Xbox 360 sales remain tepid in Japan

Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 hardware ranked sixth among hardware in the latest Japan retail numbers.

Media Create Co. on Fri. reported that the Xbox 360 sold 2,118 units between Feb. 7 and Feb. 13 to rank No. 6 in overall sales.

[LORD-PHOENIX]

come on greenburg tweet about this like you do NPD...

[SWORDF1SH]

Greenburg:"The 360 outsells The PSP* in Japan"

(*PSP GO)

[badz149]

I don't know why but it sounds so funny! XD

[Tachyon_Nova]

2118 units is pretty laughable. They sell more than that over here in Australia every week, and we have a population less than 1/6th that of Japan!

[gaden_malak]

I would be curious to see how consoles do in Australia. I have no idea which is the more preferred console.

[Sitris]

Well Sony just announced They have sold over 1 million ps3s recently, MS hasn't and nintendo I'm not sure about......

Ps3 http://au.gamespot.com/news...

[gaden_malak]

I thought PS was the preferred down here.

Wii definitely passed 1mil here.

[vishant101]

i live in nz no mention of game sales here

[awiseman]

Japanees like their WII's, and games packaged with rather strange accessories..

[rlm41]

Like the move!

[Bounkass]

PS3's ftw.

[Greek God]

Japanese dont like import

[cpt_kaos]

Think Apple and that wierd Ipod thing everyone raves about would disagree with you.

[Greek God]

duh imean xbox

[suicidalblues]

You mean Japanese are very leery about poorly made hardware. It's funny that everyone says they don't like imports because 360 flops.

[Nelson M]

Is "tepid" a japaneese word for Shite ?

Xbox 360 sales remain Shite in Japan !

[rlm41]

PS3 sales shite in America!

@DudeDutch - But still cannot win over the largest gaming market in the world?! and remains in 3rd place.. aw.

[Silly gameAr]

200,000 is shite? Cool.

[Kon]

Take that Nelson M.

[Dude Dutch]

Sells quite good in America, AND in the rest of the world it sells GREAT !!

There you go, eat this !

[fucadastates]

rlm41, when you look at npd, tracktrace, mediacreate, nordisk film and so on (and putting the numbers toghether).. then the ps3 is outselling the xbox ww.. the only place where its not is on vgcharts.. go figure.. :)

[Dude Dutch]

@rlm 41

This stupid remark: 3rd place. Is this all you have left to brag about? What about a year headstart? Eh, you just conveniently forget about that. 3rd place of what? I do not care about 3rd or 4rth place, i care about gaming. Thats why i own a PS3.

[rlm41]

lol that's Sony's fault and props to Microsoft..
Your only excuse is the headstart.. It's not meant to be a fair race where every company has to launch at the same time. It's a business.

You only care about gaming? Ever thought about why MS gets so much 3rd party support and most devs won't dare to go PS3 only.. Because 360 sells more games. You all talk about this mighty PS3, but it won't break away from the pack as long as Microsoft is selling systems and most importantly games.

[gaden_malak]

"You're only excuse is the headstart"

What are you rubbishing about? Sales prove the PS3 is selling more than the 360. The gap has closed to 2.1 despite the year/year and a half head start.

btw You're = You are.

[Pyscho_Mantis]

the largest gaming market in the world would be the world you dickwad. What kinda stupid logic is that. And in that aspect the xbox is the one who is in 3rd place.. aw.

[Tinasumsum]

200,000?

[Megaton]

Is the sky also still blue? Can someone please find out and submit an article?

[Dude Dutch]

@Megaton:

Just went outside and would you believe it: the sky actually is black now.....

How odd..

[rlm41]

well not odd, if that happens, call fire department -_-

oh yeah and run!

[citan]

This is news like "Elvis still dead".

[Greek God]

saw him yesterday

[saladthieves]

Damn...Japan is not really a fan of teh Xbox.

[hennessey86]

microsoft should just use the mony to secure some exclusives for the people who care about xbox. The japanese are set in there ways which i have no problem with. The 360 doesnt have the games to tempt the japanese. I did think kinect would of helped the sales abit though.

[fucadastates]

yeah.. did not think kinect would go out that fast. tho, its the same here in skandinavia.. in our media its reportet that the turn in is huge.. the same with move buy the way

[tudors]

Seems they are just loyal too their brand, I mean can you imagine the grief you would get off people if you are japaneese and own a Xbox-360, but it's a shame because we have always welcomed their products.

[bluegreenman]

they are really loyal people. they never seem to give up at anything or on anything.

[AceofStaves]

Considering how popular American brands such as Apple are in Japan, I don't think it has anything to do with brand loyalty.

The 360 doesn't serve the gaming needs of most Japanese game buyers. It's simple as that.

[diehardgamer1000]

NPD who lol , i keed i keed

[thawind]

lol

[BabyTownFrolics]

Japan equals the world

[Counter Strike]

i mean Psp last week sold 106.000 and Ps3 26.000 i think thats means something...

[bluegreenman]

honestly... japan hasnt been doing well in games in general lately. they keep dissapointing me with their games. I miss the old japan :(

[MR LOOKINGBILL]

I wish MS pull out of Japan and try to concentrate on getting into the China market. They'll have much success there.
It;s a known fact that Japanese folks hates or don't buy American goods/products at all.

[PirateThom]

THIS IS COMPLETELY NONSENSE.

Apple products sell like GANGBUSTERS in Japan, numerous other American imports are also big sellers. They don't buy the 360 because... [insert real reasons here].

[Primal Rex]

Just release a hentai sex game and watch sales sky rocket !!

[palaeomerus]

Look everybody! The "NPD isn't the world" people now think that Japan is the world.

[ufo8mycat]

Bit hard to sell when it has no games to play. Japs know this. Europeans know this. Looks like 'a lot' (not all) of Americans are still too slow to realise this.

[theunleashed64]

well there you go xbox fanboys not everyone is so called "going crazy" for the 360 like you proclaimed? not even japan but go ahead keep insulting japan and that the country doesn't matter it only shows how butthurt you really are.

[Sirik8]

The Japs are waiting for the new Kid Nikki and Pokemon Kinect thats why! All I know is that I'm huge there.