We’ve already told you that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has made a lot of money. We just want to rub it in your face. In addition to the $400M the game made the first day of it’s release, over the next four days it made an additional $375 million. So, if you’re a [...]
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Modern Warfare 3 Sells A Lot of Copies
November 12th, 2011
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I know it seems like every year we write a story about how the Call of Duty franchise has broken sales records. That’s because they do so quite often. So why would this year be any different? Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has beaten out its predecessor, Black Ops, by selling over $400 million [...]
3DS Sets Sales Record
March 30th, 2011
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Nintendo has reported that the launch of the Nintendo 3DS has brought the largest first day sales of any Nintendo hand-held system to date. The exact number has not been revealed to us yet, but the U.S. sales figures for its first week will be released on April 14th once the NPD gets all the [...]
Guinness: Kinect “Fastest Selling Consumer Electronic Device”
March 9th, 2011
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Just 2 months after Microsoft announced that Kinect had sold over 8 million units in its first 60 days on the market, Guinness came forward today stating that those are record-making type numbers. I say record-making because this is a new record; one that wasn’t on the books until today. As for the record itself, Gaz Deaves [...]
LittleBigPlanet 2 Sets 5 World Records
January 20th, 2011
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LittleBigPlanet 2 is known mostly for its high level of customization and user-generated content, but now it is gaining recognition for setting five Guinness World Records just two days after its release. From Monday, January 17th to Thursday, January 20th, fans of LBP2 (that’s what the cool kids call it) sat down in a marathon [...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Breaks First Day Sales Record
November 11th, 2010
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Activison made an announcement that they broke first day sales records for the second year in a row. Call of Duty: Black Ops, taking in roughly $360 million from sales in North American and the United Kingdom, is now the largest entertainment launch in history. It beat the record set by Call of Duty: Modern [...]
Steve Wiebe is the King of Kong Jr
February 17th, 2010
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If you’re reading this and have yet to see the excellent documentary The King of Kong, stop right now and go watch it. Seriously, right now. Those of you who have seen the movie already know about the rivalry between school teacher, Steve Wiebe, and arcade savant turned hot sauce mogul, Billy Mitchell. While Billy [...]