Xbox 360 Japan exclusives: Less than 1million sold combined

Gamesthirst writes: From its debut in Japan, Microsoft has stretched her muscles, taking risk, spending serious cash, buying "timed exclusives" all in an effort to make the Xbox 360 ubiquitous in the land of the rising sun. Question is, has the strategy worked out? Earlier this year, the software giant reported that it finally past the 1million mark of consoles sold in Japan, a goal they thought would be achieved a year earlier. The Japanese have reacted very lukewarm to the Xbox 360; and that's to say the least. Numbers don't lie, so, we've compiled a list of the top 4 "exclusive" Xbox 360 games and sales data in Japan. Life-to-date sales are as follows:

[Gabe EatsWell]

LMFAO!

"On top of all that, the PS3 versions will add new features. Some with new characters, new maps, upscaled graphics and even refined gameplay."

Xbots - the definitive beta testers this generation.

[chidori666]

360fixme is died in japan.

fact!

is because japaneses is smart people...

[Shaka2K6]

.

[Berserk1]

Eternal Sonata
Folklore
Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Final Fantasy XIII
Resconance of Fate
Disgaea 3
Demons Souls
Valkyria Chronicles
Wizardry: Dungeon of Imprisoned Souls
Tales of Vesperia
Trinity Zill O’ll Zero
3D Dot Game Heroes
Tears to Tiara Gaiden: Avalon Riddle
White Knight Chronicles
Agarest: Generations of War
Cross Edge
STAR OCEAN: THE LAST HOPE International.

[EpicGamerSwordsman]

Yeah & Retarded Bots Said KZ2 Flopped... 360 Might aswell just Give up the battle in Japan.

[KingKionic]

damn....

761,468

[chaosatom]

He is handling the xbox like a time-bomb and afraid that it's going to explode /XD

but on topic:

FF13 sales for one week is probably >>>>>>>
1. Star Ocean 4 (life-to-date: 208,521)
2. Blue Dragon (life-to-date: 203,740)
3. Tales of Vesperia (life-to-date: 194,714)
4. Last Remnant (life-to-date: 154,493)
combined.

Square just likes shooting themselves in the foot when they went exclusives with their RPGs.

[ReviewsArePolitics]

teh salez

[KingKionic]

Microsoft needs to do something more to increase there sales . But obviously it`s hard for them in japan .

Just seeing the ps3 game sales shows what japan likes .

Microsoft currently in a fold status .

[Dragun619]

I'm gonna guess Magna Carta 2 was the last push for MS in Japan which didn't stay in the Top 20 for more than 2 weeks due to Dragon Quest IX.

And I'm also gonna guess that Magna Carta 2 is gonna get ported to the PS3 in 6 months with more content and upgrade graphics.

[ABizzel1]

I for one am one of the people who say MS should give up in Japan. But I need to correct my statement. I agree they shouldn't just pull out of Japan that would be stupid, becuase if they do then they have no chance of ever piercing the market there.

However, I think MS should stop buying timed exclusives there and use there money on games that are big in Europe and North America, and have Japan developers continue to put content on their system. Let's be realistic here Xbox has been in Japan for almost 4 years and its barely over 1 millions consoles, meaning whatever their doing over there isn't working. MS needs to stop focusing on getting timed exclusive JRPG's (seeing how the Japanese gamers are willing to wait for them and not buy a 360 just to play), and do research and development to see what is stopping Japanese gamers from buying their console (even at $199), and what they can do to get them to buy their console, because JRPG's obviously aren't working.

Now while their doing that they need to fight in Europe to maintain their lead, because Sony has caught up (MS has a 1 million lead). They need to do whatever they can to stop Sony from getting in second place in Europe, because that will be the beginning of the end for them.

North America is MS best region, and that's where they need to continue dominating at. North America buys the most consoles, and as long as MS keeps the image that they are the best console (which is what their constant marketing does) then they will stay ahead of Sony. Not to mention that NA is the only place MS realistically has a chance of catching the Wii (7 million lead over 360 in NA).

So I don't think MS should pull out of Japan all together, but I think they should reevaluate their strategy, because Sony's coming for them in Europe, and in Japan it seems like MS has only been prolonging their defeat. So they need to focus on the two territories that are currently the most profitable and largest in the gaming industry and try to keep a stronghold on them.

Now quickly Sony needs to do what they can to break loose in Japan and take it over from the Wii, they need to support Europe more espically since that's the region that bought the most PS3's, and they need find ways to get NA to buy more PS3's. The price drop is a good starting point, but their going to have to do more than that. Get the price down again (not expecting this anytime soon), get their online completely on par with XBL, get their community to be as cohesive as XBL, and continue to pump out amazing games.

Nintendo a price drop should do more than enough to keep you in the top spot for the rest of this generation.

[360FTW2]

360 RPG list from comment above: (4 items)

1. Star Ocean 4 (life-to-date: 208,521)
2. Blue Dragon (life-to-date: 203,740)
3. Tales of Vesperia (life-to-date: 194,714)
4. Last Remnant (life-to-date: 154,493)
combined.

Total - 761K

PS3 RPGs sold in Japan: (7 Items)

Valkyria Chronicles - 220K
Enchanted Arms - 40K
Demon Souls - 130K
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice - 110K
Eternal Sonata - 70K
Folklore - 50K
White Knight Chronicles - 350K
_____________________________ _____

Total 970K

7 titles and look Under 1m sold combined. And just think, Japan is the PS3's home territory.

Haha, you guys should be ashamed. The 360 is expected to suck in Japan (At least by you guy's account.) Yet, here you have the home town favorite not doing much better. As a matter of fact there are only 2 of the ones on the PS3 list that did better than the lowest one on the 360's list. Funny how that works huh?

Edit:

@ 4 below

You act as if these 4 titles are the only titles sold for the 360 in japan. Open your mind son, you're being blinded by your own BS.

[Maddens Raiders]

first to say it, but is anyone really surprised? This is the way things will trend from here on out with even more separation by the PS3 as the years grow long. Don't be surprised if Microsoft asks Sony to make their hardware for them next time round.

[trane07]

ps3 in fact has hit one million sales when it comes to rpgs, despite what its lacking. you forgot one rpg:

Tales of Vesperia came in at 237,000 units for the week, which in fact is its highest sales rate to date since its being released. Ps3 beat 360's year to date sales within the first day.

That puts ps3's sales quite over 1 million when it comes rpgs, and by the time the more "anticipated" titles get released (star ocean, final fantasy 13) its sales should be at least twice as high.

Sad fellow. Trying to use numbers to make yourself feel better when all it does is put you in a contradiction. In fact, ps3 is doing MUCH MUCH better in comparison to the 360. Funny how that works huh?

Total 970K + 237k = A hellvua lot more than 761,468
*smooches*

[raztad]

@360FTW

Look dude.

First give a closer look to the xbox rpgs. All of them are classic Jrpg and two of them are big franchises.

Now give a look at your PS3 list of rpgs. VC (tactical-rpg - Niche), Disgaea (strategy rpg - uber niche), Folklore (action-Western rpg), Demons Souls (action-Western -rpg). <-- These rpg are new ip and niche titles.

Enchanted A and Eternal S were one year+ late flops on the PS3. You are padding the list with these two.

The only decent Jrpg is WKC and it sold a lot better than the big franchises on the xbox. The very Tales of Vesperia PS3 sold in only one one day what ToV xbox has sold lifetime.

[FarEastOrient]

@Xbox360

Where did you get your numbers?

White Knight Story sold more than 400 thousand units on the first week alone and Valkyria Chronicles went to the top of the list twice (2nd was when DLC was released). Get your numbers straight...

[FOXDIE]

exept the flaws the other pointed out, you forgot that 50% of the games in your list are not real RPGs like their 360 counterparts.

[andron]

Lost Odyssey sold even worse than these four in japan. According to Famitsu it sold 104.417 copies.

http://thirdworldgamer.blog...

That would have made the total 865.885 for the top 5 best selling JRPG games on the 360 in japan...

[gaffyh]

@above - Wow Lost Odyssey only sold that much, the game is a great JRPG.

@1.6 - Difference between the lists you given is, Xbox 360 - 2 sequels to very popular IPS, PS3 only 1 sequel to a fairly popular IP (Disgaea, not for everyone). Yet PS3 sales still outpace 360 sales. Obviously everyone here is forgetting that PS3 outnumbers 360 3:1 in Japan, same way Xbox fanboys always forget to mention that the 360 outnumbers PS3 3:1 in NA when talking about sales.

[mfwahwah]

@1.6

I'll let you feel like you're right for now.

The day after FFXIII is released and we have some "First Day Sales" article, I expect to see you there so you can eat your words, though.

That one RPG should outsell those 4 titles' lifetime sales easily.

[Saigon]

I understand what you pointed out and sad to say you are right, but I think when you pulled the numbers you missed several valid points...

First off when comparing the list of games that you listed from the 360 only one is a true exclusive From the PS3 5 are exclusive...If you add all of the true exclusives from each console and compare them...the difference in numbers will be shown...

Secondly comparing a port of a bad game doesn't help...you shouldmt have put Enchanted Arms in the list...ToV is a better example because it was a good game and now that is has been redone for the PS3 with new animation levels and characters...its worth a purchase...

Last the only way to truly compare a game in Japan is to see how it performs with a simultaneous release...and we all know what Resident Evil 5 did...

[pixelsword]

I never realized that.

But what about PS3/Wii exclusives? Now I'm curious, lol.

[KingME]

Funny thing is, 360FTW2 was trying to make a point, a point for which I can see and perhaps that's because my mind is opened enough in the subject to see where he is going with it.

Now in 360FTW's defense, I would like to add to the argument one of the oldest arguments used on N4G by PS3 fans. That argument is, the PS3 has a 3-1 fanbase advantage 1.15m (360) vs 3.54m (PS3) over the 360. None of you took that into account. Now with that being said, his point does have some validity and you guys should have not stripped him of his bubbles.

That's becoming a big problem around here, there is no room for a good debate because people would rather just take your bubbles away than to face possible defeat in a fair debate. Which is kinda sad.

The PS3 has 3 times the install base in Japan, Japan is the PS3s home base. Why would the PS3 not have more RPGs sold than the 360. Additionally, had they not tweaked the hell out of tales of v, how well would it have sold.

Either way, you guys are right when you go number for number, but if you used percentages based on fanbase, you would be wrong.

[Ldubbz]

but lets take in the big picture. Halo + Gears = more exclusive sales than all PS3 exclusives COMBINED. Worldwide.

Thats all...

[GiantEnemyCrab]

360T: Actually, your data is a bit flawed but nevertheless I get what you are saying.

I hate even bringing up the PS3 in this but when you combine all Japan PS3 exclusives it's just barely over 1.4 million and you are talking like triple the user base. To be fair the 360 launched a year early but this is Sony's back yard.

Damn, the PS3 fanboys flock in here like someone just announced a PS3 with a glory hole built in it.. Are we playing "Sales: The Game" again? And it's okay to do that now right SDF?

@1.18: Ouch!

[baph777]

I don't really know why Japanese publishers would continue to put their games on 360 if Microsoft wasn't paying them to do so. There are some benfits for Japanese companies to do so though ie. sales of games on the 360 help pay for the better versions on the PS3.

However, once FFXIII comes out in Japan and the PS3 install base grows to over 5 million in Japan by February 1, 2010 while the 360's install base isn't likely to be over 1.3 million there then, I don't know why Japanese developers would feel a need to put their games on 360 then.

And really the sales of these four Japanese exclusives for 360 weren't that much better in the West because unlike most PS3 fans that have loved jrpgs since the Super Nintendo days, most 360 gamers are shooter fans instead.

The 360 does have a reputation in Japan as a good system for cheap, niche arcade shooters.

[gaffyh]

@KingME - You are not open minded, you are one of the biggest fanboys on N4G. In fact, you probably are 360FTW2.

@Ldubbz - But did that few hundreds of thousands of sales cover costs for the developers? That's what matters, Halo and Gears can sell however much they like, as long as they cover their cost, that's all that matters. Gaming isn't about sales, just enough so that the devs can cover their costs, in order for them to survive and continue to make games.

I already said it before, fanboys on both sides never take into account the user base when talking about sales. And also a blog shouldn't really have been approved. With that being said though, FF13 will sell 1 million in the first few weeks of release (if not the first week) in Japan, it's almost guaranteed.

[prowiew]

I bought all of those games, except star ocean. Didn't like any of them.

[baph777]

Yeah, the point about the 360 having sold 1/3 less consoles than the PS3 in Japan would be a very valid one if the 360 had come out a year after the PS3 there. However, the reverse is true. The PS3 came out a full year after the 360 in Japan and it still has a sold roughly 3 times more units than the 360 in Japan even with the 360 getting huge games from the likes of Square and Namco that the PS3 hasn't received yet, so that should tell you something right there.

And shortly after FFXIII comes out on 12-17-09 in Japan the margin will be more than 4x as many PS3s sold in Japan than 360's and rapidly heading towards 5x the number of PS3s sold in Japan than 360s with everything I mentioned in my first paragraph still being true.

[Ldubbz]

As far as sales in Japan go, people miss the point. When MS gets exclusivity for big Japan-centric titles, its more than just sales, its establishing credibility with the gamers there. The fact that the 360 is enjoying far more success there than the Xbox is a testament to that fact.

Also, those exclusive games dont sell only in Japan, they sell them the world over.

Two examples:

Blue Dragon is at 530k WW
Lost Oddyssey is at 810k WW

MS is building relationships with devs and gamers there for this gen onto the next and so on. People would have said it was nuts if I told you Capcom and Square were releasing exclusives and former exclusives to the 360. But thats where we're at.

Japan is a hard nut to crack for any western company. I applaud the 360's relative success there, but also know there is more work to be done.

[360FTW2]

haha, you are right ding ding ding you win a prize. I am Kingme, I am also GiantEnemy, The Mart, and any other 360 fan that you don't agree with. I think you would have seemed a bit more intelligent had you just addressed what Kingme said, but I guess you had no intelligent answer for that.

I looked at Kingme's comments, and it looks to me that most of his comments are not comments bragging about the 360, but comments slamming fanboys like you for bragging and making sh!t up. Now, your comments on the other hand screams fanboy.

Hey Kingme, PM your gamertag, no, wait you can't, I mean what am I thinking, I already know it, because I am you...haha incredible.

@baph777
"the 360 came out a year earlier", man when will it ever stop with you guys, you are constantly throwing out the same bullsh!t. The PS3 has been out long enough for the 1 year headstart to be put to bed now. Ask any wii owner they'll vouche for that. Also, what's your excuse for getting abused in your home turf vs the wii defending champ? That's a fair fight isn't it, both from Japan, hell the wii even spotted you a blu-ray player, hard drive, and HD graphics. Oh, that's right you don't have any excuse for that situation other than the lame casual gamer bit.

[andron]

If those games had stayed exclusive to the xbox 360 in japan they might have accomplished something.

But since they get ported to PS3 with upgrades those who bought them for the 360 feel cheated and MS are back to square one...

[KingME]

Right, Gaffyh lots of creativity there. Sure who else am I.

I've lost all respect for you, and on this site that leaves you with nothing. Get lost youngster. To be honest, I don't care who you think I am. Just another lame defense mechanism used by immature people. Next time, stick with addressing the comment.

[Obama]

I think quite a lot of Japanese bought a 360 in the first place because they thought SO4 and TOV were exclusive. No wonder they were so angry after the games went multiplatform.

[Aquarius]

I wouldn't say they went multiplatform. The massive enhancements that the games went through would make it an exclusive to PS3 ;)

[Sunny_D]

Goodness sakes man,that's Terrible. Not even funny. Why go exclusive to the 360 when this is actually happening?

[supremacy]

almost feels like they are wasting money and time in japan. but who knows.

i for one believe that if the ps3 is to over take the 360 worldwide in sales, japan is going to be the reason why and with the ps3 now @299 i really don't see the 360 blowing it away anymore anywhere in the world.

so say if things remain on an even scale elsewhere while japan shows bigger numbers than yeah you are going to see a change in position rather soon than later trust me.

sure the wii will remain on top, but im not talking about the wii here now.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

LOL @ having more consoles sold than those software combined. Doesn't that tell you something? Either MS are counting replacements as units sold or them Japanese are using these 360's for something else. It does seem to be getting cold outside.

[bunfighterii]

There are other games than these 4, you realise....

[Godmars290]

Doesn't the fact that the console sold just over a million after four years tell you something?

Like there aren't that many JP gamers even buying it to matter?

[ThanatosDMC]

Guess, you're trying to say it's some sort of heater or a grill or something? Yeah, im just asking. I thought it was nice and cool in Japan last time i was there. It actually snows there around Christmas.

[dustgavin]

1. Star Ocean 4 (life-to-date: 208,521)

2. Blue Dragon (life-to-date: 203,740)

3. Tales of Vesperia (life-to-date: 194,714)

4. Last Remnant (life-to-date: 154,493)

Total life-to-date sales combined: 761,468.

And let the bot spinning begin!

[chaosatom]

but...but....but....we have halo expansion pack.

[rebirthofcaos]

money hats, microsfot has been misleading a lot lately so figure.

[No FanS Land]

ouch that's kind of a new low.

I thought they actually sold way more than this honestly.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Microsoft needs to release a Japanese rape sim and it will easily break the million sale mark.

[dustgavin]

Why do that when hardly anyone is buying the 360 console in Japan?

[chaosatom]

...........on the Wii /XD

[TheBand1t]

A rape sim with Natal support.

.....

RUN MILO!

[aldesko]

I wouldn't be surprised.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

A rape sim with Natal support in Japan and the 360 will beat the ps3 and the wii combined.

[WMW]

"Microsoft needs to release a Japanese rape sim and it will easily break the million sale mark."

hmmm or they could just make a reliable system just throwing that out there.

[Obama]

Well actually they already have these kind of games on the 360. No kidding lol.

[Maddens Raiders]

...so just when you're at the part in the game where things get "good", instead you get RROD? man....you're mean.

[SnuggleBandit]

ya they already have a game on the 360 that involves rape...i think its called "halo 3:odst"

[TotalPS3Fanboy]

That's too funny. A game that rapes the consumers: Halo ODST.

[bobdog626]

Just you wait until tomarrow's sale for Halo come's out .Now that will be funny to see.I Bet Tomb Raider oh i mean Uncharted won't come close.Microsoft don't need japan.never did.

[TheBand1t]

Nice to know you're getting a share of the profits for Halo: ODST. Y'know, since you're a shareholder and all.

Calling Uncharted Tomb Raider. Ho ho, how witty. Have fun playing with your Power Rangers...oops...I mean Halo.

[TotalPS3Fanboy]

"Microsoft don't need japan.never did."

Of course Microsoft did't need Japan. Microsoft only wants Japan. Not needs. Only wants. And that's why Microsoft spent all those money on Japan, trying to convince Japan that Japan wants Microsoft more than Microsoft wants Japan. But it didn't worked.

Xbox: $299.
HD Upgarde: $99.
Wireless Adapter: $99.
Rechargable Batteries: $9.
Xbox Live: $50 a year.
PSN: Priceless.

There are some things money can't buy (Japan).
For everything else, there's PS3.

[baph777]

Actually ODST only has 1.35 million pre-orders which isn't that large of a figure and we all saw what mixed reviews for 360 games like Ninja Gaiden II, Halo Wars, and Too Human did, so I'm thinking ODST is going to have a very tough time reaching half of what Halo 3 sold.

[Torkith]

Tales of Vesperia PS3 (Day One - 147,000)

[evolution54]

Lost Odyssey.....

[Godmars290]

But would it really make a difference? Even if it did bring totals past 1 million that's still not saying much after four years.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

Yeah it's pretty funny that they forgot the biggest title on this list. Such a big fail.

[YogiBear]

Shouldn't you be getting the baby lotion and towel ready for the new Halo Expansion?

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Oh wow, I didn't notice they missed that.

I guess that is what we get for approving Blogspot garbage by faux journalists..

This whole article is fail.. Not that the 360 doesn't struggle in Japan but did we need this hack to remind us?

[baph777]

the biggest audience for Lost Odyssey was USA consumers who bought 450,000 copies of the game to create the illusion the 360 had some kind of massive jrpg. European numbers were far smaller and it comes in after all four of the games discussed in the article in terms of Japanese sales.

[Godmars290]

Considering how people carried on every-time a JRPG was announced for the 360, your own inclusion of US numbers in an article about JP sales, apparently you do GEC.

[spunnups]

I don't think SE cares, they got their money which probably funded a majority of development for these games. Give MS credit for trying. They should have went ahead and funded 1st party studios instead of throwing it in the trash.

[0din]

Microsoft should of thrown more money to Mistwalker instead of Square Enix, you can never ignore someone like Sakaguki. But with TGS around the corner you never know (I'm not sure if Microsoft are scheduled to show games or not at TGS I'll be grateful if someone told me). Even though the 360 is 'dead' in Japan, a game by Mistwalker could be a surprise, if not I hope SCE buys Mistwalker :)

[Dutch Boogie]

Glad i sold this pos yesterday. Ahh i feel like a free man.

[Relientk77]

wow really?

thats like pathetic

[kaveti6616]

*Whispers*
This is where first party studios come in handy.

[Godmars290]

When trying to first establish yourself anyway. Like Sony did with the PS1.

MS's problem is that they've always seemed more into promotion than quality.

[gameman]

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[gameman]

HD my @$$ do you call upscaled 1080p for sub HD games HD ???? o bad bots to bad know go and play the game expansion for the last adventure of the green ranger

Edit

and please take off this avatar now we gona play the full game on the PS3 and and and let's not forget ppl to say

THANKS FOR THE BETA TESTING BOT

[Major_Tom]

Give up in Japan pull out, save money MS. Seriously.

[Sukebe_Gamer]

i really don't think that japanese people are into hi-def gaming as much as we are. they're still into gaming because when i was there a few months ago, everybody was playing handheld gaming devices. i got on the train one mornig and counted how many people were playing handhelds, 33 people. later that day i rode the bus and about 9 people were playing games. it seemed like every where i went many of the young japanese boys and girls was unaware of their surroundings because their eyes were glue to that tiny screen. i don't know why but it was a little disturbing for some reason.

[devilhunterx]

can you carry your XB2+power brick+tv in a bus to work?

[baph777]

They love the PS3 in Japan. It outsold the Wii there three months in a row earlier this year at its old price. And it's been ahead of Wii the last two weeks (including one week where it actually beat DSi).

PS3 will have little trouble becoming the best selling second place console in its particular generation of all time in Japan.

[Sukebe_Gamer]

Yeah you probably could but than that would be as dumb as your comment. バカじゃねの⁉

[Bathyj]

So I gotta ask,

was it worth it Square?

Y'know, I'm just asking because theres another brand of console with a larger userbase in Japan thats always supportted your software and helped get you to where you are.

[Godmars290]

Its not like they really invested anything. A Silpheed "squeal" noone was really looking for, IU which could have been a PS2 game and LR, a title that experimented - and failed - with the UT3 engine. They're likely going to recover SO4 while taking no real risks with FFXIII.

Not putting it past them to re-release the last with an "international" a few months down the line that happens to be JP only.

A-holes...

[rawd]

What happened to taking over Japan

[Dannagar]

Why not top 5? Why not put Lost Odyssey in there?

[DigitalAnalog]

Microsoft don't know how to cater Japanese tastes without putting native Japanese production developers like Square-Enix and Sega. Most likely the Japanese are not really not that open to Western based games. America/Europe needs to create their own "Final Fantasy VII" that would be both popular for both Eastern tastes or Western counterparts.

[bobdog626]

They don't need ,They don't need They don't need Japan.Europe is where Microsoft need's to be.Ever sence the Dreamcast came out that is all they see the 360 as . They will never buy the 360.Peter More know's this and Microsoft know's this. No Big Deal.

[artsaber]

The referree counts:
1.....
2....
3....
4....
5,6,7,8,9

Waves hands... you're out!

Just give up Japan Microsoft, let it die with dignity there.

[firezone]

It's a tough place Japan, ain't it? Be strong Microsoft.

[kiwiharser]

That's what you get for nuking them..

First sending two nukes their way, now the rrod, it only gets worse.

[niceboy]

they attacked us...

[bobdog626]

Remember the Dreamcast. Peter More . PS2, The First Real War of the console's.The 360 is doomed in japan but maybe next Gen who know's

[TheDesperado]

So it's not fair to compare PS3 JRPGs like folklore and disgaea 3. The sales of tales PROVES beyond a doubt that its the franchise that sells. 360 got the big franchises and squandered them while Sony is about to mop up.

GIVE ME LAST REMNANT, SQUARE! I'M ENTITLED TO IT!

[niceboy]

Or face dyer consequences in Japan

[cooldude123]

kinda like, the cross-roads, decisions, decisions, decisions.

[deshon09]

this is news why everyone poops also see i can tell people the obvious