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Kezins.com writes "In our effort to out-do the overrated "Wii Fit Girl", we're bringing you "Bikini Guitar Hero Girl". Check out this very hot chick in her bikini play Guitar Hero!"
Since it worked for Wii Fit Girl and Playboy's Jo Garcia, might as well give "Bikini Guitar Hero Girl" a shot.
VGChartz reports that their estimate for American hardware and software chart for week Ending July 19th, 2008 is as follows:
Total Hardware: [Last Week #]
Wii: 159,292 (+25%) [127,354]
DSL: 152,241 (-9%) [167,205]
360: 101,967 (+111%) [48,398]
PSP: 77,207 (+9%) [71,092]
PS3: 58,145 (-22%) [74,626]
PS2: 37,245 (+18%) [31,537]
Top 10 Software:
1 NCAA Football 09 (360) 290,627 290,627 [NEW]
2 Wii Sports (Wii) 159,292 12,956,112
3 NCAA Football 09 (PS3) 124,663 124,663 [NEW]
4 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 84,951 2,631,086
5 Wii Play (Wii) 77,134 6,692,795
6 NCAA Football 09 (PS2) 71,288 71,288
7 Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) 64,525 566,805
8 Wii Fit (Wii) 60,444 1,403,982
9 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 47,707 1,044,378
10 Battlefield: Bad Company (360) 40,501 427,639
Other New Releases:
11 NCAA Football 09 All-Play (Wii) 37,183 37,183 [NEW]
18 Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 (Wii) 30,906 30,906 [NEW]
Software Totals: [Last Week Total]
360: 1,172,174 (+31%) [897,260] Tie Ratio: 9.27
Wii: 1,089,920 (+20%) [906,285] Tie Ratio: 6.19
DSL: 993,109 (0%) [991,077] Tie Ratio: 4.35
PS3: 571,747 (+10%) [517,646] Tie Ratio: 6.45
PS2: 425,420 (+14%) [372,316] Tie Ratio: n/a
PSP: 256,700 (+17%) [219,909] Tie Ratio: 4.02
Michael McWhertor of Kotaku says,
"Additional 'spy' photos of the alleged PSP-3000 hardware update that we posted last night have come to our attention, again courtesy of the PSPChina.net message board. These shots show off what appears to be a working prototype of the PlayStation Portable, said to have built-in microphone support, among other alleged new functionality.
Hit the jump for exciting photos of the new thinner PSP ring, another look at the PS button and one more cosmetic change. While you do say, chant 'This is a rumor, this is a rumor.'"
Snake himself (the real-life, writerly version) is facing yet another threat (and this time, it's not from another Metal Gear prototype). He wants to write the Metal Gear Solid movie -yet Konami won't let him. You can help by putting down the PS3 controller (just wait for a cutscene), and signing David Hayter's online petition.
So your PS2's all but relegated to the attic since you're tired of rocking to last-generation consoles. What about the numerous PS2 accessories and peripherals you have collected over the years? Surely the vast numbers of memory cards can be recycled into something useful? Here's an interesting mod for avid DIY fans among you - it teaches you how to turn an old PS2 Memory Card into a USB flash drive. You will need a screwdriver, some sticky tape and dremel and a USB flash drive to transfer its innards over. Simple and effective!
The highly anticipated Soulcalibur IV takes the top spot on the cross-platform Gamefly Top Ten 'Most Queued' list. Following close behind is Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3/Xbox 360). Mario Super Sluggers is at the top of the Nintendo Wii Queue as well...
Queue up the complete Gamefly Top 10 most requested list:
Listen to Hirai chime in about that 10-year-life-cycle and keeping the last hardware generation alive, right after the jump!
Edge Online writes: "After more than a year and a half, Sony's PlayStation 3 has earned a moment in the sun: a non-holiday month selling over 400,000 systems and the exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4 at #1. In this month's analysis we look at:
-How MGS4 affected PS3 sales, along with MGS sales figures from the PS1 to the present
-How the Xbox 360 price cut could affect hardware sales in the near term
-The timing of Nintendo's successful software strategy
-An indication of how the industry might hit $25 billion for the year
Sean Hollister from GameCyte writes: Over three years in the making, and with just a single month before its commercial debut on August 31st, we thought we'd heard everything there was to hear about Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. The game's huge. It has online co-op. You can blow $#!^ up. But while exploring Pandemic Studios' next-gen playground of destruction at E3 2008, we noticed something new: lots and lots of billboards, with the word "Massive" embedded in placeholder text near the bottom of each.
E3 has finally comes to a close and this week the crew lays down their final verdict on the big three while still finding time to enjoy the latest games including Too Human, Civilization Revolution and Tales of Vesperia.
VG247: Koei just confirmed that Persona 3 FES will release for PS2 in Europe on October 17.
VGChartz runs us through the past week:
After a pretty big week for new software last week, Civilization Revolution was the top new debut for the week, at a respectable 117,000+ on Xbox 360, PS3 & DS.
Total hardware sales are up slightly from last week, led in raw units by Wii & DS and week over week increases by PS3 and PSP.
The major milestone for the week belongs to the Wii though. At 12,830,822 units lifetime in the Americas through the week ending July 12, 2008 Wii has topped Gamecube Americas sales.
Gamecube finished up its sales life earlier in 2008 at roughly 12.73 million. At 306,000 units of hardware sold for Wii & DS vs. 218,000 units sold for all other platforms Nintendo's momentum continues to build largely interrupted despite occasional Xbox 360 (Halo 3, price cut) and PS3 spikes (Metal Gear Solid 4, price cut).
Next week the mid-model Xbox 360 will be priced at $299, so there should be another short term spike. But with a quick phase out, it doesn't look like Microsoft plans on using the 'price cut' as a momentum changer. Until the next wave of price cuts and/or compelling software arrives to shake demand up a bit, the sales hierarchy should continue as is.
GamesRadar writes: "So E3's finally over for another year (for ever?) and we're left with tired eyes, full notebooks and - if you're a Nintendo fan - empty hearts. But how can we possibly sum up the mass of data in one easy-to-digest article?
Easy. We convert all the game data into sexy pie charts and give you the whole show in graphic form. Go on, try a slice."
From XboxOZ360:
""You know what?" mutters Edward Carnby (the protagonist of the game) after blowing up a vampire-bat-creating-blob, "I'm dreaming of a beer". Believe me, so was I.
Carnby himself actually says it best when Sarah, the obligatory sexy side-kick, says: "Just one more problem.", and he exasperatedly replies: "And I'm supposed to find this surprising?" No, unfortunately.
In this game the problems overshadow the brilliance, and the player ends up feeling that frustration too often darkens the fun."
VGChartz reports that their estimated worldwide hardware and software chart for week ending July 11th, 2008 is as follows:
Hardware Totals: [Last Week #]
DSL: 449,603 (+1%) [443,513]
Wii: 352,054 (+3%) [340,896]
PSP: 199,998 (+5%) [190,875]
PS3: 167,286 (+1%) [165,880]
360: 114,449 (-5%) [120,093]
PS2: 98,382 (-2%) [100,326]
Top 10 Software:
1 Wii Sports (Wii) 320,875 25,803,176
2 Wii Fit (Wii) 232,154 5,717,157
3 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (PS2) 202,338 202,338 [NEW]
4 Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon 2: Time / Darkness (DS) 183,001 2,657,998
5 Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) 164,609 6,225,950
6 Wii Play (Wii) 151,127 13,539,653
7 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 112,523 6,259,924
8 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 102,412 2,467,405
9 Battlefield: Bad Company (360) 85,489 566,274
10 Nintendogs (DS) 75,926 18,962,348
Other New Releases:
50 Legendary Stafy: Confrontation Daiiru Pirate Squad (DS) 28,775 28,775 [NEW]
Software Totals: [Last Week Total]
DSL: 2,062,173 (-3%) [2,123,072] Tie Ratio: 3.53
Wii: 2,009,423 (-9%) [2,214,017] Tie Ratio: 4.96
360: 1,239,121 (-9%) [1,366,508] Tie Ratio: 6.83
PS3: 930,669 (-13%) [1,075,268] Tie Ratio: 4.46
PS2: 728,624 (+9%) [669,377] Tie Ratio: n/a
PSP: 366,499 (-5%) [387,491] Tie Ratio: 2.09
VGChartz reports that their estimate for American hardware and software chart for week Ending July 12th, 2008 is as follows:
Total Hardware: [Last Week #]
DSL: 166,413 (+4%) [159,611]
Wii: 139,641 (+3%) [135,879]
PSP: 69,301 (+11%) [62,435]
PS3: 68,793 (+14%) [60,224]
360: 48,435 (-11%) [54,641]
Wii: 31,537 (-3%) [32,512]
Top 10 Software:
1 Wii Sports (Wii) 139,641 12,830,822
2 Wii Fit (Wii) 79,725 1,425,906
3 Wii Play (Wii) 74,917 6,615,661
4 Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (360) 69,571 69,571 [NEW]
5 Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) 67,798 502,280
6 Battlefield: Bad Company (360) 52,347 387,138
7 Unreal Tournament III (360) 48,756 48,756 [NEW]
8 Guitar Hero Aerosmith (PS2) 47,674 192,010
9 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) 39,889 980,221
10 Guitar Hero Aerosmith (360) 38,862 174,982
Other New Releases:
14 Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (PS3) 31,314 31,314 [NEW]
Software Totals: [Last Week Total]
DSL: 965,514 (-8%) [1,052,029] Tie Ratio: 4.32
Wii: 914,719 (-18%) [1,120,090] Tie Ratio: 6.18
360: 878,284 (-7%) [944,866] Tie Ratio: 9.25
PS3: 483,884 (-10%) [536,329] Tie Ratio: 6.42
PS2: 367,549 (-24%) [480,712] Tie Ratio: n/a
PSP: 219,409 (-7%) [234,700] Tie Ratio: 4.03
Welcome to New Releases for the Week!
The highlight this week is Final Fantasy IV on the Nintendo DS.
Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of July 20, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC! As always, release dates are subject to change.
Eidos published a new Tomb Raider Underworld teaser trailer. Enjoy.
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