The 3DS remained Japan’s best-selling videogame system, according to Media Create data for the week ended Nov. 20. But sales slipped to 96,200 units from 104,000 the prior week (CED Nov 21 p11). Cumulative 3DS sales grew to an estimated 2.5 million in Japan, according to Media Create’s data. All weekly sales estimates are rounded to the nearest 100. The PS3 moved up one to No. 2 among videogame hardware systems, sales jumping to 41,100 from 22,900, likely helped by strong demand for the PS3 SKU of Activision’s game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, of which Square Enix published a subtitled version in Japan. The title easily became the best-selling videogame there its first week available, moving 180,400 copies. The PSP dipped one to No. 3 among videogame systems in Japan, but sales grew to 40,100 from 23,500. The Wii was again No. 4, sales growing to 13,600 from 11,800. The DSi LL remained No. 5, sales flat at 1,800. The Xbox 360 repeated at No. 6, sales growing to 1,800 from 1,500. The PS2 was again No. 7, sales flat at 1,300. The DSi remained No. 8, sales flat at 900. The DS Lite was again No. 9, sales again well below 100. Sega’s Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend for the PSP, the prior week’s No. 1 videogame, slid to No. 8 in its second week as sales tumbled to 30,000 from 184,700. Also beating it this time were two more new releases: Namco Bandai’s One Piece: Gigant Battle 2: New World for the DS, No. 2 with 116,100 sold, and Level-5’s Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, No. 3 with 67,000 sold. Nintendo’s Super Mario 3D Land for the 3DS remained No. 4 in its third week, but sales fell to 62,300 from 93,400. The PS3 version of THQ’s Saints Row: The Third was No. 5 in its first week, moving 36,200 copies.
Newegg expects the Xbox 360 will “take the lead in videogame console sales this holiday season,” spokeswoman Jenny Chai said. Sales of the 3DS, meanwhile, “picked up significantly since” the recent Nintendo price cut on the 3D handheld game system that lowered its price by $80 to $169.99 (CED July 29 p6), she said. The online retailer expects “to see strong sales” of the 3DS with the addition of Nintendo’s games Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario Land 3D this holiday season, she said. Mario Kart 7 is expected to ship Dec. 4 in the U.S. Super Mario Land 3D shipped Nov. 13.
Bargain-crazed consumers who don’t want to brave the cold and midnight hours Friday will have plenty of alternatives for shopping from the comfort of their own homes. In a year when retailers’ decisions to start Black Friday the instant Thanksgiving is over has resulted in some degree of consumer pushback, those who don’t venture out won’t have trouble landing their mouse on a deal. They may even score free shipping in the process, as Target, Best Buy, Kohl’s, Walmart, Sears, Tiger Direct, Buy.com, and others have instituted free shipping with minimum purchases.
Bargain-crazed consumers who don’t want to brave the cold and midnight hours Friday will have plenty of alternatives for shopping from the comfort of their own homes. In a year when retailers’ decisions to start Black Friday the instant Thanksgiving is over has resulted in some degree of consumer pushback, those who don’t venture out won’t have trouble landing their mouse on a deal. They may even score free shipping in the process, as Target, Best Buy, Kohl’s, Walmart, Sears, Tiger Direct, Buy.com, and others have instituted free shipping with minimum purchases.
On November 16, 2011, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls announced the following entity name and/or address change(s) for new DDTC license applications (see each notice for specific instructions for currently approved, pending, and new DSP authorizations and agreements, etc.):
On November 7-8, 2011, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls announced the following entity name and/or address change(s) for new DDTC license applications (see each notice for specific instructions for currently approved, pending, and new DSP authorizations and agreements, etc.):
Activision’s multiplatform Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 remained the best-selling game in the U.K. its second week available despite sales tumbling 87 percent from the prior week, according to the Association for U.K. Interactive Entertainment (UKIE) Games Charts compiled by GfK Chart-Track for the week ended Saturday. There were five new releases in the top 10, led by Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, at No. 2. The two versions of the game for the Xbox 360 combined to represent about 56 percent of its sales, with the two PS3 SKUs accounting for the rest. The other new releases were THQ’s Saints Row: The Third for the 360, PS3 and PC at No. 4; Microsoft’s 360 game Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary at No. 6; Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii at No. 7; and Nintendo’s Super Mario 3D Land for the 3DS at No. 9. Ubisoft had one other game in the top 10: Just Dance 3 for the Wii and 360, down five at No. 10 in its sixth week. Electronic Arts (EA) also had two games in the top 10: the multiplatform FIFA 11, down one, No. 5, eighth week, sales up 7 percent; and Battlefield 3 for the 360, PS3 and PC, down five, No. 8, fourth week, sales down 40 percent. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from Bethesda Softworks for the 360, PS3 and PC dipped one to No. 3 in its second week as sales tumbled 62 percent. There were four other new releases in the top 40: EA’s multiplatform Need For Speed: The Run at No. 11, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s multiplatform Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 at No. 13, Sega’s Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games for the Wii at No. 20 and Microsoft’s Kinect Disneyland Adventures for the 360 at No. 39.
Nintendo of America is introducing two $199.99 limited edition 3DS bundles on Thanksgiving. One bundle will include a “flame red” 3DS system and the new Nintendo 3DS game Super Mario 3D Land, NOA said Monday. The other will include Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda -- Ocarina of Time 3D and a 25th anniversary limited-edition “cosmo black” 3DS system with a game-themed design and gold-colored embellishments.
The 3DS remained Japan’s best-selling videogame system, according to Media Create data for the week ended Nov. 13. But sales slipped to 104,000 units, from 145,300 the prior week, when there was strong demand for Nintendo’s new game Super Mario 3D Land (CED Nov 15 p8). Cumulative 3DS sales grew to an estimated 2.4 million in Japan, according to Media Create’s data. All weekly sales estimates are rounded to the nearest 100. The PSP remained the No. 2 system in Japan, but sales slid to 23,500 from 28,000. The PS3 repeated at No. 3, sales falling to 22,900 from 27,000. The Wii was again No. 4, sales growing to 11,800 from 11,700. The DSi LL remained No. 5, sales dipping to 1,800 from 2,000. The Xbox 360 repeated at No. 6, sales slipping to 1,500 from 1,700. The PS2 was again No. 7, with sales of 1,300 vs. 1,500. The DSi remained No. 8, sales dipping to 900 from 1,100. The DS Lite was again No. 9, sales again well below 100. Sega’s Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend for the PSP became the best-selling videogame in Japan its first week available, moving 184,700 copies. Super Mario 3D Land fell to No. 4 in its second week, sales tumbling to 93,400 from 343,500. Also beating it this time were new releases Capcom’s Sengoku Basara 3: Utage for the PS3, No. 2 with 124,200 sold, and Sony Computer Entertainment’s Ore no Shikabane o Koete for the PSP, No. 3 with 94,100 sold. Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Type-O for the PSP was down one at No. 5 as sales fell to 57,100 from 122,300.
The International Trade Commission has voted to institute a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain automotive GPS navigation systems, components thereof, and products containing same (337-TA-814). The products at issue in this investigation are GPS navigation systems and automobiles containing GPS navigation systems.