Mario Galaxy - 16 Nov
Umbrella Chronicles - 30 Nov
Forever Blue - 9 Nov
More EU release dates
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) - 19TH OCTOBER
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - 26TH OCTOBER
Zack & Wiki (Wii) - 7th December
Ace Attorney Apollo Justice (DS) - TBA
July Hardware Figures
Wii 425 k
Nintendo DS 405 k
PlayStation 2 222k
PlayStation Portable 214k
Xbox 360 170k
PlayStation 3 159k
Game Boy Advance 87k
Top 10 SKU's for July
360 NCAA FOOTBALL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 1 397k
PS2 GUITAR HERO ENCORE: ROCKS THE 80S ACTIVISION (CORP) 2 339k
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 3 278k
PS2 NCAA FOOTBALL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 4 236k
WII MARIO PARTY 8 NINTENDO OF AMERICA 5 177k
PS3 NCAA FOOTBALL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 6 156k
NDS POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA 7 144k
PS2 TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME ACTIVISION (CORP) 8 143k
PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 W/GUITAR ACTIVISION (CORP) 9 138k
360 GUITAR HERO 2 W/ GUITAR ACTIVISION (CORP) 10 108k
That "price cut" for the PS3 helped, but the Wii even manages to outsell the DS.
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition sold another 90,000+ and Mario Strikers sold about 100,000 in its first 5 or so days in the shops.
Oh, and the BBC had a story mentioning that the Wii is selling about 90,000 every week in Europe.
TFO wrote:Now Wii-less.
Couldn't find the receipt so had to send it back to Ninty - wonder how long it'll take?
Took me about 3 weeks I think. Don't expect to hear anything from them either, mine just arrived back in a jiffy bag a few weeks after I posted it off to them. They wouldn't confirm receipt of it over the phone either, glad I sent it via special delivery or I'd never have know it had got there. It's a million miles off the efficiency of MS / Sony repairs, but I'm sure you'll get a nice new Wii out of it. Do you still have to write them a covering letter explaining what's wrong with it?
Incidentally, what's the problem with it? My launch one had graphical artefacts all over the screen, and we've recently discovered that my friends launch wii also has these (they are barely noticeable over composhite but become massively visible over component).
Cheers
Bubba
Wrote a covering letter and a copy of proof of purchase (from my credit card statemetn - but that was OK).
The Wii itself - the disc drive had packed up. Wouldn't read any discs, and made an evil screeching sound when I put one in.
And Goatboy, I did get some DS stuff - Anno 1701 is doing very nicely.
Dunno about anyone else but I'm religiously avoiding all this complete level footage stuff for both Metroid and Galaxy. I don't want to see any of it until I get the games.
The real funny thing is that these sites that endlessly show you and play through the entire game before it's released....inevitably complain that the finished games are too short. Hah.
No, the problem is endless weeks and months of hype, hype, hype. It's good sometimes to discover something after it's finally out. I remember getting Castle of Illusion for Genesis way back in 1990. Didn't know a damned thing about it, the reviews weren't even in, but I was a Sega fan and a Mickey Mouse fan, and had good vibes on that one....it was a great time had by all.
Yuck. Remember getting box-fulls of floppy disks for your C64 or Atari computer?
