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After announcing in November last year that more than 500,000 “active players” since releasing in Russia last summer, Wargaming.net said today the free-to-play MMO has now hit 1 million registrations.

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Move sold over 1 million units in its first month on sale in North America, SCEA’s confirmed.

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Microsoft’s pushed through the 1 million mark with Xbox 360 in Australasia. Woo.

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Microsoft Australia head Jeremy Hinton said in Sydney this week that Xbox 360 is expected to pass the 1 million mark in the country in 2009.

“We [Microsoft] expect to hit a million Xbox 360 consoles sold across Australia and New Zealand by the end of this year,” he told Gamespot.

“We’re confident we can reach this goal with the console’s current price point and the new experiences we’re bringing through Xbox Live such as Movies on Demand, Facebook and Twitter.”

There’s still a good way to go, however.

“We’ve just hit 700, 000 consoles sold in Australia, and we’re now finding that it’s the fastest growing console down under,” Hinton added.

More through there.

Standalone sales of Wii MotionPlus are already close to 1 million in Europe, Nintendo said today.

The peripheral has been bundled with the likes of million-selling Wii Sports Report, but “separate sales” of the add-on “have exceeded 936k sales across Europe since its launch,” according to a press release issued this morning.

MotionPlus launched on June 12 in Europe.

Nintendo just confirmed that Wii Sports Resort has now sold more than 1 million units in Europe.

It was confirmed overnight that the game had hit the same tide-mark in Japan.

The company issued the following image to prove its European point this morning. Look at the blue line rather unfortunately tagged “Wii Sports Resort Cum”.

PR after the break.

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Nintendo’s confirmed that Wii Sports Resort has passed the million mark in Japan.

The game, which is packaged with Wii MotionPlus, was released on June 25 in the country.

Capcom’s confirmed that Monster Hunter Tri, the latest in the unstoppable co-op RPG series, has now shipped more than 1 million units for Wii.

The IP in total has now shipped more than 10 million units.

Expect to see a Monster Hunter-Dragon Quest face-off in the Japanese charts in the next few weeks. Looks as though the former’s going straight in at the top.

THQ boss Brian Farrell just confirmed that Red Faction: Guerrilla has now sold more than 1 million units.

The news came as part of the firm’s Q1 earnings conference call.

Farrell held the game up as an example of the company’s commitment to quality: the firm’s games are achieving an MC average rating of 84 percent this year, compared to a 80 percent last year.

Nintendo just confirmed that DSi’s now sold over 1 million units in Europe, apparently five weeks faster that DS lite took to hit the milestone.

The machine launched on April 3.

Press release after the break.

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Microsoft said this morning it’s to hand out 1 million Microsoft Points in celebration of Xbox 360 reaching 1 million units in the territory.

The news comes as part of Microsoft’s spring showcase in Tokyo, which is ongoing. More bombshells as they happen.

According to Famitsu, Xbox 360 has now sold more than 1 million units in Japan.

The consoles sold 1,001,191 units as of March 29.

Xbox 360 went on sale in Japan on December 10, 2005.

By comparison, PS3′s at the 3 million mark in Japan since releasing on November 11, 2006.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Seven DS games have sold more than 10 million units, Nintendo said yesterday, with 83 titles now having sold more than 1 million copies.

The seven to break the 10 million mark are Nintendogs, New Super Mario Bros. Brain Age, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl, Mario Kart DS, Brain Age 2, and Animal Crossing: Wild World.

Nintendo confirmed last night that DS has now shipped more than 100 million hardware units worldwide.

Thanks, Gamespot.

Who needs a tiny camera in their DS? A million Japanese people, apparently.

IGN’s reporting that DSi has now sold more than 1 million units in Japan, based on Enterbrain figures.

The handheld revision beat the milestone yesterday, December 21.

It launched in Japan on November 1, and will release in both the US and Europe next year.

Ubi Montreal shooter Far Cry 2 has cleared more than 1 million units since it released at the end of October.

“[The game] is well on track to achieve our expectations for the year,” said Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.

“The holiday quarter is off to a solid start with the successful launch.”

The game topped the US PC charts in its launch week and was only beaten off the UK all-formats by Fable II.

According to this Gamekyo report, GFK’s confirmed that PS3′s hit 1 million sales in France.

There’s little detail there, but apparently “5 million of games and peripherals” have also been sold since the machine launched in the France in 2007.

Konami’s announced that Metal Gear Online has more than 1 million “members” worldwide.

To commemorate the milestone, the company is to launch the imaginatively titled, Metal Gear Online: Commemorative Campaign.

Beginning on November 25, those who access the game will receive award points, which can be used to buy new online gear from the “in-game reward shop.”

Press release after the break.

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EA’s announced that Spore’s gone through the 1 million sales mark.

“Spore is a hit,” said EA Games president Frank Gibeau.

“Will Wright’s latest delivers an incredibly diverse game that appeals to casual gamers and the core alike.

“We’re off to a great start moving into the holiday season and believe Spore will deliver a platform of creativity for gamers of all stripes for years to come.”

The millions total sales from the PC, Mac and DS versions.

Spore launched at the beginning of September.

According to this GoNintendo piece, more than 1 million Wiis have now been sold in Germany. Lots of German Wiis, right there.

The story’s from Gamefront originally.

SCEE just sent out invites for a 1 million PS3 party in London, obviously celebrating the fact PS3 went through a major sales milestone yesterday. These “million” parties are legendary: PS2 had many. It’s being held on February 28. Watch this space for all the gossip on February 29. Now, there was this time at the 5 million PS2 party, and we were having a quiet chat with Chris Deering…