The Xbox brand has never had much success in the land of the rising sun, but with the E3-launch of the 360’s Slim SKU, sales for the console have risen a whopping 800%. Last week’s figures indicate that Microsoft pushed 17,370 units (15,000 being Slim), a plateau not reached since the launch of Ace Combat […]
Before Modern Warfare 2 last year, and Grand Theft Auto IV before that, Microsoft and Bungie’s Halo 3 had the biggest advertising launch in entertainment history. And while their title has been usurped in the following years, the numbers of Master Chief’s final outing are still impressive. No one knows that more than Aaron Greenberg, […]
Bolstered no doubt by Blu-ray and DVD sales of its movie counterpart, the interactive version of James Cameron’s Avatar has sold a nonetheless surprising 2.7 million copies since its release late this year. Criticized for its lack of hype build-up and odd move of releasing two weeks before the film version, the sales of the […]
And Nintendo says that Apple can’t be a competitor in the handheld market. The iPad tablet has sold 1 million units in only 28 days, more than half the time it took the iPhone to perform the same sales feat (74 days.) Owners have already downloaded over 12 million applications from the App Store (5,000 […]