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Bungie on top in Japan

WOW. Halo 3 was #1 in Japan last week.

1) Halo 3 (360) 59,000 copies
2) Pokemon's Mysterious Dungeon: Toki (DS) 55,000
3) Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (PSP) 54,000
4) Tamagotchi (DS) 54,000
5) Pokemon's Mysterious Dungeon: Yami (DS) 46,000
6) Bleach Blade Battlers 2nd (PS2) 31,000
7) English Test 2 (DS) 28,000
8) Yu-gi-oh Duel Monsters GX (PSP) 28,000
9) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PS3) 27,000
10) Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops + (PSP) 25,000

Maddens Raiders6071d ago

else they have over there in Halo 3 skin and try to break even in a couple of years.

nasim6071d ago

Halo 3 didnt move any hardware. Around 5000 x360s were sold in JAPAN last week . ONLY among foreigners living in JAPAN

next week you would see the sales dipping to 2000 /3000.

PS3 sold around 15000 last week in JAPAN and Wii around 23000

dont get your hopes up for x360 in JAPAN and EU . Those are already LOST TERRITORIES

Fighter6071d ago

This is a shocker but almost refreshing. Glad to see that Western games can crack the Japanese market.

The sad truth is that probably EVERY Japanese 360 owner bought the game on day 1, let's not deny it. We'll have to wait next week to see if the title still belongs to Halo 3.

Did Blue Dragon ever make it to number 1 in Japanese charts?

joydestroy6071d ago

or the only American's living in Japan bought it.
still though, it's a start.

JokesOnYou6071d ago

Halo3 at the top of the charts for one week in Japan, ha ha sonykids must be sick to their stomach's=

JOY

felman876071d ago

Yes, they are so jealous that Halo 3 managed to eek out 59,000 copies. Blue Dragon sold more than that. Lost Odyssey will blow it away as well.

mirroredderorrim6071d ago

Funny you say that. It's leaps and bounds over Pokemon, am I right, Sir?

solidt126071d ago

Japanese Chart, 30th Sep 2007

1 Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon 2 99,031
2 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII 64,386
3 Halo 3 60,783

Premonition6071d ago

Ya I saw that same chart some where on the site, Pokemone was on top and FFVII was 2nd with around 5-600,000 sold total, I dont know where this chart came from.

nirwanda6071d ago

they link to the same person on the neogaf forum but if you check his link at the bottom of the post it links to the actual japanese site where the charts are posted these are the right figures if the charts are correct.
see link to japanese site below
http://www.gpara.com/rankin...

joydestroy6070d ago

@premonition

here's another chart that was just posted...
http://www.totalgamerzone.c...

solidt126071d ago

The US military folks and American in Japan bought it, all of them. This will be only for one week. And just to correct this article. Halo came in third. Crisis Core on the PSP beat Halo 3.

Joy

JokesOnYou6071d ago (Edited 6071d ago )

which is NOT counted as Japanese sales since Base/PX sales has nothing to do with Japanese economy= I have friends in the military and if they can't buy a game from the px they order them online from the US so they can play the US version on their US region console.= why is it so hard to accept Halo3 had 1 good week in Japan?, ha ha nobody is saying its going to be a Halo craze for the rest of the year, but Halo3 managed to grab the #1 spot for a week, a great accomplish all things considered, but of course sonykids dont like any good Halo news= ha ha more salt in the wound=

JOY

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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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HellspawnPR1981130d 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.

Kaii129d ago

Just exclude Infinite>5>4

ChasterMies129d 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?

DrDoomer167d ago

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

raWfodog166d ago

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

BrainSyphoned167d 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*

Husker42c167d ago

I really loved Shadow Complex.

P_Bomb166d ago

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

ChasterMies167d ago (Edited 167d 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_Mal167d ago (Edited 167d 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.

darthv72166d 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.

Hofstaderman166d ago

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

Profchaos166d ago (Edited 166d 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.

BehindTheRows166d 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.

darthv72178d 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.

isarai178d ago

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

TheBrainZ178d ago

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

LG_Fox_Brazil177d 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