PSP News
May2012
News Japanese Sales Charts: Dragon's Dogma Takes Off
Flying start
Dragon’s Dogma got off to a roaring start in Japan, selling a whopping 302,040 units during its first week on sale. The impressive numbers make it the fastest selling new IP of the generation in the region. Sadly, the title did nothing to increase the PS3’s hardware sales. Sony’s home system mustered just 14k units, a minor...
News Chill Out with the Ice White PSP-E1000
Frosty
There’s life in the old PlayStation Portable just yet. Despite the Vita being readily available worldwide, Sony has announced a new iteration of its cheap and cheerful PSP-E1000 line. The super chilled Ice White system is set to launch on European store shelves in July for a lowly £89.99. For those unfamiliar, the PSP-E1000 is a durable...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Hardware Slump Continues
Difficult reading
Hardware sales continued to decrease in Japan this week. The Vita’s fortunes improved by a measly seven units, as it mustered a disastrous 6k sales for the second week running. In fairness, it was another timid week for all of Japan’s major consoles, with PS3 and PSP's overall totals also dropping. Even the infallible Nintendo...
Store Update 22nd May 2012 (North America)
Sorcery, Syphon Filter, Vita AR and more
We'll admit it: there were times we thought we'd never get Sorcery, yet that day is finally here. There's also some Augmented Reality content for Vita and a stack of classic SEGA games, making this a very good day indeed. PlayStation Plus: Full Game Trial: Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Full Game...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Hardware Sinks, Vita Stinks
All time low
It really does feel like Japan has given up on Vita for the time being. At this point, the handheld is guaranteed a fresh wave of negative press every week. And it’s really hard to put a positive spin on the system’s latest numbers, with the console selling just 6,340 units. The one redeeming note is that all hardware fell sharply...
Store Update 15th May 2012 (North America)
Sonic, PixelJunk and massive Ubi sale
A couple of long-awaited PSN titles come to PS3 today and Ubisoft drops prices across two dozen downloads. Read on and make an informed buying choice. PlayStation Plus: Rock of Ages — 100% discount GoldenEye 007: Reloaded — $29.99 (50% discount) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood complete — $14.99 (40%...
News Sony Adds New Backwards Compatible Titles to Vita
Take a trip down memory lane
The release schedule for PlayStation Vita may be looking a bit barren right now, but Sony’s hoping to flesh things out until Resistance: Burning Skies by increasing support for legacy PSP software. Starting today, you'll be able to play classics such as Valhalla Knights 2 and Cho Aniki Zero on your hot new hardware. A...
News EA Promises "Game-Changing Innovations" for FIFA 13
Deja vu?
Now the English Premier League has ended, EA Sports has kicked off the information offensive for FIFA 13, coming to PS3 and PS Vita later this year. The publisher revealed new features it believes will change football games. Again. First up is the new artificial intelligence system, which EA says is its "most sophisticated" AI...
News GameStop Pulls PSP Titles from 25% of North American Stores
Goodnight, sweet prince
In news that will surprise nobody, US retail giant GameStop has decided to remove PSP titles from around 25% of its stores. The move is designed to maximise “merchandising space in the smallest” outlets. Larger stores will continue to carry the brand, as will GameStop.com. With the Vita now readily available worldwide,...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Vita Drops Below Wii
Golden weak
Golden Week did nothing to improve the PlayStation Vita’s fortunes in Japan. Following a minor resurgence last week, the system dropped back down to a familiar position of 10k units sold. To compound the disappointment, the new handheld slipped behind Nintendo's aging Wii for the first time since its release late last year. It was...
Store Update 8th May 2012 (North America)
Datura is here
A bit of a short week for North America this time around, with one new game for PS3 owners and no new titles for Vita fans. Here's what's available this week. PlayStation Plus: Full Game Trials:Saints Row The Third — Saints Row The Third reviewNeed for Speed The Run —
News Unchained Blades Earns Its Freedom This Spring
Off the hook
XSEED’s uber-niche first person dungeon crawler Unchained Blades is set to slash its way onto the PlayStation Network this spring. The PSP JRPG – created by a star-studded development team – follows the adventure of Fang, a haughty dragon emperor who loses his powers when the goddess Clunea witnesses his arrogance. The game...
News Like PlayStation Access, Grab a Couple of Free Games
Nice way to end the day
Sony is giving away a couple of free PlayStation Minis to anyone that “likes” the publisher’s PlayStation Access page on Facebook. Up for grabs are Jewel Keepers: Easter Island and Urbanix. Sure it’s a marketing ploy, but who cares? Free games. While you're there, you should Like Push Square, too.
News XSEED Cans Plans to Publish Grand Knights History
A tragic tale
XSEED has scrapped plans to publish Vanillaware’s gorgeous PSP role-playing game Grand Knights History in North America. The publisher said that unfortunately the “development resources required to localise the game were not available, necessitating its cancellation”. The publisher continued: We regret not being able to bring...
Store Update 2nd May 2012 (Europe)
Awesomenauts, Skullgirls and free Frobisher Says! included
It's PSN update day here in Europe with a lot of content for your consideration, some of it free. Let's get started. PS3 Games: Awesomenauts (Trial also available)It’s the year 3587; conflict spans the stars. Huge robot armies are locked in an enduring stalemate. In their bid for galactic...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Vita Enjoys Decent Sales Bump
On the rise
After a torrid couple of weeks in Japan, the Vita has finally emerged from its temporary slump. Sony’s shiny new system sold a respectable 12,299 units for the week ending 29th April – a significant improvement over last week’s worrying 8,206 units tally. The boost was no doubt orchestrated by the release of Surge Concerto: Ciel...
Store Update 1st May 2012 (North America)
Awesomenauts, Mortal Kombat, Max Payne and more
It's time for another PSN Store update, North America, and it's a typically eclectic mix of fun, light-hearted titles alongside grizzly, violent classics. Without further delay, let's get into it. PlayStation Plus: Early Access:Pixel Junk 4am Closed Viewer BetaVelocity (Free PS mini)Free Downloads:Aw
April2012
News Japanese Sales Charts: Vita Stagnates
A familiar story
This week’s Japanese sales charts prove the nation is gripped in 3DS fever. After enduring a tepid start, Nintendo’s handheld has become something of an unstoppable force, dominating the software and hardware sales charts alike. Meanwhile, the Vita continues to lurk beneath the decisive 10k units mark, selling 44 consoles less...
News Scratch Your Head over Monster Hunter Puzzle Spin-Off
For PSP
When Capcom teased last week that it was going to reveal a new game in the next issue of Famitsu magazine, the Internet was sent into a predictable frenzy. Could it be the long awaited Monster Hunter title for Vita? Well, it is a new title in the Monster Hunter series – just a puzzle spin-off for PSP. Disappointment aside, the game...
Store Update 24th April 2012 (North America)
Skype, Walking Dead, Dragon's Dogma demo and more
This week's new PSN content is available in North America, so here's what's on offer. Vita owners, you get add-on content and Skype but no games — sorry. PlayStation Plus: Full Game Trials:The Cursed CrusadeBattlefield 3 — Battlefield 3 reviewDiscounts:
News First Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 Details Dribble Online
No Vita version
We’ll get to dissecting Pro Evolution Soccer 2013’s actual announcement in a moment, but first let’s deal with the gigantic elephant in the room. Despite launching on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2, there will not be a Vita version of PES 2013. We suppose that could change as the game’s autumn release...
News Sony Pulls Exploited Super Collapse 3 from PSN
Play a different brick game
Mere days after restoring two hacked PSP titles to the PlayStation Network, Sony has had to yank another one. Super Collapse 3 is the latest release to be completely removed from the company’s digital storefront, after hackers found a way to run unsigned code through an exploit in the software. Homebrew junkie Wololo...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Vita Continues Its Decline
How low can you go?
Whatever Soul Sacrifice is, it can’t come soon enough. With no new releases to speak of, the Vita continued its decline in Japan this week, selling a paltry 8,250 units. To its credit, it wasn’t the only system to decline. Only the DSi LL managed to post an improved figure, beating its previous tally by a measly seven units...
News Pick Up a Bargain with Massive PSP Discounts
Have a (jungle) party
The PlayStation Vita might be the hot new handheld on the block, but that’s not stopping Sony from giving the PSP some love. The platform holder’s taken to the PlayStation Blog to announce an extensive list of discounts spanning some of the portable’s most well loved games. Favourites such as Patapon 3 and God of War:...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Vita Dips Below 10k Units
The end is nigh
A lot of industry conscious gamers hold a significant amount of faith in Japan’s weekly sales figures. It’s those same commentators that invented the so-called "10k units rule". The fabricated philosophy states that if a system’s sales are above 10k units a week, it’s “alive”. But should the unthinkable happen...
Store Update 10th April 2012 (North America)
Skullgirls, Pinball and more
Much-anticipated PSN title Skullgirls hits the North American store alongside a true PS2 classic and more. Here's what's on for you North American shoppers this week. PlayStation Plus: Exclusives: The House of the Dead 4 Demo Minis: Canabalt Defenders Of The Mystic Garden Full Game Trials
News Journey is March's Best Selling PSN Game
Act surprised
Seeing as Sony recently declared thatgamecompany’s Journey to be the fastest selling PlayStation Network title of all time, it shouldn't come as a surprise to see the innovative opus at the top of the PSN charts for the month of March. The evocative quest fought off strong competition from PSN’s previous fastest seller, inFamous:...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Baseball Spirits Hits a Home Run
Minor boost for Vita
There was a Mickey Mouse-shaped cloud raining over the Japanese sales charts this week, as Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance cooed its way to the top spot. It was joined by numerous iterations of Konami’s Pro Baseball Spirits series, as the PS3, PSP and PS Vita versions of the latest bat-and-ball entry all...
Store Update 3rd April 2012 (North America)
I Am Alive and more
Vita owners go home empty-handed today, with no new games or demos on the portable storefront, but there's plenty of DLC and a few much-anticipated games for PS3 owners to sink their teeth into. PlayStation Plus: Free Games: Shank 2Shift 2 UnleashedCanabalt (PS mini)Farm Frenzy 2 (PS mini)Silent Hill (
March2012
News Mysterious Namco Bandai Title is for PSP
Given the PS Vita’s continued struggles domestically, we’re surprised that Sony hasn’t just outright phased out its predecessor. But here we are, reporting on another big PSP announcement for Japan. Remember that mysterious Namco Bandai teaser website we told you about yesterday? Well, it turns out that the title in question isn’t for PS...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Vita Sturdy, Yakuza Spin-Off Strong
What's hot in the land of the rising sun?
The PS Vita managed to keep its head above water again this week, with its sales numbers boosting well above the dreaded 10k units mark in Japan. Sony’s new handheld was unable to outsell its predecessor, the PSP, though, which was boosted by the release of the anticipated Yakuza spin-off, Black Panther 2...
News MonkeyPaw Kickstarts Class of Heroes II Localisation
Put your money where your mouth is
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know all about Kickstarter. The crowd funding website has already, ahem, kickstarted the development of a couple of high profile games, and now localisation specialists MonkeyPaw Games and GaijinWorks are hoping to get in on the lucrative action. The companies want...
Store Update 27th March 2012 (North America)
Closure, Resistance AR and MMA
Vita fans get one game to choose from this week but the free AR monument viewer for Resistance: Burning Skies is well worth taking a look at. Here's what's up and available for you to purchase right now. PlayStation Plus: Spring Fever Discounts:Closure — 20% offSplinter Cell HD — 50% offTom Clancy’s Ghost Recon:...
News Everybody's Tennis Pulled from PS Store Due to Piracy Exploit
Oh no
Backwards compatibility is a big problem. If a system doesn’t have it, then people complain. And if a system does have it, then hackers instantly get to work looking for vulnerabilities in legacy software. That’s exactly what has happened to the brilliant Everybody’s Tennis, with Sony pulling the colourful PSP sports title off the...
News PlayMemories Studio Brings Photo Editing to PS3
Out this week
If you’ve ever had the urge to edit photographs on the PlayStation 3, then there's a chance you might have some serious mental health problems. But alas, you can take comfort in the knowledge that you’re not alone, as Sony has announced that the PlayMemories Studio – originally revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in January...
Store Update 21st March 2012 (Europe)
Ubisoft meltdown
Ubi wants a big ol' slice of your money this week, with Altair, Ezio and Rayman all competing for your digital funds. Here's what's up this week for those with European Store accounts. PlayStation Plus: Assassin’s Creed Revelations – 50% Discount (ends Monday, March 26th)Rayman 3 HD – 20% Discount, 1 week onlyBionic Commando:...
Store Update 20th March 2012 (North America)
Sumioni and Rayman 3
After the thrill of Journey and other high profile releases in recent weeks, this Store Update might disappoint some, but there's still some quality downloading to be done. Here's what's up. PlayStation Plus: Free Dynamic Theme: Journey Dynamic Theme Spring Fever Discounted Games:Rayman 3 HD (20% off)
News EA Announces More Server Closures
Online pass titles part of the cull
It turns out that the money raised from online passes is not being put towards server maintenance after all. EA has basically squashed that theory by announcing that it is closing down the online portion of EA Sports MMA – a title which less than 18 months ago required an online pass for multiplayer gameplay. EA...
News Japanese Sales Charts: One Piece Still on Top
Vita sales up... Just
Namco Bandai’s rip-roaring PlayStation 3 exclusive One Piece: Pirate Musou has enjoyed a second week at the top of the Japanese sales charts after blowing the doors off the week prior. Despite selling way over 500k units last week, the PS3 release still managed to rustle up another 90,133 sales, bringing its overall tally...
Store Update 13th March 2012 (North America)
Spring fever
The PlayStation Network has officially caught Spring Fever this week, prompting lots of discounts to be added to the North American PlayStation Store. Elsewhere, vanilla PSN users finally get access to thatgamecompany’s wonderful Journey, while a selection of new PS Vita titles finally launch overseas. Let’s go. PlayStation Plus:...
News Yakuza: Black Panther 2 Demo Drops in Japan
Like a dragon
SEGA’s released a demo for Yakuza’s second PlayStation Portable spin-off, Yakuza: Black Panther 2, in Japan. The demo, which is exclusive to Famitsu for the time being, features four components, including a sample of the game’s story mode, a chunk of hub-world Osaka to explore, a battle tutorial and a taste of the game’s...
News Japanese Sales Charts: One Piece Does the Business for PS3
Massive numbers for PS3 exclusive
One Piece: Pirate Musou – also known as One Piece: Pirate Warriors – gave the PlayStation 3 one of its strongest ever Japanese software debuts this past week, as it topped the charts with a whopping 655,774 units sold. Just to put things into perspective, it outsold the combined total of the remaining 19 titles...
Store Update 6th March 2012 (North America)
Unit 13 ready for deployment
A free game on Vita and more await in this week's jam-packed Store Update. Let's get to it. PlayStation Plus: Journey Full Game (Early Access – $14.99) — Journey reviewMass Effect 3 Full Game TrialTom Clancy’s H.A.W.X 2 Full Game TrialQore Episode 46 (Early Access – Free)
February2012
Store Update 28th February 2012 (North America)
Vita demos and DLC
Select Vita games get add-on content and demos today, helping you boost your experience or try before you buy, depending on your preference. Here's what's up now in North America. PlayStation Plus: Discounted PS3 Full Game Killzone 3 Full Multiplayer (PS+ Price: $7.50) Discounted Mini Touchdown Fever Mini (PS+ Price: $2.39) Free...
Store Update 22nd February 2012 (Europe)
More PS2 classics
The PS2 Classics are coming thick and fast now, with a true fighting classic hitting PSN today. Don't forget all the Vita PSN content went up last night, so don't expect to find it here. PS3 Games: Just Dance 3 (£29.99/€39.99)Rating: PEGI 3Availability: All LocalesFile Size: 11GB Smash ‘N’ Survive (£9.99/€12.99)Ratin
Store Update 21st February 2012 (North America)
Vita Store gets bigger
PlayStation Vita's out in North America (and Europe, of course) so here's the PlayStation Store update letting you know exactly what you can get for your shiny new console with a US PlayStation Network account. PlayStation Plus: PSN Games Sega Genesis Bundle:Altered BeastComix ZoneGolden AxeSonic t
Store Update 14th February 2012 (North America)
From SCEA, with love
An absolutely enormous PlayStation Store update today, with stacks of stuff for PS Vita, PlayStation Plus members and stacks of other content. Read on and see what's available! PlayStation Plus: PS3 Full Games: Far Cry 2 (V-Day Special One Week Offer) PSN Games: Battle Fantasia; Fatal Inertia;
Guide How to Download PSP Games to PS Vita
Plus: compatible games list
When you get your Vita in the next few weeks, you might want to take a trip down memory lane and revisit some of those PSP classics on your shiny new handheld, but how do you do that? Well, it's quite straightforward really, as the PlayStation Blog explains. While there's no UMD to Vita transfer for North America, you can...
News Sony: No UMD-to-Vita Transfer for North America
Denied
The UMD Passport programme for Japan will not make it across to North America, according to Kotaku. In Japan, PSP owners were granted cheaper downloads of digital versions of their UMDs for the purposes of transferring to Vita. It seems users in North America won't get the same deal, but we're waiting to hear more from Sony on the matter...
News Sony Makes Massive $2 Billion Net Loss For Q3 FY2011
We can feel the hairs on new Sony CEO Kaz Hirai's head turning grey already
No sooner than the party for Hirai's promotion has ended has Sony posted a whopping $2 billion net loss for the quarter ending December 31st, 2011. The company brought in $23.37 billion in revenue, a 17.4 percent decrease year over year. Sony laid the blame on "the impact...
Japanese Charts Tales Of Innocence R Pushes Vita Past PSP
Who's innocent now?
The PlayStation Vita enjoyed something of a minor resurgence in Japan this week — aided by the release of Namco Bandai's Tales of Innocence R. The remake propelled PlayStation Vita sales up to just under 19k, pushing it past its predecessor for the first time since launch. From Software's mech battler, Armored Core V, took the...
January2012
News PlayStation Mini Hungry Giraffe Boasts Nifty Upscaling Technology On PS3
Some PlayStation Minis look awful when blown up to a full size, high-definition display
The titles — which run on both the PS3 and PSP, but are designed around the latter's smaller screen — don't always scale well, resulting in a messy image when played via the PlayStation 3. But Laughing Jackal's upcoming Hungry Giraffe hopes to alleviate that...
News Hungry Giraffe Is, Erm, Hungrier Than Expected
Forget everything we told you yesterday about Laughing Jackal's upcoming PlayStation Mini, Hungry Giraffe
It turns out that the game's titular scoffer is hungrier than expected — so much so that Sony's been forced to push forward the game's release date by seven days. Hungry Giraffe will now drop onto the PlayStation Store on February 1st where it...
News Hungry Giraffe Gobbles Its Way Onto PlayStation Network From February 8th
Laughing Jackal knows how to make an addictive game
Seriously, the fact that we're once again glued to OMG-Z speaks for itself; we'll simply not rest until we hit 100%. Needless to say we're excited to get our hands on Laughing Jackal's latest PlayStation Mini: Hungry Giraffe. The game's set to drop onto the European PlayStation Store on February...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PlayStation Vita Dips To 15k As Hardware Sales Plunge
The PlayStation Vita hit its lowest point yet in this week's Japanese sales update -- though hardware was down all around
The newly released Sony portable sold just 15k units, while the Nintendo 3DS managed a whopping 80k. It was a disappointing week for all non-3DS hardware though, with the PSP and PS3 both managing just 21k and 17k respectively...
News Daxter, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror And More Coming To PlayStation Certified Devices
Those that have the patience to peruse the ESRB's website nearly always get their reward: a shiny, sparkling exclusive story
Beware though, budding ESRB watchers, for an expert lurks amongst us. Having had mere minutes to revel in the glory of its Grand Theft Auto discoveries, the wonderfully attentive Siliconera's uncovered another gem pertaining...
News Sonic CD Sprints To The Top Of The December PlayStation Network Charts
Sonic CD's stomped previous PlayStation Network chart-topper, inFamous: Festival Of Blood, from its place atop the charts, taking the crown as December's top-selling PSN title
The acclaimed Mega-CD release (or SEGA CD depending on your location) fought off strong competition from NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, Payday: The Heist and Trine 2, all of which...
News Ghostlight Confirms European Release Of PSP JRPG Fate/EXTRA
You can always count on Ghostlight to bring niche content overseas
The publisher's put out some top content over the past 12 months, with the portable Persona titles and Legends Of Heroes: Trails In The Sky being amongst the standouts. Now it's announced its latest conversion project — the Type Moon and ImagePoch developed JRPG, Fate/EXTRA...
News Atlus' Latest PSP Title Is, Erm, Wait For It, Growlanser: Wayfarer Of Time
The PlayStation Vita may be on the horizon, but Atlus still reckons that there's life in the old PSP yet
Having previously announced Gungnir for the West, the publisher's now announced that it's bringing Growlanser: Wayfarer Of Time to the PSP this Summer. The game is a localised version of Growlanser IV: Over Reloaded, which released on PS2 way...
News Japanese Sales Charts: New Year Lull Brings PlayStation Vita Sales Below 20,000
Before we start rushing for the doomed boat, it's worth pointing out that, while PlayStation Vita's Japanese sales are disappointing once again this week, they are not entirely out of whack with the other trends in the market
Still, the recently released system suffered an almighty dip, selling approximately 50% of last week's tally, a number which...
News LittleBigPlanet Breaks The 6 Million Level Milestone
The world of LittleBigPlanet won't stop growing
Media Molecule's announced that the do-it-yourself game creation platform has now received its 6 millionth upload. That's a lot of levels. According to the Guildford-based developer, 2.5 million of those levels were created in the last year since LittleBigPlanet 2's release. Apparently, up to 40,000...
News Arc The Lad Nets European PlayStation Network Release Date At Last
After a series of mishaps, delays and bitter tears, Monkey Paw has finally announced that the English language version of Arc The Lad is on its way to the European PlayStation Store on January 18th
The revered tactical RPG launched back in October, albeit in Japanese rather than the intended English. At the time, Monkey Paw said it was working on a...
News Scheduled PlayStation Network Maintenance Returns On Thursday, January 19th
It's been a while since we posted about PlayStation Network maintenance; the Christmas break has clearly been kind to your gaming time
But Christmas is like a distant memory now, and so it's only appropriate that Sony's regular maintenance should return. The platform holder's issued a notice of warning on the official PlayStation forums, noting that...
News December NPD: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Dominates, Industry Declines
The video game industry may have pulled in a whopping $3
99 billion for the month of December in North America, but it still suffered a 21 percent decline year-over-year. By comparison, the industry raked in a whopping $5.07 billion during the same period in 2010. "Overall industry results are not entirely surprising given that we are on the...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PlayStation Vita Holds Steady As 3DS Dominates
At this point in time, there's no chance of any system catching up to the Nintendo 3DS in Japan, so there's no point in even discussing it
Nintendo might have seemed "doomed" after a disappointing 3DS launch last year, but it's now conjured up a triple threat of unstoppable software releases. There's nothing anyone can do. As a result, a...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 12 Maintains Its Reign At The Top Of The Charts
Buoyed no doubt by a strong week of football, FIFA 12 has held onto its position atop the UK sales charts for a third week running
With January ushering a mini-drought for new software releases, the chart is filled with familiar faces; with Battlefield 3, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Just Dance 3 and Skyrim all rounding out the top five. There...
News Mecho Wars Brings Gothic Styled Advance Wars To PlayStation Minis
A fleeting mention of Oyaji Games' Mecho Wars in the latest episode of the Official PlayStation Blogcast has confirmed the ambitious Advance Wars inspired turn-based strategy game for release in North America next week (January 10th)
The game — which was announced more than a year ago — boasts the artwork of the delightfully outspoken Luc...
Icon Games has earned our respect as a developer
The indie outfit is behind some of the better PlayStation Minis available on the PlayStation Store — but it's not just the studio's chops as a developer that's won us over. For months now, the studio has been extremely candid, discussing its success — or lack thereof — on the various console...
News Japanese Games Market Declines In 2011 Despite New Hardware
The Japanese games market declined in 2011, according to reports published by Enterbrain via Famitsu
That was despite a 2.4 percent increase in hardware sales — up to ¥179,740 million ($2.3 billion) — spurred by the releases of the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita. Indeed, while the hardware bump was significant, it wasn't enough to stave off...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS Vita Sells 42K, 3DS Unstoppable
Considering all the doom and gloom around the Internet regarding the PlayStation Vita's unspectacular second week sales, the system actually held relatively well in its third week
Given some armchair analysts were expecting the sytem to drop as low as 10k units, its actual sell through of 42k units looks mightily impressive in comparison. Of course,...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 12 Dribbles Its Way To The Top, Modern Warfare 3 Shoots Into Second
FIFA 12 headed into the festive season at the top of the UK sales charts, according to Chart Track's list of the top selling software for the week leading up to Christmas Eve
EA Sports' footie sim increased its sales by up to 34 percent in order to drive its way to the top of the charts, while Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 also saw a big enough...
December2011
News Stick Man Rescue Stages A Recovery Mission On PlayStation Minis Next Month
If you liked Choplifter, then you're probably going to love Stick Man Rescue
The upcoming PlayStation Mini from TikGames promises to put you in control of a helicopter tasked with rescuing throngs of stick people on the verge of getting "burned alive, smashed, decapitated, blown up, electrocuted or dissolved by acid". Gruesome. Thankfully,...
News Japan Sales Charts: PlayStation Vita's Second Week Sales Disappoint
The PlayStation Vita got off to a reasonable, if unspectacular, debut in Japan -- but its second week sales paint a troubling picture for the platform in the near future
The well equipped handheld was outsold by the 3DS, PSP, Wii and PS3 during its first full week on the market, recording sales of just over 70,000 units. For comparison, Nintendo's...
News Fill Your Stocking With The PlayStation Store's Festive Sale
If you've been a good boy or girl this Christmas, you might want to reward yourself with the odd PlayStation Network download or two
Thankfully you won't have to pay top dollar for the privilege, as SCEE has announced a new Festive Sale initiative set to kick off on December 23rd. During the period Sony will be discounting more than 100 downloads on...
News Atlus Unveils Gungnir For PlayStation Portable, Teases Another Title Beginning With 'G'
Did you correctly guess Atlus' next game? Of course you did, after all, it was totally obvious that the game was going to be Gungnir for PlayStation Portable
What is this, elementary video games class? In an announcement that comes as no surprise to video game professionals like ourselves, Atlus has confirmed that it's bringing Gungnir to the...
