Dead Or Alive 4 Bursts Onto The Scene On The 27th January
Microsoft today announced the eagerly anticipated fourth installation of the Dead or Alive series will be available in UK retailers from 27th January. Dead or Alive 4 is a true child of the next-generation, utilising all of Xbox 360's exceptional technological offerings and fantastic new features.
' Gamasutra.com posted the new M-Create hardware sales for the week of 26 december 2005 - 01 January 2006
Also of note is the delayed release of Dead or Alive 4 at number thirteen in the charts, with less than 61,000 units sold. A significant proportion of these sales went to existing Xbox 360 owners, with hardware sales only doubling to 12,300 units. This suggests the title may only appeal to a relative hardcore of users, with the various Mistwalker role-playing games now looking like the only obvious chance for Microsoft to gain real ground in Japan.
December 2, 2005 - The current generation Xbox has yet to top the 500,000 units sold mark in Japan. But Microsoft isn't letting that dismal figure force it to think small for the Japanese market. Japanese Xbox business manager Yoshihiro Maruyama, commenting to Dengeki Xbox 360, a special one time publication released to commemorate the 12/10 launch of the Xbox 360, stated that he hopes the X360 will reach a figure double that by Summer!
' IGN Entertainment's GamerMetrics is a business intelligence tool that tracks the awareness and activity of over 25 million gamers '
Following is how these games rank in terms of the amount of awareness they are generating with the millions of consumers seeking information about these titles on three of the leading video game web sites: IGN.com, GameSpy.com, and TeamXbox.com.
XBox 360 Launch Titles Buzz Ranked by GamerMetrics:
1. Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft)
2. Dead or Alive 4 (Tecmo)
3. Madden NFL 06 (Electronic Arts)
4. Project Gotham Racing 3 (Microsoft)
North American video game rental service GameFly, which is allowing its members to request Xbox 360 games ahead of the console's November 22 release date, has released its list of the most-requested Xbox 360 titles, giving an interesting insight into the games that are of most immediate appeal ahead of the launch.
Topping the chart is Rare and Microsoft's Perfect Dark Zero, but Activision's Call Of Duty 2, which was not perhaps initially one of the most high-profile of the launch window titles, has shot up into second place. Also placing highly are titles such as Quake 4 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, though it is appears that the latter has slipped into 2006.
The full GameFly most-requested chart for Xbox 360 titles is as follows:
1. Perfect Dark Zero, Microsoft
2. Call of Duty 2, Activision
3. Quake 4, Activision
4. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Take 2
5. Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Electronic Arts
With the Tokyo Game Show only one week away, game publishers are beginning to announce their lineups for this year's event, which is expected to be as big (or bigger) than the TGS that took place right before the PlayStation 2's debut. The focus of TGS2005 is the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, and it's been anticipated that some of their games will actually be playable at the show. The latest issue of Famitsu has unveiled a preliminary lineup of next-generation games for the show, and it confirms that a number of them will be playable.
The current list of next-generation console games at TGS 2005 is below..
Xbox 360:
Dynasty Warriors 5 Special /Koei, TBA
Dead or Alive 4 /Tecmo, Trailer
Frame City Killer /Namco, Trailer
Kameo: Elements of Power /Microsoft, Playable
Pro Yakyuu Spirits /Konami, Trailer
Ridge Racer 6 /Namco, Playable
Rumble Roses XX /Konami, Trailer Shutokou Battle /Genki, Trailer
Tengei Makyo Ziraia: Haruka Naru Jipang /Hudson, Trailer
World Air Force /Taito, Playable
PlayStation 3:
Metal Gear Solid 4 /Konami, Trailer
Ni-Oh / Koei, Trailer
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