some form of compensation from FIFA Coins Sony is in order, at least for gamers."We're
rooting for Sony to resolve the issue as quickly as possible," an official with
the company says. "PSN is one of our primary channels for reaching console game
fans, and it does feel as though Sony should compensate customers, if not
developers, for the outage."Speaking to IGN, one developer revealed that Sony
will be helping companies whose game launches were affected by the outage. Paddy
Murphy, CEO of
Blocker Alpha developer Open Emotion Studios, says Sony will keep the game
featured prominently on the Buy FIFA Mobile Coins PlayStation Store, as the title was just in its
first week in the U.S. when the outage occurred."As long as they can give us
some marketing assistance when the PSN is back up, we are sure we will be able
to recoup our potential losses," says Murphy.
Every week, sister iPhone and iPad site FingerGaming rounds up the
top-grossing iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad applications, as current that day in
the iTunes App Store, and this chart is now available on Gamasutra.This week's
U.S. revenue charts see Tap Pet Hotel and Tap Zoo earning top iPhone sales,
while NBA Jam and Final Fantasy III emerge as big sellers on the iPad.These
charts allow end users to see who is making the most money on the App Store that
day. It differs significantly
the Top 10 Games chart, which is ranked by fifaah sales, and therefore is dominated
by lower-priced titles that sell more copies.Data comes courtesy of Apple's
public sales information. All titles in the App Store's "Games" category are
considered in chart rankings.This week's top-grossing iPhone titles are:1. Tap
Zoo (Free)2. Tap Pet Hotel (Free)3. NBA Jam ($4.99)4. Zynga Poker (Free)5. Angry
Birds ($0.99)6. Texas Poker (Free)7. Words With Friends ($2.99)8. Smurfs'
Village (Free)9. Angry Birds
