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Almost 15 months after it was released in the territory, Nintendo’s Wii U has finally overtaken Xbox 360 in Japan. Wii U arrived in Japan on December 8th 2012 and as of last week has sold 1,643,095 units, according to Eurogamer. Xbox 360 has since its release in the territory …
Read More »PS4 dominates Japan charts
PS4 games made up half of the Top 20 in Japan last week. The No.1 game of the week was Knack, which was bundled with the console. The highest charting new ‘non-bundle’ title is Yakuza: Ishin on PS3, with the PS4 version at No.3. 3DS still factors strongly in the …
Read More »PS4 sells 322,000 units in two days in Japan
Sony's latest console beats early sales of PS3
Read More »PS4 sells 322k in opening weekend in Japan
The PS4 arrived in Japan on Saturday and has already sold in excess of a quarter of a million units. Famitsu, according to a Siliconera translation, reports that Sony’s new console sold 322,083 units in its first weekend in Japan. That’s far more than PS3’s opening weekend sales of 88,443. …
Read More »The PS4 has arrived in Japan
Sony has at long last launched the PS4 in its homeland of Japan. The 39,980 (234) machine officially arrives on February 22nd – which, as time buffs out there will realise, is in just a few moments (15:00GMT Feb 19th). The three-month wait was an unprecedented delays for a PlayStation …
Read More »Japanese Dark Souls 2 Collector’s Edition includes weapon replicas
From Software has revealed what Japanese gamers will be receiving with the Collector’s Edition of Dark Souls 2. Whereas Western gamers get a 30cm/450g Warrior Knight as the standout inclusion, in Japan the SKU comes with a latched hard case containing eight sword and shield replicas. The heaviest of the …
Read More »Nintendo to make smartphone games. Sort of.
Platform holder supposedly announcing new mobile initiative this Thursday
Read More »PS4 racer DriveClub will miss console’s February Japanese launch
Former PS4 launch title DriveClub has been delayed for a second time. Kotaku reports that the game, which was once pencilled in as a launch title for the machin in the West, has now been struck off the machine’s Japanese launch roster for February 22nd. Various circumstances” were ambiguously cited …
Read More »Nintendo dominates Japan’s Christmas software sales
It was certainly a Merry Christmas for Nintendo in Japan. NintendoLife reports that Famitsu figures show that eight of the country’s Top Ten best selling games for the period between December 23rd and December 29th were games for Nintendo systems, with 3DS outing The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds …
Read More »Puzzle & Dragons enjoys strong console debut in Japan
GungHo’s console debut for its popular smartphone IP Puzzle & Dragons has enjoyed a tremendous first week in Japan. The 3DS title debuted to week one sales of 543,630 units according to Media Create. On the hardware front it was another week of growth for Wii U which seems to …
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