Well, January’s numbers are in:

• Wii - 274,000
• PlayStation 3 - 269,000
• PlayStation 2 - 264,000
• Nintendo DS - 251,000
• PlayStation Portable - 230,000
• Xbox 360 - 230,000

Wow, the PS2 is still going strong.  The PS2 and 3 both outsold the DS, which still dominates the hand-held market.  The Wii is still on top of things, but the PS3 is not very far behind.   Let’s see how things roll out in February.

Article here: Kotaku

News from Kotaku: 

Parappa creator, Masaya Matsuura is back explaining his statement a while back about the DS bubble bursting in Japan.

He explains that games with non-gaming content are struggling with low numbers. For example, the second Brain Training game did not sell as well as the first. He also goes on to say that the situation for the Wii is much more difficult, because it seems that third parties get no support in Japan.

Well, that seems like the situation here too. For some reason, Nintendo fans just don’t seem to be giving the third parties any love. It’s OK Ubisoft, I own a few of your games on the Wii and the DS.

Still, this is all coming from the guy who sticks to one genre. I loved the original Parappa, but it was just as simple as many of the games he is talking about now. There was not a whole lot of content, it was just a fun game.

Check out the real article here: Masaya Matsuura talks DS and Wii 

From Penny Arcade 

I haven’t had a chance to play the game yet.  I will when I can afford it.

Well, I have to wake up early for work tomorrow, and its almost 3 AM, so I guess I should hit the hay. I will leave you with one more quick update.

Japanese Game Sales

News from Kotaku:

Brian Farrell, president and CEO of THQ, recently said in a conference call that ‘Drawn To Life” would be coming to the Wii. It was such a success for the DS, selling hundreds of thousands worldwide, that they want to bring it to the Wii. Aside from that, no real details on the game.

Article Here: Drawn to Life Wii

News From Gamepolitics:

According to the BBC the DS game Brain Training (known as Brain Age here in the states) is clearly discriminating against certain U.K. Accents. In what is probably one of the most ridiculous reports I have heard of in a long time, the BBC program ‘Watchdog‘, devoted 5 minutes to this segment.

In a quote from the original article one complaint says, “I don’t know what’s wrong with the way I say ‘blue’. I can say it as many different ways that I could try and it just really wouldn’t pick it up.”

So let me get this straight. A Nintendo DS and a $20 dollar piece of software is discriminating against you? Maybe you didn’t know about some of the limitations of speech recognition software on something with the limitations of the DS. It will have it’s flaws.

This must also explain why they have to wait so long for games over there.

Remember when must Windows Vista discriminated against an American accent? Vista Oops

Read full article here: DS Discrimination