Mediacrate software sales for the week ending 28th October,2007

Here are the top 10 games :-

01. [NDS] Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (Square-Enix) - 142,000 / NEW

02. [PS2] Ar Tonelico 2 (Banpresto) - 72,000 / NEW

03. [NDS] World Soccer Winning Eleven DS: Goal to Goal (Konami) - 29,000 / NEW

04. [PS3] Imabikisou (Sega) - 23,000 / NEW

05. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo) - 21,000 / 54,000

06. [NDS] Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Bandai-Namco) - 20,000 / NEW

07. [WII] Ghost Squad (Sega) - 20,000 / NEW

08. [PS2] God of War II (Capcom) - 17,000 / NEW

09. [NDS] DS Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series: Deadly Intent (Tecmo) - 17,000 / 98,000

10. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon) - 16,000 / 537,000

The Hardware sales would be uploaded at 9:30 tonight

[Real gamer 4 life]

why do they have GOD OF WAR 2 AND THEN ADD (CAPCOM) NEXT DO IT. the 360 is taking a harderd pounding in japan then sony is taking in america.

[nasim]

x360 sells just 2k there

However ps3 sales would increase from tomorrow in NA

x360 would just die like a pig in JAPAN and EU (where halo 3bundle flopped )

x360 has nothing after halo 3

ps3 has UNCHARTED, FF13, MG4,GT5 all bigger games from now onwards

[MK_Red]

Real gamer 4 life, Because Capcom is publishing the game (GOW2) in Japan (They localized it).

As for BladeStorm, I never understood what people find in Koei's hack-n-slash games. I love the genre but Koei games all look and play like each other.

[the worst]

o its in america only
ps3 is world wide

[jackfatal]

dont disappear! its nice to see u post again!! u r like the war commander for ps3!!

[ruibing]

It's not going to stop MS from trying though. Did you see that 360 bundled with three games? I don't mind the 360 doing well, but I want a definite barrier between western and Japanese games.

I love games from Japanese developers and would hate to see them marred by western influence, which I feel may happen if MS starts doing well in Japan. I do NOT want Japanese games that are developed to be catered for Western audience, that's just like bad Chinese fast food.

[sonarus]

at least they are gaining momentum

[season007]

Are you trying to MOCK?

[power of Green]

Westerners and Some japanses probably developed higher standards being a 360 fan those KOEI games suck ass. The only people owning the 360 over there are probably people that like to try out different things and more than likely developed an evolved taste in gaming.

[gtgcoolkid]

Fox news can learn something from you.

[krackchap]

lol what a spin
so why do you think your other 360 games flopped ,guess they were not up to japanese standards either

[power of Green]

Xbox owners did not like the game. No spin what so ever, no one purchased the game for the 360. Japanese like the PS3 because of the type of games they're used will be on it.

[lonestarmt]

My guess is that the only people who would buy a 360 over there favor mostly western type games, so they won't buy Japanese style game on it. Makes sense to me. People who like those games have a ps3, DS, or wii plain and simple. I don't know why J devs still try to makes games on the 360 in Japan when they could apparently sell 22 times more on the ps3.

[fenderputty]

That mentality is exactly why games like rathet will never be seen on the 360. It was a fault for the system last gen and, if xbox owners continue this mentality, it won't get much better this gen. Seriously ... lol ... more evolved ... do you even know how stupid you sound.

[MK_Red]

Strong and good start for that PS3 Sega game.

[THE_JUDGE]

say that because one of their games isn't selling locally on a certain system that they will abandon it altogether. Thats a hasty judgement.

[achira]

why dont xbots post here ? only the dumb pog tries to post bs.

[fjtorres]

Dunno.
Maybe they actually have lives?
Or are too busy playing on their 360s? ;-)

[power of Green]

More PS3's aswell who typed this opinion about KOEI lol .

[testerg35]

Do 360 fans even try to defend Japanese sales? So what's the point? And where did Lair go that nasim said would sell tons in Japan? Did HS get released there yet cause I don't see that either.

[lonestarmt]

lair actually sold pretty good there, in no. 7 when it came out,they even posted this on this very website. Nasim is a fanboy, but he was right on calling that lair would love Lair

[testerg35]

What's good? It was number 7 and then disappeard. Same could be said about Halo 3 over there then.

[lonestarmt]

good point. I wonder what the charts would look like if they compared the two games sales wise in Japan. Even if its not in the top 10, that doesn't mean a game didn't sell well.

[lonestarmt]

wow and I thought 2 to 1 was bad. This is like at best, 22 to 1. It will be real interesting to see what happens when lost odyessy comes out. If that doesn't do good, 360 might as well pull out of Japan.

[Kuest]

Remember that MS's primary rationale for being in Japan derives from its need to acquire Japanese TPDs (Third party Developers). So, in that sense, hardware sales don not necessarily matter (that is, we pretty much what's going to happen). Of course, software sales do... but on a WORLDWIDE basis (thank God).

Meaning that, despite abysmal sales in Japan, if Blade-storm can perform well in foreign markets... mission accomplished (somewhat). Basically, what I'm trying to say is that sales #s -in Japan- are NOT indicative of whether or not MS is succeeding in the land of the rising sun- on the contrary, the # of additional Japanese TPD support the 360 can obtain is FIRST priority.

Keeping this in mind, it is unlikely that MS would EVER consider dropping out of Japan NOW- since they are indeed relatively successful in forming positive relationships w/ Japanese software companies.

But I agree. MS's sales suck in Japan.

[Snukadaman]

face it..blue dragon was made by one of the creators of the final fantasy series....characters drawn from the creator of dragon ball z...music from a final fantasy composer....and did horrible in japan...you add that up and it was suppose too be the smash hit in japan and around the world....most people in America seen it failed in japan and didnt give it a second look...the game is good...not a final fantasy 7 by any means but really enjoyable if your a rpg fan....

[supaet]

where do you see bladestorm?

i don't see it any where

[gamehendge]

if i had a dollar for every time i saw xbox and flops in the same sentence, i'd be retired by now.

[forum_crawler]

Nintendo is getting some serious love! Way to go Ninty!!!

[Seriously]

If the PS3 owners want KOEI they can have them, lol. I thought the first couple of games were ok but seriously, these games are and will never be something that people will cry about. I guess the Jap gamers are either just into stuff like Bladestorm or really do like garbage. Obviously with install base of 360's in Japan, an already bad game isn't going to put up good numbers. I doubt many 360 owners are posting because they already know that the 360 user base in Jap is low and it really isn't news at all that a game sold less than PS3.

Are the PS3 owners that desperate for news that they would stand up and rave about a subpar throw away game like this selling well in Japan? Just shows me that the folks in Japan are desperate for any type of game for there PS3. I know the U.S. owners didn't run out to buy this garbage, well at least I hope they didn't.

[lonestarmt]

This is important news because sometimes xbots put up articles that say 360 gaining ground in Japan! Great potential showing in Japan!!! Truth is no it doesn't. ITs very bad signs. So this may or may not be a good game, but its to show people that in reality 360 is in trouble in Japan. Worse than any system in any country. They are doing great without Japan, but every console that wins each gen, has won Japan, so it could be a sign of things to come. Its very relvant showing that a on par game is outselling the 360 verision vastly.

[Snukadaman]

that game that is numbered 4 for the ps3..23k for a game, that is essentially is a "choose your own adventure" type reading game...compare the numbers for NA and numbers for japan and you see most people buy games from NA.

[Real gamer 4 life]

microsoft would have been well ahead of the competition if the japanese market would buy there product, the only thing holding the 360 back is the japanese market. But now it will only get worst over there for microsoft, because sony will soon drop the price of the ps3 and on top of that next year with the release of metal gear solid, final fnatsy and grant turismo, it will be the end of xbox over there. microsoft should just pull out of their very soon. they are doing horrible over there, there product has been out for two years over their and hasnt sold more than the highpriced ps3 and the wii.

[Seriously]

The last thing Sony owners should want is for MS to pull out of any region they are in. As long as MS has a presence in the console market it will force Sony to continue to improve both hardware & software and pricing. This goes the other way as well (So you folks don’t think I’m picking on Sony). Competition breeds excellence! If you let them, Sony will put themselves on cruise control and just sit back and watch. They did it with the release of PS2. That is until Xbox came to market. They then picked up the steam and put out a nice catalog of exclusive titles throughout the life of the console. You people whining for a winner are goofy! We will end up seeing some of the greatest games every this generation because of the mere FACT that MS has thrown up such a good fight and vice versa because PS3 is throwing down so well.

[Firewire]

Jeez the numbers are so dismal for the 360 in Japan. I really wonder why MS bothers anymore. I think its well passed the games reason, I think the Japanese just don't trust the 360, although looking at the original xbox it didn't do much better than the 360, and the original never suffered hardware problems. I wonder how much MS is spending trying to make games that the Japanese like, and the related advertising expense to boot seems like a huge waste of money. They should use that money for new IP's for N.A, were they have a strong market.I know MS has tons of cash, but this just seems like throwing it away.

I guess the Japanese really dislike MS?

[Kuest]

As treacherous as MS's situation in Japan may be, NOTHING is more important for the 360 than its continued existence in Japan. Why? Because, slowly but surely, Xbox is recruiting more and more Japanese software companies to its cause, which guarantees that MS will at least maintain its foothold in the GAMES sector. Do you remember what happened last generation? The number of third party exclusives for the PS2 almost doubled that of the 360. This breadth of software undoubtedly contributed to the PS2's skyrocketing sales.

Now, 5 years later, Ms wants to replicate their competitor's success to some extent by increasing their non 1st party support. By doing so, MS can reap the benefits associated w/ letting SOMEONE ELSE do the work (making the games) while being able to enjoy an increase in hardware. If you consider MS's situation during last generation, most hit software came exclusively from 1st party developers! As a result, MS was funding their own gain- meaning that if they wanted their console to sell, they were the ones responsible for making AAA games.

So, what's Kuest trying to say? Japan resembles a HOUSEHOLD market in that MS is focused mainly on buying resources (TPDs) in order to decrease costs by letting someone else make the "big" games, which works hand in hand in increasing their market share ABROAD due to MORE GAMES.

MS's time in Japan is being well-spent, trust me. Your focusing on the wrong areas.

[Firewire]

Well I know how there trying to break into the market in Japan, And I realize their goal is to get more Japanese developers to develop for the 360. But the problem is the 360 doesn't have the support of the Japanese dev community right now, not like the PS2 did back in the day. Japanese dev's back then were creaming to make titles for the PS2 because of the huge market they had in Japan, and the influence of the PS2 on the worldwide market, that ensured that some Japanese games would sell reasonably well in other markets.
Non of that exists today for 360 & its impossible to create on purpose. (look at the PS3 its a prime example right now) As for spending money buying Japanese specific games from those Japanese dev's right now is truly a waste, even if you hit 1 or 2 hits out of all that money spent it won't bring you back into the market, and especially knowing how fads come & go in Japan its a waste for both the PS3 & 360. So basically how much $$$ is enough before you call it quits in trying to buy a market? Sure Japanese dev's will take truck loads of cash of MS, making sure they cover their butts finacialy & not really care how their game performs. To its credit at least Sony isn't throwing their money after a wasted hope or dream. But again the only thing Sony has going for it, is a number of dev's making jrpgs exclusive to the PS3 for next year, and their hope lies with a wish & a dream that Sony can recover market share in Japan, and therefore they might be able to re-coup their losses, but at least Sony isn't paying them for it.

[Kuest]

However, I'm afraid your referring to the beginning of the 360's console life. No doubt, at first, MS was shelling out big cash to woo developers into what was-then-perceived as "financial suicide". But, but, BUT... that was before Japanese software companies realized the level of success they could achieve ABROAD. Compare Blue-dragon's sales with that of the US. How about Dead Rising and Lost Planet? None of those games achieved satisfactory success in Japan, but managed good/stellar sales in foreign markets. For this reason, MS is employing JAPANESE developers in order to satisfy the demands of American (sometimes European) consumers. Quite literally, Japanese TPDs are REQUESTING to make games for MS because of the success that most 360 Third Party Games achieve worldwide in comparison to their own domestic market.

Do you see? The strategy for MS NOW is to increase their share hold in the US and Europe in order to convince Japanese TPDs to make games for their system with the expectation that said games will do well ABROAD.

So far, their strategy has been working. Capcom would never have demonstrated such support for the 360 on bribes alone, my friend. Clearly, their games have been selling somewhere (just not Japan).

edit:

I see your point about the increasing "hand held" market, but... Alas! I talk too much. Nice chatting w/ you too, Firewall. Sometimes I just gotta learn when to shut up!

Its so hard though...

[Firewire]

Well you make a pretty good point, but I truly believe the Japanese market is almost a waste for both Sony & MS at this time. Especially with the transformation to a hand held gaming market & all in Japan.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the future thats for sure! If either company can pull out some kind of half hearted come back in Japan it would be a major achievement!

Anyways I'm off to watch some boring movie with the g/f! Nice chatting with you Kuest!

[lonestarmt]

a waste in Japan??? hardly, some of the best games of all time are japanese. You need to be a success in Japan to bring in big japan devs. Im 99.9% sure that if the 360 was doing better in Japan mgs 4 and ff 13 would be multi-platform. I"m sure that if 360 ever picks up, they still might come later down the line.

[Seriously]

I think the greatest part of this, is that NASIM posted it and of course slid in the part where this MAY prompt KOEI to completely pull support for Xbox. That is dang near laugh out loud funny. I’d like to see your source for that statement. I’d assume that KOEI must have made a hint towards it, since you are claiming it? Do you honestly think KOEI is worried about Bladestorm selling well on one particular system or another? They will continue as usual, milking all of there series for what they are worth and putting them on every current system and reaping the benefits. They are not a discerning company what so ever.

You my friend are a moron! I love your comments though, lol. Always good for a laugh.

[KingME]

If the PS3 version only sold 110,000 copies maybe they should consider dropping PS3 support all together also. I mean, based on NASIM own wording. "Bladestorm PS3 version which has sold over 110 000 copies till date in Japan..." That's 110,000 copies in 8 weeks; (released 30 Aug 07) especially considering there are over 1.5 million PS3 sold in Japan.

110,000 copies is not exactly burning things up. We all already know the 360 is not doing so well in the console war over in Japan. NASIM you actually kinda owned yourself...haha

Another funny thing about your post is that, the article is about a top 10 ten sales chart and you are more concerned about how a lowly title is doing on the 360. Nasim you may as well own a 360, because it occupies more of your time hating on it than you could possible have playing the PS3.

Have anyone ever noticed how NASIM never really talks about how fun a game was, or how cool a certain level was in a game. Wouldn't it be down right creepy if we actually found out that this guy actually don't own a PS3...lol that would be crazy.

I mean really I don't see how he has much time to play, he spends too much time hating. This article really should be about how the DS is owning everything on this chart. haha, what a loser.

[DeZimatoR]

AHAHAHH man, talk about a huge spin! xD

If it was the PS3 version of teh game to flop you would be mocking PS3 fans...as it was the 360's version to fail, its because 360 owners in Japan don't like this game or whatever...

Yep, I guess your right, a Japanese person that buys a 360 isn't very normal...

[drewlusk]

Really who cares about what the 360 sells in Japan? The 360 is primarily for the North American market. I could care less what the Jap sales are. Here in America the tide has turned for the 360 and it is the new PS2. I personally own 3 of them and it is more than a gaming machine to me. I have my HDTV going into my Vista PC which turns my 360 into my HD-DVR. It runs my entire media collection. Sony is so far behind now that they will not be able to catch up in North America. The PS3 price drop will not move significant units. There is no game on the PS3 that is worth spending $500 to $600 on. What the hell happened to Lair, Heavenly Sword and Warhawk? Wern't they supposed to be system movers? Have you seen the sales figures on those? Even some of the worst games on 360 have sold more than them. Come on Sony!! You were once the best that gaming had to offer but now you are more worried about selling a Blu-Ray player than you are about games. I don't need HD-Dvd or Blu-ray. I can download and rent HD movies from my 360 or recorded them from HBOHD and keep them as long as I want. Who are you fooling Sony? Your system is powerful but has yet to show anyone why it is better than the 360.

PS3 fanboys,

Name me one reason why the PS3 is better than the 360? Hum!!!! A little tongue tied? I would be the first to buy a PS3 if it was worth it and it is not. You wasted your money.

Wow!! Feels good to get that off of my chest!!!

[Firewire]

Jeez dude calm down with the rant.

First & foremost, no console has ever won anything with just one market, because no matter what each and every market is limited in the amount of consoles that can be sold in any one region. As for media abilities I suggest you read up on the abilities that the PS3 offers, they are both pretty well the same & in some areas the PS3 excedes the 360.
As for games Lair was a flop, but for only one reason, the control scheme. Heavenly Sword is selling good, especially in Europe right now. As for Warhawk, don't trust the NPD numbers because they don't tell you how many people downloaded the game. On any given night there are 400-500 Warhawk servers up & way more on weekends. There are allot of good games on the PS3, take for example Resistance, which by the way if you look at the Euro weekly numbers is on top of Halo 3 in some markets & the game is almost a year old. Look at those same charts & you will see Motorstorm up there as well.

As for pricing I guess you didn't here about the new 40GB skew, the price range is now $399-$499! releases tomorrow in the states. (not $499-$599)

[Chaos Striker]

'if' you were the first to buy it when it was worth it...then you would have been the first owner of a ps3, but you are not. Other people have bought it and obviously they must have surmised that it was not a 'waste of money'. And obviously the reasons for why one system is inferior or superior to the other can be debated heavily because one side may say that is a plus while the other may say that it is useless.

[Real gamer 4 life]

it will only get worst for microsoft once the price drop for the ps3. once the 40gb is introduce in japan, the 360 is dead there.

[ukilnme]

I thought it was already dead there. I wish you fanboys would make up your minds on MS fate in Japan. Is it dead in Japan or will it die with the PS3 price drop? If there ever is a single dominant console maker again you will be begging to have some competition around.

[Snukadaman]

God of war selling 17K...abysmal....no xbox 360 anywhere...It looks like North America is the only place where in the month of september you can have a game sell about 300K-100K...poor nasim...he even had too throw in koei is thinking of dropping support for the xbox 360 because of low sales for bladestorm...here is a idea koei...make a good game instead of a cheap knock off of your one trick pony dynasty warriors and maybe you get more people buying your games.

[Firewire]

God of War never sold that well in Japan, so why should God of War 2? This is not the type of game that the Japanese like. They don't have interest in mythology at all unless its Japan history specific.

[Kuest]

While it would be reasonably to blame the 360 for Bladestorm's downright failure at the "box-office"... I seriously doubt that anybody was interested in that game to begin w/. Especially in the wake of "other" AAA titles coming out in Japan (Mario, LO, etc.).

Talk about over-reaching.

[season007]

if i have a dollar each time a xbox360 shows RROD, i would've retired by now

[ukilnme]

If I had a dollar every time a Sony Fanboy made a stupid @ss comment I could have bought out Sony and MS by now.

[KingME]

If you had a dollar for everytime you made a stupid a$$ comment, you would be homeless.

[wangdiddy82]

are we getting this game or is just for japan

[power of Green]

You stupid ass fanboys did any of you even reply so you could explain why Bladstorm did not sell on the Xbox platform? in J-Land.

Dissagreeing is easy. (#3.4 atleast proved he is human).

#3.4 as long as the devs keep the west in mind all is not lost but at the same time could be turning the Japanses off to their games.

I know this for a fact, I see way too many reasons for Japanses bias for any out sider to be successful any time soon in Japan.

[Real gamer 4 life]

I dont think the japanese are biased, because if you think about it why is the i pod sell so good over there, and jordans the sneaker from nike sell very well over there also. So they arent biased to american products.

[Funky Town_TX]

Levis is more american than Nike. Nike was never made in the USA.

[Kuest]

to whom are Nike's products primarily marketed to? Where a product is made does not necessarily mean that product is associated with that exact location. In this case, its is the targeted audience that counts.

[DeckUKold]

360 always fails in japan come on you people act like this started last week or somthing come on this is sony/nintendo's turf it's behind enemies line just waiting for bad xbox news and Japanese like stuff in they culture

[power of Green]

Other Japanses games developed for the Japanese market do not flop(ratio of the base size) let alone set the record for flops the world has not seen for awhile.

[Nuch Vader]

It's ridiculous that crap like this can get approved. Especially with personal attacks towards other N4G members in the Headlines.

[Snukadaman]

It seems that both sides have enough accounts too approve each others sides....pretty terrible when the masses are not controlling the media but a few with agendas.

[aggh im on fire]

It could be because the game is absoulute crap...

[cooke15]

i love the spelling mistake right in the title. Media CREATE not crate

[Jandre02]

It shows that the 360 wont outsell the PS3 this gen. The PS3 will pass the 360 in Europe by June next year. The 360 sales will be lucky to reach 1 million in Japan by the end of this gen.

America isnt lost to the PS3, since it has only been out one year. Xbox may sell more in America by the end of next year still, but the PS3 will be winning in the other regions.

Selling more than the Xbox is important because...
1. I wanna rub it in fanboys faces whose only argument for supporting the xbox is "its better than the PS3!"
2. PS3 can start to get some love from developers. It will be lead SKU on games and developers will finally take advantage of the SPU and Blu-Ray for games.

[ukilnme]

J@ckasses like you should just stop gaming and find a new hobby.

All of you 360 hating and PS3 bashing jack@sses suck and I hope your consoles break.

[Snukadaman]

Sony loses money on every console they sell...they make all their money back on software....the best seller for ps3 is 23K..thats quite abysmal....only the ds and the wii make money selling consoles and looking at the charts...always have more then 3 titles in the charts on every continent.