Japanese hardware sales, 30 October - 5 November: Stream-of-consciousness edition
Without further ado, I present the inner workings of my iron-clad genius:well yet another week of hardware sales, I wonder if my post will beat ludwig's, I dunno, we were talking about it earlier and his idea was good as hell, but of course i'd never admit it, damn south africans. when do they even get the wii? i guess probably not for awhile, sucks to be him, but he DID order phoenix wright 2, i wonder if he got it yet, i wanna wait for the american version because of all the typos in the game, why do those bother me so much, oh well, ive plenty of play, guitar hero 2 hasn't even left my tv screen in like days, my roommates are out there right now playing tonight i'm gonna rock you tonight, i really like that song, but man freebird is just too cool, i need to practice it...oh, and not to mention final fantasy 12, or okami which i still havent beaten, or tales of the abyss which I havent even OPENED, or final fantasy V advance, and FFIII in a few days, and yoshi's island 2 and oh yeah those four more games i'm picking up for the wii (twilight princess is 70+ hours?) DAMN YOU VIDEO GAMES my grades are spiraling out of control...well, not really, i got a 97 on my digital design test, take THAT schwartz, wait no one wants to hear about my academic life, well whatever. hell YES battlestar tonight, though i have to set the torrent for it since i'm going to an mc chris concert, which means i better finish this damn post and get on with it. peace out.
- DS Lite: 113,097
45,584 (28.73%)- PSP: 23,725
2,183 (8.43%)- PS2: 21,832
850 (3.89%)- Xbox 360: 6,580
5,015 (320.45%)- GBA SP: 1,443
415 (22.34%)- Game Boy Micro: 1,299
52 (3.85%)- Gamecube: 647
3 (0.47%)- DS Phat: 373
259 (227.19%)- GBA: 20
5 (33.3%)- Xbox: 0
7 (100.00%)[Source: Media Create]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Josh @ Nov 10th 2006 8:49PM
Whoa! What's up with the 360? Anyone care to fill me in on what happened? Why the sudden interest (relative only to last week -- not to the other systems, of course) ?
CJC @ Nov 10th 2006 9:20PM
Tsk, tsk, tsk. You haven't even opened Tales of the Abyss yet, Jason? I advise you get on that immediately. Or not, it seems to have robbed me of several hours lately.
Duo @ Nov 10th 2006 10:15PM
Microsoft released some sort of RPG, and then bundled it with the system.
20XX @ Nov 10th 2006 10:24PM
There is no way the typos are getting fixed for the US release of Phoenix Wright 2. Unless... unless I offer to do it for free!
Josh @ Nov 10th 2006 10:31PM
Blue Dragon isn't released until December 7, so it's not that. What WAS released this week, though?
NoBullet @ Nov 10th 2006 10:41PM
There are 2 360 games on the list.
PGR3 and Ninety Nine Knights (Xbox360 platinum collection). The last time there was a big boost was when Dead Rising was released there. And that was just around 2,000-3,000 X360's sold.
Josh @ Nov 10th 2006 11:36PM
You're right, but I still think it's strange that a rather marginal price drop on two decidedly not system-selling games could create such a huge interest in the system...
PRAY @ Nov 11th 2006 8:01AM
Means that all of it made! It is not necessary to be manufactured!
Fox @ Nov 11th 2006 10:26AM
I believe that MS released the Core system in Japan this week--perhaps that has attributed to higher sales for the Xbox. It'll most likely go back down next week.
With all due respect,
Fox
SonicisBlueberry @ Nov 11th 2006 11:42AM
Does no one know about Gears of War?? That game would definitely be the reason of the large spike in sales.
Naruhodou @ Nov 11th 2006 12:24PM
"Does no one know about Gears of War?? That game would definitely be the reason of the large spike in sales."
Japanese hardware sales, sir. Gears of War was only released in North America. So that's not it.
20XX @ Nov 11th 2006 12:27PM
And also, Gears of War is not going to cause a large spike in 360 sales in Japan.
LUIS @ Nov 11th 2006 5:42PM
Isn't it without further "ado"? Adieu means goodbye in French.
Dred @ Nov 12th 2006 11:16AM
It takes away time always!
KilgoreTrout XL @ Nov 13th 2006 9:39AM
I do believe that the preorders for the Blue Dragon/360 bundle were offered and rpomptly sold out. Also, the recent TGS showcased Blue Dragon and Lost Odessey, two games designed by the guy behind Chronotrigger. I imagine that this was a big source of the interest.
But as for Gears, I hope you all get a chance to play it on a HD display. First it met, and then exceeded, the most engaging and brilliant single player game I have ever played: Resident Evil 4. It's seriously that damned good guys. And this is coming from a /huge/ RE 4 fan. The gameplay is as smooth as butter, the graphics are amazaing, and there's a chainsaw on the end of your gun.
I'm not saying that this is going to cause a huge uproar in Japan for the 360. Not a chance. But I guarantee it'll sell a least a few copies based on graphics alone.
Back on topic, I bet the DS lite sees a spike with the release of FFIII stateside. Can't wait for that one.