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The best selling games in units sold, across all platforms, for the year are as follows, with more year-to-date sales data available at the source. ¿ Halo 3 - 3,700,000 ¿ Madden NFL 08 - 3,200,000 ¿ Guitar Hero II - 2,800,00 ¿ Wii Play with Remote - 2,500,000 ¿ Pokemon Diamond - 2,100,000 ¿ Pokemon Pearl - 1,500,000 ¿ Spider-Man 3 - 1,400,000 ¿ Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock - 1,400,000
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.
Here are Blockbuster Video's top ten video game rentals for the week ending June 3, 2007. 1.Spider-Man 3 - PS2 2.Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End - PS2 3Shrek the 3rd - PS2 4.Spider-Man 3 - X360 5.Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End - X360 6.Crackdown - X360 7.Forza Motorsport 2 - X360 8.God of War 2 - PS2 9.Major League Baseball 2K7 - PS2 10.Major League Baseball 2K7 - X360
For six weeks straight, Spiderman 3 for the Xbox 360 once again tops the Gamefly Top 10 list. In addition, the Xbox 360 holds 7 out of the top 10 spots. Nintendo Wii owners are queueing up the arrival of Mario Party 8 while PlayStation 3 owners also have Spiderman 3 at the top of their lists... Queue up the complete Gamefly Top 10 most requested list:
In the UK Spider-Man's console of choice is the Xbox 360. Activision's mediocre Spider-Man 3 swung its way to a multiplatform release including the 360, PS3, Wii, and PS2 among others. And when the UK sales figures were tallied the Xbox 360 version of the game accounted for a whopping 45% of total sales.
To compliment the movie success of Spider-Man 3 it seem the official game of the movie is cleaning up in the video game market as well. With four of the top ten spots belonging to Spider-Man 3. Heres the top 10 list from GameFly. 1 Spiderman 3 Xbox 360 2 Spiderman 3 PlayStation 2 3 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Xbox 360 4 Shadowrun Xbox 360 5 Spiderman 3 PlayStation 3 6 Super Paper Mario Wii 7 Spiderman 3 Wii 8 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Xbox 360 9 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Xbox 360 10 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Xbox 360
As for all-new releases, the week is dominated by the media-synergy juggernaut known as Spider-Man 3. The game hits stores the same day as its film inspiration--which is reportedly the most expensive movie ever made--hits theaters. Like many summer blockbuster tie-ins, Activision is bringing the game to a bevy of platforms, including the PC, PS3, DS, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance, and Wii.
For four weeks straight, Spiderman 3 for the Xbox 360 once again tops the Gamefly Top 10 list. The recent release of Super Paper Mario is queued up for Nintendo Wii owners, while PlayStation 3 owners also have Spiderman 3 at the top of their lists... Queue up the complete Gamefly Top 10 most requested list:
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