

Two PSP titles also make it into the top ten - Hot Shots Golf Portable at number eight and Dynasty Warriors at number ten - but how much of a sales boost this represents is tough to judge, given that overall software sales in Japan dropped by over 40 per cent this week.

It's certainly too early to judge the performance of either the DS or the PSP based on this data, as PlayStation Portable continues to be badly affected by supply shortages while the DS is a few weeks further into its cycle and has enjoyed good supplies all along, meaning that most early adopters who want one already have a console at this point.

One thing is certain, though - the arrival of the DS and PSP has hurt sales of the Game Boy Advance, with the older handheld platform accounting for only nine per cent of the market last week. PlayStation 2, however, continues to dominate - leading the field with over 31 per cent market share."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=6393

Following Take Two's publishing of the ESPN Sports games last year and then the announcement earlier today that they got the exclusive third party MLB liscence, now Take Two has bought Visual Concepts...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/24/...17016.html

So who else is trapped indoors in this? They said as much as 3' of snow---but we only have between 1 & 2.

This will be a poll to see which of the two versions is preferred amongst us. Vote!

Quote:This is from some guy on the Nintendopower forums. He apparently was the first to give good DS specs before they were revealed...so this may be good.

There has been a TON of speculation on Nintendo's upcoming console but little is actually known about it. There are so many different ideas that no one really knows what to think. So here are some supposed "facts" about the Revolution. I can't reveal my source because I've been asked not to. Sorry guys. I would say that this info has at least a 65% chance of being accurate. My source has been right before and he's also been wrong. Here goes......

Ok first things first. Yes, Nintendo will utilize gyros in it's controllers. I think most people pretty much already took this as fact. Also, the Rev will indeed have dual processors. Also broadband is built in, no modem to buy. Nintendo has an online strategy in development. It will be implemented on the DS first. There are no current plans to connect the DS and the Rev....the GB Evolution on the other hand......

The Rev will have four controller ports. It will have a hard drive which will be used in much the same way as the 64DD was supposed to be used. Things like Dolby Digital 5.1 and high def monitor support are included. There is no type of virtual reality or any kind of headset planned. It is backwards compatible with Gamecube games. It will use the HD-DVD format and not Sony's Blu-Ray. Controllers are not wireless, but wireless controllers are planned. It will launch with an unnamed Mario game and work on Zelda has already begun. Super Smash Brothers is in mid development and will be a launch title.

Ok so what's the Revolutionary part? That's what you all want to know. Well my source wouldn't tell me. He said it would get him into too much trouble, and could give Sony and Microsoft an advantage at this stage in the game. But he did say this; "if you think too hard you'll never guess what it is. It's nothing "new" technically speaking. It's just something that hasn't really been applied to video games yet."

He then said "touching is good but feeling is better". What exactly that means I have no idea. Some sort of force feedback device? We already have rumble packs.

For more information on gyration technology, go to http://www.gyration.com

Looking pretty good.

Cube-Europe

Quote:Matt responds: I don't think the gamble was worth it. The original Viewtiful Joe sold 275,000 copies on GameCube and an additional 46,000 on PlayStation 2. Meanwhile, through December 2004, the GameCube version of Viewtiful Joe 2 sold through only 61,000 copies and the PS2 build a mere 18,000 copies. Not so hot, in other words.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=st...rotests_dc

Somthing I notice is that while alot of you even I at one point thought the french goverment was liberal , Apparently they conciderd it "conservatism".
I think maybe you have confused frenchism with liberalism in this situation.

I'm going to hopefully work on All the King's Men. This is a huge film and I'm really looking forward to it, I got the call today from my buddy who's already on it and he said he can get me in.

I just wanted to let you guys know so you can watch the progress of the film from imdb.com until it's release. I could be working on it for just a few days, or for the rest of the production, so we'll see.

The film is directed by one of the biggest writers out there, Steven Zaillian who wrote the script for Schindler's List, Clear and Present Danger and Searching for Bobby Fischer, among many others. The film stars Jude Law and Sean Penn, with a cast that includes James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet and Anthony Hopkins. All the King's Men is based off a Robert Penn Warren novel that won many awards with a film done in the 50's that won many an Oscar. The story has to do with the life of Willie Stark, who is actually based on a real person - former Governer of Louisiana, Huey Long.

It's a ginormous project, check it out:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405676/

Wish me luck, Lord knows I'll need it.

As usual, you can select it at the bottom of any page.

And to the stalwarts, yes, I added a classic version layout.

I was tired of red, so I went back to blue for a change. Hope you guys like it. :)