14 Jun 09 QuickJump QuickPeek 76: Everything new: handhelds, controls, games, genre, babies and diplomas

I'm personally baffled and not all too keen about Koei Tecmo 's proposition of incentivizing their staff to expand their families. Maybe they do need the population in their headquarters' town. But what I am sure of is that the news and updates here at QJ are expanding and on their own, beyond the shadows of E3. The (post) event updates have considerably slowed down, but in its place are new items and updates to buzz about, like a new custom firmware , more PSP Go details, executives'

Tags: Buzz, Diplomas, Firmware, Genre, Handhelds, New Babies, New Games, News Updates, Population, Psp, Tecmo

12 Jun 09 System and game sales for May 2009 in the USA

May’s American video game sales data from the NPD is in, and like almost any month the past year, it shows an unchanged result: A Nintendo system on top, this time the DS and DSi handhelds outsold all other systems by a long shot. NPD analyst, Anita Frazier, had this to say: “The DS was the top-selling hardware platform for the month. There is a lot of new DS content coming to market this month for a wide variety of gamers, so we should see strong hardware sales continue.” Video game hardw

Tags: Anita, Frazier, Gamers, Handhelds, Hardware Platform, Hardware Sales, Nintendo System, Npd, Variety, Video Game Sales, Video Sales

12 Feb 09 January NPD: Industry up 13% over Jan. ‘08, handhelds down 80% from Dec.

Filed under: Nintendo DS , Sony PlayStation 2 , Sony PlayStation 3 , Sony PSP , Nintendo Wii , Microsoft Xbox 360 With the 2008 holiday season behind us, this month's NPD sales data brings with it figures showing the inevitable -- and dramatic -- decline in hardware sold for the month of January '09. For instance, last December the Nintendo DS was the top-selling platform, with 3.04 million units moved that month alone. This month? 511K were sold. (It was still the second best selli

Tags: Dramatic Decline, Handhelds, Holiday Season, Microsoft Xbox, Month Of January, Nintendo Ds, Nintendo Wii, Npd, Playstation 2, Playstation 2 Sony, Playstation 3, Psp, Selli, Sony Playstation, Sony Playstation 2, Sony Playstation 3, Sony Psp, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360