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Halo 3 sells 45,000 copies in its first day in Japan

Japanese researching company Enterbrain reported today that Microsoft's Halo 3 debuted yesterday in Japan with around 45,000 copies sold. This only accounts for the first day the game went on sale. This is reasonably a lot, as Blue Dragon, the biggest selling Xbox 360 game thus far in Japan with around 200,000 copies sold, debuted with over 83,000 copies in its first week.

Hardware numbers are also expected to be up quite a bit, although still not the level of Nintendo Wii or even the Playstaion 3. Other titles worthy of noting that debuted yesterday was Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the Playstation 3, which sold about 15,000 copies in its first day.

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AznSniper6049d ago

That's not too bad. It could have been better though.

Gizmo_Logix6048d ago

Yawn...trust me. If Blue Dragon can only sell 83K on fisrt day. And Halo 3 sells 45K. The 360 is dead in the land of the rising sun.

M$ do what they always do. Sell to their wacko base.

Robeezy6048d ago

Your an idiot. Blue Dragon sold that in the first week, not the first day. Try reading the article first before you post.

DwightOwen6048d ago

You know, there IS a reason why they put that statement on the front of a shirt...

Gizmo_Logix6048d ago (Edited 6047d ago )

Robeezy, The fact that it took a WEEK is even more proof that even Blue Dragon can't sell except to wacko xbots. It changes nothing. And Halo 3, which is supposed to be the greatest game "eva" sells most via pre-order? Yeah, and? My point still stands. XBox is hated in Japan. This is why Anerican cars don't sell well there. They suck.

And it's "You're" not "Your." Might want to check your grammar before you call someone an idiot. PWNED!

EDIT: Sorry BIgBear. But check the console link link...PS3 is 13th. The 360 is nowhere to be found. Not even top 100. Get the picture?

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nirwanda6049d ago

I really thought the japanese would snap up oblivion once it went to the PS3 it got great reviews on the 360 in famitsu

WilliamRLBaker6049d ago (Edited 6049d ago )

its an WRPG the japanese need a whiney lil blonde haired homosexual and an feminite whiney vilian in their rpgs for it to be a good expereince.

Something oblivion has neither of.

CyberSentinel6049d ago (Edited 6048d ago )

What Japan wants are Japanese games, developed by Japanese developers, published by Japanese publishers, to be played by Japanese people, to fuel their Japanese economy.

Notice a pattern here?

Name 1 foreign company that does "extremely" well in the "Japanese VIDEO GAME Market".

ipod equates to squat in the overall Japanese market in Japan. Do they buy foreign cars? The Japanese make conscious buying decisions, that will benefit their own governmental economy. I don't hate them for doing that, I just choose to do the same thing for My Country.

Don't get me wrong, there was a time when it was all about Nintendo, Sega, and PC engine (turbo GFX) and I was there for them. I didn't choose NOT to buy them because they WERE Japanese. I bought the systems because they had no equal. Today the market IS VERY DIFFERENT.

PS3 (maybe will get better, but right now -pass)
Wii (w/e - I think I have outgrown this glorified Vtech system)

360 really is the ONLY serious gaming solution at the moment to me, and if you can't see that for yourselves, then THAT is why I label you a blind lemming.

@2.4: The question is, how would those 2 games you mentioned sold if they were on the ps3 or wii?

I'm not suprised they didn't sell well on the xbox.

I have said it before, and I will say it again. America and Europe does not need Japan.

@2.5: Amen. Bubble for you sir.

Devr6049d ago

The only western game that is somewhat popular in Japan is Ratchet and Clank, I think. That's pretty big there. The japanese even get their own special version of Ratchet.

BloodySinner6049d ago

You raise some very GREAT points. I'll give you a bubble for that. I never thought of it that way.

Anyway, how do you explain Blue Dragon & Trusty Bell's (Enternal Sonata) piss poor sales? Those two titles were made by the Japanese...

godofthunder106048d ago

you are right.i've been saying this for years and the sony fanboys said i didn't know what i was talking about and i was just jealouse that the ps3 is out selling the 360 in japan,well i was watching the jgs on g4 and they asked some people why the 360 can't seem to sell units in japan with the games they have for it.their replys were the same,they said that the japanese people are very proud of their country and they refuse to support any systems or games that wasn't made by a company from japan because they help their own economy out and really don't care about anything made from the U.S,now they said it this time not me but like i've said before,i've been saying the same thing for years.
i like to know how people from america feels now after the japanese said they buy only from a japan company because they have pride in their country,well if i was a sony fanboy right now,i will be ashamed after hearing this and the whole time i've been supporting a company from japan and hopeing that a company fron the U.S fails.
boy i bet the japanese are laughing their a**es off at us because they think that americans don't have pride in their country like they do,well i have pride in the U.S,that's why i buy an american product when ever i can so i can support and help my country economy out instead of helping another country economy out and hope an american company fails.this is the reason the U.S isn't the richest country in the world now and japan is,and if people don't open their eyes up soon it will be to late.when the slogan buy american products came out decades ago when the U.S was the richest country in the world,they said that if people don't start buying more american products then the U.S wouldn't be the richest country in the worl,well people didn't listen and it happen and it will keep getting worse for the U.S as long as people keep buying foriegn products.

Gizmo_Logix6048d ago (Edited 6048d ago )

"America and Europe does not need Japan"

Tell that to General Motors.

EDIT: godofthunder10, yes. They have pride in their products because they last and are well built. Yet, you have pride in your RROD? That's why they think you are crazy.

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AllroundGamer6049d ago

so everyone, that has an xbox in japan bought the game...

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Ranking Every Halo Game From Worst To Best

Not every Halo game has been a banger, but the franchise still has a raft of the greatest games of all time.

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HellspawnPR1981101d ago

Infinite is a dumpster fire and as much as I like ODST, in no universe it ranks above Halo 2. This list is trash.

Kaii101d ago

Just exclude Infinite>5>4

ChasterMies101d ago

Best to worst: Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo ODST, Halo Infinite, Halo 5.

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The 7 Best Xbox 360 Games - Console Exclusives Win the Day

The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?

DrDoomer138d ago

I'm pretty used to these lists being bad, but this one is particularly s#ite.

raWfodog138d ago

I think Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon should have been added to the list.

BrainSyphoned138d ago

I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*

Husker42c138d ago

I really loved Shadow Complex.

P_Bomb138d ago

Ah yes, Shadow Complex! Good indies back in the day. Summer of Arcade. I enjoyed Trials Evolution as well.

ChasterMies138d ago (Edited 138d ago )

Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.

Abnor_Mal138d ago (Edited 138d ago )

Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.

The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.

darthv72138d ago

360 had Namco hitters AC6 and RR6... both quality titles. You should at least bust out the 360 for AC6 if you can score the flight stick. Its great.

Hofstaderman138d ago

When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....

Profchaos137d ago (Edited 137d ago )

It's a nostalgia peice same reason we get thousands of YouTube videos on sega genisis. Something people have fond memories for but the era is long gone.

It's xboxs golden year imo it was their genisis years the time where they stuck it to the market leaders Sony.

BehindTheRows137d ago

They stuck nothing. Sony screwed themselves giving Xbox an opening. They would have gotten the usual smack down if the PS3 had launched at $399 and was easier to develop for.

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Xbox 360 Turns 18: Three Cheers to Live, Halo, and Red Rings

The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.

darthv72149d ago

Great platform, and many of its games (not bc) still hold up well to this day. Like the PS3, I keep a 360 hooked up for those games you can't play any other way.

isarai149d ago

The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.

TheBrainZ149d ago

So many brilliant games. I still have one stored somewhere.

LG_Fox_Brazil149d ago

I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces