Weekly Video Game Post – Feb. 5, 2010

Weekly Video Game Podcast – Feb. 5, 2010 <45 mins (20.6 MB)>
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• Just me flying solo today
• I’m still having audio issues (and also my regular life has been very hectic the last week) so I apologize for the delay and the some of the sound problems
• Will Square Enix be the next video company to cut back their support for Nintendo hardware?
• Microsoft’s Game Room will only have family titles. That means you won’t be able to be trashed talked by your grandmother while playing Killer Instinct.
• Sony’s trying to eliminate all the reasons why someone would want to buy a Playstation 3. On that note, are there any people out there considering buying a PSP Go? Anyone???
• Civilization coming to Facebook. If I get a note from George Washington asking me to help him mine for silver to sell to the Aztecs, I’m going to punch the Internet in the groin.
• Rumours are swirling about Nintendo possibly announcing a new system at GDC next month. My prediction: Limited Edition Pikachu Yellow Wii
• All our sales data comes from www.vgchartz.com
• Continue reading for all the release dates and expanded sales figure

Video Game Sales for the Week of
January 23, 2010

Rank	Console	Title	Publisher	Sales of the Week	Weeks of Release
1	Wii	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	Nintendo	135k	10
2	Wii	Wii Fit Plus	Nintendo	117k	16
3	Wii	Wii Sports Resort	Nintendo	92k	26
4	Xbox 360	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Activision	73k	11
5	Xbox 360	Dark Void	Capcom	62k	new
6	Wii	Just Dance	Ubisoft	50k	10
7	PS3	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Activision	49k	11
8	Xbox 360	Army of Two: The 40th Day	EA	49k	2
9	PS2	Silent Hill: Shattered Memories	Konami	48k	new
10	Xbox 360	Darksiders	THQ	48k	3
11	PS3	Dark Void	Capcom	38k	new
25	PSP	Silent Hill: Shattered Memories	Konami	20k	new
115	DS	Glory of Heracles	Nintendo	8k	new

Reviews and Other Junk

This week’s Hall of Fame Inductee	Defender
Last week’s Video Game Review	Pirates of Dark Water (SNES) Robot Rescue (DSiWare) Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
Upcoming Video Game Reviews	Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64) Tetris Online (WiiWare) Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

Game Releases This Week

Microsoft Xbox 360	Chime (Xbox Live)
Nintendo DS	5 in 1 Solitaire (DSiWare) Downtown Texas Hold’Em (DSiWare) Imagine: Reporter Legends of Exidia (DSiWare) Move Your Brain: Rollway Puzzle (DSiWare) Playmobil Knights Puzzle Chronicles True Swing Golf Express (DSiWare)
Nintendo Wii	5 in 1 Solitaire (WiiWare) Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (VC-SMS) Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5 (WiiWare) Tumblebugs 2 (WiiWare)
Sony PSP	Puzzle Chronicles
Sony PS3	Fret Nice (PSN) White Knight Chronicles: International Edition