"Overview - Sales have increased across the board, following a dip last week. Sales should continue to increase over the next two weeks. Monster Hunter 3G (3DS) is the biggest debut this week with sales of 526,000.
Software milestones this week in the top 20: Mario Kart 7 (3DS) crosses the two million mark; Just Dance 3 (Wii) flies by the three million mark; Kinect Adventures! (X360) passes the 13 million mark; Mario Kart Wii passes 30 million sold; The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3) reaches the two million mark; Wii Sports reaches 79 million sold; New Super Mario Bros. Wii passes the 23 million mark; Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (X360) passes the two million sales mark; The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) crosses the two million mark; and FIFA Soccer 12 (PS3) reaches the four million sales mark.
Hardware sales are up across the board week on week, while the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are also up year on year. Hardware milestones this week: The Wii passes the 92 million mark; the PSP passes the 72 million mark; the Xbox 360 passes the 61 million mark; the PlayStation 3 passes the 58 million mark; and the 3DS passes the 11 million mark."
Replaying Skyrim after 13 years is a reminder of the progress made in western RPGs over the last decade, but also what's been lost.
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
A new Partner Spotlight Sale is now live on the Switch eShop, including Skyrim, lowest price ever for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and more.
Over a MILLION!! 3DS sold last week!! :O
Sony really messed up by giving away xmas to nintendo
I wonder if we'll ever see a Monster Hunter game on the Vita. Monster Hunter was the sole reason the PsP wasn't a complete failure in Japan if you ask me.
Great sales all around. I can't wait to see how well the Vita does this holiday season. Analyst predict that Sony's Vita can sell 1 million during this month. It should be interesting to see if that will be true.
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It's great to see such diversity in the sales charts for once. Also, the 3DS has sold more than I expected. I was under the impression that it was in the 8-9 million range. I still won't be buying one until the imminent revision drops, though.
Next week should be interesting with the first sales numbers of the Vita. I want to see it do well, as it's seems like a more complete piece of tech than most of the stuff out there.
well i be getting 3ds not cuz only cuz of nintendo games but also monster hunter. that another reason why my friend be getting it also cuz of resident evil too. but it be interesting to see.