The headline basically states it all. Enterbrain has released the Japanese lifetime sales numbers for the current generation of home consoles,

and here’s how it all plays out as of February 28th:

Wii: 10,007,736

PS3: 4,766,408

Xbox 360: 1,235,049

The Wii took 170 weeks to break the 10 million mark, which was 39 weeks longer than the PS2 took back in the day. They’re not “winning” by any means, but it’s nice to see that the Xbox 360 passed the 1 million mark. Microsoft made a mark with their system, perhaps gaining a foothold for their next release.

Japan: Lifetime Wii, PS3, 360 Sales Revealed [EDGE], photo via Akibablog

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This week’s Deal of the Week isn’t a 3D Realms or an EA DICE joint. Hell, it’s not even a downloadable game or add-on. According to Major Nelson, this week’s offer at a reduced price is Gears of War Avatar crap. Until next Monday, Gold members can download the COG armor and decorative helmet for 240 MSP and 80 MSP respectively in the Avatar Marketplace.

We’re not sure what kind of savings this is. We’re not nerd enough to consider making our digital likenesses look like nerds. That’s not to halt you though. Do your thing and be proud. Nerd.

Deal of the Week: Gears of War Avatar Items [Major Nelson]

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[UPDATE: OMG THIS IS LIEK SO TERRIBLY OLD. By the way, the "Top Secret" beta was for Blur.]

Our console MMO sense is tingling. This afternoon, FilePlanet announced that it has coupled with a “secret partner” in order to offer Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers a shot at an exclusive beta. The catch is that you’ll need sign up. The kicker is that all the available spots are now full. No beta for you.

So what’s this thing? We’re not sure, but it seems like it’s time for Cryptic Studios’ MMO Champions On the web to finally hit the console. We’ve asked Atari and haven’t heard back as of press time. However, we’ll know soon enough: “gameplay” is in this exclusive beta is slated to start today.

FilePlanet Exclusive Xbox 360 Beta Event [FilePlanet]

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Namco Bandai has unleashed a new batch of screenshots for Splatterhouse. The retro revival’s had quite the troubled development, but these new screens look like they’re taking the right direction. All you need is a nutcase in a skull mask and plenty of enemies to mindlessly smack around, and it appears that’s what the game delivers.

Followers of 4A Game’s Metro 2033 take note: this is the trailer you’ve been waiting for. It’s the one where they stop hinting at the radiated horrors, and actually show what they look like up close. “Terrifying” is the word I’d use to describe these things, I think.

It’s a shame this post-apocalyptic shooter will likely release with its fair share of technical issues — “jank,” as Brad and I often call it — because every other part of it looks completely fascinating. Games have delved into life in the wasteland plenty of times before, but never quite like this.

Taking all of that into consideration, I’m still feeling cautiously optimistic. You probably should too.

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The Xbox LIVE Avatar store needs Nolan North masks. Period. But while we wait for the anointed one to receive his digital due, we wouldn’t mind dressing up our digital likeness as a Sith Apprentice. Or a Storm Trooper. Or as a vapid Imperial pilot broad.

Perhaps in celebration of the latest Star Wars: The Force Unleashed DLC release, the Hoth mission pack, LucasArts has bombarded the Avatar Marketplace with all sorts of game-related clothing — all of which you can catch a digital peek at via the LucasArts Workshop. We know you want to say, “Oh, Avatar clothing is soooo stupid!” But we also know you want it. Admit it. It’s OK to want something.

Like we would forget about XBox Live Avatars? [LucasArts Workshop]

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Want to blow up a fighter jet in Just Cause 2? You could do it using a plane but that’s something a stupid normal person would do. Just Cause 2 offers you multiple ways of destroying objects including a way only an awesome insane person would do it.

As the above exclusive Just Cause 2 trailer demonstrates, doing things the crazy is a lot more fun. So long as you’ve strong legs that’s.

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Well done Lionhead. Once again, we’ve Fable III screens to show you, but as always, there are barely any. Compared to last time, we now have double the screenshots for you. Unfortunately, double of one is … two. Yes. We have two screenshots for you. Good grief.

Deadly Premonition. Either you “get it,” like us, or you’re a normal human being and will never be able to understand what makes it so amusing. Hopefully you’ve already seen these two posts on the game — each contains a marvelous video. If not, brace yourself for greatness.

Much to our surprise (and delight), Deadly Premonition is out now for Xbox 360 at the highly-affordable going rate of $19.99. A press release confirming as much was sent out earlier today, and — get this — the game’s got fishing and racing mini-games!

When reached for comment, Dale North responded with “hnnnng Deadly Promotion.” We were unable to determine if that was a positive or a negative remark. Perhaps it’s both? You can look forward to a review from Jim in the very near future.

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Black Rock Studio’s awesome (yet overlooked) offroad trick-racer PURE is now available on Xbox 360 Games on Demand. The digital download will run you $19.99, and is a 4 gig download.

If you haven’t had a opportunity to try it out, PURE is a surprisingly excellent arcade-style racer. My first thoughts after playing it were that it felt like SSX on wheels and a whole lot of dirt. If that description doesn’t sell you on it, then I’ve got nothing.

Black Rock’s next title is Split/Second, an over-the-top, reality-show-based arcade racer that promises car wrecks, explosions, and even more explosions. Sold. PURE just might be able to keep you occupied until that game ships later this year.

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