Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition Arrives
Think you're the authority on video game statistics? You'll need to brush up on the latest and greatest by picking up this year's edition of the Guinness World Records 2010: Gamer's Edition.
Sold and distributed by Brady Games, it officially released yesterday and sells for $14.99 in the U.S.; for UK gamers, they can snag it on January 21 for the price of 15.00 pounds Sterling. This is the third book in the gamer series and it includes records like the Most Popular Video Game Series of All Time (this is Halo, by the way) and plenty of records ranging from old-school classic gaming to the best-selling titles of 2009. The Best Selling Video Game Series of All Time remains Super Mario Bros. (over 201 million copies sold across all genres and platforms), NBA Jam is The Highest Grossing Video Arcade of All Time (earning over $1 billion in its first year of release), and a truly nutty one: Longest Time Spent Playing an MMORPG. Sara Lhadi spent 16,799 hours playing Runescape between November 2004 and October 2009 and if you're wondering, that averages out to about 9 hours and 20 minutes of play time every day for the 5-year span. ...what?!
This new Guinness Gamer's Edition also features a new format, as it no longer presents the information in a game-by-game structure. This time, everything is separated out into genre and sub-genre, which allowed the editors "to pick only the strongest and most relevant records in each topic area." Said Guinness World Records Gaming Editor, Gaz Deaves:
"With huge game releases, big announcements and long-standing records broken, this year has been great for gaming. The Gamer's Edition 2010 is all about what's great in videogames right now, and gamers of all ages and abilities will find something amazing in the new book, from the casual to the ultra-hardcore."
So, when are you picking up your copy? You just need it for your collection, even if you're not planning on reading it cover-to-cover. There are some records in there that are just plain...silly.
1/4/2010 9:23:22 PM Ben Dutka
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LimitedVertigo
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:03:50 PM
swapnilgyani
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 2:26:20 AM
mustang750r
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 3:17:32 AM
to_far_apart
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:30:12 PM
Perfect way to put it. Unfortunately this society loves to praise nonsense. So if you think about it, we deserve it like you said. Hell, you could get famous for anything now. It really is absurd. Goes to show how much society is spiraling down, or how long we've been at this low point.
Jed
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 9:47:40 PM
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I don't know if I'm going to buy the book, but I might head over to Barnes & Noble and look through it over a coffee.
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LimitedVertigo
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:05:36 PM
MyWorstNightmar
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:31:45 PM
Agree with Titanic though, however, many a man got laid after taking their woman to go see that movie, so it did have its usefullness.
Last edited by MyWorstNightmar on 1/4/2010 11:37:44 PM
LimitedVertigo
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:35:53 PM
MyWorstNightmar
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:45:43 PM
As far as Wii sports not helping gaming, Sony and Microsoft disagree. They are coming out with their own motion control gadgets. I personally don't like that fact, wish Nintendo could keep that concept to themselves.
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LimitedVertigo
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:54:51 PM
MS and Sony jumping on the motion controller bandwagon are trying to cash in on the casual gamer crowd that Nintendo found. If susie homemaker sells rotten apples to the blind guy across the street for 10 dollars you can bet your ass I'm walking over with an orange for a quarter. (okay that didn't make any sense but just go with it, it's cute).
MyWorstNightmar
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:01:19 AM
You mentioned I am not the norm, and I certainly except that, however, my dad hasn't owned a console since the Atari. But now he has a Wii, and it gets a lot of use. Sister in law hasn't had a console since the N64, but now she has a Wii, and it gets a lot of use, she is currently playing New Super Mario. I think that many people thought gaming passed them by. They were used to 1 or two buttons on a controller. Then they see these new controllers with D-pads, multiple thumbsticks, 8 or so buttons, and they think, yep, I will never play a video game again. Then the Wii arrives, and boom, folks are gaming again.
We obviously have diff views on this. You didn't expand on your original premise.
Could you expand on why you claim Wii Sports doesn't help gaming?
We have had a great year for game releases. I don't see the industry taking a step backwards because of the Wii.
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LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:12:43 AM
An example would be that instead of getting the movie Terminator2 we got The Mask2. This is the problem I see with the Wii and games like Wii sports. It attracts a large consumer base but they aren't avid gamers and a majority of them don't ever make the switch to games on the 360 or PS3.
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bigrailer19
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:24:05 AM
MyWorstNightmar
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:26:18 AM
There is a lot of shovelware out there on the Wii, PS3 and XBOX, but there are a lot of great games also. The Wii didn't creat that phenomenon.
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:28:33 AM
I'll just say that while I respect what Nintendo did with the Wii and something like Wii Sports, Limited is correct in saying that the vast majority of those who loved that game will never buy Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain, FFXIII, GoWIII, GT5, etc. It reached out to new demographics and managed to make a gimmick a hit.
But I still say the Wii is more of a gadget than a game console. Not that that's a BAD thing, per se.
MyWorstNightmar
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:28:55 AM
LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:38:58 AM
You always make for an interesting conversation, I'll always respect that.
You're right there are bad games across all consoles. We can just agree that the Wii brought you back to gaming and I'm happy for that. I hope more Wii users follow in your footsteps, only then do I see the Wii improving gaming as a whole.
BTW Dumb & Dumber is a classic!
bigrailer19
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:39:49 AM
Yeah i hear you! hes (LV) very respected with good reason.
Ben-
Although i agree with you about the wii being a fad mor or less, i still believe its a console. I havnt played my wii since i bought it 2-3 years ago and its because i lost interest. But it still provides some good games. Like New super mario bros wii. I bought it for Christmas for my g/f and its actually really good. If you have respect for Super mario bros, then you should not have anything bad to say about this game. Its the same mechanics and gameplay, with new twists. And look what its done for a lot of people, including myworstnightmar. He basically said he got back into gaming because of that machine.
I hope the vast majority or people who own a wii now can actually agree gaming is a hobby, and respect it more.
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MyWorstNightmar
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:42:11 AM
I mostly have the Wii for party type games, and my kids play the heck out of the Wii.
I can certainly understand why most PS3 owners would turn their nose at the Wii, however, from my perspective, I believe the Wii has been a boom for the video game industry both financially and conceptually. Only time will tell if Sony and Microsoft expand on what the Wii did with their motion offerings, or if Nintendo will remain the leader in that department.
Last edited by MyWorstNightmar on 1/5/2010 12:45:05 AM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 10:21:36 AM
I have played it multiple times in the past, though. My brother had one for a while and a friend still has one. He plays it a lot with his wife. But that's my point: unless more than one person is using it, I fail to see how it can be entertaining for more than a few minutes. The single-player experience is SO far beneath what it can be on the other platforms.
However, you having kids puts things in a completely different light. I understand that perfectly.
St_Jimmy
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 9:57:21 PM
NoSmokingBandit
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 10:34:01 PM
MyWorstNightmar
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:39:01 PM
St_Jimmy
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 9:56:36 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 10:33:10 PM
SvenMD
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 7:51:28 AM
St_Jimmy
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 2:31:42 PM
to_far_apart
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 10:04:32 PM
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to_far_apart
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:16:09 PM
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 5:01:15 AM
Cholo Gamer
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 10:18:47 PM
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SvenMD
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 7:55:30 AM
I know when Killzone 2 came out I honestly played every single day for 9-12 hours for an entire week. It was fantastic.
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Cholo Gamer
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 9:02:55 PM
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Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 10:35:11 PM
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Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 10:37:33 PM
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:12:02 AM
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:32:37 AM
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:35:35 AM
John Shoemaker
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:02:55 PM
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dante_zero
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:17:11 PM
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Hezzron
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:28:06 PM
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EA plans on relaunching the NBA Jam franchise, and I don't blame them after seeing that figure.
LimitedVertigo
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:38:35 PM
bigrailer19
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:27:14 AM
Geobaldi
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Reccaman18
Monday, January 04, 2010 @ 11:43:37 PM
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John Shoemaker
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dragonx_HD
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:33:30 AM
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dragonx_HD
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:49:04 AM
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Mgs4 about killed me because I didnt want to put it down until I finished it, but I had to go to work the next day. I had some dazed shifts there for a few days lol
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Banky A
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:54:25 AM
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SvenMD
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 12:59:29 AM
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LimitedVertigo
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 1:07:20 AM
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 1:15:30 AM
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 1:29:19 AM
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That's one hell of a dedicated gal, but I have to wonder if she did it all without any help from friends or family.
I've done quite a few 24 to 36 hour marathons in the past, but after my 2 days off from work, I've always felt like a blind 3-legged wilderbeast chew toy at the alligator's annual social "Meet, Greet, & Eat" watering hole event, once I had returned to work.
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 5:34:54 AM
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mustang750r
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LimitedVertigo
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @ 5:03:59 AM
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