In a traditional year-end poll, Japanese hardcore gaming magazine Famitsu asked its readers and select retailers to rank the top gaming news stories of 2008. The results are printed as the top story in this week’s issue of the magazine, and are as follows:
1. The simultaneous announcement of Dragon Quest X for Wii and Dragon Quest IX’s release date -- 12/10/2008
2. The release of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G and the social phenomenon it caused -- 3/27/2008
3. Square Enix’s announcement of three Xbox 360 RPGs (Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant, and Star Ocean: The Last Hope) -- 6/10/2008
4. Sony’s discontinuation of the 60 and 20GB model PlayStation 3s (removal of backwards compatibility) -- 1/20/2008
5. The announcement of Tales of Vesperia for Xbox 360 -- 2/22/2008
6. Legal action by 54 game publishers against the importation and sale of Nintendo DS "backup" devices -- 7/29/2008
7. The release of Metal Gear Solid 4 -- 6/12/2008
8. The sub-¥20000 price drop for Xbox 360 -- 9/1/2008
9. The announcement of Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360 in America and Europe -- 7/15/2008
10. The several hour wait at Tokyo Game Show to play Monster Hunter 3 tri~ -- 10/11/2008
- •Hands-on: Huxley: The Dystopia
- •Nintendo, Take-Two, GameStop Optimistic for GTA: Chinatown Wars Long Term Prospects
- •Report: GameStop Sells Pre-Played Games As New, Practice May Be Illegal
- •GameStop Could Lose Wii Market Share in 2009
- •DICE: GameStop Defends Used Game Sales
- •Mario Kart Wii International Top Seller Of 2008
- •GameStop Reportedly Won't Sell Dawn of War 2
- •Chart Toppers: Year in Review 2008
- •GameStop No Longer Accepting Xbox Trade-ins Starting February 9
- •Halo 3 is Xbox Live's Most Played in 2008
- •Top 5 Epic Moments in Gaming
- •Super Smash Brothers Coming To Japanese Virtual Console
