While Microsoft is knockin' 'em dead in Europe, Nintendo of Canada has revealed today that, following yesterday's report, the Wii is the top selling current-generation platform in the Great White North, with lifetime sales of 813,000 units since its November 2006 launch.
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PlayStation 3 outsold Xbox 360 for the third month in a row, but the Nintendo Wii overshot the combined sales of its rivals, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter.

Ahead of March's NPD Group sales data, due to release this Thursday, Pachter forecast PS3 sales of 365,000 units, edging out sales of 310,000 for Xbox 360.

In a Monday investor note, Pachter predicted that Nintendo will come out on top for yet another month, with Wii sales of 700,000 during March's five-week retail period.
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Nintendo platform titles head the latest Spanish and German software charts, while Guitar Hero III occupies the top spot in Sweden.

Spain

01. Wii Play (Wii)
02. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (DS)
03. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
04. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii)
05. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS)
06. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3)
07. Devil May Cry 4 Collector's Edition (PS3)
08. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
09. Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)
10. Burnout Paradise (PS3)

Germany

01. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS)
02. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (DS)
03. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
04. Professor Kageyamas Math Training (DS)
05. Wii Play (Wii)
06. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC)
07. Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)
08. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
09. World of Warcraft (PC)
10. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
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Wii Play continues its impressive stay in the Nintendo Wii charts...
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Will the release of PDC World Championship Darts 2008 be enough to knock Wii Play off the top?
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Wii Play fights back once again to reclaim the top spot in the Wii chart...
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Wii

Wii Sports - 17,850,000
Wii Play - 9,230,000
Super Mario Galaxy - 5,190,000
Mario Party 8 - 4,350,000
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 4,300,000
Super Paper Mario - 2,160,000
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - 2,000,000
Mario Strikers Charged - 1,650,000
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - 1,140,000
Link's Crossbow Training - 1,070,000
Wii Fit - 1,050,000

Nintendo DS

Nintendogs - 17,790,000
Pokemon Diamond & Pearl - 14,170,000
New Super Mario Bros. - 13,140,000
Brain Age - 11,710,000
Brain Age 2 - 9,840,000
Mario Kart DS - 9,670,000
Animal Crossing Wild World - 9,200,000
Super Mario 64 DS - 5,780,000
Big Brain Academy - 4,610,000
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 3,820,000
Pokemon Ranger - 2,610,000
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness - 1,540,000
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Today's NPD sales numbers reveal that Bungie's Halo 3 was the best selling game in the United States in 2007, with a whopping 4.82 million copies sold. Nipping at Master Chief's heels was Nintendo's own Wii Play. It sold through a staggering 4.12 million units to the masses.

01. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - 4,820,000
02. Wii Play with Remote (Wii) - 4,120,000
03. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 3,040,000
04. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) - 2,720,000
05. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 2,520,000
06. Pokemon Diamond (DS) - 2,480,000
07. Madden NFL 08 (PS2) - 1,900,000
08. Guitar Hero II (PS2) - 1,890,000
09. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360) - 1,870,000
10. Mario Party 8 (Wii) - 1,820,000
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January 11 - Nintendo claims eight of the top ten selling games of 2007 in Japan, looking at the latest figures from Enterbrain, publisher of the Famitsu magazine.

Only Capcom's PSP title Monster Hunter Portable 2 and Square Enix's Dragon Quest IV manage to break Nintendo's hold on the top ten.

The list of Japan's Top 10 software of 2007, with their units sold, is posted at MCV.
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A report today from Jesse Divnich at the simExchange says Nintendo has turned casual games and gamers into the primary forces driving the videogame industry. Using data from the holiday 2007 shopping season, the firm said that one factor in the industry's growth has been a larger-than-expected next-generation adoption rate among casual gamers. (GameDaily, 01/09/08)
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With the amount of Wii consoles sold in the Christmas rush, surely everyone is expecting Wii Play to top the chart...
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Nintendo's DS Brain Training games have topped the charts in both Spain and Germany.

Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training is at number one in Spain, with sequel More Brain Training taking the coveted spot in Germany.

Neither the Spanish or German top ten has any PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 games, with Wii, PlayStation 2 and DS the dominant formats.

The top ten for each country follows:

Spain, week ended December 9

1. More Brain Training (DS)

2. WWE Smackdown Vs RAW 2008 (PS2)

3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2)

4. Imagina Ser Mama (DS)

5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS)

6. Imagina Ser Disenadora De Moda (DS)

7. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)

8. Mario Party (DS)

9. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)

10. WWE Smackdown Vs RAW 2008 (PSP)

Germany, week ended December 2

1. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)

2. More Brain Training (DS)

3. High School Musical - Sing It (PS2)

4. Need for Speed Pro Street (PS2)

5. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

6. FIFA 08 (PS2)

7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC)

8. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

9. Wii Play (Wii)

10. Need for Speed Pro Street (PC)
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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
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The official NPD numbers are in for September, and the Xbox 360 swept, even beating out the Nintendo Wii for that month.

We think it has something to do with Halo 3.

Here are the hard Numbers, from industry analysts at the NPD Group:

Hardware

Xbox 360: 527,800
Wii: 501,000
Nintendo DS: 495,800
PlayStation Portable: 284,500
PlayStation 2: 215,000
Playstation 3: 119,400
Game Boy Advance: 75,000
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Nintendo revealed six first party-published Wii games that have sold over a million copies worldwide on October 26. IGN reports five out of the six:

1. Wii Sports: 11.1 million
2. Wii Play: 6.3 million
3. Mario Party 8: 2.9 million
4. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree: 1.8 million
5. Mario Strikers Charged: 1.3 million

IGN has apparently made an error and omitted the sixth title. According to user comments at IGN and Wikipedia, the missing title could be either The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3.61 million), Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (1.82 million), or Super Paper Mario (1.74 million).
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The unthinkable has happened, Wii Play has finally been knocked off the top of the Wii charts...
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has appealed to UK gamers to vote for their favourite titles in the PC World Gamers' Award.

The category is the only one at this year's BAFTA 2007 Video Game Awards that will be decided by the public. Closing date for an entry is Wednesday 17th October 2007. The winner will be announced at Battersea Evolution in Battersea Park, London on Tuesday, October 23.

The full PC World Gamers' Award shortlist features 8 titles:

* Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training on DS (Nintendo)
* FIFA 07 on PS2 (EA Sports)
* Football Manager 2007 on PC (Sega)
* Gears of War on Xbox 360 (Microsoft)
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on PSP (Take-Two)
* Resistance: Fall of Man on PS3 (Sony)
* Wii Play on Nintendo Wii (Nintendo)

Entrants may cast their vote online at www.obsessedwithgames.co.uk. All voters are eligible to win a range of prizes, including four pairs of tickets to the awards show, a day at EA's development studios, a PS3, and an Xbox 360.
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American chart for week ending 11th August 2007 is released and as you can see, EA's high profile Wii game Boogie didn't have a strong debut (the reason behind PS2 version rumors?) and couldn't get to top 10 which is dominated by Nintendo.
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Software and hardware sales in the US from VGchartz. Guitar Hero II takes the number one spot for software sales while the Nintendo DS was the best-seller for hardwares.

Hardware: Console Weekly Total
DS - 140,151 (-4%) 13,730,938
Wii - 95,171 (-3%) 3,974,505
PSP - 59,483 (-9%) 8,864,934
PS2 - 54,701 (-10%) 44,524,847
PS3 - 43,498 (-4%) 1,738,147
X360 - 34,174 (+5%) 6,607,403
GBA - 23,725 (-0%) 40,768,173
GC - 1,656 (-2%) 12,697,057
Xbox - 11 (-58%) 15,933,106
Total 452,570
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GamerSquad just stumbled across the Wii Billiards controller. Available at the Hong Kong-based Goldenshop for $13 (£6.50 / €10), plus postage and packaging, the Wii Billiards cue now almost certainly tops the league table of futile, ineffectual add-on tat that produced on a seemingly daily basis for Nintendo's little white box. Boo!
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