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Has The Xbox 360 In Japan Finally Been Accepted?

AnalogHype: With Left 4 Dead 2 breaking top 10 sales in Japan, is the console finally succeeding?

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Snake Raiser5264d ago

Being #6 in the top ten list does not mean that it's popular. Besides that this is actually doing the 360 a disservice. 360 games have been in the top 10 before.

Nathan Drake25264d ago

this must be a joke.one game in top 10 and that means that x360 is accepted in japan?

ogwilson5264d ago

I guess that's why it was a question, not a statement.

Darkeyes5264d ago

Well, it's a really stupid question to say the least. The 360 is being outsold by nearly 100K every month and the sales are virtually non-existent. For 360 to be 'Accepted' in Japan, either the PS3 and Wii have to stop selling or else M$ should bag in a FF title exclusive (either of the 2 happening has a probability approaching ZERO).

As for L4D2, frankly I am surprised. Rarely have I seen a 360 game beside a RPG feature in the top 10 list. Probably bought by the American living there cause Japan does give a F about FPSes

sinncross5264d ago

1) It was one of three new games.
2) It sold 28,000 in its first week.

Where exactly does that info point towards the 360 being accepted as a viable videogames console in Japan?

4Sh0w5264d ago

If by accepted he means selling on par with wii or ps3 in Japan, then the answer is NO.

If by accepted he means continuing to grow and having a few good weeks every once in awhile in a territory that is very loyal to homegrown gaming, then the answer is YES.

Oh wait a minute, 360 was pronounced DEAD along time ago so how is this news possible, microsoft must have paid them off.

ABizzel15264d ago (Edited 5264d ago )

No it's just that half of those 1 million 360 owners, are probably non Japanese natives (Former Americans that moved to Japan, etc...) so they picked the game up. Not to mention that the games it did beat have been on the list for 2 or more weeks (with the exception of Mario and Sonic which sucks on Wii and even more on DS).

Don't make it into anything bigger than that, because it's not. The 360 is still in the same place it's always been in Japan.

evrfighter5264d ago

you guys really failed to see that an american game breaking top 10 in Japan is an accomplishment in itself no matter what console it's on.

It really shouldn't be titled "Has the 360 in Japan Finally Been Accepted"

but

"Left 4 Dead Is proof that the times are changing in Japan."

This goes hand in hand with what those Japanese developers have been saying in that Japanese game development is at a standstill and have been overtaken by Western developers.

Hisiru5264d ago (Edited 5264d ago )

Are you insane? You can't put an article to make people discuss like human beings here! Did you forgot that we have trolls and fanboys here?

badz1495264d ago

there's been over a million 360 sold to date in Japan, so for once in a while if there's one game entered the top 10, it's not even worth a news article!

morganfell5264d ago

Ridiculous. This isn't the first game on the 360 to be in the top 10 and did any of those past titles save it? No.

And Hisiru, for an article to be discussed like human beings it requires the piece contain, at the very least, a modicum of common sense. This one is utter balderdash and deserves ever ounce the derision with which it has been greeted.

IdleLeeSiuLung5264d ago

I mean, many western games are starting to sell at a decent clip like CoD, GeoW, Halo and now L4D.

Eddie201015264d ago

Answer to stupid question: NO

sikbeta5264d ago (Edited 5264d ago )

About LFD2, JAPAN love Zombie related games and everything that have some Survival Horror Elements, don't forget that one of the most RECOGNIZED franchises is Resident Evil

About M$ in Japan:

Well, we can say that in some way M$ played a good card with those "BETAs JRPGs" in Japan, imagine what could happen if they didn't put anything that Japan can appreciate

And then Fanboys say JAPAN doesn't mean anything, GOD! they can't be more blind

JD_Shadow5264d ago

Do we mean total sales or only across the 360 (remember that L4D2 is on the PC, too)? I don't really want to give this site the hit it doesn't deserve, so can someone tell me this?

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gaffyh5264d ago

It seems that morganfell is the only person actually talking sense in this thread. This article is stupid and irrelevant simple because there have been other Xbox 360 exclusives that have broken into the top 10 in Japan.

Forza 3 is a recent example which sold I think ~70k in its first week, and I'm pretty sure Halo 3 and Gears did decent numbers during the first week. This doesn't really mean much for Xbox 360 being accepted.

DeejayTai5264d ago

360 games are in the bargain bin in JP.

Sarcasm5264d ago

What kind of stupid question is this?

starvinbull5263d ago

28000 = success for the 360 in Japan?

Contrast and compare once FF13 is out.

njr5263d ago

LOL Bungie. That made my day.

s8anicslayer5263d ago

Regardless if a question or a statement, The 360 is an american piece of hardware and if were to be sold at half the price it is now being sold in japan it still would not sell

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reintype5264d ago (Edited 5264d ago )

I bet most of those were bought by soldiers stationed at the the US base there.

DuneBuggy5264d ago

Those guys are likely buying it from the Military PX/Exchange. I doubt those sales are being calculated into this.

ps921175264d ago

You mean marines? There are very few soldiers in japan.

koehler835264d ago

Well considering it's selling 3k a week on average across the entire country, I'd say no. It's fighting with the PS2 over there.

Godmars2905264d ago

Fighting between the PS2 and PSPgo you mean.

Sandwiched between them actually.

Mr_Luke5264d ago

It's not the first time a game is on the top10, for example Tales of Vesperia and the other ones, they didn't sell bad.

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15 Xbox Games That Should Make the Multiplatform Jump

While there’s likely already a list behind closed doors, one can still speculate and offer logical suggestions for titles new and old that should find their way into the PlayStation and Switch libraries.

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GamerRN42d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit42d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead42d ago

That’s up to Microsoft they want return on there investment. From buying up those publishers. That’s what there in business for. And they made a mistake putting day one exclusive on game pass. So now Microsoft wants to profit any way they can.its called buisness . Just like Sony putting games on pc a year are two after ps5 launch.
So if they can make money off PlayStation and Nintendo. They will do that. And I bet soon real soon they will release some aaa exclusives .and I bet one day it will be same day release

TheEroica42d ago

Sony gamers begging for Xbox games.... Who would've thunk it?

BISHOP-BRASIL42d ago

Yeah, because random site off the internet represents all Sony gamers, they have the letter of attorney and all...

S2Killinit42d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

We don’t care about shovelwares. Get that junk out of PS5

StormSnooper41d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica40d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer42d ago

Some of these seem to be exclusive for lack of enthusiasm of the publisher rather than because of deals. A lot of cool indies skip ps for some reason like katana zero, el paso, elsewhere and gunbrela

S2Killinit42d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer42d ago

Quality over quantity, Microsoft got some really interesting and curated niche games on their machines, maybe in part because of gamepass

S2Killinit42d ago

Quality and MS are not things you bring up in same sentence.

shinoff218342d ago (Edited 42d ago )

Alot of indies skip xbox to. It goes round and round. Personally I think your off base on that but no need to have the argument.

Friendlygamer42d ago

Between katana zero, valheim, Battletech, el passo... I don't feel off base. maybe ps got a million of light novel games that will never release on Xbox but like I've said, I'm talking about niche games highlights, the 10%.

  Heck, it's probably thanks to Microsoft that the s.t.a.l.k.e.r games came to console ps included, meanwhile Sony backwards compatibility continues to be extremely anemic.

And I'm sure most ps5 users are happy to ignore these games and just play wathever new 3rd person action game is trending but it's cool that Microsoft gives some love to smaller audiences and software preservation

shinoff218341d ago

Again your off base just to be snide. All it's showing though is your ignorance.

One light novels wtf is that even. Ps has plenty of pretty damn good indies.

Speaking of indies and ms being responsible. You know F.I.S.T. of course you do alot of you guys just support gamepass. Well here's a history of Sony being responsible for helping indies. Look up the China project from Sony.

Lastly lol your ignorance showing again. Sony has plenty of games. Personally third person is better then first anyway but that's besides the point. Sony gets so many games that xbox doesn't get because yall don't support the games. Jrpgs being a great example. I personally am not into every Sony first party game. Alot of us aren't. On the other side you don't get to eat often so you gobble up everything. Me personally God of War not my cup, etc. For me I'm into jrpgs and ms just can't touch Sony on those. Again because the Xbox base doesn't support it. Devs dont wanna waste their time or money. Hit me up when falcom develops a game over there.

Speaking of third person narrative games. Aren't yall drooling over hellblade 2. The first one was Sony exclusive at one point. Another not my cup game. Showing we don't have to fall in line and agree we love everything Sony puts out. The facts are they sell though unlike elsewhere(not nintendo)

StormSnooper41d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal42d ago

They really think PlayStation fans would want to play Redfall? Pfft.

Personally nothing on that list would be any game I’d want to play.

TwoPicklesGood42d ago

I’d absolutely love Hellblade 2, Palworld, and Quantum Break on ps5 as I’m sure tons of others would too. There’s nothing wrong with wanting games from another console and its sad that people try to act like they aren’t interested in them.

shinoff218341d ago

While indont agree with the games. I agree with the point. Your not wrong.

DarXyde42d ago

Sunset Overdrive makes very good sense. Palworld might.

Don't know about the others. Hellblade II does make sense given the original launched on PS4 first. Quantum Break was a massive letdown for me. I absolutely hated the whole TV show thing and I don't think anyone should have to relive that on modern hardware.

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Valve Made Left 4 Dead 2 Because The First Game Was A Broken Mess

Left 4 Dead lead Chet Faliszek describes the original Left 4 Dead game as "such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it."

Number1TailzFan154d ago

And then couldn't be arsed to make a third game.

If they can add a lot more stuff to a 2nd game in just 1 year why didn't they make a third game a few years later with tons of stuff extra? Because that shows they could've.

I know Source 2 was kind of broken and was a reason they cancelled L4D3 but it seems wasteful to just toss it away.

Don't know what Valve were thinking.. it's like nobody wanted to fix the issues to get going. They certainly aren't the Valve of 2004 that released fun games with pretty cutting edge graphics.

cthulhucultist152d ago

Valve is allergic to number 3 it seems. It would be easier for them to release a Left 4 Dead 2.5 enhanced version instead of releasing a game with "3" slapped on its title.

rakentaja151d ago

They stopped making games a long time ago. Steam brings in so much money that it's really not worth the effort. Nowadays, people only look for faults in games, and spend more time whining on Twitter/X than playing the game anyway. Valve says a big fat no-no.

anast152d ago

Value is the Blockbuster of video games. They have no need to invest in deving a game, when they can make handfuls of cash renting them.

-Foxtrot154d ago

What are they talking about? Seemed pretty alright to me at launch it just wasn't supported the way Valve promised us

They should have just worked on a revamp / massive update to the game but they didn't they jumped straight to a sequel with brand new characters despite having some sort, if small, story about where the original survivors were heading.

I didn't care for the direction they took the sequel, the original games tone and atmosphere was missing in the second game and is still unmatched. Daytime levels, more whackiness, melee weapons where you could attack a Tank with a frying pan...just wasn't the same to be honest and the new survivors just didn't hold up the originals.

Here's my speculation. I think they did a sequel because they didn't want to update a game co-developed by Turtle Rock, they wanted the franchise to be known as a Valve game only and knew if they updated the first one Turtle Rocks name would still linger on it.

shaenoide152d ago

I want broken games like L4D all day long...

GhostScholar152d ago

Well the first game was by far the best

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The Best Co-Op Horror Games You've Missed in Halloween

Try to cope with your friend through terror with this list featuring the best horror Co-Op games you can play today.

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