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VGN Radio 11/07/2009

NutMan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:18:00 GMT

Amiga Forever
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
A special guest review of Borderlands for Xbox 360
Some other stuff, I forget...

October Game, Hardware Sales: Down by Double Digits

Knowledge — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:09:00 GMT

EEDAR today released its October 2009 sales results, and it's not looking good for the first month of the traditionally strong Q4 shopping season. According to EEDAR's estimates for October, game revenue is down 11% year over year, while hardware sales are down 10%.
The lone bright point for hardware will be the PS3, which enjoyed an increase, although the Wii still sold more units than the PS3 or Xbox 360.

On the hardware front, home console sales are expected to decrease by 10% over last year for the month of October, with all platforms except the PlayStation 3 posting year-over-year declines. It's worth noting, however, that even though the Wii will report fewer sales than last year, it still sold more units than any other console in October.

Software sales for October 2009 will come in at $620 million, an 11% decrease over last year. However, unit sales are only down by 6%, so the overall revenue decrease is expected to be the result of lower average selling prices.

Additionally, EEDAR predicted that the New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Wii will be one of the top titles this holiday season. While in the short-term the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may surpass New Super Mario Bros, in the long-term New Super Mario Bros will easily become the best selling title released in 2009 with expected lifetime sales exceeding 15 million units worldwide.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is expected to be the top-selling game for the month of October 2009, with more than 600,000 units sold. If sales trends continue through the holidays, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will only be the third first-party title on the PlayStation 3 to sell over 1 million units domestically.

8-Bit Memories 11/07/2009

NutMan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:36:00 GMT

A View to a Kill
Kids can't Drive
Howie Long
Zombie Apocalypse
Critter Crunchers
Trine

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VGN Radio 10/25/2009

NutMan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:09:00 GMT

Sims
Silent Hill 3
Deus Ex
The Dark Spire
and more...

8-bit memories 10/20/2009

NutMan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:01:00 GMT

Out of retirement, Karate Dog returns with his long awaited new 8-Bit Memories podcast.

New Midwest Wasteland 10/18/2009

Knowledge — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:39:00 GMT

This week's topic is on hauntings.

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VGN Radio 10/11/2009

NutMan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:43:00 GMT

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September Console Sales Down, Led by Wii at -45%

Knowledge — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:31:00 GMT

For all we hear about the public loving the Nintendo Wii and the console being the best-selling of this hardware generation (it's still on top, by the way), EEDAR's sales results for September indicate that the love affair might be calming down -- and that Nintendo had good reason to announce its price drop.
EEDAR expects hardware unit sales for the current batch of home consoles to decrease by 4 percent year-over-year. In light of the economy this seems fine, until you consider EEDAR's projection that all platforms except the Nintendo Wii and Sony PSP will post year-over-year gains. In other words, the declining sales of those two systems alone are so drastic that it overshadows all the positive news on the other fronts.

Nintendo Wii sales are expected to be down 45.41 percent year-over-year, from 687K units sold last year to 375K units this year. Compare this to the PlayStation 3 (PS3), which is expected to increase 72.41 percent year-over-year (400K units, up from 232K) and be the top-selling console for the month -- the first time since the system's launch in November 2006 that it's led the way. The PSP, meanwhile, will see a sales decrease of 20 percent.

Software is a different story, with overall sales favorable at $715 million, or 16 percent higher than the same period in 2008. This was led, of course, by Halo 3: ODST, The Beatles: Rock Band, Guitar Hero 5 and Wii Sports Resort.

What happens in October and through the end of Q4 is still fuzzy, with all three consoles now having a price drop and consumers finally appearing to have regained some confidence in the market. However, with Nintendo Wii sales so slow in September, it begs the question: did Nintendo drop the price of its Wii to "keep up with the Joneses," or did it do so to stop the bleeding of its downward trend?

VGN Needs You...

Knowledge — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:30:00 GMT

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VGN Radio 09/27/2009

NutMan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:13:00 GMT

Just Don, Kevin, and Jason tonight. No reviews. Just news and talk.

The official Call of Duty energy drink

NutMan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:40:00 GMT

Monster and Activision team up to bring you the official Modern Warfare 2 branded energy drink

PC Sales Charts

Jimmy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:44:00 GMT

Latest sales charts from Direct2Drive and Steam. Click to see the full list.

Virtual Iraq game for post traumatic stress

Jimmy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:41:00 GMT

The game is showing positive results for soldiers with post traumatic stress according to the makers of the game. Click for more info.

360 getting Pay TV in Britain

Jimmy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:19:00 GMT

This month, 360 users in Britain will have access to Sky TV subscription television service. Click for more info.

PSPgo will have 16,000 pieces of digital entertainment at launch

Jimmy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:17:00 GMT

Sony says the PSPgo will have all sorts of media available for purchase when it launches.

XBLA now has 2gb size limit on games

Jimmy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:47:00 GMT

Microsoft director of digital games reveals a new size limit for games at TGS. Click for more info.

Netflix CEO wants Netflix on all consoles

Jimmy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:45:00 GMT

Chief Executive Reed Hastings talks future video game plans to Reuters.

PS3 motion controller coming next Spring

Jimmy — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:33:00 GMT

The unnamed PS3 motion controller was shown off at this years TGS and will work with many already released games. Click for more info.

ATI releases 5870 GPU

Jimmy — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:23:00 GMT

ATI has releases it's newest high end graphics card with rave reviews. Click to find out why it's getting so much praise.

Assassins Creed 2 PC delayed to 2010

Jimmy — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:18:00 GMT

Ubisoft says Assassins Creed 2 for pc needs more work to match its console counterparts and will be delayed until 2010.

Final Fantasy XIV TGS Trailer

Jimmy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:56:00 GMT

The latest trailer for Final Fantasy XIV from TGS. Click to watch.

Bioshock coming to Mac

Jimmy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:48:00 GMT

Bioshock for Mac will be released Oct. 7th for 49.95$.

Nintendo officially announces Wii price cut

NutMan — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:22:00 GMT

Weeks of rumor and speculation come to an end.

PC Sales Charts

Jimmy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:06:00 GMT

The latest PC sales charts from Direct2Drive and Steam. Click for the full list.