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American Hardware and Software Chart for Week Ending May 31st, 2008

VGChartz reports that their estimate for American hardware and software chart for week Ending May 31st, 2008 is as follows:

Total Hardware: [Last Week #]

Wii: 158,384 (-51%)[324,028]
DSL: 130,636 (+7%) [121,612]
360: 60,272 (+9%) [55,508]
PSP: 60,046 (+15%) [51,997]
PS3: 43,581 (-7%) [46,636]
PS2: 28,570 (+5%) [27,255]

Top 10 Software:

1 Wii Sports (Wii) 158,384 11,891,587
2 Wii Fit (Wii) 130,067 869,665
3 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 107,020 2,222,445
4 Grand Theft Auto IV (360) 105,390 3,629,712
5 Wii Play (Wii) 78,960 6,147,217
6 Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) 50,233 3,685,890
7 Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) 49,292 1,835,302
8 Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon 2: Time / Darkness (DS) 47,918 754,332
9 Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (360) 40,733 40,733 [NEW]
10 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360) 37,798 4,296,997

Software Totals: [Last Week Total]

Wii: 1,098,370 (-53%)[2,345,434] Tie Ratio: 6.14
DSL: 834,934 (-3%) [859,992] Tie Ratio: 4.22
360: 832,477 (-10%)[927,155] Tie Ratio: 8.98
PS3: 495,321 (-22%)[634,907] Tie Ratio: 6.29
PS2: 261,800 (-7%) [282,933] Tie Ratio: n/a
PSP: 190,847 (-15%)[224,258] Tie Ratio: 3.97

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sonarus5805d ago

Pretty low PS3 numbers. The calm before the storm:|

iAmPS35805d ago (Edited 5805d ago )

Wait for the biggest storm in history of video games.

sl0w-m05805d ago

The "storm" already happened, the PS3 outsold the 360 for 2 months after Blu-ray won the format war and became more popular than HD-DVD. But i'm actually suprised to see the numbers drop this much this month

chaosatom3335805d ago (Edited 5804d ago )

you guys are commenting on Vgcharts. VGCHARTS, I say.

Those numbers are FALSE, fabricated, made up for fanboys to argue.

Remind Silogon down me that those numbers are FALSE.

dexterwang5804d ago

The calm before the storm indeed.

Before the tsunami hits, the water line recedes, and the further it goes back, the stronger the tsunami... what a storm we'll have in 9 days

dan-boy5804d ago

last week there was a thread from mvcuk saying that the 360 was selling more than the ps3 in the uk...then lo and behold, vgchartz estimates yesterday put the 360 in front in the uk. after putting it behind for ages.

then after the npd figures had microsoft infront by a thousand last month in NA, after vgchartz was predicting sony had sold 50K more, they now "estimate" that microsoft beat sony by just over 200....hmmm. times the amount that the 360 sold more by 4(approx weeks in month) then you have a thousand.

basically, vgchartz has no f^&*ing clue, and just grab some figures from anywhere....vgchartz should be banned until they are proven fact.

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Silogon5805d ago

Wow, Ps3 has got desimated this week. What gives here? Gta4 is under preforming on the console and now just 1 week out from mgs4 and its sales are this lacking? This isn't good for anyone invested in Sony. A consumer or developer.

iAmPS35805d ago

Low hardware sales because people are waiting for the new bundle.

TheHater5805d ago

I think people are waiting for the new 80GB bundle.

Silogon5805d ago

I hope so, guys. I really do. I want the ps3 to be a big time player but so far it can't seem to get off the ground in america.

NO_PUDding5805d ago

It seems to have got off the ground just fine.

VGchartz aren't entirely accurate, and I woudl suspect both 360 and PS3 to be much higher (360 still in the lead easily) becuase I doubt the GTA4 slowdown has happened quite so fast. Even Wii has had a relatively quiet week.

I think that PS3 sales will be down before MGS4, for sure. And they will also be down before the new 80gb is released.

PoSTedUP5805d ago

the ps3 out sold the 360 in America alot this year.

Qbanboi5805d ago

The 80GB MotoStorm is no where to be seen. And the MGS4 (biggest game of the Year for the PS3) is coming next week, did you actually thought that the Ps3 was going to outsell the 360 this week? If it did so, next will was/is going to be epic ^^.

Bladestar5805d ago

@PoSTedUP - prove it... base on NPD numbers you are very wrong... the only site that was showing that the PS3 was beating the xbox 360 in terms of sells was VGChartz... but it seems as if they corrected their numbers after being proved wrong month after month... now the last few weeks... even VGChartz is showing the xbox 360 selling more consoles than the PS3... now what?

Bonsai12145804d ago

you know bladestar, there is more to the world than america. and sony really screwed it self by no making more 80gbs. they could have kept those coming and released a bundle. oh well.

Bzone245804d ago

You know Bonsai1214, he was commenting on a comment by pOstEDup so your "there is more to the world than America" comment doesn't apply.

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Bucky Sligo5804d ago

I reported you as offensive. No need to get sour.

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LenHart5805d ago (Edited 5805d ago )

I mean who buys a PS3 now when MGS4 bundle is just 7 days away

Plus 100$ gift card giveaway by Walmart/bestbuy commences during the week of MGS4 launch

dont be surprised to see LOW ps3 sales again for next week

AND FINALLY

on JUNE 12th ==APOCALYPSE /YAMUL QAYAMAT

I expect PS3 HW sales to bump by atleast 500% during the MGS4 launch week

wont be surprised if it goes over 1000% FOR THE week

9 DAYS to go for the MGS4 PS3 bundle

12th JUNE FTW

@naysayers

why disagree????

same thing will happen next week as we all know

However

everything will be crushed by ps3 from June 12th onwards

disagreeing cant PREVENT the PS3 backed APOCALYPSE commencing on June 12th

However i still believe that PS3 sales could have been much closer in REALITY ...after all these are VGCRAP numbers

PoSTedUP5805d ago

thats some what tru, watch the psp sales at the end of this week too. that bundle just came out and if i had the money i would get it also. its one of the hottest bundles ive seen.

Shaka2K65805d ago

The xbots need to spend more time on vgchartz.com forums trying to justify their xrod 180 inferior purchase.

breakbox cant fix me5804d ago

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Bathyj5805d ago

Wow, thats the best lead XB has had in quite a while, no doubt cos everyone is waiting for a MGS bundle. I mean why would you buy a PS3 instead of next week?

World wide figures might actually be close this week, but I dont think good enough for XB to break its roughly 8 month losing streak.

Light Yagami5805d ago

On June 12th, I can officially write Xbox 360 on my death note.

Qbanboi5805d ago

^^ Ok i just got that. Very Funny.

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Mugen Souls Retro Review – Sexy Demon Space Adventure

Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies1h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

CrimsonWing6912h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker12h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo12h ago(Edited 12h ago)

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6911h ago(Edited 11h ago)

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos18h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto17h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger8817h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies6h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.