The latest sales figures show that Afrika managed second spot in the weekly software sales for Japan. However, the PS3 didn't even manage to break five digits selling just 9,775 units in the week which was WAY behind the Wii's 35,755 weekly sales.
Conclusion? Afrika is not a system seller, at least in Japan...
To quote: The rest of the top ten was mostly older games. Wii Fit took fifth place with 31,134 units, and was followed by, Inazuma Eleven (Level-5, DS, 29,245), Battlefield Bad Company (Electronic Arts, PS3, 25,603), Dragon Quest V (Square Enix, DS, 23,389), Phantasy Star Portable (Sega, PSP, 23,106), and Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii, 22,621). Of these, Battlefield was new, although the PS3 version trailed the 360 version's June release.
In hardware, DS Lite was at the top once again, pushing 56,439 units. This was way ahead of the PSP's 41,664 units and the Wii's 35,755 units.
The PS3 got close to five digits, but didn't quit... More »
Here is a peek at a brand new 2008 promotional trailer of the fabulous looking game known as Afrika for the PS3...
To what lengths would you go to capture nature in its wildest state?
Video below, courtesy of GameTrailers- Enjoy!
A Sony Computer Entertainment Europe spokesperson has confirmed that it will not publish Rhino Studios’ forthcoming “safari-simulator” Afrika in European territories, according to a Eurogamer report.
Initially announced during E3 2006, a coming soon teaser page for Afrika was recently launched on the company’s Japanese website. Little is known about the title thus far, but from looking at the released screenshots it does appear to be a photography game in the vein of Pokemon Snap — except with, you know, real wildlife.
Note that this does not rule out another publisher picking up the title for a European release in the future. A North American release has yet to be announced.
A gamer has compiled a list of over 150 titles which are supposedly confirmed to be exclusive PS3 titles.
The list comprises of 24 released titles, 92 upcoming titles, 29 released PSN titles and a further 20 upcoming as well as rumored titles.
The full list is available below:
PlayStation 3 Exclusives Confirmed
Released [24 Titles]
Eye of Judgement, The [PlayStation Eye]
Folklore
Formula One Championship Edition
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Genji: Days of the Blade
Godfather: The Don's Edition, The
Heavenly Sword
Lair
MLB '07: The Show
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
MotorStorm
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
NBA '07
NBA '08
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ridge Racer 7
Spider-Man 3: Collector's Edition
Time Crisis 4 [Including Guncon 3]
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Untold Lege... More »
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We haven't heard much of anything from Sony about their mysterious Afrika game since March. Is it a Pokemon Snap-style photography simulator? Is there actually an adventure game buried in there? Or is it simply Sony's response to the growing popularity of "non-games" in Japan? We, uh, don't really know, but have come across proof the game's definitely still in development; it now has a composer.
By way of the Professional Musicians' Local 47 union newsletter, 1UP can confirm that Wataru Hokoyama -- a Los Angeles-based composer who doesn't appear to have worked in the videogames space before -- has recently hired a 104-piece orchestra to start laying down the symphonies to accompany Afrika, whatever it ends up being.
Sure, that doesn't tell us anything more about the game, but it's somethin'.
We’ve managed to track down and capture the new trailer for Afrika, PS3’s safari-cum-photography game, and it’s looking more and more intriguing every time we see it. Details are still scarce about how it'll actually work, but seeing as you’ll be using a camera, at least in some way, we can almost guarantee that any pictures could be used as your wallpaper on the PS3 XMB.
And Sony’s adventuring doesn’t end there; not content with housing tropical fish in a virtual fish tank, in PSN title Aqua Vista, they've dived into to the deep blue sea with new a title called Aqua. This underwater safari looks like it’s going to function much like the previously mentioned Afrika except it’ll swap meerkats and lions for a vast ocean, colourful fish and huge whales. Both games look stunningly beautiful - just check out that lion's mane in the trailer below - and ... More »
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