A user over at Gametrailers uploaded the above video which gives us a first look at the gameplay of the upcoming Dead Rising: Chop ‘Til You Drop for the Nintendo Wii. Dead Rising fans will likely notice the lack of Zombie hordes and Frank’s camera first, then the gimicky waggle controls and greatly crippled graphics second. Aw, who am I kidding, anyone who has even seen the Xbox 360 version of the game in action will notice that stuff.
Sorry guys, but this just isn’t Dead Rising anymore. The Dead Rising faithful out there can only hope that the true sequel to the first title won’t end up being a Wii exclusive. Eek!
Paramount Pictures, which have released many top tier movies on both HD formats up to now, has decided to call it quits on their Blu-ray content and to only put out HD DVD flicks from now on. By switching back to HD DVD exclusivity, the company has ensured that big holiday releases such as Transformers and Blades of Glory will only come out on HD DVD discs at the end of this year. It isn’t just the Paramount branded movies which will only see HD DVD releases from now on though, as Dreamworks Animation movies will be coming to HD DVD alone as well. This means that movies like Shrek the Third will only be available on the red format this holiday season as well.
Home Media Research recently reported in a study that Blu-Ray Discs have sold 1.6 million copies, while HDDVD’s have sold 795,000 discs from the beginning of the year till July 1st. That puts the BluRay Discs outselling HDDVD’s 2:1 in the US. This can be attributed many exclusives that were present in the beginning of the year; however, the features-exclusive HDDVD of 300 seems to be lagging behind the 300 Blu-Ray even though lacks many of the features of the 300 HDDVD like picture-in-picture commentary. Many people believe this will also reflect the second-half of the year because of the various types of players available for BluRay, as opposed to the HDDVD’s players. Is this the last straw for HDDVD?
The Home Media Expo 2007 is underway this week in Las Vegas and HD DVD has used the forum to show off their latest sales numbers as compared to Blu-ray’s. According to Nielsen Netratings, HD DVD player sales are up 37% from Q1 to Q2 of this year, and software sales are up 20%. Blu-ray sales on the other hand have dropped significantly over the same time period however, with player sales dropping 27% and software sales down 5%.
Since HD DVD’s new marketing tactics have been applied, which include things such as price drops and movie offers, sales have been much better for the format. For the previously mentioned quarter, HD DVD dedicated player sales are up 183% and 80,000 players have been sold since April. This brings the total number of HD DVD player sales up to about 180,000.
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