The PlayStation 2 passes 50 million units sold in the North American market
Guitar Hero III rakes in $1bn
Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith has claimed that 2007's Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has now surpassed a sales value of $1bn - a milestone the exec claims has never before been achieved by a single title.
Sony PS3 home is downloaded 3.4 million times and over $1 million in item sales. Sony also mentioned that the worldwide installed base of the PS3 and PSP now totals 63.1 million, meaning there is a huge potential for Home to continue to expand.
Console installed base reaches 22m in UK
The latest generation of home consoles - the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 - have a total installed base of 10 million units in the UK and Ireland.
UK households spend 6 hours gaming per week - survey
Deloitte has revealed that the average UK household plays over six hours of videogames each week. The survey, conducted with 2,023 consumers ages 14-75, further revealed that 55 per cent chose console gaming, while 30 per cent chose PC or Mac gaming.
Deloitte added that it had found that one quarter of households currently own a Nintendo Wii, with a further 24 per cent planning to buy one in the coming year.
"Gaming has been traditionally frowned upon by parents. However it is now considered 'family time' for many people aged between 26 and 42," said Jolyon Barker, head of technology, media and telecoms at Deloitte.
"Although interest declines after the age of 40 this could change as a generation of gamers grows up."
Wii Sales Driven by Women and Girls, says Ubisoft
Nintendo has done quite a bit in making their system appeal to females, and Ubisoft has done their fair share as well with brands like Imagine and Ener-G.
PS3 at $299 in April, Xbox 360 Price Cut to Follow
Leading analyst Michael Pachter has stated that Sony will drop the PS3's price to $299 this April, but Microsoft could also lower its MSRP on the Xbox 360.
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