Only a couple of hours before Nintendo's E3 media briefing yesterday, rumors of a new Golden Sun game for the DS began to spread like a fast-moving cancer, traveling through the internet's lymphatic system, taking over gaming blogs and forums. Even Joystiq, the wind beneath our wings, fell victim to the malignant screenshots that were supposedly leaked from a "secret press gathering" by person-in-the-know gobo_4227.Gallery: Golden Sun Chicanery
Did we say April Fools edition? We meant completely real edition. This weeks numbers, for whatever reason, are slightly unusual, so we've coupled a short explanation for each system in the chart.
1,989,322 - In a startling turn of events, the Atari Jaguar received an unbelievable resurgence in popularity. Its success can only be attributed to a flash mob, who thought it would be funny for a bunch of people to raid a warehouse and purchase a bunch of systems wholesale.9,834 - The Wii continues to sell well. In related news, mysterious living-room related deaths are rising rapidly.20,771 - The PS3, despite continuous bad press, continues to grill burgers with the best of them. George Foreman's stock is rapidly falling.4,032 - Poospe?7,110 - While 37,778 units were sold, it turns out that only three were sold to people who weren't replacing a broken one.
3,173 - Has anyone else noticed this heat wave lately? We're looking at you, power bricks.666 - Oh my God. Run.e - Lawl. Pi + e = Pie.... er ... ... dammit! - Remarkably, the Xbox managed to sell an imaginary number of units last week. Whether this is better or worse than zero units, we're not sure.121,471 - Nintendo has a problem: everyone in Japan already has a DS Lite. Didn't see that one coming ....Continue reading Japanese hardware sales, Mar. 19 - Mar. 25: April Fools edition
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