The Wii, Xbox, GC and PSP versions of Madden 08 ¿ combined - accounted for fewer than 10% of the 1.6 million units sold while 360 version sold them most and 4 times the PS3 version.

-- 8/18 ---- 8/11 ------ Net Change
NDS 131,930 / 126,277 / +3%
Wii 89,280 / 86,469 / +4%
360 59,118 / 52,484 / +13%
PSP 53,206 / 55,160 / -4%
PS3 47,928 / 41,499 / +15%
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After a trip down to a local Gamestop the other day to pick up soon-to-be-controversial suicide romp Persona 3 (complete with bitchin' art book as a pack-in). a gamer noticed one small detail on the back of the box that blew his mind-and not in the way the game designers had intended. He noticed that under Memory Card it required 67MB.

Now if you do the math 67 ÷ 8 = 8.375. That means you would need a total of nine memory cards.
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Sorry, occult horror RPG fans, but your copies of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 aren't going to land in your hellfire hot little hands this week.
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To tide you over until Persona 3 FES hits shelves next week (and to further distract you from a lack of Persona 4 details), Atlus presents... Persona 3 FES Webisodes! Get your fix on awkward silences and overwrought anime girls with ginormous pupils right here on this very page with today’s installments and check out the Videos section for any you might have missed. ...

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Shining Force fans won't have to wait much longer with Shining Force EXA scheduled to release during the first quarter of 2007. In the latest chapter of this epic action role-playing series, you'll step in the shoes of Toma, a warrior with a big blade that should give Cloud from Final Fantasy VII a case of "sword-envy" and Cyrille, a spell slinging ...
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Sega delivered another PS2 exclusive today in the form of Shining Force EXA - a new chapter in the long-running strategy-RPG series. Although the last Shining Force game for the PS2 took something of a departure from its classic strategy roots, this new version should inject it right back in with improved combat ...
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Ahead of Activision's financial results next week, Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey has commended short-term revenue prospects, but commented that "emerging competition for some of [Activision's] core franchises, including Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk", may prove damaging for the company's long-term growth.

Hickey stated for the short-term company prospects, "We expect key fiscal Q208 and 2H08 game sales will come from Spiderman 3, Shrek 3, Transformers, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Call of Duty 4 and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. The Company's fiscal '08 game pipeline is exceedingly strong, and will likely generate record fiscal '08 operating performance."
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Originally announced back in 2005 as Shrek 3, the now renamed Shrek the Third is a totally new quest with a plot running parallel to that of the movie. As you work through the comedy fairytale, you will get to play as Shrek, Donkey, Puss-in-Boots, Fiona, Arthur and Sleeping Beauty. All the usual stuff will feature - various collectibles, boss battles and a number of multiplayer minigames. Shrek the Third will launch for... *deep breath*... Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PC, PSP, DS and GBA in ...
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Activision's just announced the lineup of development studios that will be backing the game up as Shrek the Third makes its multi-platform launch in May - just enough time for you to see them movie version when it hits theatres this March.

Here's the developers:

Shaba Games is handling the console release (Xbox 360, PS2, Wii).
Vicarious Visions is handling the DS and GBA releases.
Amaze Entertainment is handling the PSP release.
Beenox is handling the PC release.

The game will release on almost any platform except for the Playstation 3. Why? I have no idea...
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Friday 29 September 2006 Shrek the Third, a new sequel to the Shrek series, has been announced by Activision to tie in with the release of the latest film starring the fat green ogre. Set for a May 2007 release, we've grabbed a teaser trailer of the Xbox 360 and PS2 game to give you an idea of how it will work - click the movies tab above to see it. From the looks of things, Shrek the Third will be a straight re-run of Shrek 2's character-swapping team action, with different heroes able to ...
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