According to a study performed by Electronic Entertainment

As seen on Hawty McBloggy."According to a study performed by Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR), more and more publishers are betting their cash on new intellectual property.Since 2006, the percentage of games hitting the market based on new, original IP (so not a sequel or a licensed game) has grown from 16% to 22%. Which is...nice, but EEDAR say the real improvement is in the number of individual Breguet properties being released, which has grown from 61 in 2007 to 126 in 2009.I never did get the whole “we're sick of sequels” argument, however. The biggest games of 2009 (and 2010) include Modern Ware 2, Assassin's Creed II, Mass Effect 2, Uncharted 2 and Super Mario Galaxy 2.

All sequels, yeah, but all sequels to games released in 2007.The Divnich Debrief: New IP Up 106% Since 2007 [IndustryGamers]" "While we're still up to our armpits in 2009 flashbacks, we may as well take a look down under, and see what the twenty best-selling games in Australia were last year.These figures were released today by chart trackers replica watches gift GfK, who sadly do not provide individual unit sales.New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo DS) Astounding. Even 3-4 years ago, this list would have been dominated by Need For Speed, Rugby League, SingStar and Call of Duty games.

Nintendo has managed quite the turnaround." "Nana Mizuki, who voices Costa Rican girl Paz Ortega Andrade in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, has become the first Japanese voice actress to reach number one on the Japanese pop single charts.Her latest single “Phantom Minds” moved 54,000 copies last week during its first Dior week on sale. This is the first time since Japan's Oricon billboard chart began recording sales in 1968 that a voice actress has had a number one pop single. (This factoid does not include singers who have done voice work, however.) Besides working as a voice actress in both gaming and since 1998, Mizuki has found success in music. Mizuki's single “Eternal Blaze” reached number 2 on the Oricon in 2005.