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Darksaviour69
August 19th, 2008, 13:49
Media create (http://www.m-create.com/ranking/) have published the console sales in Japan for the week ending 10th August. The big news is the Xbox 360 outsold PlayStation 3 in Japan by more than 2:1, but then the 360 was outsold by the Wii by 3:2 (about).

This is thanks to Namco's exclusive Tales of Vesperia - currently number four in the Japanese charts with over 100,000 sales.

But the handhelds continue to leading Japanese market, with the DS selling 60,434 (just under 2,000 more than the PSP)

DS Lite 60,434
PSP 58,501
Wii 38,506
Xbox 360 24,962
PS3 9,673
PS2 8,503
JKKDARK
August 19th, 2008, 14:28
Awesome news. It will open the eyes to the developers and they will make more great titles for 360 on Japan :)
basilb
August 19th, 2008, 15:57
Wow making loads of j-RPGs for the 360 helps it sales in Japan. WhodaFunkit
Eviltaco64
August 19th, 2008, 16:14
Hmm, this might be the beginning of a turning point for the Xbox 360 in Japan.
Justise
August 19th, 2008, 16:55
Interesting...
I wonder how much Microsoft paid to make the 3rd most popular RPG in Japan exclusive to a console that have touch the bottom there.
Eviltaco64
August 19th, 2008, 17:16
It's kinda sad.
Whoever has the most money wins.
JKKDARK
August 19th, 2008, 17:37
Interesting...
I wonder how much Microsoft paid to make the 3rd most popular RPG in Japan exclusive to a console that have touch the bottom there.

The same money Sony paid in the 90s
basilb
August 19th, 2008, 17:47
It's kinda sad.
Whoever has the most money wins.

I think MS see it as:
Whoever has the most -jRPG's- wins -in Japan-.

Shame they didn't pay SeNix enough to get FF13 coming out in Japan on 360 and PS3 at the same time.
Joe88
August 20th, 2008, 00:49
according to info FF13 in JP is still PS3 exclusive, there is no scheduled 360 ver
JKKDARK
August 20th, 2008, 00:56
It's still exclusive only on Japan.