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List of top-selling games points at changing trends in game sales
At seeing the list of top-selling games for 2007, the first thing I saw that made me scour the internet for confirmation was that Wii Play took the #2 spot. I know it has been out since February 12, 2007, and had more time to collect sales, but come on. This game got mediocre reviews across the board, and Mario Party 8 didn’t fair a lot better.
Where is Bioshock? Where is Forza 2? Where is The Orange Box? Where are all the games that we hardcore gamers look for? Well son, the times they are a changing. I think the Seth Scheisel, of the NY Times has hit this one on the head: critically praised single-player games that appeal to hardcore gamers are being outsold by multiplayer games that appear to a less hard-core audience (and critics).
Take a look at the list…
Opinion: Recalls highlight political correctness conundrum
Friday the 13th (July 2007) marked the unlucky release of Nintendo’s Mario Party 8 in the UK where copies were quickly recalled after it was discovered that the game contained the word “spastic.” June 2007, Ubisoft recalled the DS game Mind Quiz in the UK for the same reason. Spokespersons for the companies involved were quick to apologize for the inclusion of the word and edited versions of Mario Party 8 quickly replaced the rouge American versions.
Political correctness has always been something of a double edged sword. On the one hand it…
Mario Party 8 breaks Wii sales records
Nintendo has announced that Mario Party 8 is the fastest selling title on the Wii, with 550,000 copies sold in the US since it’s launch on May 29, 2007. The first Wii-specific title in the Mario Party franchise may have received a lukewarm critical reception but that hasn’t stopped it from flying off the store shelves.
The game itself is a mini-game centric party title, featuring characters from …
NPD’s US videogames sales report for May 2007
Nintendo takes four of the top five spots in NPD Group’s May 2007 sales report, the with the top spot remaining Pokémon Diamond which sold more than 331.2 thousand units in the US. Activision’s Spider-Man 3 broke the streak to grab the number 3 slot and, with the help of Mario Party 8, break up the Diamond and Pearl Pokémon duo.
Read more for console sales numbers for May 2007…
