Impulse Weekend sales

Impulse is hosting a sale this weekend that will see a number of excellent titles be sold for substantial discounted prices.

Deals include Fairy Tales – Three Heroes RPG for $19.99 from $29.99; FLOCK! for $7.49 from $14.99, Mosby’s Confederacy for $12.99 from $19.99, S.T.A.L.K.E.R – Shadow of Chernobyl for $9.99 from $19.99, Shattered Suns for $9.99 from $14.99 and Capitalism II for $14.99 from $19.99

These are just some of the new deals going on this weekend. Be sure to check out all the games released on Impulse this week. Find out more by visiting www.impulse.com.

Nintendo DSi on top, PSP moves up in Japan

According to Media Create, the Nintendo DSi was the best selling console in Japan for the week of Oct. 19 - 25th, 2009. During the week Nintendo managed to sell 42,199 units, followed by the PSP with 32,865 and the PS3 finally beating out the Wii with 29,977 units.

No hell has not in fact frozen over - price cuts are like little miracles!  Personally I think that the PSP go would be doing a lot better if its price point wasn’t more than the Wii at this point. Go figure. Full list below:

1 - DSi: 42,199

2 - PSP: 32,865

3 - PS3: 29,977

4 - Wii: 25,917

5 - DS Lite: 6,550

6 - Xbox 360: 4,470

7 - PS2: 1,951

Source: Media Create

PSP go off to a slow start

According to www.andriasang.com, citing sales figures from Enterbrain, the PSP go only moved around 28,750 units in Japan in its first weekend at retail space.

This is probably the magic number that Sony was hoping for.  Sony and other software makers released select titles for the launch including Persona 3 Portable, Dissidia Final Fantasy and titles like Disgaea Infinite and LocoRoco Midnight Carnival. If anything it proves that Sunday launched are not always a great idea for hardware debuts.

Anyway, hopefully Sony’s go “will go somewhere” by year’s end.

Aion, Champions Online top Sept. PC charts

I’m sure that NCsoft is delighted and more than a little relieved that its newest massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Aion, has topped U.S. retail charts for the month of Sept., according to sales data from NPD Group.

Another MMO, Champions Online, also managed to take the number 3 spot in Sept., followed by World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and the Aion Collector’s Edition SKU.

That means that 4 out of the 5 top spots in Sept. were occupied by MMO releases. Out of the top ten, six were MMO products  - and of those, 3 were World of Warcraft related. Go figure. Anyway here’s the top ten for the moth of Sept.:

Best Selling PC Game Software for Sept. 2009:

1. Aion (NCsoft)

2. The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

3. Champions Online (Atari)

4. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard)

5. Aion Collector’s Edition (NCsoft)

6. Mumbo Jumbo Assortment (Mumbo Jumbo)

7. The Sims 2: Double Deluxe (Electronic Arts)

8. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest (Blizzard)

9. Reel Deal Slots: Treasures of the Far East (Phantom EFX)

10. World of Warcraft (Blizzard)

Impulse weekend deals

Impulse is offering a variety of deals in time for the weekend, cutting the price on games of various quality for a limited time. THQ and Relic’s Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor gets a 50 percent price cut, Capcom’s Street Fighter IV is now $29.99 from $39.99, Circus Empire is available for $6.99 from $9.99, Light of Altair is available for $11.25 from $14.95 and Call of Duty Modern Warfare is now 25 percent off.

You can check out these and other deals by visiting Impulse.com

GamersGate’s latest deals

GamersGate today announced its “Game of the Weekend” promotions and an additional special offer on www.GamersGate.com. Games of the Weekend specials for Oct. 15-18 include Hollywood Pictures 2 - 50 percent OFF, X-Com Complete – 50 percent OFF, and Sword of the Stars Ultimate – $/€ 9.95.

Pre-order specials include Machinarium pre-order at 25 percent OFF and receive 250 bonus Blue Coins, Price Guarantee and Pre-Load), Football Manager 2010 at 20 percent OFF (receive OutRun 2006 Coast to Coast for free with 3,000 bonus Blue Coins with a price guarantee) and Borderlands at 10 percent OFF (receive 250 bonus Blue Coins with a price guarantee).

Next week, starting on Monday Oct. 19th, Elven Legacy and East Indie Company will be 50 percent OFF mainly to celebrate the release of the Elven Legacy: Ranger Expansion Pack on Oct. 20th and the East India Company: Privateer Expansion on Oct. 27th.

Sega of America names new VP of sales

SEGA of America has named Brad Wildes Senior Vice President of Sales. Wildes brings more than 15 years of management experience in the interactive entertainment industry. In the past he has developed results-driven consumer campaigns for several North American companies including Microsoft Corporation, Mattel, Midway Home Entertainment, and Konami of America.

Wildes will join the senior management team to oversee sales, sales administration and channel marketing for the US, Canada, and Latin America. He will report directly to Mike Hayes, CEO of SEGA Europe and America, and will continue to build on SEGA’s brands such as Sonic and new SEGA IP.
SEGA partnered with Scott Bretschneider and David Musgrove of International Search Partners in La Mesa, California to bring Wildes on board.