My oh my. Let’s get to the numbers:

Hardware

1. Wii - 714 200
2. Nintendo DS - 414 800
3. PSP - 192 700
4. Xbox 360 - 188 000
5. PlayStation 3 - 187 100
6. PlayStation 2 - 124 400

Software

1. 360 GTA IV - 1.85 million
2. Wii Mario Kart w/ wheel - 1.12 million
3. PS3 GTA IV - 1.00 million
4. Wii Play - 360 K
5. Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 326K
6. PS3 Gran Turismo 5: Prologue - 224K
7. DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness - 202K
8. DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time - 202K
9. Wii Guitar Hero III - 152K
10. 360 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - 141K

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Game movies rarely work. I don’t know why Hollywood bothers bringing interactive experiences into the passive medium. I just don’t know.

The latest “victim” of this risky conversion is BioShock which will turn last year’s awesome game into a feature film with Gore Verbinski at the helm. Universal Studios is funding the project. I’m curious how it’ll turn out, but I don’t have high hopes. Uncharted, another 2007 game, is rumored to be optioned for movie adaptation. I’m more optimistic for this game-to-movie conversion since it was heavily influenced by movies like Indiana Jones already; it’s just coming full circle back to film.

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This morning, a rumor surfaced claiming that Infinity Ward were in talks with Activision concerning the rights to the Call of Duty franchise — IW wanted it back. Turns out later, Activision fired off e-mails and “straightened out” the situation stating that the rumor was just nothing more than a fabrication. 

Who to believe?

Look at it. The March sales numbers for Call of Duty 4. Still going strong. I wouldn’t be surprised if Infinity Ward wanted to hold off on Call of Duty 5 and continue to support Call of Duty 4. It makes sense to build on what everyone else loves. I mean, they did sell 1 million map packs for $10 a pop in 9 days. God damn, you people.

I’d like to see Infinity Ward take back the Call of Duty name.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII was released earlier this week and I am currently mashing my way through it. I played through Final Fantasy VII a while ago via my PSP and I was not that impressed with it. I’m going to blame poor translation and dated presentation for my lack of FFVII appreciation. I also didn’t like Cloud Strife as a character, but I did enjoy the story behind Cloud’s rebirth as ex-SOLDIER extraordinaire. So far Crisis Core is doing many things right with only a handful of peculiar quirks marring it; I’ll elaborate more in my upcoming review of it. Don’t expect it soon.

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COD4 was sitting unplayed for awhile for no other reason other than me waiting for the upcoming patch (which was released earlier today). Well, apparently, there was a good reason why I shouldn’t have played the game.

Yes, those are hacks. Entertaining hacks, but hacks nonetheless. If these latest hacks weren’t rendered useless by today’s patch, I’m staying away from COD4 for awhile longer. There are other videos online, but I’m not going to bother with them. I am tempted to go online to see these exploits in action for myself, but why should I do that when I can play Unreal Tournament 3 and experience a barrage of rockets and have it all be fair game?

January NPDs were released not too long ago with some shocking numbers as follows:

Hardware Numbers

1. Nintendo Wii - 274,000 
2. PLAYSTATION 3 - 269,000
3. PlayStation 2 - 264,000
4. Nintendo DS - 251,000 
5. Xbox 360 - 230,000
6. PlayStation Portable - 230,000

Software Numbers

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 330,900
2. Wii Play (Wii) - 298,100
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Wii) - 239,600
4. Rock Band (Xbox 360) - 183,800
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360) - 182,700
6. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 172,000
7. Burnout Paradise (Xbox 360) - 144,100
8. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) - 140,000
9. Mario Party DS (DS) - 138,500
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) - 133,000

My comments and amateur analysis below.

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While Call of Duty 4 is indeed one of the best games of 2007, it does have its fair shares of online multiplayer quirks and foibles.

Fortunately, Infinity Ward’s community manager, Fourtwozero, gave us a bit of a head’s up (registration required) concerning the upcoming XBOX 360 and PS3 patches. The XBOX 360 patch was recently sent to Microsoft for certification and should be hitting XBOX Live! sometime in the near future. As for the PS3 version, it is still undergoing testing, but should be sent to Sony for certification shortly.

Here’s a the short version of what’s to be expected:

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It’s been quite some time, but we finally have news concerning Call of Duty 4’s downloadable content for both the XBOX 360 and PS3. Unsurprisingly, we are going to be receiving additional maps. No word on what kind of maps they will be or how much they will go for, but one thing’s for sure, I’ll be passing on these maps.

I’m not a fan of paying for maps which will inevitably splinter the player base; some will be able to play, some won’t. They should be available for everyone at some point in time, much like Halo 3’s Heroic Pack. Bungie makes a lot great decisions when it comes to online community and a lot of developers would do well by following their example.

I have played Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on various platforms including the XBOX 360 (multiplayer beta), PC (single player demo) and Nintendo DS (for S&Gs). In the end, the only version I had my eyes on was the PS3 version for the primary reason of free online play since I do not have XBOX Live! Gold. Did it live up to my hopes? Definitely.

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