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US sales analyst firm The NPD Group has released its latest report on the state of the country’s videogame industry with data on sales for the month of April 2012, revealing a worrying 32% drop in sales across hardware, software and accessory categories.
Revenue generated in the US videogame industry during the reporting period dropped from $930.9 million in April 2011 to $630.4 million this year, mostly due to a lack of new game releases and an early Easter period, as Prototype 2 and Xbox 360 topped their respective categories.
Prototype 2 brutalised the competition this past week by becoming the latest top-selling game on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing, coming out ahead of FIFA Street, FIFA 12 and Mass Effect 3.
Surprisingly, this is Activision Publishing’s first No. 1 on Chart Track’s all formats sales chart and despite launching on a Tuesday around the world, it still doesn’t match the first week sales performance of the original Prototype, when that game was released in June 2009.
UK sales tracking firm Chart Track says that only one new game entered its weekly list of Top 40 best-selling games in the region this past week. This single debut entry to the sales chart also happened to become the UK’s latest No. 1 game on the listing.
That game’s name? The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition.
Despite a bit of a slip last week as Kinect Star Wars claimed No. 1 on Chart Track’s UK Software sales listing, FIFA Street (sales down 22%) has re-entered that lofty position, giving the title four (non-consecutive) weeks at the top of the chart.
The Challenge:
Write us a poem styled in the speech pattern of Yoda, the greatest little green Jedi Master the Star Wars universe has ever seen.
The Prizes:
A Kinect Star Wars console bundle for first place and a Kinect Star Wars mug and keyring for the runner-up.
The Contestants:
Sparks17 and Scratch17.
To celebrate the release of Kinect Star Wars this month, Xbox 360 South Africa decided it would be a great idea to give away a limited edition Xbox 360 console, custom designed to suit the Star Wars universe.
Sporting an R2-D2 Xbox 360 case, a shiny C-3PO controller and a slick white Kinect device, this console bundle is what fans’ dreams are made of!
To stand a chance of winning the prize and to become one of two finalists in the contest, we asked you to send in a poem styled in the form of ‘Yoda speak’ - a piece of poetic text that wouldn’t sound out of place being recited by our favourite green Jedi Master.
The quality of the entries was astounding and choosing our finalist in the competition was one of the most difficult deliberation tasks we’ve ever been faced with here at El33tonline - everyone can be extremely proud of their entries but our four-person panel of judges eventually had to choose one name.
As you’re now no doubt aware, Kinect Star Wars for Xbox 360 and Kinect is now readily available in South Africa and around the world, complete with five motion-based games to try which including chances to crush villagers as a mighty rancor, duel Jedi Masters with Lightsabers, speed through canyons in a podracer, and more.
With the release of Kinect Star Wars comes the chance to pick up a Limited Edition Xbox 360 console, styled after everybody’s favourite service droid, R2-D2, with a C-3PO themed controller and white Kinect device to match - truly impressive.
But what if we told you that you have the chance to win this console bundle, as well as Kinect Star Wars, thanks to an on-going competition with El33tonline and Xbox 360 South Africa? What if we told you that you only have until the end of March 5th (tomorrow!) to enter this contest?
What would you say?
Hush now. Don’t say a word. We don’t need to use Jedi mind tricks to know that you want to find out where to enter this competition…
You want to enter this Kinect Star Wars Xbox 360 Competition.
Don’t you?
Wannabe Jedi Masters and those who seek to discover the secrets of The Force are now one step closer to their dreams of going on high adventures with their favourite characters of all time, because Kinect Star Wars for Xbox 360 and Kinect is now available in South Africa and the rest of the world!
We’re still waiting to hear from Xbox 360 representatives in Alpha Centauri, so galaxy-wide availability is still unknown.
Feel The Force…
High definition remakes, a new game based on an old license, a game that desperately wants to feel alive again and… the return of Star Wars to your videogame console.
Or a specific videogame console. And a specific device.
Find out what games we can expect to release around the world this week in our round-up below:
The Force is everywhere and in everything. In every living being and every inanimate object. Every plant and every star. Not only that, but the potential lies within everyone to learn the ways of the Jedi - Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader aren’t the only ones with the gift to master these ancient techniques.
Aren’t convinced? After watching the launch trailer for Kinect Star Wars, you will be…
There’s never been a game like Kinect Star Wars, and Xbox 360 South Africa and El33tonline are giving you a chance to win it and experience it for yourself… but we’re not content with just giving you the game on its own. We want you to play Kinect Star Wars in style!
That’s why Xbox 360 South Africa, El33tonline and Lazygamer have all teamed up to run a very special competition to give away a Kinect Star Wars Millennium Bundle, which includes Kinect Star Wars, an R2-D2-themed Xbox 360 console, a white Kinect sensor, a custom C-3PO controller and a 320 GB hard drive! Go over here for close up images.
What do you need to do for a chance to win this astounding prize? Make your way over to El33tonline’s Kinect Star Wars Competition page to find out, but start practising your Yoda speak now.
Also, it would be a good idea to unleash your creative mind - just let it go wild, p33ps. Make us proud.
Even though we had a mini-holiday halfway through the week, it’s still good to know it’s the weekend right?
Here’s what the team is getting up to this weekend. Let us know what you p33ps are going to be playing from dusk to dawn in the comments below.
If you’d like to know more about the game modes that will be available in Kinect Star Wars when it launches next month then you’ve come to the right place.
The Limited Edition Kinect Star Wars bundle is sure to be a hot seller when it launches worldwide in April. Star Wars fans will no doubt feel a tad sentimental when they see their C-3PO themed Xbox 360 controller nestled beside their R2-D2 themed console for the first time.
Star Wars fans – prepare for a ‘Girly Vader’ video. That is something I never thought I would have to say.
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