Category Archives: PS2

Media Create has released its weekly retail chart and Pokemon + Nobunaga’s Ambition scored the top spot topped it for DS with 172,027 units moved. On the hardware end, 3DS sales fell 4,934 units over last week but still maintained its number one position.

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Sony has updated the European end of the PlayStation Store, and for those who’ve yet to get their hands on a copy of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, you’ll get the chance to download it through the service on Friday.

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Resident Evil 3: Nemesis scenario writer Yasuhisa Kawamura is “ashamed” that Shinji Mikami had to step in to turn his “Hook Man” version of Resident Evil 4 on its head.

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Sony Online Entertainment will shutter four of its games, including EverQuest Online Adventures.

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Studio Cambridge PS2 cult classic Primal will launch as a PS2 PSN game on the US PS Store today, with an EU release expected to happen tomorrow.

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Ghostlight has announced it will release Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga II on the European PlayStation Network “in the near future”. The PS2 RPGs differ from the usual Shin Megami Tensei formula in that the party transforms into demons rather than summon them, and the pair is an important addition to any fan’s collection. Shin Megami Tensei is Atlus’ most well-known property, a cross-media franchise which also includes the Persona series and, arguably, spin-off Catherine.

Thanks, Siliconera.

Suikoden and Gravity Daze were big sellers in Japan for the week ending February 12, according to the latest Media Create figures, and while the former provided PSP with a slight boost in sales over the week prior, the later didn’t help Vita sell any extra systems.

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The version of Dead or Alive 2 Tecmo published for PS2 was incomplete, driving franchise creator Tomonobu Itagaki to found an independent studio.

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Resident Evil: Revelations topped Media Create’s software charts this week, after debuting in second place to Armored Core V last week. On the hardware side of things, Vita’s rebound the week prior was short-lived, as sales of the handheld fell 1,801 units week-over-week.

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New Sony boss Kaz Hirai has made no bones about it: he wants PlayStation to be in the number spot in the industry.

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Capcom’s finally placed a date in stone for the Japanese release of Resident Evil/Biohazard: Operation Raccoon City. The Slant Six shooter will launch in the country on April 26 for ¥6990. A limited edition will also be on sale through eCapcom for ¥9,490 that will contain a 40-page Raccoon City concept guide book, a Raccoon City Secret Report DVD and more, as well as the game.

Andriasang has more deeds. ORC launches in Europe on March 23 for PS3 and 360. Watch some new footage of it here.

PS Vita have rebounded slightly in Japan after week-over-week declines since launch, and the new handheld should send Namco a thank you card for the resurgence, as it was due to Tales of Innocence R’s debut which did it. Over on Media Create’s weekly software chart, the Tales game wasn’t the only debut in the top three, as Armored Core V and Resident Evil Revelations took the number one and second place spots, respectively.

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PS Vita sales in Japan continued to decline last week according to Media Create’s weekly sales chart. The system moved 15,219 units, which is 3,142 units less than the prior week, and is the system’s lowest sales period since it launched in the region during December.

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Sony looks set to release Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as PS2 Classics on PSN, according to recent ESRB ratings. As noted by Siliconera, San Andreas wasn’t rated, however. Sony Computer Entertainment America is shown as the publishers in the ratings, not Rockstar. PS2 downloadable classics have been available since last year in the US, but have yet to make the jump to Europe.

PS Vita sales showed a drastic decline on Media Create’s weekly sales chart with only 18,361 units moved, a 57% decline over the 42,648 units sold last week. On the software end, Namco’s Super Robot Taise OG Saga Masou Kishin II moved 81,996 units for its debut on PSP.

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Media Create figures have shown Nintendo dominated 2011 with monster sales of 3DS and Mario Kart 7.

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“What I find at SCE is that we’ve lots of passionate and committed people. But there’s definitely an opportunity to up the pace of our competitiveness. We still have a bit of a hangover – at least in the UK company – from the days of being market dominant [with PS2]. I don’t think we are as sharp as we can be. There’s room for improvement there. So it’s not change everything, but it is turn up the dial, and learn to compete.” – SCE UK’s new boss Fergal Gara to MCV.

2K has announced the return of its rather popular $1 Million Perfect Game Challenge, which will see eight finalists competing in a live MLB 2K12 tournament to win mega-money.

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3DS continued to dominate Media Create’s weekly sales chart moving 240,819 units which is a 20% increase over the week prior. Monster Hunter 3G crossed the 1 million units sold mark during the week, making it the third 3DS and first third-party title to do so.

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PlayStation Vita sales have suffered for a second week, seeing another decline and even beaten by PSP again.

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