Well, that takes care of that. Part three of our four-part series keeping a close eye on the hardware and software sales during the Japanese holiday season confirms PSP’s pure dominance.
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Japanese Holiday Sales Pt. 3: PSP TKO
Thursday, May 12th, 2011Japanese Holiday Sales Pt. 2: The Softer Side of Sales
Monday, May 9th, 2011Part two of our four-part series monitoring the Japanese sales over the country’s week-long holiday shows an old favorite leading the way in software sales. While PSP took everyone to school on the hardware charts, it was actually a DS game — a simple reboot at that — that claimed the most software sales. What [...]
Japanese Holiday Sales Pt. 1: Handheld Hardware Domination
Sunday, May 8th, 2011The tail end of April and first week of May are so littered with national holidays in Japan, most folks take the whole week — or dang near it — off work or school. This means good things (read: money) for entertainment industries such as the gaming biz and movie biz, naturally. Shown below are [...]
A Season of Change on Japan’s Most Wanted Game List
Saturday, April 30th, 2011Perhaps this should come as no surprise, given that Dragon Quest has arguably been Japan’s most popular game franchise — within its own borders — since the days when “Square” wasn’t a part of Enix’s name. In fact I’d say, retrospectively, that it’s surprising that Tales of Xillia jumped ahead of it and held on [...]
PSP Doubles Up 3DS While Dominating Japanese Sales
Friday, April 29th, 2011The situation with the PSP is like night and day between the East and West. While many have fallen into the thought that the PSP is “dead” in North America and Europe, Sony’s portable couldn’t be more alive in Asia; it’s usually high on the hardware sales charts — especially within the last year and [...]
Japan’s 500 Best-Selling Games of 2010
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011A PSP game is the new emperor.
Disaster Impact on Game Industry Small, Temporary
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011Sales losses estimated by Enterbrain while Heath describes the value of games in our lives.
Sony Puts 12, Including PS2 Game, in Japan’s Top 20 Sellers
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011Japanese sales authority Media Create has released its hardware and software sales figures, which have handhelds dominating.
Famitsu’s Most Wanted Still Seats Xillia No. 1
Thursday, April 14th, 2011Tales of Xillia still ranks in at the top of the heap in Famitsu’s Most Wanted, as it holds off Japan’s most popular franchise yet again.
Sega: “Be Strong Like a Dragon, Japan!” New Yakuza Out June 9
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Sega’s Yakuza: Of the End was originally set to release in Japan on March 18, but the events of March 11 changed that, as it did for many other games, books, DVDs, and films scheduled to make their debuts around that time.
Xillia Strengthens Lead in Famitsu’s Most Wanted Countdown
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Upon last count, Tales of Xillia had only a slight lead over Dragon Quest X for the top spot on Famitsu’s reader poll of the most wanted games. We’re talking like 13 votes was the only thing between the two, some serious Bush-versus-Gore, Florida, 2000 business. Now, however, the gap has gone the other direction [...]
At Age 6, PSP Still Dancing With 3DS
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011Six years is pretty old for a game system to be keeping up with the new kid, and yet, here we are.
The PlayStation 2 Continues Toward Infinity
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011Here in Japan, once in a while I enjoy kickin’ it at a net cafe. These places are dope. In addition to the expected compuboxes with intertrons and games, they’ve got billiards, darts, massage chairs, a big ol’ magazine rack, party rooms (if that sounds silly, keep in mind, this is Japan, where most peoples’ houses [...]
Visual PSP Novel Gets a Second Hand at Action for Charity
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011Electronic visual novels aren’t that big in the West, but in Japan, they’re a huge deal. Much to Sony’s presumed delight, their strong presence on PSP has been a noticeable part of the system’s great success in the Land of the Rising Sun. Now, an extremely rare visual novel is about to be re-released as [...]
Yakuza: Of the End Gets Huge Boost in Famitsu’s Most Wanted
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011After several high-profile games were canned or delayed indefinitely due to the Tohoku Earthquake, the people have apparently spoken up for one of them. Their voice seems to say that, despite its apocalyptic themes, they’re ready for Yakuza: Of the End. After being absent from the last countdown, it comes into this one at a [...]
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