Gran Turismo 5 Ships 5.52 Million

DEC. 10, 2010 • After selling in 5.52 million units for the launch of Gran Turismo 5 worldwide, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that the franchise had exceeded sales of 60 million units since the original game was released in December 1997. Gran Turismo 5 is the ninth installment in the series. Impact: Gran Turismo 5 was not on every analysts’ radar to be a huge hit until recently than.....

Monster Hunter Portable Propels PSP Sales

DEC. 8, 2010 • Soon after Capcom’s Monster Hunter Portable 3rd was released in Japan sales of the Sony PSP exploded. For the week of November 29 through December 5, according to Media Create, 323,653 PSPs were sold in the country, up from 75,689 the previous week. Interestingly, of those extra PSPs sold, only 1,875 were the PSP Go. Impact: Outside of Japan, the PSP has really .....

Xbox 360 Console Sales Up

OCT. 29, 2010 • Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division rides into the holiday season with good tidings. Xbox 360 console sales were up 38 percent for the quarter ending Sept. 30, with 2.8 million units sold. The  division reported quarterly revenue of $1.8 billion, up 27% from 2009. Boosting revenue was the mid-September release of Halo Reach, that generated $200 million in its first 24 hours. In more good news, 10 days after launching its new $15.....

World of Warcraft Subscribers Reach 12 Million

OCT. 7, 2010 • Blizzard Ent. likes releasing World of Warcraft subscribers statistics during the month of October right before a new expansion. Two years ago this month the developer announced the MMO had achieved 11 million subscribers worldwide, and this year they released a new tally of 12 million subscribers. Impact: What is interesting here is not so much the build up to the Cataclysm exp.....

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