Geek News Roundup for 04/19/09 – Holy crap, Final Fantasy is on a roll
Solid numbers for the Japanese release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete are in. On the first day of release various Blu-ray bundles sold roughly 100,000 copies. So far this newest Advent Children release has sold over 274,000 copies, in addition to pushing sales of PS3 systems upward. Apparently selling the Final Fantasy XIII demo and including a Blu-ray release of Advent Children is great for business. It’ll be interesting to see how Advent Children Complete sells when it is released domestically on June 2nd. If that wasn’t enough Final Fantasy proliferation news, then how about the fact that Final Fantasy games have sold around 85 million units overall? The number is probably unsurprising, given how many times Square Enix re-releases some of its Final Fantasy titles. Personally, I’ve lost track of how many ways it’s now possible to play Final Fantasy. (Actually, I haven’t but I doubt anyone reading this blog cares to be reminded.)
Unfortunately, Microsoft isn’t having a great time of it in this economy. Sales of the Xbox 360 may be up 30 percent, but overall revenue is down 6 percent. It’s been proven again and again no company or industry is really recession-proof. At the very least, if you still have the income to splurge every so often Microsoft’s new 360 Elite Bundle looks to be a pretty good buy. I’m certainly welcoming the re-inclusion of game bundles with consoles, and Halo 3 and Fable II in the same box is a good deal. If you already own a 360, or the two aforementioned games, how about $10 dollar games at Best Buy? You can’t go wrong with Soul Calibur IV, Infinite Undiscovery, and Devil May Cry 4 at those prices.
If you’re a member of Atlus Faithful you’ve probably already recieved the notification that Atlus.com was hacked a few days ago. The site is now back online, but it’s possible that vistors’ machines may have been compromised by malware. We know the feeling, ouch.
Google is experimenting with news ways to search for images and news, while Portfolio.com predicts the end of the cell phone. Given how popular VoIP (Voice over IP) is becoming, we’ll probably look back on this article and agree Douglas Wolk was on to something. Although it’s doubtful cell phones will be going the way of the dinosaur any time soon.
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