Xbox 360 Surpasses Total Xbox Sales as Japan's Game Market Climbs in October

GameDaily BIZ has received the latest monthly Famitsu marketing data service report for the period covering October 1 – 28. Although software sales fell by over 14 percent, hardware sales climbed 30 percent, resulting in overall industry growth of 2.2 percent.

[wil4hire]

Yet the 360 hasn't managed to put a dent in Wii sales.. or the ps2's record for the 2 year mark.

Celebrating non-victory is what xbots are best at. Xbox has no victory over the competition that has been out as long as it has.

The XBOX 1 flopped in japan. Its like how Xbots celebrated a store which had 50 360's getting sold out.

[Mr_Kuwabara]

The 360 isn't trying to break records, the 360 is trying to just sell and that is what it is doing. I don't own a 360 but seriously chill dude, if you want to give a fact or opinion, do it without aggression or insults.

[lawman1108]

360 will OWN the Wii and PS3 in a Christmas BLOOD BATH

http://www.vgchartz.com/

[jackfatal]

360 will have a tough competition in USA by ps3 and wii!!
and forget other markets because it has already lost!!
and know this the world is not just USA!!

below me!!
well u r right!! but am hyping by near future ps3 from now!! get it??
am so excited about it!! MAN its a PLAYSTATION 3!! dont forget that!! not 2 but 3!!!

[dragunrising]

Why does it matter who wins? Is your life better if one console or another wins? Tell me there is a business that cares as much about you as you apparently care for your console of choice. Stop being a fanboy. The non-ignorant thing to say would be: The console race is going to be close and unpredictable this holiday. There ya go.

[AngryTypingGuy]

We forget that Microsoft is a new kid on the block. Sony had a huge fanbase before Microsoft entered the scene. They still do, but Microsoft has taken a big chunk of it. If they have already passed Xbox 1 sales in this short amount of time, then it shows definite growth. They will only get bigger over time.

When Sony came out with PS1, they revolutionized gaming. When Xbox came out, Microsoft didn't revolutionize anything (except for having a hard drive in a game console). They were just trying to do what Sony did, but do it better. In my opinion and in the opinion of many (but not in the opinion of everyone, I know, I know) they have succeeded at doing just that.

[Filanime03]

LAwman i am sorry but as much as I like the 360 and ps3 I don't think both consoles has a chance on the Wii. I still don't get why people buy this console. I thought the fad would go away in a year but it seems it won't go away and here to stay. So I believe the Wii will win despite ps3 and 360 has better 3rd party games like COD 4, assasins creed, and Orange box.

[Apocalypse Shadow]

at least they arrived at 5,well....at least they arrived close to 500,000 in half the time.in 2 more years,they will hit a million sold in japan.can't wait to see that.

while the other two companies are selling over a million consoles in EACH region in 1 year,lets see if microsoft can pull it off in "FOUR."

in order to win overall,you must sell consoles in EACH region.right now the celebration of a onesided victory will be short lived.

can't get to 100 million that way by selling only to the FPS crowd.but good luck to them.

mag lev..................

[jaja1434]

Yet the 360 has more racing/sports/RPG's/Sim games than the PS3. Though I think they are tided on Adventure games. Also the 3 big PS games is *gasp* a shooter. So stop with your stupid as hell "360 is nothing but shooters" crap.

If your going to be a fanboy, at least try and be an intelligent one.

[PS3 Limps on and on]

1up.com, someone post it.

[season007]

lets see if it can finally meet 1M ...lol....
and it will probably drop back to 2k/week starting next week...
and opps...if the sale of PS3 take off in Japan..i wonder if it will be able to hit 2k point anymore....

[creeping judas]

quote "resulting in overall industry growth of 2.2 percent."

notice that, industry growth!! thats what we all should be focusing on. But oh no?? the 1st two posts are sony army typical rhetoric, and the 3rd post is typical xbox army rhetoric.

grow up people. competition keeps prices in line. competition allows for innovation in games.

[BIoodmask]

will ever be big in Japan. But Microsoft has taken steps in the right direction. They are trying to produce more Eastern inspired games for the Japanese gaming Community.

They are lifting 360 sales marginally. Some good examples are Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata, and Ace Combat 6. Lost Odyssey and Infinite Undiscovery will most likely also have a positive effect. Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, and Katamari are also newcomers.

Overall the amount of Eastern themed type games is far greater on the 360 than on the original Xbox. As long as Microsoft can earn the Japanese support from the games producers themselves, they will have good market recognition even if the 360 is struggling saleswise in Japan when it comes to hardware.

[dragunrising]

Wait a second...I can't give you a bubble. For some reason it won't let me...grr. Nice observation, objective and positive:)

[Malkier]

Great to hear someone that understand what this really means. Its not about out selling the other consoles, its about the Xbox 360 actually selling in Japan, quite a feat in itself for microsoft.

[gamesblow]

The new numbers show an impressive growth for Sony... An unprecedented one, actually. 200,000 units sold last month. That's incredible for a system that's been lambasted and only selling 60,000 a month. I think Sony might be on a great stride back to competing. < notice the competing. "ha"

[sonyfanonly]

man they must be looking forward to sagaguchis lost odysse or however you spell the name but whats after that viva pinata yeah right lol

[beoulve]

Sakaguchi... the one who responsible for Sony pictures to lost big bucks. Final Fantasy: Spirit Within. Almost single handedly kill Squaresoft that he built and now turn his back on Sony and embraces Microsoft. I think they are good match, You can never kill Microsoft with huge loses. They are rich.

[wangdiddy82]

Wasnt the 1st xbox only around a little over 2 years before they released the 360?

I forget..

[Chubear]

It was actually a 4 year gap between the release of the xbox & that of the 360. The GC & wii was a 5 year gap and the PS2 & PS3 was 6 year gap.

I do believe the gap btw the PS3 & PS4 will most likely be 7 years.

[Apocalypse Shadow]

20-25 million sold in america
10-15 million sold in europe
1--5 million in japan

not bad in 5 years.but no matter how you count it.that's still not 100 million system sold.

but nintendo and sony will sell at least 20-30 million sold or more in EACH country.that's 60 to 100 million wiis or ps3s.

still doesn't look like microsoft will end up first.just good market share to sell games.

but that's most likely what will happen unless microsoft has some type of runaway hit that shows up on 360.

mag lev......................

[gamesblow]

Too broad of a range... Analyst are much better at hitting within 1 to 1.5 million. A good one, anyways.

Me, I see it like this.

Xbox 360 U.S. - 23 million to 25 million
xbox 360 U.K. - 10 million to 12 million
xbox 360 Japan - 1 to 2 million

These are pretty damn acurate with what people in simexchange say too. Wii will probably go on to sell 100+million units. Not besting the Ps2, but easily best the Ps3's high price and shoddy media support of 50 to 55 million units sold worldwide.

That's my take by the end of this generation.

[Apocalypse Shadow]

being that i'm not an analyst,and can still come up with what is a fairly obvious count on the 360 life span,it's...GOOD ENOUGH.

microsoft will never sell 50 million in any country.that's a given.20 million?only chance is in america.but everywhere else......NO GO!

that 55 million you got for ps3 is too low.but good try.

but let me know when your mind flips back the other way.you and lightening are a pair.

mag lev.....................

[OOG FunK]

meh not a hugeeeeeee thing but deff a step in the right direction considering that it passed the old system in only 2 years there.....it at least shows some progresss little as it may be.....

[squelchy15]

do u seriously think a console wins the war by selling over 100 million systems?

[Zhuk]

This is great news for the Xbox 360. It is very hard for a western console company to crack the Japanese market and Microsoft is doing very well to already have surpassed the original Xbox sales numbers. There's many more years to go and hopefully Xbox 360 can eventually sell a few million in Japan, paving the way for the next generation Xbox to be even more of a success in that country

[ActionBastard]

Yeah, selling 1000 more consoles than your freshman effort is "great news". And it will never reach 1 million consoles in Japan. But hey, keep smokin rocks!

[Strife Lives]

Wow. Its a 360 article. And wow the word 'xbot' is used in the first comment. I bet u keep hitting refresh til a 360 article pops up then fire the artillary? Whatever dude

[DeckUKold]

Microsoft really needs to do something it's depressing.