Nintendo Switch takes top selling console spot for March NPD
UPDATE: The Nintendo Switch has sold 906k units in the month of March, making it the fastest selling Nintendo console to date, even beating out the Wii. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 1.3 million units in the month of March, with about 925k for Switch and 460k on Wii U. This also makes it the fastest selling Nintendo launch title as well as the fastest selling in the Zelda franchise. The Nintendo Switch has taken the top selling console of March, outselling both the Xbox One and Playstation 4 for the month. This isn’t too surprising as it was the hot new device of the month, although it is impressive that it is managing to do well in March and should bode well for the upcoming months and the holidays with an impressive lineup of games on the way. Hopefully Nintendo can find success throughout the year and beyond with their new piece of tech. Software charts should be out shortly, so we will see which games reigned supreme then. Source
Nintendo discontinuing the NES Classic Edition in North America.
Nintendo has officially announced that the Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition will stop production and the last shipments will go out to retailers throughout this month. Nintendo representative provided the following statement to IGN: “Throughout April, NOA territories will receive the last shipments of Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition systems for this year. We encourage anyone interested in obtaining this system to check with retail outlets regarding availability. We understand that it has been difficult for many consumers to find a system, and for that we apologize. We have paid close attention to consumer feedback, and we greatly appreciate the incredible level of consumer interest and support for this product.” “NES Classic Edition wasn’t intended to be an ongoing, long-term product. However, due to high demand, we did add extra shipments to our original plans.” The company has no plans to produce more NES Classic systems for North America. This announcement includes the discontinuation of the NES Classic Controller. As for third party accessories, Nintendo said the decision whether or not to continue production of accessories will be up to each individual manufacturer. Nintendo of America would not confirm whether this announcement meant the discontinuation of the NES Classic/Famicom Mini worldwide. Source
Fan-inspired feature updates rolling out now to all Xbox Live members.
Roughly two weeks ago Xbox team delivered their March update with newly updated Guide, Beam & more. Today, fan-inspired features are rolling out to all Xbox owners and here’s what it’s coming: Profile and Activity Feed New ‘Join broadcast’ button in your profile, one of the many ways to access the game stream of someone broadcasting their gameplay. In your Activity Feed, Xbox is adding the ability to hide individual posts, pin posts to the top of your feed, and filter posts by friends, games or Clubs. Clubs and Looking for Group (LFG) When you create an LFG post, as the owner you will be able to see new vetting cards that include hero stats from gamers interested in joining your party. Hero stats are contextual to the game you’re playing, showing you relevant stats like kill/death ratio, rank, or score. You will be able to search LFG posts from the Achievements tab, related to the Achievement you’re trying to finish. Xbox is adding a number of open LFG posts to the Game Hub and Club Hub headers. Now you can see previous LFG posts that you have created, participated or shown interest in, and can copy them to create new posts. When creating an LFG post, see all the recent tags you’ve used and easily select them. Club owners and admins will be identified and labeled in their text posts to better help them stand out and manage their community. Club owners and admins can pin a post at the top of their Club feed. My Games and Apps, and Settings In ‘My Games and Apps,’ Xbox is adding the ability to filter your game library by platform – Xbox One and Xbox 360. Source and images were given by Major Nelson.
PaRappa the Rapper 2 [TBT Review]
Platform: PS2 and PS4 Price: $9.99 (PSN/PS4) Format: Disk and Digital Developer: NanaOn-Sha Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Release Date: January 21st, 2001 (NA/PS2) and December 14th, 2015 (NA/PS4) PlayStation 4 Pro Support: No PlayStation VR Support: No Reviewed On: PS4 Pro About a week ago I gave my thoughts on PaRappa the Rapper Remastered, and today I’m back to check out the sequel. While the remaster wasn’t what I expected, thankfully this #PS2PS4 darling is here to save us all! PaRappa, having won a 100-year supply of instant noodles, grew tired of eating them every day. So, after being so sick of noodles, he complained to his crush Sunny Funny about not wanting them, and she calls him a baby. Shocked by this, PJ Berri and PaRappa go eat at Beard Burger. All of a sudden, everything turns to noodles and PaRappa is now on a journey to turn everything back.
The Top PlayStation Store downloads for March 2017 in Europe
Top PlayStation Store downloads for March 2017 in Europe Sony has just announced the top downloaded games for PS4, PS3,PSVita,PSVR and DLC for March 2017 on the PlayStation Store. Here’s the full list. PS4 . Horizon Zero Dawn (New) . Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands (New) . Rocket League (6) . FIFA 17 (3) . Mass Effect: Andromeda (New) . Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (12) . The Last of Us Remastered (Re-entry) . Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (13) . ARK: Survival Evolved (1) . The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (8) . Battlefield 1 (7) . Doom (RE) . Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (5) . Minecraft (9) . Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (RE) . Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (RE) . Lego Worlds (New) . EA Sports UFC 2 (16) . Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (RE) . Star Wars Battlefront (14) PlayStation VR . Apollo 11 VR (New) . PlayStation VR Worlds (2) . Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (4) . Batman: Arkham VR (1) . Unearthing Mars (New) . Job Simulator (3) . Tumble VR (10) . Driveclub VR (9) . Sports Bar VR (7) . Dying: Reborn (New) DLC . Battlefield 1 – Premium Pass (3) . Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered – Variety Map Pack (New) . Rocket League – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Car Pack (7) . Rocket League – Hot Wheels Twin Mill III (4) . Battlefield 1 – They Shall Not Pass (New) . Dark Souls III – The Ringed City (New) . Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 – Pre-Order Bonus (RE) . Rocket League – Supersonic Fury DLC Pack (RE) . Rocket League – Hot Wheels Bone Shaker (9) . Rocket League – Masamune (RE) PS Vita . Grand Theft Auto PS Vita Collection (RE) . WipEout 2048 (RE) . Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (RE) . God of War Collection (RE) . Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (RE) . Killzone Mercenary (RE) . Uncharted: Golden Abyss (RE) . Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (RE) . XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus (RE) . Adventures of Mana (RE) PlayStation 3 . Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (1) . FIFA 17 (2) . Minecraft (3) . Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare (8) . Tomb Raider (RE) . Gran Turismo 6 (RE) . The Last of Us (RE) . Just Cause 2 (9) . Battlefield 4 (6) . WRC 5 FIA World Rally Championship (RE) PS one and PS2 Classics . Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped (2) . Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (3) . CTR: Crash Team Racing (4) . Crash Bandicoot (1) . Metal Gear Solid (RE) . Spyro The Dragon Trilogy (8) . Silent Hill (RE) . Tomb Raider (RE) . Vagrant Story (RE) . Suikoden II (RE) Source: PlayStationEU
Top PSN Downloads for March 2017 in North America
PS4 Charts 1 Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands 2 Horizon Zero Dawn 3 Mass Effect: Andromeda 4 MLB The Show 17 5 Battlefield 1 6 God of War III Remastered 7 EA SPORTS FIFA 17 8 Battlefield 4 9 Rocket League 10 Grand Theft Auto V 11 NieR: Automata 12 ARK: Survivor’s Pack 13 Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition 14 KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 +2.5 ReMIX 15 For Honor 16 Madden NFL 17 17 Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 18 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare 19 NBA 2K17 20 Batman: Arkham Knight PS3 Charts 1 Mass Effect Trilogy 2 Need for Speed Most Wanted 3 Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 4 EA SPORTS FIFA 17 5 God of War Collection 6 God of War: Ascension 7 Fight Night Champion 8 God of War: Origins Collection 9 Battlefield Hardline 10 Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition 11 Need for Speed Rivals 12 MotorStorm Apocalypse 13 The Last Of Us 14 Twisted Metal 15 Starhawk 16 Batman: Arkham City 17 Grand Theft Auto V 18 Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions 19 Battlefield 3 20 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale PS VR Charts 1 Job Simulator 2 Fruit Ninja VR 3 Batman: Arkham VR 4 Unearthing Mars 5 I Expect You To Die 6 PlayStation VR Worlds 7 Until Dawn: Rush of Blood 8 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes 9 Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality 10 Sports Bar VR PS Vita Charts 1 God of War: Collection PS Vita 2 Need for Speed Most Wanted 3 Persona 4 Golden 4 Ratchet & Clank Collection 5 Freedom Wars 6 Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom 7 Malicious Rebirth 8 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale PS Vita 9 WipEout 2048 10 Killzone: Mercenary PS Classics Charts 1 Twisted Metal: Black 2 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 3 Bully 4 War of the Monsters 5 Psychonauts 6 The Warriors 7 Star Wars Bounty Hunter 8 Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy 9 Destroy All Humans! 2 10 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Source)
Project Scorpio's design will be shown off at Microsoft's E3 2017 keynote
Phil Spencer stopped by Xbox Wire to talk about Project Scorpio where he highlighted the importance of Scorpio to Xbox – “At Team Xbox we put gamers at the center of everything we do and we are driven to build the best platform on which to create and play games. (…) With Project Scorpio, we created a console with the goal of being the ultimate place for developers to realize their visions and the best place to play any Xbox game.” He emphasized how “creativity and innovation” are driven by developers of all sizes – “A single person can launch a game that becomes a global phenomenon or teams of hundreds can create the industry’s biggest blockbuster (…) At GDC in March, we announced the Xbox Live Creators program, opening up access for anyone to create and publish a game to Xbox One consoles and Windows 10 PCs. When you combine that program with dev mode, which enables any retail Xbox One to be a developer kit, you have the easiest path in the industry for game creators to publish their games broadly to console and PC, reaching millions of gamers around the world.” From the ground up, Project Scorpio was the vision of Xbox to deliver the very first native 4K console to gamers – “Once we locked that plan, we set our sights on building the world’s most powerful console development platform, which includes the new Xbox One Development Kit and a full suite of software to get every ounce of performance from the platform (…) We paid attention to logistical details, like dramatically speeding up how quickly a developer can move their work between PC and dev kit, and made it easy to program and test changes at the literal press of a button on the front of the box.” He ends the blog post by saying how proud he is with Project Scorpio – “I’m proud of the progress made with Project Scorpio and what it will mean for the creators who fuel the passion of gamers around the world. On behalf of everyone at Team Xbox, thank you for your continued passion and support. We’re excited to unveil Project Scorpio and the amazing game experiences it powers at E3 this June.” We finally got the confirmation of Project Scorpio getting fully revealed in two months at E3.
Rumor: Halo 3 Anniversary possibly coming to PC according to AMD video
AMD might have shown Halo 3 on PC by mistake at a launch event in Korea for the new R5 processors. The teaser was for their new consumer GPU, RX Vega, showing a piece of artwork for Halo 3 amongst other confirmed titles already on PC. This can mean Halo 3 is possibly being ported directly to PC platform celebrating its 10th anniversary, or Halo 3: Anniversary coming out on Xbox and PC simultaneously. Our guns point for an official announcement in two months at E3, and we already know Microsoft has plans to reveal a related story trailer at the event, could be DLC story for Halo Wars 2 or a teaser for Halo 6. Stay tuned for more Halo news with us!
