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Irish Charts week ending 14 March 2009

1 - RESIDENT EVIL 5
2 - KILLZONE 2 (PS3)
3 - TOM CLANCY'S H.A.W.X.
4 - PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE
5 = BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE
6 - WII FIT (Wii)
7 - FIFA 09
8 - EMPIRE: TOTAL WAR (PC)
9 - STREET FIGHTER IV
10'-'HALO WARS (X360)

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heyheyhey5532d ago

lol this is getting ridiculous

Dipso5532d ago

@Hey Hey...

What's getting ridiculous?

heyheyhey5532d ago

all the sales charts that's what...

they should all be consolidated into a single "European sales" article

i mean... are we going to get an influx of random charts every week?

poindat5532d ago

At least it is a nice change from all the NPD/Vgchartz data, which seem to be the only things we get around here.

Dmitry Orlov5532d ago

it's getting rediculous, that people post news of the sales in different countries (it's not even the 2nd article about this matter).
It's like someone wants to prove something to somebody.
Why not post an article with software chart of Africa?

Dipso5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

As was stated there is no singular European chart so I think its only fair we get to see what's happening in Europe. I'm Irish and I'm interested to see how a game like Killzone is selling there for two reasons A) There was a pretty big advertising campaign and B) Its nice to play against your fellow country men sometimes.

As for the African charts being posted? What's so ludicrous about that?
I'm sure it will be of interest to someone.

christian hour5532d ago

Yeah, killzone 2 was advertised really well in Ireland, I never understood why people were saying sony did a bad job on advertising it, when it was practically on the side of every bus, bus stop, billboard (right next to "WHAT GOT YOUR ATTENTION!? I DID!", and if anyone can explain to me what thats about, please do), in magazines, all over irish tv and it even had radio ads!

IrishAssa5532d ago

Yea I would really like to know, I was staring at it the other day thinking what the point in it was, was there some hidden message??

christian hour5532d ago

All i could gather was that its somehow connecting people... at least, thats what their slogan is at the bottom, or something. I could've sworn that was nokias slogan though. I guess we'll never know. Unless one of us is brave enough to follow the weblink at the bottom of the billboards. I hope their website has a better design than their billboard.

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silvacrest5532d ago

everyone goes ape over NPD so this is fine in my books plus, there is no european chart so i think the OP is doing well to post all these countries one by one

on a side note this does show that the doom and gloom articles are unjustified

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Vader822d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow4d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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