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November 28th, 2009 at 02:30pm
Under Xbox 360
According to Microsoft, nearly two million Xbox Live users logged into Facebook through the console’s new built-in social media applications. Based on a vague estimate provided by Microsoft, it appears that around ten percent of all Xbox Live Gold accounts used the application within its first week of availability; however, it’s possible many of those users only logged in to see the new feature in action.
Microsoft also stated the addition of Last.fm — a music streaming service currently only available for US and UK gamers — prompted nearly one million new profile activations. In its first week, Last.fm users streamed “more than 120 million minutes” of music to their Xbox 360 consoles. If we’ve learned one thing from these numbers, it’s that people love to click on shiny new boxes.
Microsoft reveals usage stats for Facebook, Last.fm originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 12:00am
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Stat-tracking firms The Nielsen Company and Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) are teaming up to deliver “unprecedented insight into the video games industry.” Nielsen’s data, which has brought plenty of controversy on its own, will be integrated into EEDAR’s GamePulse subscription service. Nielsen gathers its data from 1,200 “active gamers” through a weekly survey, while EEDAR data mines and organizes using various categories.
The data will be combined beginning in March of 2010 and be available to both Nielsen Video Game Tracking and EEDAR subscribers. This may not mean much to the average gamer, but to stat-obsessed executives and folks in marketing departments, this is like licking triple-chocolate ice cream covered in bacon and honey.
Nielsen and EEDAR join forces to provide ‘unprecedented’ game tracking data originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 27th, 2009 at 11:00am
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Source: NPD Group; via Gamasutra
If you’re like us — and, we figure after all these years we’ve been secretly brainwashing you, you are — then the recent console price cuts were met with your curiosity over how these discounts would affect the vast gaming sales landscape. Fortunately, Gamasutra has posted a chart (using NPD figures) that measures how the price cuts altered two factors: each console’s average sale price during the month of September and its year-to-date sales (through September).
This first figure proves the most telling about how the market reacted to the slashed prices. For instance, the average price at which PS3s were purchased in September was a flat $300; meaning an overwhelming majority of buyers responded favorably to the discount. Though the price of the Wii didn’t get cut until the last week of September, the console’s average price dropped to $218 — also indicative of a reactionary market surge. The average Xbox 360 purchased price, however, actually increased by a buck to $261. By Gamasutra’s calculations, folks purchased three Elites ($300) for every Arcade model ($200) sold during the month.
The PS3 was the top-selling console in September, which is the first time it’s ever managed a first-place sales finish. It’s still in last place in the 2009 year-to-date totals, though, and Sony’s system would need to outsell Xbox 360 by about 35,000 units every week until the end of the year to break even with its competitor. Passing up the Wii, however, would require an act of divine intervention — Nintendo’s console is currently sitting on YTD sales of 4 million, which is more than twice the total of PS3 sales.
Gamasutra breaks down console sales in light of price cuts originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 8th, 2009 at 01:00am
Under Wii / Nintendo
Though it may not yet include all of September, Kotaku’s monthly monitoring of the most played Wii titles still provides some interesting insights. For one, it seems that Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the best bang for your gaming buck, as users are STILL sinking an average of 71 minutes into the game monthly.
We’re surprised to see Wii Sports Resort’s absence (thought it was perhaps hampered by the lack of September’s second half), but we’re even more intrigued to learn that Rune Factory: Frontier is apparently way more engrossing than we could have ever imagined.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl still tops Wii usage list originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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