Halo 3, bestselling game in Japan last week

[zizzy]

Despite Xbox 360's general failure in Japan, Halo 3 has outsold all other games (http://www.megatonik.com/2007/10/04/halo-3-bestselling-game-in-japan-last-week/) from September 24th to September 30th. Here is the Japanese software sales chart:

[Platform] Game - This week’s sales/ Overall sales

1. [360] Halo 3 - 59,000 / NEW
2. [DS] Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Toki - 55,000 / 440,000
3. [PSP] Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII - 54,000 / 649,000
4. [DS] Tamagotchi Petit Petit Omisecchi Minasankyu! - 54,000 / NEW
5. [DS] Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Yami - 46,000 / 389,000
6. [PS2] Bleach Blade Battlers 2nd - 31,000 / NEW
7. [DS] English Test 2 - 28,000 / NEW
8. [PSP] Yugioh Duel Monsters GX - 28,000 / NEW
9. [PS3] Oblivion - 27,000 / NEW
10. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops+ - 25,000 / 119,000


No one can resists the power of Halo. Not even the Japanese.

[EternalGamer]

Holy dinosaur shit cunts, Halo 3 out sold Pokemon in Japan.

[Kamalot]

Holy dinosaur shit cunts, Halo 3 out sold Pokemon in Japan.

And Halo 3 outsold Final Fantasy VII too!

Don't matter that both have been out for a while. ;-P

[Gorvi]

Not only that, but the console sales actually broke out to 5.8k this week. That's like 4 weeks in 1 compared to their normal sales! :p

[TrackZero]

Dear god. Halo 3 beat out a Tamagotchi game and a Yugioh one in Japan all new releases. This is madness.

[EternalGamer]

It's a bit of a misnomer, though. If you add up the two versions of that Pokemon game, it sold almost double Halo 3. And the Pokemon game has been out for what, months probably?

[Kamalot]

Dear god. Halo 3 beat a Tamagotchi game in Japan. This is madness.

Madness?
This is HALO 3!

A friend and I were playing last night in co-op and he kept saying, "Gawd This game is so cool! This is Madness!"

[TrackZero]

Not only that, but the console sales actually broke out to 5.8k this week. That's like 4 weeks in 1 compared to their normal sales! :p

I'm a realist, I never expect Japan to make an American console #1. But it is kind of heartwarming to see some of their gamers appreciate our titles as well.

[torrefaction]

Holy crap.

I'm in disbelief.

[karak]

Holy fuckblobs

[Kamalot]

In other news, scientists have discovered a new creature (http://keithcombs.members.winisp.net/flyingpig.gif)...

[Esquilax1138]

Wow, every 360 owner in Japan bought Halo 3, too bad that was every 360 owner in Japan, and it won't sell another copy :p

[Todeswulf]

Hey look a PS 3 game made the top ten.....


LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!

[jamaicanrage]

How did Halo 2 do over there?

[violentp]

Slow week?

[rein]

Is this the thread where we try to come up with our favorite bad word phrase? :D

Halo 3 is putting up incredible sales numbers. Congrats to Bungie. Can Halo 3 ever be topped?

[KingGorilla]

And I watched as he opened the sixth seal, and the sun became black as sackcloth, and the moon became like blood

[Rain Dogs]

As slow as the week was, that is still extremely impressive numbers for an american FPS in Japan. I've heard the translation / Japanese voice recording was actually really well done though.

Has anyone seen any Japanese Halo ads? they must have had a pretty good marketing push to get those numbers.

[violentp]

And I watched as he opened the sixth seal, and the sun became black as sackcloth, and the moon became like blood

And somewhere out there, a retard is getting ready for his execution.

[EternalGamer]

Ok, so Halo 3 sold roughly half the number of a year old Pokemon game. Nevermind, nothing to see here.

[mkelehan]

Actually, they came out at the end of September...

of last year.Different games. These came out two weeks ago. Making it actually pretty impressive.

[UnderHero5]

Ok, so Halo 3 sold roughly half the number of a year old Pokemon game. Nevermind, nothing to see here.

Haha, I was wrong (and deleted my post) before you responded. I thought they were Diamond and Pearl. They are actual new Pokemon Dungeon games (the spin offs where you play as Pokemon). They came out at the beginning of September, this year, apparently. My bad.

Still... the multiple versions of Pokemon are considered one game, usually. So it sold half, really. Still, that's great!
That said, it's kind of sad... the biggest Xbox 360 game of all time, still only sold worse than a few week old Pokemon spin off.

[UnderHero5]

Different games. These came out two weeks ago. Making it actually pretty impressive.

Damn it! That post was up for less than 20 seconds before I realized they were different, and deleted it. Of course every one read it though, haha.

[Citizen Philip]

Puh. Halo! The scary thing is that Pokemon is second. POKEMON. Where is the Sailor Moon love, it desperately deserves?!

[The Great Gatsby]

So thats what... the total JP install base buying the game?

WHAT A RATIO!!

[Exodus]

Ok, so Halo 3 sold roughly half the number of a year old Pokemon game. Nevermind, nothing to see here.

hmm i think I'm seeing your perspective

I thought spiderman 3 was an utter trash of a movie, yet it made huge amounts of money

so, i think as you do ;D

cept I actually liked halo 3 co-op ^_^

[Exodus]

So thats what... the total JP install base buying the game?

WHAT A RATIO!!

ummm what you're not getting is that it did well in japan.

JAPAN.

if you don't realize it, you're just a consumer, let the people who actually give a shit about the industry speak plz.

[hotdrop]

yeah but im pretty sure thats almost one for each 360 sold in japan thusfar so its going to fall off into oblivion next week

[Todeswulf]

And somewhere out there, a retard is getting ready for his execution.

Only in Texas.

[EternalGamer]

hmm i think I'm seeing your perspective

I thought spiderman 3 was an utter trash of a movie, yet it made huge amounts of money

so, i think as you do ;D

cept I actually liked halo 3 co-op ^_^

I have no idea what you trying to say, but if you mean I don't like Halo 3 because it's popular, that's ridiculious. I think Halo 3 is pretty great (though not as great as the majority of the reviewers apparently). All I was saying is that the numbers look a lot less impressive when they are put into perspective.

[F9Phoenix]

Where is Wii Sports? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Is the gimmick over yet?

[Deadend]

those numbers in total are pretty shitty. Yeah, it got first place, with 56,000 copies. Hell, that looks like a terrible week for games.

[Exodus]

I have no idea what you trying to say, but if you mean I don't like Halo 3 because it's popular, that's ridiculious. I think Halo 3 is pretty great (though not as great as the majority of the reviewers apparently). All I was saying is that the numbers look a lot less impressive when they are put into perspective.

wow you really like to put a negative spin on things o_o
what do you like?

and no I didn't like spiderman 3 because it was popular i said it was utter shit -_-
I said you think halo 3 is pretty shitty...

bleah now you're making me think that maybe you're just someone part of the SDF or something...

[UnderHero5]

ummm what you're not getting is that it did well in japan.

JAPAN.

if you don't realize it, you're just a consumer, let the people who actually give a shit about the industry speak plz.

Depends on your definition of "did well".
If 56k sales, of the most popular game on the console, is "doing well"... maybe.

It sold well for a 360 game, in Japan, yes. As you can see, that isn't saying much... as it's 56k...

Now if it keeps selling at that amount, and expands the amount of 360 owners there, then I'd be impressed. As it is right now, it's THE 360 game to own, and it only sold 56k units in its first week, compared to MILLIONS everywhere else. I wouldn't call that much of a success.

I mean, don't get me wrong, it's still great that it sold that "well" in Japan... but that's NOT very good for THE biggest 360 game ever to come out. See where I'm coming from?

[drakkarim]

59k is not saying much when you notice that oblivion is still selling 27k after all this time...

that's pretty much just farting in the wind as far as sales are concerned.

fucking hot shots golf sold triple that in its debut over a month ago, on the ps3... that's how much they care about halo.

[Exodus]

Depends on your definition of "did well".
If 56k sales, of the most popular game on the console, is "doing well"... maybe.

It sold well for a 360 game, in Japan, yes. As you can see, that isn't saying much... as it's 56k...

Now if it keeps selling at that amount, and expands the amount of 360 owners there, then I'd be impressed. As it is right now, it's THE 360 game to own, and it only sold 56k units in its first week, compared to MILLIONS everywhere else. I wouldn't call that much of a success.

I mean, don't get me wrong, it's still great that it sold that "well" in Japan... but that's NOT very good for THE biggest 360 game ever to come out. See where I'm coming from?

see you're still downplaying it

56,000 compared to everywhere else of course is not going to sound like a whole lot, duhhhhhhhhh.

the way I see it is, a game that's not made by a japanese developer on a non-japanese console is getting a bit of love, and this is the kind of growth i hope to see continue to florish with other games such as when fable 2 hits and mass effect.. and maybe, just maybe, squaresoft will come up with a new fucking idea in their head and turn the series around because the ff's are getting very stagnant in formula I'm sorry, I said it, may I be plagued by a storm of hail where ever I go

I'd really love to see all the art/cg of a squeenix + gameplay of bioware + the japanese touch put into a game personally though

just try to look at the big picture please, i know most people are used to thinking small but, just for this instance, think big

[TheBigL]

Although people on this forum can't look past the the words "Halo" & "3" without auto commeting "w00t Halo 3 rocks!" or "it rocks, but not too hard", so it up to me to point up the really interesting things here.

OBLIVION for ps3 is on the list and its a NEW title!!! Well they sure took their time.

ENGLISH Test 2 is on the list.... :/

[walkstheplanes]

Tentacles, etc.

[EternalGamer]

just try to look at the big picture please, i know most people are used to thinking small but, just for this instance, think big

Words to live by.

[Exodus]

Words to live by.

speak for yourself japan is a small place but it's like when the dragon armies wanted to attack solamnia they knew they had to take the high clerist tower!..
oh..

kay.. maybe

nobody knows what I'm talking about...... :(

[torrefaction]

Although people on this forum can't look past the the words "Halo" & "3" without auto commeting "w00t Halo 3 rocks!" or "it rocks, but not too hard", so it up to me to point up the really interesting things here.

OBLIVION for ps3 is on the list and its a NEW title!!! Well they sure took their time.

ENGLISH Test 2 is on the list.... :/

What the hell did this even mean?

I'm going to assume for your sake that all the grammar and spelling errors, along with the english test comment, means that you're first language is something else. So I won't knock you for that.

But for the whole point of your post, well, yeah, you're an idiot. I love when people say things like "People on this forum" when it's as diverse as it is. It highlights how trapped people get in their little fanboy mindsets.

Grow up.

[EternalGamer]

What the hell did this even mean?

I'm going to assume for your sake that all the grammar and spelling errors, along with the english test comment, means that you're first language is something else. So I won't knock you for that.

But for the whole point of your post, well, yeah, you're an idiot. I love when people say things like "People on this forum" when it's as diverse as it is. It highlights how trapped people get in their little fanboy mindsets.

Grow up.

You just need to stop thinking small for once and, instead, think big. That dude had a big point to make but you were too busy thinking small.

[torrefaction]

speak for yourself japan is a small place but it's like when the dragon armies wanted to attack solamnia they knew they had to take the high clerist tower!..
oh..

kay.. maybe

nobody knows what I'm talking about...... :(

Rally on the Golden General!

[KingGorilla]

What the hell did this even mean?

I'm going to assume for your sake that all the grammar and spelling errors, along with the english test comment, means that you're first language is something else. So I won't knock you for that.

But for the whole point of your post, well, yeah, you're an idiot. I love when people say things like "People on this forum" when it's as diverse as it is. It highlights how trapped people get in their little fanboy mindsets.

Grow up.

Obviously you are just part of "Halo is the r0xx0rz" and we should disregard any comments that you make.

[torrefaction]

You just need to stop thinking small for once and, instead, think big. That dude had a bit point to make but you were too busy thinking small.

Holy shit. You're out for blood today, aren't you?

Are you letting your student's type for you? It's not like you to make a spelling mistake.

[EternalGamer]

Holy shit. You're out for blood today, aren't you?

Are you letting your student's type for you? It's not like you to make a spelling mistake.

I blame internet anonymity for everything.

[KingGorilla]

I blame internet anonymity for everything.

Like most of this site, I will blame Sony on this one.

[Exodus]

Rally on the Golden General!

you sir are my friend for life, if you need blood, I'll kidnap someone and make them give their's to you ;D

[TheBigL]

English is my 3rd language.
I have nothing against halo, actually I loved the first 1 on the pc.
but seeing 30+ comments about halo, while not noticing Oblivion just got out in japan is a shame.

[Adam Blue]

English is my 3rd language.
I have nothing against halo, actually I loved the first 1 on the pc.
but seeing 30+ comments about halo, while not noticing Oblivion just got out in japan is a shame.

I think that just shows how much Halo is liked. And I think that would mean something coming from Evil Avatar. Are you saying Evil Avatar is not as diverse and just closely mirrors the mainstream? I would say that is not true.

Yes there are many Halo posts, but there's a goddamn reason for it. And while each one of you complain about Halo posts I have to fucking read through all the whining about too many Halo posts.

Between this and that whole Kelegacy/Jack B fiasco, I don't know what the fucks going on with the community here. Even in that unecessary 'remove halo from the sidebar' thread(more drama right there), Serapth tried pointing out that most posts of users are 'off-topic' which all he really did is show the difference between the drama queens ruining the site and the actual gamers who come here to discuss gaming.

[Switcher]

You know it's a slow week in Japan when a 360 title is in the top 20.

I mean, DOA Beach Volleyball sold more in it's first week on the original Xbox in Japan.

[Trickyicky]

As slow as the week was, that is still extremely impressive numbers for an american FPS in Japan. I've heard the translation / Japanese voice recording was actually really well done though.

Has anyone seen any Japanese Halo ads? they must have had a pretty good marketing push to get those numbers.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oiz_13PACIU
Nothing special.

[Ghostbear]

speak for yourself japan is a small place but it's like when the dragon armies wanted to attack solamnia they knew they had to take the high clerist tower!..
oh..

kay.. maybe

nobody knows what I'm talking about...... :(
Indeed sir Sturm Brightblade would be honored to hear you speak it so.

[torrefaction]

Even in that unecessary 'remove halo from the sidebar' thread(more drama right there), Serapth tried pointing out that most posts of users are 'off-topic' which all he really did is show the difference between the drama queens ruining the site and the actual gamers who come here to discuss gaming.

I'd just like to say I hate this attitude, saying the off topic threads ruin the site.

If it weren't for them, I wouldn't bother posting, quite honestly. There's a reason many of us have pretty decent friendships on here, and it's not always because we like the same type of games, not at all.

It's because of the off topic threads, where people find out they have a bigger common ground. That creates bonds, which is what ties a community together.

My first post on here I think was on a gun control thread. It's the whole reason I registered.

[LiveRatavar]

Im sure most of those sales were made by Army brats living there.

[51|RandoM]

Good news for Microsoft and Bungie, and ammo for the sane the next time somebody goes on a japanese gamer anti-american games racism wild goosehunt.

[TrackZero]

Has anyone seen any Japanese Halo ads? they must have had a pretty good marketing push to get those numbers.

Don't be lazy man, it's called youtube, it's all over there:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=halo+3+japan&search=Search

[Adam Blue]

I'd just like to say I hate this attitude, saying the off topic threads ruin the site.

If it weren't for them, I wouldn't bother posting, quite honestly. There's a reason many of us have pretty decent friendships on here, and it's not always because we like the same type of games, not at all.

It's because of the off topic threads, where people find out they have a bigger common ground. That creates bonds, which is what ties a community together.

My first post on here I think was on a gun control thread. It's the whole reason I registered.

That's not what I'm saying at all. Off-topic is fine. but don't try to justify a point by assuming all posters here are more off topic than gaming.

[KamaItachi]

As slow as the week was, that is still extremely impressive numbers for an american FPS in Japan. I've heard the translation / Japanese voice recording was actually really well done though.


I played the first 2 in japanese and the localisation for both was of a much, much better quality than most localisations. There was a lot of work put into them, not just a shitty japanese front end menu (or nothing at all for some games). Not really a surprise but the halo franchise was pretty much the biggest seller on the xbox consistantly over it's lifetime along with Panzer Dragoon and Otogi.

That's not really saying much for the sales of any of those games though.

[H.Bogard]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oiz_13PACIU
Nothing special.

The Japanese voice overs are nice tho.

2MAEs_H_cB8

[jacktion]

So Halo 3 sold 59000 in a week in Japan? And like 3 million in a day in America?

Do you realize how pathetic that is?

Japan is dead to MS.

[dirtbag]

59k is not saying much when you notice that oblivion is still selling 27k after all this time...

Did you miss the part of the OP which indicated Oblivion was "NEW" in Japan?

Here, just to help out:

9. [PS3] Oblivion - 27,000 / NEW

You have to stretch pretty far to downplay a 360 game even making the top ten in Japan, let alone being number 1. Whatever may have happened in other weeks, the 360 reigns supreme at least once, for probably the last time in Japan.

[ElectricMonk]

I'm actually pretty amazed that oblivion is on that list at all. Aren't the Japanese allergic to open free exploration type rpgs?

[Chris_D]

Probably a fair chunk of them didn't realise what type of game Oblivion actually is. Also, Famitsu gave it great scores. And Halo 3 as well for that matter.

[Rafer]

So let me get this straight, Halo 3 is the number 1 game in Japan, the PSP is the best selling hardware (outselling the DS and Wii combined), dogs and cats living together...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oiz_13PACIU
Nothing special.

Kinda tame compared to the wacky Japanese Gears of War viral ads (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ATlZ3rkiza4).

I'm actually pretty amazed that oblivion is on that list at all. Aren't the Japanese allergic to open free exploration type rpgs?


Yes, but I think there's a hardcore contingent of WRPG fans in Japan just like there are JRPG fans elsewhere.

[roboninja]

You just need to stop thinking small for once and, instead, think big. That dude had a big point to make but you were too busy thinking small.
This is priceless. A 3rd-person burn. Well played, sir.

[AeroHudson]

Very surprising. Regardless of the software dynamic going on as far as other game releases during this period and the like this is pretty big for MS. Who would have ever predicted 2 years ago after their Japanese launch that they would have any week at the #1 spot as far as games sold for a title? I know I didn't.

Maybe there is hope for Japan yet.

[Furious Wang]

just to point out, there should be some distinction on whether these sales in japan were to actual japanese. there's a lot of american military in that country and if its any thing over there like it is where I'm stationed, everyone of those soldiers and sailors bought halo 3. that should account for most of those sales

[TeeCakes]

And Halo 3 outsold Final Fantasy VII too!

Don't matter that both have been out for a while. ;-P

Not really. Launch week totals for each had the FF7 spin-off tripling Halo 3's numbers here, if i recall.

Still, even a month after a Final Fantasy series' release, it's pretty big news for Halo to nab top spot in Japan.

[Kamalot]

Not really. Launch week totals for each had the FF7 spin-off tripling Halo 3's numbers here, if i recall.

Still, even a month after a Final Fantasy series' release, it's pretty big news for Halo to nab top spot in Japan.

Yeah, I know that. That's why there's a little line of black text under there. It is a joke. Parsing it requires a sense of humor. :P

[TeeCakes]

Yeah, I know that. That's why there's a little line of black text under there. It is a joke. Parsing it requires a sense of humor. :P

Oh shit, I honestly didn't even see the hidden text! :eek:

I blame the fact that I'm on a PS3 web browser.

[Kamalot]

Oh shit, I honestly didn't even see the hidden text! :eek:

I blame the fact that I'm on a PS3 web browser.

I'm on my cell phone. Curious, do you use a mouse / keyboard with it? I loathe using the controller to maneuver around the web browser.

[dbh1973]

Congrats to Bungie for cracking a very anti-FPS market.

[TeeCakes]

I'm on my cell phone. Curious, do you use a mouse / keyboard with it? I loathe using the controller to maneuver around the web browser.

I use a mouse/keybord/Sixaxis combo, since you need to use the Sixaxis to easily open new browser windows, close existing windows, access the address bar, etc. But yeah, everything else I need a mouse/keyboard, I can't stand cellphone-like text typing.

[Kamalot]

I use a mouse/keybord/Sixaxis combo, since you need to use the Sixaxis to easily open new browser windows, close existing windows, access the address bar, etc. But yeah, everything else I need a mouse/keyboard, I can't stand cellphone-like text typing.

That's more than a little unfortunate, since I don't have three hands.