iPhone Chart Toppers: Final Fantasies [Igaming]

Both Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II hit the charts this week, taking the number one and number nine spots. But which is which? Here’s the full list: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews . Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Final Fantasy (Square Enix) $8.99 1 — 2 Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap Games) $2.99 1 10 3 Monopoly (EA) $4.99 2 10 4 Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front (Gameloft) $7.99 1 — 5 All-In-1 Gamebox (Triniti Interactive Limited) $.99 2 6 6 Call of Duty: World at War Zombies (Activision) $9.99 8 2 7 Bejeweled 2 (PopCap Games) $2.99 25 4 9 Final Fantasy II (Square Enix) $8.99 1 — 10 Rock Band (EA) $6.99 4 3

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Sony: Heavy Rain Selling "Incredibly Well," No Need For PS4 Yet [Sony]

Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Jack Tretton seems incredibly pleased with Heavy Rain’s reception with PlayStation 3 owners, saying that the newly released game’s pre-sales were “off the charts,” underscoring that there’s no need yet for a PlayStation 4. Tretton tells Fast Company that the next generation of the PlayStation family won’t arrive until there’s a clear need for it. And with the PS3 just now hitting its stride three-plus years in, when the traditional console cycle is past the halfway mark, Tretton says, there’s still plenty of life left in the console. “When somebody can craft the technology that exceeds what we’re able to do on the PS3, but we are still just starting to harness it,” Tretton argues. “I don’t know what the percentage would be, but we’ve clearly just scratched the surface in the PS3. You’re just starting to see games like Little Big Planet, Uncharted 2, and Final Fantasy XIII, that are really taking advantage of the technology. You are going to see more and more value and more and more innovation across the board.” Jack’s also pretty please with the annual “Year of the PS3″ claims. Not from Sony, mind you, but from other folks. So which year is it again? Sony Computer Entertainment CEO on Motion Controls and the Year of the PlayStation 3 [Fast Company]

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Sony: Heavy Rain Selling "Incredibly Well," No Need For PS4 Yet [Sony]

Sony: Heavy Rain Selling "Incredibly Well," No Need For PS4 Yet [Sony]

Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Jack Tretton seems incredibly pleased with Heavy Rain’s reception with PlayStation 3 owners, saying that the newly released game’s pre-sales were “off the charts,” underscoring that there’s no need yet for a PlayStation 4. Tretton tells Fast Company that the next generation of the PlayStation family won’t arrive until there’s a clear need for it. And with the PS3 just now hitting its stride three-plus years in, when the traditional console cycle is past the halfway mark, Tretton says, there’s still plenty of life left in the console. “When somebody can craft the technology that exceeds what we’re able to do on the PS3, but we are still just starting to harness it,” Tretton argues. “I don’t know what the percentage would be, but we’ve clearly just scratched the surface in the PS3. You’re just starting to see games like Little Big Planet, Uncharted 2, and Final Fantasy XIII, that are really taking advantage of the technology. You are going to see more and more value and more and more innovation across the board.” Jack’s also pretty please with the annual “Year of the PS3″ claims. Not from Sony, mind you, but from other folks. So which year is it again? Sony Computer Entertainment CEO on Motion Controls and the Year of the PlayStation 3 [Fast Company]

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Sony: Heavy Rain Selling "Incredibly Well," No Need For PS4 Yet [Sony]

Sony: Heavy Rain Selling "Incredibly Well," No Need For PS4 Yet [Sony]

Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Jack Tretton seems incredibly pleased with Heavy Rain’s reception with PlayStation 3 owners, saying that the newly released game’s pre-sales were “off the charts,” underscoring that there’s no need yet for a PlayStation 4. Tretton tells Fast Company that the next generation of the PlayStation family won’t arrive until there’s a clear need for it. And with the PS3 just now hitting its stride three-plus years in, when the traditional console cycle is past the halfway mark, Tretton says, there’s still plenty of life left in the console. “When somebody can craft the technology that exceeds what we’re able to do on the PS3, but we are still just starting to harness it,” Tretton argues. “I don’t know what the percentage would be, but we’ve clearly just scratched the surface in the PS3. You’re just starting to see games like Little Big Planet, Uncharted 2, and Final Fantasy XIII, that are really taking advantage of the technology. You are going to see more and more value and more and more innovation across the board.” Jack’s also pretty please with the annual “Year of the PS3″ claims. Not from Sony, mind you, but from other folks. So which year is it again? Sony Computer Entertainment CEO on Motion Controls and the Year of the PlayStation 3 [Fast Company]

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NPD Top 20 Shows How MAG, Bayonetta Fared In January [Only In The U.s.]

Well-read sales analysis enthusiasts are already well aware that some of January’s most anticipated games did not become January’s bestselling games . While some new properties, like THQ’s Darksiders, managed a top ten showing, some settled for the top 20. Gamasutra ’s monthly, more in-depth and less instant analysis of the month’s bestselling games shows that two of January’s bigger names, Sega’s Bayonetta and Sony’s MAG, managed to find a place near the top of the charts, but did not perform well enough for top ten bragging rights. Bayonetta managed to score somewhere above 100,000 sales on the Xbox 360, with the PlayStation 3 version not charting, moving less than 100,000. Whether that’s good or bad is up to Sega and PlatinumGames, but we were hoping for better for the game, given its three weeks worth of sales. MAG managed to outsell Bayonetta with only five days on the market, potentially good news for Zipper Interactive and fans of the PS3 shooter. Not as good as Mass Effect 2, which released the same day in the U.S., but not a bad start. There’s more to all this NPD data analyzing than just focusing on individual games that succeeded to varying degrees, which you can read at Gamasutra. NPD: Behind the Numbers, January 2010 [Gamasutra]

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iPhone Chart Toppers: Plants Vs. Crazy Zombies [Igaming]

It’s Zombie week again here on iPhone Chart Toppers. The release of $5 add-on pack of Verruckt pushed Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies back to the top of the charts, and Plants Vs. Zombies managed to hit the number nine spot this week despite going live just late last night for $3. Yes, they’re both that good. Here’s the full list: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews . Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Call of Duty: World at War Zombies (Activision) $9.99 6 3 2 Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Games) $9.99 3 2 3 Rock Band (EA) $6.99 3 1 4 Bejeweled 2 (PopCap Games) $2.99 23 4 5 The Sims 3 (EA) $6.99 22 7 6 Doodle Jump (Lima Sky) $.99 4 6 7 GT Racing: Motor Academy (Gameloft) $6.99 1 — 8 Tetris (EA) $4.99 22 8 9 Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap Games) $2.99 1 – 10 Words With Friends (Newtoy Inc) $2.99 1 —

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iPhone Chart Toppers: Plants Vs. Crazy Zombies [Igaming]

iPhone Chart Toppers: Plants Vs. Crazy Zombies [Igaming]

It’s Zombie week again here on iPhone Chart Toppers. The release of $5 add-on pack of Verruckt pushed Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies back to the top of the charts, and Plants Vs. Zombies managed to hit the number nine spot this week despite going live just late last night for $3. Yes, they’re both that good. Here’s the full list: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews . Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Call of Duty: World at War Zombies (Activision) $9.99 6 3 2 Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Games) $9.99 3 2 3 Rock Band (EA) $6.99 3 1 4 Bejeweled 2 (PopCap Games) $2.99 23 4 5 The Sims 3 (EA) $6.99 22 7 6 Doodle Jump (Lima Sky) $.99 4 6 7 GT Racing: Motor Academy (Gameloft) $6.99 1 — 8 Tetris (EA) $4.99 22 8 9 Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap Games) $2.99 1 – 10 Words With Friends (Newtoy Inc) $2.99 1 —

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iPhone Chart Toppers: Plants Vs. Crazy Zombies [Igaming]

iPhone Chart Toppers: Plants Vs. Crazy Zombies [Igaming]

It’s Zombie week again here on iPhone Chart Toppers. The release of $5 add-on pack of Verruckt pushed Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies back to the top of the charts, and Plants Vs. Zombies managed to hit the number nine spot this week despite going live just late last night for $3. Yes, they’re both that good. Here’s the full list: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews . Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Call of Duty: World at War Zombies (Activision) $9.99 6 3 2 Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Games) $9.99 3 2 3 Rock Band (EA) $6.99 3 1 4 Bejeweled 2 (PopCap Games) $2.99 23 4 5 The Sims 3 (EA) $6.99 22 7 6 Doodle Jump (Lima Sky) $.99 4 6 7 GT Racing: Motor Academy (Gameloft) $6.99 1 — 8 Tetris (EA) $4.99 22 8 9 Plants Vs. Zombies (PopCap Games) $2.99 1 – 10 Words With Friends (Newtoy Inc) $2.99 1 —

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Japan Is Still Big Portable Country [Console Taisen]

In Japan, the PSP and Nintendo DS platforms are still outselling the home console competition. And it’s the bigger versions of each portable platform, the standard PSP-3000 and Nintendo DSi LL, that Japan’s buying more of. Sony’s PlayStation Portable once again tops the charts, thanks to strong sales of God Eater and the three-way split of the Nintendo DS platform. Combined, the DS would have sold some 52,000-plus units, but that’s not how sales tracker Media Create does it. This week’s hardware chart looks a lot like last week’s, but here are the finer details for the week of February 1 to 7. PSP – 43,163 Wii – 36,149 Nintendo DSi LL – 28,080 PlayStation 3 – 25,450 Nintendo DSi – 19,116 Nintendo DS Lite – 5,410 Xbox 360 – 3,651 PlayStation 2 – 2,047 PSP go – 1,738

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Japan Gaga for God Eater

Namco Bandai Monster Hunter killer tops the charts in first week.

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