VG Chartz translates the latest first-day sales reported by the Japanese site Sinobi: ¿ Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS): about 200,000 ¿ SD Gundam G Generations Spirits (PS2): about 160,000 ¿ Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (PS2): about 60,000 ¿ Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters World Championship 2008 (DS): about 25,000 ¿ Assassins Creed (360): about 20,000 ¿ Naruto Shippuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX 2 (Wii): about 15,000 ¿ Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (Wii): about 7,000 ¿ Disgaea Portable with Network Play (PSP): 7,000 ¿ Zero no Tsukaima: Muma ga Tsumugu Yokaze no Nocturne (PS2): 3,000 Games listed below are red light(?): ¿ Guilty Gear: OVERTURE (360): about 4000 ¿ Super Swing Golf 2nd Shot (Wii): about 3000 ¿ Another Century Episode 2 Special Vocal Edition (PS2): about 3000 ¿ IQ Sapuri 2 (DS): about 2000 ¿ Izuna 2 (DS): about 1500 ¿ Tony Hawk Project 8 (PS3): about 1500 ¿ Tony Hawk Project 8 (360): about 1000 ¿ Puzzle Quest (DS): about 600 Notes: Wii Fit is not on the list because it launches on 12/1 in Japan, and the wholesale market is already reporting a shortage.
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Select titles for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 fell to under $40 in the latest promotions for the super computer console. Best Buy this week began advertising Sega's Virtua Fighter 5 for $39.99, $20 below its MSRP. In addition, Activision's Tony Hawk's Project 8 was discounted to $39.99, $10 below its MSRP.
Gamerzines, the site behind the free magazines for Xbox 360, PC games, PSP and DS, has launched its free PlayStation 3 magazine to co-incide with the UK launch of the console. As with other Gamerzines, the magazine is written by professional games journalists and offered for free in a digital format. All that is required is Adobe Reader 8 on a PC. The magazine is enhanced with videos and multimedia that play on the pages themselves. Issue 1 is available for download immediately and covers every single European launch game, as well as lengthy preview feature highlighting their pick of the top 20 games still to come on the PS3 this year. The magazine is to publish a new issue for free every month from launch, to match the other existing Gamerzines for other platforms.
Although not announcing it in its online store, reports are coming in that U.S. generalist retailer Target is selling games including Need for Speed: Carbon, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Tony Hawk's Project 8 for $39.99 ¿ well below the $59.99 retail price set at launch. This follows reports that Best Buy ¿ among others ¿ has actually been holding PS3 stock (hardware and software) since December 21st. This 'strategy' apparently relates to the fact that various Best Buy outlets only have between 25 to 60 units each ready to go for by December 31st.
In announcing Rainbow Six: Vegas had shipped for Xbox 360, Ubisoft also revealed that the PS3 and PSP versions of the first-person shoot had been delayed into 2007. Rainbow Six: Vegas won't be available on either system until January 30. Part of the delay may be attributed to the online component of Vegas. When IGN recently visited Ubisoft's office to get hands-on time with Rainbow Six on 360, we asked if the PS3 version would have the same online functions. We were told that it should work. Not exactly the most confident of responses for a game original expected to ship on PS3 in November. With developers receiving information on the PlayStation Network close to launch, third-party games have taken a bit of an online hit. For instance, online multiplayer in Tony Hawk's Project 8 had to be cut. Since the success of Rainbow Six relies on its online support, a delay to ensure the best possible multiplayer experience may not be the worst news.
According to IGN, the PS3 version of Tony Hawk's Project 8 suffers from two key problems. First, as previously announced, the PS3 version lacks an online mode. However, more suprisingly, the PS3's Project 8 frequently grinds to halt. The game chugs and the framerate frequently drops to an unplayable 15 FPS. To sum it up, IGN says It's certainly disappointing that the PlayStation 3 is so far behind the Xbox 360 game. Framerate issues are apparent at every other turn, and the lack of online play really hurts. Project 8 is a worthy game to pick up, just preferably not on this system.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Need for Speed: Carbon, and Tony Hawk's Project 8 are being littered across every current console in addition to the next-gen systems. (Wii gets Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam instead of Project 8, however.) While you can now buy these games for the fad-lacking, buttons-and-thumbstick systems, the titles are being tuned for Wii and PS3 motion-sensitive controls. At the Sony Gamer's Day last month, we saw how the three games use the Sixaxis controller.
Sony won't tell us, mostly because they don't want to make any promises that aren't 100 percent confirmed, but here's the list of what Playstation 3 games will be available at Best Buy and when: PS3-Call of Duty 3 7917043 T $59.99 Nov. 14 PS3-Full Auto 2 7917365 T $59.99 Nov. 14 PS3-Genji 8136297 T $59.99 Nov. 14 PS3-Madden NFL '07 7916945 E $59.99 Nov. 14 PS3-NBA 2K7 8136322 E $59.99 Nov. 14 PS3-NHL 2K7 8137143 E $59.99 Nov. 14 PS3-Resistance: Fall of Man 7917025 M $59.99 Nov. 14 PS3-Tiger Woods PGA Tour '07 8136304 E $59.99 Nov. 14 PS3-Tony Hawk's Project 8 7917114 T $59.99 Nov. 14 P3-Need for Speed: Carbon 7917061 $59.99 Nov. 21 Hit the jump for the list of Blu-ray movies and accessories that will be available for the PS3.
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