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Edge: Japan's 360 Turnaround

By the time that Tokyo Game Show 2008 kicked off back in October, a fair few people had already snaffled a copy of Weekly Famitsu, intended for release the following day. It showed Xbox 360's hardware sales ahead of PS3's in Japan for the fourth week in a row (It had remained ahead up until early November.)

It set the tone for Microsoft's ballsy push into the Japanese market that was to be made evident at the convention. With the price of the console now below that of Wii in Japan, and its gaming catalogue promising tasty software deals with Japanese publishers like Square Enix, can Xbox 360 really conquer a region that previously seemed so very uninterested in what it had to offer?

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IzKyD13315624d ago

wow, the rejects over at edge make a 360 turnaround article AFTER the PS3 starts kicking it's ass again

Danja5624d ago

360 sold -->29k in 8 weeks....

PS3 sold ---> 39k ..in one week....

Sarcasm5624d ago

Yeah the 360 sure did make a 180 in Japan. Then pulled another 180 right back around doing a 360.

Pun intended.

Firstkn1ghT5623d ago

Danja, you are completely wrong. Stop making up stuff. You know the 360 sold around 36k when Tales came out.

SL1M DADDY5623d ago

It's best if you just stay naive to the ways of the dirty sanchez. From whay I hear, it's a pretty crappy experience.

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mikeslemonade5624d ago

A turnaround really? Talk about 360 getting a free pass. If 360 turned around in Japan then PS3 has zero things to worry about in America. The only time they actually sell more than they do is when an exclusive game comes out and other then that the sales go back to the way they are a year ago. After 2009 I doubt 360 will have any exclusives with Japanese developers unless Mystwalker gets payed another load of money to make more.

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STARS5624d ago (Edited 5624d ago )

Cry more, you want to bring MGS4 into this thread, eh? MGS4 > Gears of War 2. Here you go, spin this:

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Oh, and as far as the article is concerned, I stopped reading after I read the word "Edge."

Fanboy Slaughter5624d ago

Nai, for future reference...calling someone a "droid" won't bode well for you here.

Please refrain from doing this again. Or take it to the open zone, your choice.

Pennywise5624d ago

This edge site is a freakin' joke.

I can forgive bloggers, but bloggers who are paid to be journalists... no excuse! Do they believe what they write?

dukadork5624d ago

edge = xbollox propaganda for noobs

Rigmaster5624d ago

Edge, they use to be good back in the pre-WWW days because they were the best source for high quality screenshots of games.

That was a long, long, long time ago.

Now they are nothing more than a pathetic joke of a site.

BIoodmask5624d ago (Edited 5624d ago )

Microsoft has done a pretty good job of getting titles available on the 360 that Japanese gamers seem to be interested in.

Danja5624d ago

Well to be fair , M$ has done better in Japan with the 360...props to them....

BUT..the JRPG's that they are offering while yes those are the kinda guys the Japanese gamers wants..pity nmost of those RPG's are just average at best ...

even the PS2 is still getting better RPG's than the 360..Persona 4 tops them all..

Sarcasm5624d ago

Very true, it appeals to them.

However I have came to the conclusion that Japanese consumers really have poor taste in a lot of their video games.

I am currently playing Valkyria Chronicles and it's the only "RPG" this generation so far that's actually innovative, fun, polished, lengthy, and with a deep storyline to boot.

Yet, it didn't sell too well in Japan. Shame really.

cyclindk5574d ago

I'd say Japanese gamers have a taste for quality hardware over schit that breaks all the time, has no HD optical playback capabilities, et cetera.

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC7h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC5h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer6h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6025h ago(Edited 5h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya4h ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde4h ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil12h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

RavenWolfx3h ago

Yeah, I loved the Legends games so much.

ZeekQuattro11h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B9h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21839h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh8h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia8h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins9h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal8h ago

The first game was the best imo.

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10 Weirdest Video Games of All Time

Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.

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JonTheGod1d 11h ago

Why are the Katamari games not on the list??