Posted the Miércoles, 6 de Enero del 2010
According to a survey by Nielsen statistical consultant in the U.S. market, Microsoft and its Xbox 360 console hoard for 23.1% of the minutes used to play for users. This would leave 3.3% over the PS3 (nearest escort to 20.4%) and 4.1% above Nintendo Wii (meets 19% of the total).
The study also draws some interesting conclusions, which give such land (at least in the U.S.) with the classical myth that male gender is more prone to video games. Sticking to the figures dropped by the report, 52% of PSP users and 49% of Wii users are women.
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Posted the Miércoles, 6 de Enero del 2010
While the controversy was open from the start and was known to "Heavy Rain" would spark a strong censorship on their age limit, this proved to be less than expected in a market like the UK usually conservative. The body for the classification and censorship of film and video games, ended up giving a rating for over 15 years.
Definitely a surprise considering all the level of impact that the contents would be similar to the level that other titles such as GTA IV or Assassin's Creed II, which were described above as suitable for over 18 years. The level of vulgar language, explicit sex and violence would be equal, so it is almost inexplicable.
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Posted the Sábado, 2 de Enero del 2010
Amazon.com, a company considered a leader of e-commerce with eBay or eBay among others, has just released its latest statistics from online sales, which reconfirm the strong financial position that Nintendo did, from which it is implemented almost all their latest products and commercial successes.
This is reflected clearly as we approach the top-ten best selling products on the market for video games. Of the ten main articles, nine belong to Nintendo and eight of them are the top eight places, only managed to break the impressive Japanese hegemony "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" for XBOX 360.
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Posted the Martes, 29 de Diciembre del 2009
The Japanese market is very rich in software development companies, Square Enix has one of the most important referents in the field of gaming. For this reason, generate high-impact statements by Akitoshi Kawazu, producer of Final Fantasy Christal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers, who said that for them there are no distinctions between Eastern and Western gamers.
Although Japanese games are not quite strong presence in the West and Western games have difficulties to enter the eastern market, from Square Enix say they do not make a market or another as separate goals but different types of player, regardless of geographic location.
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Posted the Domingo, 27 de Diciembre del 2009
Yesterday we discussed the growth that is experiencing the star of Sony console, which is leading him to triple their numbers in Japan territory. Today we learned, according to official data from the Japanese company, that the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system has surpassed the two million sales in the French market in a period of less than two years (March 2, 2007 to present).
Following this success, Sony PlayStation 3 would be located above the 400,000 units produced by direct competitor to Microsoft, XBOX 360 (which, moreover, has almost two more years in the market, late 2005). This is really an interesting fact if one takes into account the ratio of units sold and sales time, which is obviously favorable to the Japanese.
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