The powers and resources of the NPD, Enterbrain, and GfK Chart-Track have all come together and the results are in - Dragon Quest IX dominated the global sales charts spanning over three months ending September of this year. What's more amazing is that the DS-exclusive title has only been released in Japan. See how the others fared.

No significant change in sales, huh, EEDAR? Well, take that! GamesIndustry reports that in the UK, the Xbox 360 Elite scored a positive 43% increase in their sales during the bank holiday weekend. Also, there's news on the Elite's price drop for the Asia-Pacific region. All in the full article.

This is intriguing math. Gfk-ChartTrack of UK has released the data for console sales in the region up to June 27, 2009 and it shows that there is a stellar 24 million installed base in the UK to date, with 8.4 million contributing to that number in the past 12 months.

The latest GfK Retail and Technology in Japan figures show that Blu-ray Disc recorders have surpassed a 50% market share for DVD recorders in terms of unit sales. Blu-ray recorders are also steadily replacing DVD recorders as the must-have recording device. Details and figures in the full article.

Sony may have been a latecomer to the console gaming party in Australia, but that doesn't mean the PlayStation 3 is in a slump. Sony has reported a strong showing in the region, selling 238,000 units since it became available in March 2007. Learn more about this figure after the jump!

The Blu-ray Disc Association European Promotions Committee (BDA) has announced that sales have reached two million units in Europe. While this may not come as a surprise to those following the exploits of the format, it is a bit sudden considering Blu-ray discs have just recently broken the one million mark in the said region. For more information, be sure to check out the full article.

Numbers are in, and Activision has more than a few reasons to be proud about its third quarter of fiscal 2008 financial report. Thanks to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock,  Activision experienced substantial growth in revenue and it took top honors in software sales. More details at the full article.

If the Nintendo DS and Wii nabbed the prestigious title for the best gaming platforms for 2007, can you guess what was the best software title for the previous year? Activision gives us the answer by announcing that its best-selling Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) was considered the best software title in units worldwide for 2007 with over seven million units sold.

For more information on this story, check out the full article!

A study from London-based market research company GfK NOP is indicating that Apple's iPhone is not going to be picked up by British consumers this holiday season because of the mobile phone's steep price.

According to the research, awareness of the brand is not the problem as 75% of UK's population has heard of the iPhone and more than 25% mentioned that they like its look. Read full article for more info on this.

After hearing claims by the HD DVD Promotion Group that HD DVD's attach rate in movies were significantly higher than Blu-ray's, Blu-ray Disc Association chairman Frank Simonis reacts, saying that it was a "gross manipulation of numbers," and that it was far from the truth. Read more about it in the full article!