White Knight boosts PS3 sales 16%, US release confirmed

Level-5's juggernaut RPG White Knight Chronicles debuted in Japan about 2 weeks ago and garnered an absolutely steallar reception. The PS3 exclusive RPG sold over 132,000 copies it's first day and went on to sell over 200,000 copies its first week. Media Crate just revealed their hardware reports for the same week.

[DavidMacDougall]

Welcome to the team level 5

[rroded]

pls pls say its ready to ship b4 killzone comes lol

So tempted to order a copy of the japan version if only i had the dosh and read japanese sigh...

[pumpkinpunker]

level 5 isn't working any magic in Japan.

the first week tales of vesperia came out the 360 outsold the Wii. in fact, in light of that FACT these sales figures are a disappointment considering the PS3 is made in Japan.

[season007]

for this past week?

hmm ps3 is so dead in japan and actually japan doesn't matter anymore.........who cares about a country that can sell 100k ps3 in 2 weeks or maybe 300k+ Wii in 2 weeks right

USA data for the win!

[SL1M DADDY]

System Seller = Confirmed

Square-Enix Replacement = Confirmed

Yeah I know, FFXIII looks tits but for now, they are in last place when it comes to quality. Level-5 just showed them how it should be done.

[UnSelf]

(looks to horizon and sees a wave of negative biased sony blogs flyin to N4G)

[Unicron]

Guess you missed the earlier story with this same sales data that was labeled "PS3 struggles even with WKC release."

[UnSelf]

...........im not surprised

[Chapulin]

That is some great news. Can't wait to play it.

[meepmoopmeep]

shocker, looking at your avatar who'd have guessed

:)

yeah mate, i'll replay some Dark Cloud 2 before WKC releases
for that ooooh-so-goooood Level 5'ness

[chaosatom]

I thought that 360 won japan? lol, remember the time when 360 actually sold more than ps3 and kotaku, 1up and other people all had something to hail about the 360.

[Snow]

oohhh yeah!! That was funny lol

[MasFlowKiller]

you do know Gametrailer AKA Xbox headquarters i think there the head hancho in this media ball of Sh!t that hates all things sony, if only they new that the ps3 had the best games of 08.

[Snow]

Can't wait till it comes to the west :(

[interrergator]

cant wait for it to come to antartica (jk) lol

[TheHater]

so I can start counting the days before playing this baby.

[Liquid Snake]

I bet Omega and Bladestar will try to spin this.

[UnSelf]

(points downward)

[andron]

They are probably to busy fawning at Ballmer's key note at the moment LOL

[interrergator]

i love this day lots of nice ps3 articles today

[happyface]

this game will be a GIANT flop in USA. Sony wont market it, poor reviews, lack of interest in jrpgs = fail

If Valkyria can only sell 30k with super high reviews this game is gonna bomb just as hard

[Nathan Drake]

Please list 5 reasons why we should care what you think:

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[alster23]

yup just like last remnant, infinite undiscovery, blue dragon, and lost odyssey did in the west. notice what platform there all on

[v1c1ous]

LO and BD did decently well in the wesy <_>

[happyface]

LO sold great, Valkyria epic failed when it had much higher reviews

care to explain that?

[Aclay]

@ HappyFace

JRPG's almost always sell the most in Japan and Japanese sales alone will be more than enough to ensure that the game goes on to be a huge success worldwide.

And how do you know if WKC will get "Poor Reviews"? Famitsu has given plenty mediocre games high review scores like HAZE, so just because they gave WKC a 29/40, it doesn't mean that it will get the same review scores in the United States.

"poor reviews, lack of interest in jrpgs = fail"

I think you just summed up the majority of the Xbox 360 JRPG market for the Xbox 360 with that statement.

WKC on the PS3 has sold faster than ANY Xbox 360 JRPG has in ANY territory, so please stay out of this thread. The Open Zone is this way ------------------------------ ------------------------------- >

[happyface]

why did Valkyria epic fail then? dont ps3 owners like jrpgs? dont they like games that review well?

I dont get it

[Snow]

VC isn't your average JRPG.It's more RTS then anything.
It's like 75% RTS,15% Third person shooter,10% RPG.

It's like an awkward hybrid of 3 genres.Amazing game tho.
But i can see why most people would be turned off by it.

[TheHater]

Valkyria was a SJRPG. Not a lot of people like SJRPG

[drpepper6121]

Valkyrie Chronicles was released in early Nov. Look at all big games that came out at the end of Oct. and the beginning of Nov. It got lost in the shuffle. Sega also did not put out ads for it.

[ultimolu]

Spinmasta, do your thang!

[Nathan Drake]

There will without a doubt be a sequel to White Knight Chronicles based on its ending,so Playstation 3 owners have yet another high quality exclusive RPG from Level-5 to look forward to in the not too distant future.

[UnSelf]

but they also said the same thing about Viewtiful Joe 2 and im still waiting.

[ultimolu]

In Level 5 I trust. :)

[Ryudo]

It could of gone up 16 percent regardless since the consoles sold weekly go up and down. And since the guy that wrote this spelt week wrong this doesn't hold much weight for me.

Still ill buy this game for the PS3 as soon as its released I will import it from the US to the UK if I have to.

[smokeymicpot]

Another mega hyped N4G game. Which will probably be not that good.

[Break Limit]

Happy(idiot)Face, you do know that Valk. Chronicles isn't a regular ff type of jrpg right?
I guess not since your "special console" is competing in the "special olympics" of $$$$$$ and sales, no matter how much your favorite console sold it's still retarded. Pfft, charging me for online play even though I don't use the online, so pathetic, just like their fanboys.

To me Valkyria Chronciles, if you're not used to strategic rpgs you will be confused and it's not really user friendly so of course people might be put off and not buy it.
WKC is diff, offline is jrpg and online will be jrpg with a little bit of mmo.

[frictionini]

UR so insecure, don't you know that WKC's path is already a success in Japan alone?

NA and others will just be a bonus for them.