robio said:

Archangel3371 said:

Well someone's got to keep hope alive. You forgot the STD-free hookers.

If a hooker doesn't have STD's then she's no good. Just saying.

Hooker without STDs is like a happy meal without a toy!

gamingeek said:

WTF Microsoft?

This is only a proof of concept video, not actual completed tech. Looks like it would make you go blind. Distracting much?

The IllumiRoom is a pretty cool idea. It seems kind of like a mid-step to something really great.

Had a nasty bit of a stomach virus today, so I stayed home and played games all day...  

Started and finished Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, finally. Played a bit of BlOps2. A few hours of The Last Story. VERY enjoyable so far!

...and I will say this once again: IF YOU WERE ALIVE DURING THE 16-BIT ERA YOU MUST GET LA MULANA ! ! ! I played a good bunch of it today too, and WOW! So well done. So much like a Super NES game. VERY, VERY challenging, in a good way. The game DOES NOT hold your hand as you play. It will make you feel like you are 12 years old again, trying to figure out just what to do in the game. Very clever in the way it doles out Power-Ups and makes you research and read your way through the ruins. Now I get why they keep on calling it an Archeology Adventure! It's like castleVania. It's like Metroid. It's like Cave Story. It has bits of Indiana Jones in it. It's a whole world unto itself too, though. Not for those who want instant gratification, as this game will make you work for your progress, but if you love the classics or retro style games... GET. IT ! ! !

** Bliss **

NPD December!

XX. New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo, Wii U) - 337K

Lifetime Sales:
-Just Dance 3 (Wii) - 5 million
-NSMB2 (3DS) - 1.45 million
-NSMBU (Wii U) - 580K


Hardware:

Xbox 360: 1.4M (-17.6%) ["More than double the amount of the second place console in the U.S. in the month of December."]
3DS: 1.25M (-21.8%)
Wii: 475K (-55.2%)
DS: 470K (-25.4%)
Wii U: 460K [The Wii launch was 604K]

Nintendo News

Wii U Hardware Sales Surpass Wii Sales by More Than $30 Million through First Six Weeks

With more than 460,000 units sold in December, Wii U has now sold nearly 890,000 units in the United States after only 41 days on the market, according to the NPD Group. To date, Wii U hardware sales have generated more than $300 million in the U.S. alone; Wii hardware had generated just more than $270 million at the same point in its lifecycle.

“While the Wii launch established new benchmarks in the United States, Wii U has surpassed its predecessor in perhaps the most important category: revenue generation,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “The demand for the Deluxe SKU, which was essentially sold out at retail this holiday, and the strong attach rate of New Super Mario Bros. U, shows that we have the value and the games to drive momentum in 2013. We look forward to offering great new experiences and bringing smiles to millions of new faces throughout the year.”

Nintendo sold more than 2.65 million hardware units in the United States in the month of December. 2012 marked the 11th consecutive year that Nintendo has sold at least 8 million hardware units in the U.S. Other Nintendo sales milestones achieved in December 2012 and beyond that time frame, include:

• New Super Mario Bros. U has now sold more than 580,000 units, an attach rate of more than 65 percent.
• Nintendo 3DS sold more than 1.25 million units in December and has crossed 7.7 million units sold life to date.
• New Super Mario Bros. 2 became the fourth Nintendo 3DS title to surpass 1 million units sold in the U.S., and has now sold more than 1.45 million units life to date.
• Nintendo 3DS continues to outpace the historic sales rate of Nintendo DS.
• Wii sold nearly 475,000 units and crossed 40.8 million units sold life to date.
• Ubisoft’s Just Dance 3 became the 10th Wii title to sell more than 5 million units life to date.
• Nintendo DS sold nearly 470,000 units and crossed 53 million units sold life to date.

3DS and Wii U looking good when you look at it like that. 3DS will be fine, not sure about the Wii U yet.

3DS 3rd party

3DS SW 3rd party LTD

500k
angry birds (Yes it's no.1)
400k
ssf4
logo sw3
kh3d
sonic
300k
mario sonic
skylanders
logo potc
200k
re:r
asphalt
logo batman2
rayman
cars2
150k

OMG Angry Birds is the best selling wtf

So did you guys see the VR helmet?

Go to 20 min. I so want this, I have wanted VR since I was a kid. I really hope the final product is affordable and works with most games. The immesion factor is unmatched.

travo said:

Yes, the naval battles are tense.  I love them as we'll.  I haven't made it the parachute part yet.  Some days my play time slows to nothing.

But its right after the first naval battle, you must have done it or be right at it.

Dvader said:

Wii U sales in order of best to worst.

Wii U Dec

nsmbu
jd4
su
sonic
zombi
mickey
cod
skylanders
batman
nland
ac3
sing party
nfl
espn
wipeout
avengers
rabbid
nba
fifa

The formatting is hurting my miiiiind.

Dvader said:

So did you guys see the VR helmet?

Go to 20 min. I so want this, I have wanted VR since I was a kid. I really hope the final product is affordable and works with most games. The immesion factor is unmatched.

They are expensive, that Sony one was like £400.