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August 18th, 2016, 17:37 Posted By: wraggster
Todays Video Game Consoles are amazing, the main 2 are the Playstation 4 or PS4 to quote its smaller name, the Xbox One which is quite confusing when you look back and its actually the 3rd Xbox but Microsoft are known for quirky numbering, just look at the Xbox 360 which is actually the Xbox 2. The 3rd placed console is the Nintendo WiiU, which is more or less a Wii mk2 with a fancy tablet controller.
Maybe the best solution is to have someone make a full on Android Games Console with joypads that are chargeable and as good as say todays PS3 or PS4 controllers, the Android seems the safest bet with regards to running emulators and maybe homebrew and then theres the programs such as Mobdro, Showbox, Movie HD and many more which enable you to watch Movies and Television programs from around the world, the legalities depend on which country you are in, the rise of live e-sports matches for today - click here to bet is massive, I have often watched my son watching for hours players on StarCraft 2, not something I would do but in this day of social media with sites like Facebook etc it all changes on a monthly basis.
Nowadays the big players in video gaming have recognised that emulation of their older consoles pays dividends, the ability to play PSP, PS1 and PS2 games on a PS4, Xbox Original and Xbox 360 on the Xbox One and then the WiiU or even the Wii which can play a massive amount of games from consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System (Nes), Nintendo 64, Snes, Megadrive, Gameboy, NeoGeo and many more.
So now Emulation and that also includes Homebrew has a barrier, the makers of the Video Games Consoles don't want you running code not meant to be ran on their consoles and they even offer their own emulation these days, which they make a nice profit off, thank you very much  .
So the fact that they don't want you running code, make money off emulation in their own way and the killer that in order to play the latest games they can update the firmwares on the respective consoles make things even harder for the community.
Another problem these days is that coders of emulators and you cant fault them, are selling their emulators on the Apple Store and Android Store, both mobile phone operating systems have an amount of phone owners in their hundreds of millions so any good coder if they can get an emulator for systems such as Nintendo DS, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Nintendo Wii, Amiga 500, NeoGeo Pocket and the list is endless but any of them working well and people will pay decent money to be able to experience games of yesteryear that frankly slaughter most of todays games that are just built to make you pay more all the time.
So with all of this in mind, coding homebrew and emulators for the older consoles that have already been hacked seems a safe bet, the Nintendo 3DS is the king of Homebrew at this time and the Nintendo Wii is still awesome for emulators and homebrew, for me I still love the PSP it has literally hundreds of emulators and homebrew and the ability to play PS1 and Videos makes it a king amongst consoles.
Whatever the future is, ill be watching and DCEmu will rise from the ashes.
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March 8th, 2016, 21:45 Posted By: wraggster
The site known as DCEmu UK has had a rough few years and mostly my doing, trying to do too much rather than just focus on emulation and homebrew, too many ads, too many sites and sadly for me not coping at all well with the loss via cancer of a family member so very close to me.
However things will change, first off I need to make dcemu lean again and that means massively condensing sites into just a few, same with forums.
I also need to try and make the site and forums mobile friendly, which means going into the unknown a bit for me as we use a clever system that uses vbulletin to post our news.
I need to make sure that the sites/forums have more social integration, facebook, twitter etc etc
Im also going to rebrand DCEmu and get back to newsposting daily but without encroaching too much on my real life.
So a new Name for DCEmu, a slimline site featuring all the news you want but only for homebrew, emulation and hacking, little to no ads bar the ones that pay for the server, a cleansing of the forums, a new look forum.
It will all happen as soon as I can do it.
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January 20th, 2016, 22:23 Posted By: wraggster
via MCV UK
Atlus’ remaster of 2008 JRPG Odin Sphere has shot to the Japanese top spot according to data from Famitsu.
Entitled Odin Sphere Leifthrasir, the title performed best on PlayStation Vita, selling 39,718 units. The PlayStation 4 charted at No.3 while the PS3 SKU came in at No.10.
Another new entrant – Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride to Victory!! – for the 3DS also launched this week. The handheld title from Furyu made its debut in fifth place, shifting 20,074 units.
Despite a lack of games in the Top Ten, Sony’s PlayStation 4 is still the best-selling hardware of the week, shifting 26,658 units. That’s a 30 per cent – or 11,628 unit – drop week-on-week.
Nintendo’s New 3DS LL comes in at No.1
Below is the software Top Ten for the period between January 11th or January 17th:
1. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (Atlus) Vita – 39,718 (New)
2. Monster Hunter X (Capcom) 3DS – 36,109
3. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (Atlus) PS4 – 33,430 New
4. Monster Strike (Mixi) 3DS – 26,699
5. Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride to Victory!! (Furyu) 3DS – 20,074 (New)
6. Splatoon (Nintendo) Wii U – 18,379
7. Super Mario Maker (Nintendo) Wii U – 15,555
8. Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Akaneko-dan/Shiroinu-tai (Level 5) 3DS – 13,001
9. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony) Vita – 12,166
10. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (Atlus) PS3 – 8,638 (New)
And here are Japan’s hardware numbers for the same period:
1. PS4 – 26,658
2. New Nintendo 3DS LL – 23,394
3. PS Vita – 19,403
4. Wii U – 14,533
5. New Nintendo 3DS – 5,979
6. Nintendo 3DS – 1,776
7. PS3 – 1,548
8. PS VitaTV – 409
9. Nintendo 3DS LL – 203
10. Xbox One – 136
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January 18th, 2016, 21:43 Posted By: wraggster
The latest entry in Capcom’s Monster Hunter series is manages to hold on to the top spot in Japan, according to data from Famitsu.
The title’s sales dipped 54 per cent to 69,102 units this week, but 3DS game maintains a 9,000 unit lead on No.2, Mixi’s Monster Strike.
With a lack of new releases, the Top Ten is largely similar tolast week’s charts. Super Mario Maker holds onto third place, while fellow Nintendo title Splatoon stays in fourth. Yo-Kai Watch Busters is still the fifth best-selling game in Japan.
The only fresh entry in the Top Ten is Vita title Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Force, which sold 13,328 units and comes into the software ranks in eighth place.
Last week’s No.9, Bethesda’s Fallout 4, has dropped out of the Top Ten altogether.
Sony’s PlayStation 4 was the best-selling piece of hardware last week, shifting 38,286 units. Last week’s No.1 – Nintendo’s New 3DS LL – falls to second place with 35,361 units sold.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending January 10th:
1. Monster Hunter X (Capcom) 3DS – 69,102
2. Monster Strike (Mixi) 3DS – 60,320
3. Super Mario Maker (Nintendo) Wii U – 30,399
4. Splatoon (Nintendo) Wii U – 28,304
5. Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Akaneko-dan/Shiroinu-tai (Level 5) 3DS – 21,674
6. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony) Vita – 21,607
7. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo) 3DS – 14,378
8. Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Force (Bandai Namco) Vita – 13,328
9. Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) 3DS – 11,641
10. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (Nintendo) 3DS – 10,757
And here are the hardware numbers:
1. PS4, 38,286
2. New Nintendo 3DS LL, 35,361
3. PS Vita, 31,946
4. Wii U, 25,995
5. New Nintendo 3DS, 10,772
6. Nintendo 3DS, 4,696
7. PS3, 2,299
8. PS Vita TV, 511
9. Nintendo 3DS LL, 315
10. Xbox One, 145
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/monst...-japan/0161148
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January 18th, 2016, 21:39 Posted By: wraggster
The headline news from this year’s GfK report is this: There were fewer games sold last year, there were fewer consoles sold last year, but accessory sales continue to rise.
Yet there are some significant victories to be found in the data from 2015, and those triumphs are largely centred around anything to do with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The combined install base for these machines – according to retail reports – now sits at 5.5 million. GfK Entertainment’s data shows that over £700 million was generated from physical software sales on both of Sony and Microsoft’s latest platforms. That’s over 75 per cent of all physical game revenue from last year.
If you look at the Top 50 on page nine, you’ll notice that almost every single game was
a PS4 or Xbox One title. The single exception being Mario Kart 8 on Wii U (there were no 3DS, Vita or PC games in the Top 50). And in terms of accessories, nine of the Top Ten were for PS4 or Xbox One.
PS4 was the dominant platform of the year once again, with the highest software and hardware sales. However, Microsoft did have the largest number of exclusive games in the charts with seven, whereas Sony just had two.
In terms of new IP, it was a relatively poor 2015. Only three new IPs released last year made the Top 50: Evolve from 2K Games, Bandai Namco’s Project CARS and Warner Bros’ Dying Light.
Speaking of Warner Bros, the company has not just broken into Top Five physical publishers, but it is now in the Top Three. There were eight Warner Bros-published games in the Top 50 (and four LEGO games): Batman: Arkham Knight (No.6), LEGO Jurassic World (No.10), Dying Light (No.19), LEGO Dimensions (No.25), Mortal Kombat X (No.26), LEGO Batman III: Beyond Gotham (No.31), LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (No.38) and Mad Max (No.45).
As a result of fewer releases, Ubisoft, Nintendo and Sony slipped down the publisher rankings. However, all three have significantly stronger release slates for 2016, so they’re likely to be back up amongst the leaders this year.
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 software sales continue to tumble. PS3 software revenue, for instance, was down 61 per cent versus 2014. Although that’s not quite so severe when you consider that PS3 software sales also dropped 59 per cent between 2013 and 2014.
It will be interesting to see what impact backwards compatibility on Xbox One might have on Xbox 360 software sales over the next year.
Kids titles still perform strongly on previous generation machines, particularly titles such as Minecraft, the LEGO games and toys-to-life products. In fact, 55 per cent of Disney Infinity 3.0, Skylanders SuperChargers and LEGO Dimensions sales were made on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.
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January 18th, 2016, 21:36 Posted By: wraggster
With a lack of new releases hitting shelves, Call of Duty once again retains the top spot in the UK All Formats chart.
Activision’s shooter manages with a mere 24 per cent drop in sales week-on-week. This is the sixth time in a row that Black Ops III has been at the No.1, the longest time in pole position since FIFA 15 in 2014. That game also managed six weeks on top.
2016’s edition of EA’s football title slips to third place as sales dip 45 per cent, while Grand Theft Auto V shoots two places up to No.2 with a mere 16 per cent sales dip week-on-week. This is the highest rank Rockstar’s title has reached since Week 34 2015.
Battlefront falls one place to No.4 with a 45 per cent sales decline, ahead of Rainbow Six: Siege which rises up one position to fifth place.
In sixth place is Square Enix’s Just Cause 3, which rose two positions over the course of the week. Meanwhile, WWE 2K16 sales drop 30 per cent but remains sold at No.7.
Below is the All Formats Top Ten for the week ending January 16th:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision Blizzard
2. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
3. FIFA 16, EA
4. Star Wars Battlefront, EA
5. Rainbow Six: Siege, Ubisoft
6. Just Cause 3, Square Enix
7. WWE 2K16, 2K Games
8. Fallout 4, Bethesda
9. LEGO Jurassic World, Warner Bros
10. Minecraft: Xbox Edition, Microsoft
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January 18th, 2016, 21:29 Posted By: wraggster
What games sold the most copies in 2015? Exactly the titles you'd expect: the latest entries in long-running franchises like Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Madden NFL 16 and Fallout 4. It's not surprising -- sequels have the springboard advantage of an existing fanbase -- but disappointing: not a single new IP shows up on the NPD's top 10 best selling games list for last year.
Annual 2015 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)**
Madden NFL 16 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)**
Fallout 4 (PS4, XBO, PC)**
Star Wars Battlefront 2015 (XBO, PS4, PC)**
Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)**
NBA 2K16 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)**
Minecraft (360, XBO, PS3, PS4)
Mortal Kombat X (PS4, XBO)**
FIFA 16 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)**
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)**
**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)
That said, this breakdown still makes a lot of sense. The new Star Wars: Battlefront title was sure to sell droves in the wake of the franchise's new feature film and Grand Theft Auto V (the 5th best selling game of the year, continentally) was one of the most anticipated titles of this console generation. NBA 2K16, Minecraft, Mortal Kombat X, FIFA 16 and last year's Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare rounded out the last five top-sellers for the year.
As far as new and unique titles go, last year's NPD best sellers were far more interesting, including not only two new IPs (Watch Dogs and Destiny), but a console-exclusive title as well (Super Smash Bros). Still, if you missed out on 2015's most popular games, give them a shot -- with a wide mix of popular franchise games, there was something for everyone in 2015.
Update: Activision also announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops III is the number one selling videogame worldwide, as the CoD franchise has topped 250 million units combined.
http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/14/t...selling-games/
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January 11th, 2016, 22:11 Posted By: wraggster
Things continue to look exceptionally bleak for the Japanese console games market, according to data from Famitsu.
In 2015 the sector’s games market generated ¥321bn, a 13 per cent decline year-on-year. Meanwhile, software sales dropped 16 per cent to ¥191bn, and console sales dipped to ¥130bn – a 8.5 per cent drop off.
The 13 per cent drop to the overall sector is the lowest point the market has fallen to in 26 years – dipping below 1989’s ¥358bn, and just ahead of 1988’s ¥319bn (thanks NeoGAF). Last year, the market dropped to its lowest point since 1990.
Of course, this data is purely physical and doesn’t take into account the digital data. And while boxed games still account for most of the console market, Japan’s mobile market is booming and the value of that is not represented in these figures.
The best performing title of the year was Capcom’s Monster Hunter X which shifted 2.4m units since its launch in November 2015. It has quite the lead on second place, new entries in Level 5’s blockbuster Yokai Watch series. Those titles sold 2m units between them.
Of the Top Ten bestselling games of the year, eight of them were on 3DS. It should come as no surprise then that the 3DS was the best-performing hardware in Japan for 2015.
2,189,900 3DS units were sold, including the vanilla 3DS, 3DS LL, New 3DS and New 3DS LL. The second best-performing hardware was the PlayStation 4, which shifted 1.2m units, while the PlayStation Vita sold 959,342 units (including the Vita TV). Neither have any games in the Top Ten.
The other two games in the Top Ten were Wii U titles - Splatoon and Super Mario Maker. That hardware sold 820,304 units in 2015.
Below is the software Top Ten for 2015 in Japan:
1. Monster Hunter X (Capcom) 3DS – 2,441,977
2. Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Akaneko-dan / Shiroinu-tai (Level 5) 3DS – 1,965,202
3. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo) 3DS – 1,282,880
4. Splatoon (Nintendo) Wii U – 1,064,897
5. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix) 3DS – 864,865
6. Super Mario Maker (Nintendo) Wii U – 674,194
7. Monster Strike (Mixi) 3DS – 636,709
8. Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level 5) – 3DS – 625,223
9. Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) 3DS - 607,343
10. Fire Emblem Fates: White Kingdom/Black Kingdom (Birthright / Conquest) (Nintendo) 3DS – 538,669
And here is the hardware rankings:
1. Nintendo 3DS (including 3DS, 3DS LL, New 3DS, New 3DS LL) 2,189,900
2. PS4 1,205,163
3. PS Vita (including Vita TV) 959,342
4. Wii U 820,304
5. PS3 188,207
6. Xbox One 18,093
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January 11th, 2016, 22:08 Posted By: wraggster
The best-selling game of 2015 in Japan is also its first No.1 of this year.
According to data from our friends over at Famitsu, Capcom’s Monster Hunter X takes the top spot, selling 149,587 units, 9,000 units ahead of second place, Monster Strike from Mixi.
Both of those titles are for the 3DS which was the best-selling hardware for the week. The New 3DS LL topped the console ranks with 82,675 units sold, ahead of the PlayStation Vita which shifted 77,926 consoles.
There was one Vita title in the Top Ten, Minecraft Vita Edition, which charted at No.6 and sold 45,302 units.
Two Nintendo Wii U titles appeared in the software rankings – Super Mario Maker and Splatoon in third and fourth place respectively. The former sold 68,523 units while the latter shifted 60,991.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending January 3rd:
1. Monster Hunter X (Capcom) 3DS – 149,587
2. Monster Strike (Mixi) 3DS – 140,479
3. Super Mario Maker (Nintendo) Wii U – 68,523
4. Splatoon (Nintendo) Wii U – 60,991
5. Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Akaneko-dan/Shiroinu-tai (Level 5) 3DS – 56,819
6. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony) Vita – 45,302
7. Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo) 3DS – 29,623
8. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo) 3DS – 28,326
9. Fallout 4 (Bethesda) PS4 – 25,994
10. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (Nintendo) 3DS – 24,711
And here is the hardware Top Ten:
1. New Nintendo 3DS LL – 82,675
2. PS Vita – 77,926
3. PS4 – 70,596
4. Wii U – 55,798
5. New Nintendo 3DS – 23,895
6. Nintendo 3DS – 15,685
7. PS3 – 4,319
8. PS VitaTV – 685
9. Nintendo 3DS LL – 589
10. Xbox One, 379
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January 11th, 2016, 21:43 Posted By: wraggster
Activision’s Call of Duty starts 2016 as it ended 2015: in the No.1 spot in the All Formats Top 40.
The title holds pole position, despite a 68 per cent drop in sales, ahead of soccer blockbuster FIFA 16.
EA’s football game climbed two places this week and reaches No.2. It’s just ahead of fellow EA title Star Wars Battlefront which is pushed one place to third position.
Grand Theft Auto V is STILL in the charts and rises one place over the course of the week, finishing at No.4 as Fallout 4 drops to fifth place with a 75 per cent drop in sales.
Meanwhile, new Tom Clancy shooter Rainbow Six: Siege holds fast at No.6 in spite of a 58 per cent drop in sales. Last week’s ninth place WWE 2K16 manages to rise up two places to No.7, too.
In tenth place is EA’s Battlefield 4. That title debuted in November 2013, and returns to the Top Ten due to a price promotion on the game which saw Argos selling it for £1.99 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending January 9th:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision Blizzard
2. FIFA 16, EA
3. Star Wars Battlefront, EA
4. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
5. Fallout 4, Bethesda
6. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, Ubisoft
7. WWE 2K16, 2K Games
8. Just Cause 3, Square Enix
9. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Ubisoft
10. Battlefield 4, EA
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December 16th, 2015, 22:49 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all saw record revenue for their current-gen console hardware last month, NPD has reported.
Hardware sales for November 2015 reached $1.12bn. That's up 11 per cent compared to the same period last year, driven by a 14 per cent increase in console hardware revenue – which offset a significant drop in handheld sales.
"Growth was driven by console hardware, up 14 percent, which offset a 31 percent decline in portable hardware,” NPD's Liam Callahan stated. "November 2015 marked the best month ever in total unit sales for 8th generation consoles (Xbox One, PS4, and Wii U), surpassing sales of December 2014 (now second-highest), and November 2014 (now third-highest)."
"Within console hardware sales there were dramatic differences by console generation as 8th generation console sales rose by 22 percent in dollars, 7th generation sales dropped by 76 percent in dollars, which is sharper than the year-to-date decline of 57 percent. In November 2015, 8th generation sales had 93 percent share of overall hardware sales, a 9 percentage point increase from last November."
PS4 and Xbox One sales continue to outpace their predecessors as well.
“After 25 months, the combined sales for the PS4 and the XBO are 47 percent higher than the combined sales for 25 months of PS3 and Xbox 360 hardware sales,” Callahand added.
The same couldn't be said about retail software sales, which fell 7 per cent during the month despite the release of Star Wars Battlefront and a new Call of Duty offering.
"New physical software sales decreased by 7 percent as portable software sales drop 66 percent with console software sales down a modest 1 percent,” Callahan said. “Within consoles, 8th generation software sales increased by 37 percent, and largely offset the decrease in spending for 7th generation consoles, which decreased by 60 percent.”
Overall, US sales hit $2.47bn during the stretch – a 2 per cent increase versus November 2014.
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December 16th, 2015, 22:48 Posted By: wraggster
One week remains until the UK's Christmas No.1 is decided and Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops III is once again the top dog in the UK All Formats chart.
The shooter rose despite a 37 per cent decline in sales this week. Star Wars Battlefront climbs to one place to No.2 as we get closer to the release of The Force Awakens this coming Thursday.
Last week’s No.1 FiFA 16 drops to third place as sales decline 49 per cent. EA’s football title is still a strong contender for the Christmas No.1 – the charts for the week ending December 19th. FIFA games currently hold the records for most Christmas No.1s, currently laying claim to eight.
Fallout 4 drops one place to No.4 with a 21 per cent sales dip, while Minecraft: Story Mode rises two places to fifth position.
Just Cause 3, which debuted at No.4 last week, falls to sixth place with a not-too-shabby 43 per cent sales decline. Meanwhile, Rainbow Six: Siege falls three positions to No.9.
The only new entry in the charts this week is EA’s The Sims 4: Get Together at No.38.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending December 12th:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision Blizzard
2. Star Wars Battlefront, EA
3. FIFA 16, EA
4. Fallout 4, Bethesda
5. Minecraft: Story Mode, Telltale
6. Just Cause 3, Square Enix
7. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Ubisoft
8. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
9. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege, Ubisoft
10. WWE 2K16, 2K Games
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December 16th, 2015, 22:46 Posted By: wraggster
It’s that time of the year again when MCV - and our competitors - start talking about who will be the Christmas No.1.
Every 12 months we try, and fail, to get people to care.
Sure, seeing the bookies make ridiculous odds on which game will make the top spot always makes entertaining reading (oh how we love to laugh at the uninitiated). But we all know that the Christmas No.1 every year will either be FIFA or Call of Duty - depending on which one has an offer on at GAME.
And it doesn’t even matter. It’s not as if the games industry floods the market with festive-themed charity products in the days before Christmas Day (even in the music industry, it’s become a monotonous battle between the X-Factor single and whatever track social media has decided to pit against it). It’s not even the biggest sales week of the year. The real winner of Q4 is the one that emerged triumphant from Black Friday (it was FIFA 16, by the way).
This year, however, it does matter. At least for one game: Star Wars Battlefront.
Let us be clear, despite what GameStop seems to think, Battlefront has not been a failure. It has sold extremely well. In the UK, Battlefront has already left the year’s other big sellers - The Witcher III and Batman: Arkham Knight - in the dust. Just Fallout 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops III and stablemate FIFA 16 lie ahead of it, and it’s closing in on Fallout.
It’s also the most successful Star Wars game launch ever. And if you remember the ill-informed hype that surrounded 2008's The Force Unleashed, you’ll know that’s a pretty good thing.
But it all comes down to expectation. And when you consider the not-so-hushed whispers that Star Wars might actually topple Call of Duty this year, you can understand some of the negative reports.
I directly asked EA if the game could be the biggest launch of the year back at E3. EA COO Peter Moore, aware of my ever-so-slightly-leading question, said that those were my words. But followed it with: “I can’t think of a game right now, and I am biased obviously, that has more buzz and anticipation.”
It wasn’t the biggest launch of the year. And if anyone was under any illusion that Star Wars could defeat Call of Duty this year, let’s put that to rest: it won’t. Black Ops III’s sales are already more than double that achieved by Battlefront.
Were we expecting too much? That is what Peter Moore suggested when responding to GameStop’s claim that Battlefront had ‘failed to hit’ their reduced expectations. And indeed, it seems GameStop were not the only ones over-estimating the Star Wars effect.
In the past month, MCV has been told by three different companies in the toy industry that their Star Wars lines have ‘performed below estimates’. Maybe the world of business was so caught up on Star Wars hype, they didn’t consider that the toys and books and games wouldn’t start selling until the movie came out.
Moore’s words in response to GameStop suggests that EA weren’t so naive. They were expecting a longer-tail seller, particularly around the launch of the movie. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which is out in a matter of days, will be the No.1 film in cinemas for months and months, and EA will feel confident that it has a game to ride that wave of consumer excitement.
And that movie's release coincides with the exact same week that the video game Christmas No.1 will be decided. And this is why this year, for a change, whoever emerges as the festive frontrunner, does matter.
At least for one game.
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December 7th, 2015, 21:21 Posted By: wraggster
EA’s football blockbuster FIFA 16 has claimed its sixth No.1 this year.
The title shot back to the top spot last week during the Black Friday sales period, and it maintains its position despite a 41 per cent dip in sales.
The rest of the Top Three remains unchanged – Call of Duty: Black Ops III holds second position with a 32 per cent dip in sales, while Star Wars Battlefront sits in third place with sales declining only 34 per cent.
The highest new entry in the Top 40 is Square Enix’s Just Cause 3 which saw Week One sales 46 per cent higher than its predecessor, 2010’s Just Cause 2.
Fallout 4 slips to fifth place ahead of another new entrant in the chart, Rainbow Six: Siege debuts in sixth place. And Minecraft: Story Mode saw sales increase 16 per cent as it holds No.7 in the ranks.
Meanwhile, Xenoblade Chronicles X debuts at No.28 with sales 73 per cent higher than the Week One of the original Xenoblade Chronicles.
Below is the software Top Ten for the week ending December 5th:
1. FIFA 16, EA
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision Blizzard
3. Star Wars Battlefront, EA
4. Just Cause 3, Square Enix
5. Fallout 4, Bethesda
6. Rainbow Six: Siege, Ubisoft
7. Minecraft: Story Mode, Telltale/Avanquest
8. Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar
9. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Sony
10. WWE 2K16, 2K Games
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December 3rd, 2015, 22:39 Posted By: wraggster
UK sales of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were almost neck-and-neck over Black Friday week, retailers report.
139k PS4 consoles were sold in the UK between 22nd and 28th November, UK shops told MCV.
134k Xbox Ones were sold over the same timeframe - a narrow loss for Microsoft's machine.
Altogether, 300k consoles were shifted in total - a figure which leaves around 42k spare for Wii U, handhelds and older consoles.
Black Friday shows no signs of going anywhere - news which may or may not fill you with happiness, depending on how much the whole thing appeals.
More consoles were sold over the Black Friday weekend this year than over the same seven days in 2014.
Game sales soared by 60 per cent week on week, while retailers raked in 32 per cent more money.
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December 3rd, 2015, 22:12 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo’s next home console is set for an explosive start.
That’s according to component suppliers for the NX cited byDigiTimes, who have pegged first-year shipments for the new hardware at between 10 and 12 million.
That is, of course, if the mysterious new machine launches when it is rumoured to – with DigiTimes formerly slating it for a July 2016 release based on the production schedules of anonymous ‘supply chain partners’.
Controversial manufacturer Foxconn – which also builds the PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, iPhone and iPad – is unsurprisingly also expected to produce the NX.
As a point of reference, as of October 2015, lifetime Wii U sales stood at just shy of 11 million.
Meanwhile, PS4 has just passed 30 million global sales.
The last figure on Xbox One comes from November 2014, when Microsoft's console had 10 million units shipped. The platform holder has since announced it will not reveal Xbox One sales going forward.
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