Sales Chart US: Modern Warfare kills on the field.

November Sales Figure

Three months on, Master Chief is still in the top 10. But guns still rule the top of the chart. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare came in at number 1, killing the rest of the field. Super Mario Galaxy came second, while Assassin's Creed is the highest ranking new IP in 3rd. No chart should be completed without at least one Guitar game.

Overall, US spent $2.63 billion in November and with Christmas shopping as well, that figure is still to soar, now that's a lot of money.

1. Call of Duty 4 (Xbox 360, Activision) - 1.57 million
2. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo) - 1.12 million
3. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360, Ubisoft) - 980k
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (PlayStation 2, Neversoft/Budcat/Activision) 967k
5. Wii Play w/remote (Wii, Nintendo) - 564k
6. Mass Effect (Xbox 360, Microsoft) - 473k
7. Call of Duty 4 (PS3, Activision) - 444k
8. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (Wii, Neversoft/Vicarious Visions/Activision) - 426k
9. Halo 3 (Xbox 360, Microsoft) - 387k
10. Assassin's Creed (PS3, Ubisoft) - 377k

Console War VII: Battle for America

Everything is on the ups, with DS taking charge in November, selling over 1.5 million units. Something that still struck me as odd is PS2 still doing better than PS3. Why oh why? Oh wait, I know. That's because PS3 doesn't have any 'must have' exclusive games. Games like COD4, Assassin's Creed are all multiplatform. So why bother getting a PS3 when you can play the same thing on the cheaper Xbox 360?

Nintendo DS - 1.53 million
Wii - 981,000
Xbox 360 - 770,000
PSP - 567,000
PlayStation 2 - 496,000
PlayStation 3 - 466,000

Market share for the month

DS vs PSP
72.96% vs 27.04%

Wii vs XB vs PS3
44.25% vs 34.73% vs 21.02%

Source: Gamasutra

Pikachu, I choose you.... on second thought, maybe not.

As if Pikachu has entered the Hall of Mirrors, this Pikachu has turned into Evangelion Unit 04 or something. This is one Pokemon I don't want to catch. Are they trying to scare little kids away?



Source: Kotaku

DDR on growth hormone

Well, not quite. Konami is introducing Groove Motion DDR for the fitness conscious people out there. It's not your ordinary DDR either, with six different fitness programs like yoga and martial arts-style exercises. A mat is used, but you also wear a motion sensor belt (is there anything that's not motion sensor nowadays? Wiimote, SIXIXAXIXIS...) that will monitor things like calories that can be counted as scores.

You probably won't find it in arcade anytime soon. But if you ever come across a Konami fitness centre, make sure to try one. Yes, Konami operates fitness centres.

Source: Famitsu [via Kotaku]

Kyoto schools introduce Nintendo DS into classes

Starting 21 May 07, all 2nd year students in all the secondary schools in the city of Yawata in Kyoto will have a DS. No, it's not for playing Mario Kart. The DS is introduced as an educational teaching tools for English.

A successful trial run with a group of 3rd year students was held over 5 months with the 'game' Chuugaku Eitango Target 1800 DS. Apparently, the vocabulary of the students increased by an average of 40% over the 5 months. Seeing the improvement, they decided to introduce it to all 2nd year secondary school students in the city.

Well, good luck finding a DS at the moment in Japan, as they are still sold out everywhere. So are they going to get a student discount on a video game console?

Come on, what do we have to do to get some Japanese trainers?

Source: Insertcredit, Mainichi