The Japan Preview: 8/10 Edition (360 tops PS3, DS~PSP, ToV ~113k, FE 152k)

VGChartz writes: Four games topped 100,000 units this week. One of those titles, Fire Emblem pushed DS hw & PSP hw to near identical numbers, while Tales of Vesperia pushed Xbox 360 hw above PS3 hw this week.

Four games sold over 100,000 units. Two of them were on DS while PSP and Xbox 360 had the others. The relative resurgence of console software last week, which saw PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii games take nine of the top 20 in the preliminary data, has receded in the wake of a big week for the portables.

Key Points:

-Tales of Vesperia pushed Xbox 360 sales past PS3 sales in Japan this week. The game itself sold over 110,000 units.
- Wii, PS3, and PS2 had very quiet weeks, with no software topping 30,000 units.
-Fire Emblem DS continued the drive in Japan to push DS back to parity with PSP.

Hardware Predicted Totals:

DSL: 60,000 to 70,000 unit range
PSP: 58,000 to 68,000 unit range
Wii: 35,000 to 45,000 unit range
360: 12,000 to 20,000 unit range
PS3: 8,000 to 12,000 unit range
PS2: 6,000 to 10,000 unit range

[Silogon]

Told ya.

[avacadosnorkel]

the 360 beat the PS3 in Japan a couple other weeks in the past also

[MURKERR]

a jrpg managed to only push 12-20000 360s (and when the real numbers come out i suspect maybe 11-12000 were sold)if an exclusive rpg cant push 360 consoles that shows 360 is dead in japan hell mgs4 pushed over 80000 and thats a STEALTH game!

[Kleptic]

to be fair, MGS as a series has always been big in Japan also...

and Siligon...you didn't really 'tell' anyone that has followed this stuff this generation...this is the 3rd time its happened...AC6 and Blue Dragon both bumped the 360 into the ~15,000 range for a week or two...and then quickly snuggled back into its safety realm of 1.5k or so...

there is no debate as to whether the 360 has any hope in Japan whatsoever...but it still is funny to watch it try...goes very well with the definition of insanity...try the same thing over and over, but expect a different result...

[mikeslemonade]

Then next week the 360 sales will be lower again. No suprise. This doesn't take away that the PS3 is gaining in North America, has the lead in europe, and will still outsell 360 this month in Japan.

[jaysquared]

"hell mgs4 pushed over 80000 and thats a STEALTH game!"

Is that it? With the Sony fans hyping that game up saying it will sell more than Halo3? With its great reviews and that's all it was able to get? Phathetic if you ask me...

Even though the 360 is doing crappy in Japan its doing a lot better than the original Xbox did unlike the PS3 which is selling a lot less compared to the PS2.. I dont expect any American made game console to outsell Japanese consoles in Japan but you gotta give M$ props for not giving up on Japan. M$ has really focused in trying to win the Japanese market unlike Sony who is pretty much shunning the Japanese market with its lack of QUALITY JRPGS in the market.. Seems like Sony is more focused in western/shooter market..

[badz149]

"Even though the 360 is doing crappy in Japan its doing a lot better than the original Xbox did unlike the PS3 which is selling a lot less compared to the PS2"

that sentence just proved how ignorant (or stupid) you are! 360 had sold more than the 1st xbox since last year and I tell you, it's not that hard considering the very low number of that thing sold over there during its whole life! FYI, PS2 is still more or less alive and it's the best selling console ever made with the best library up to date! are you expecting PS3 to outsell PS2 in only its 2nd year? out of the 3 console manufacturers, Nintendo is the oldest in the industry but even Ninty had never had PS2 sold numbers their whole history for a single console or handheld!

the PS3 is doing just fine! we've seen 360 outsold it couple of times before but everybody knows that it will not stay the same for long! personally, I'll give it 2 weeks for it to top the PS3 and after that everything will be back to normal! right now, I'm wondering how well will the game sell if it's PS3 exclusive? but it's really a no brainer it will sell better!

[theKiller]

bravo MS but its only temporary, i suspect this will happen!!

sony is doing a lot for the western gamers and regions but when it comes to japan they have done much almost like neglect them, if by this year they dont do anything their then expect the 360 will be competing very hard with ps3 or even pass it when infinite discovery star ocean 4 comes out!

sony needs to stop taking things for granted and start to take japan as serious as america and europe! ps3 is selling like ps2 all year thats it self an embarrassment

[foodbox]

@kleptic

"there is no debate as to whether the 360 has any hope in Japan whatsoever...but it still is funny to watch it try...goes very well with the definition of insanity...try the same thing over and over, but expect a different result... "

You've got this very white vs. black view of the marketplace.

The Xbox 360 simply needs to grow in Japan, this is success. Will it outsell the Nintendo or Sony boxes? No.. It doenst seem so. But it *will* get more than it had before, and it *will* help MS continue its solid lead over the PS3 Worldwide.

That alone is success.

The fear and FUD in this forum, by people like yourself, "oh, its dead in JPN har har har" is just pathetic.

The fact is that the sales are up 4 weeks straight (certainly in anticipation of the Tales of Vesperia release...but, no matter...) and this week, it outsold PS3. Next week it may as well.

All that adds up, it all sends a signal to developers, that Japan *is* warming up to the Xbox 360.

And, worldwide, the Xbox 360 is clearly the leader in the Current-Gen. high-end consoles.

Japan is a smaller market than EU or NA. Remember that.

[toughNAME]

The PS3 had a good run

[power of Green]

Longer than I guessed. If the Japanese get their own version of the *new Xbox experiance* that will also help turn the sales spike into a trend ontop of all these JRPG's and Racers coming.

These up comming game events should spark even more appeal to the Xbox brand.

I have a gut feeling that even the Wii will have trouble with the Xbox price cut, if MSFT has been implementing that 3rd party Motion controller tech in their upcoming software Wii is in trouble.

[Kleptic]

if you guys really think this points to a trend in japan of the 360 outselling the PS3 consistantly...then I have a bridge for sale at a great price that you are probably interested in...

your comment was funny enough before you even brought up the Wii possibly being in trouble...laugh...out...loud.. . extremely...large...amounts

[gambare]

VGchartz is reliable for you POG whenever you see good numbers for the 360, but if the numbers are mediocre for your tastes then you start screaming about banning VGchartz from N4G. personally I don't care about the site but it's just flamewars material

[Light Yagami]

The 360 outsold the PS3 one time in Japan. It was thanks to Ace Combat 6, but then 360 sales droppped. But this time another JRPG is coming out soon. The 360 sales can stay steady for a while.

[tordavis]

@kleptic

I'm actually looking to buy a bridge. What kind of prices are we talking?

[TheDude2dot0]

@Power of green

"I have a gut feeling that even the Wii will have trouble with the Xbox price cut"

You just lost the last shred of credibility you have with that statement.

[DooRentZs]

Oh here we go again..the neverending consoles & fanboys war.

[SEVERN]

It doesn't need to be genre breaking to sell well. It just needs to be the best of its genre, or close enough. Don't go bashing other games when they don't re-invent the genre.

PS. You didn't mention the PS3's most anticipated game LBP, I wonder why.

[GOTY 2007]

"Tales of Vesperia pushed Xbox 360 sales past PS3 sales in Japan this week. The game itself sold over 110,000 units."

This one's gonna break a million, lifetime.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

It will...

...sadly.

Because games like Okami and Rogue Galaxy that actually bring something to gaming don't sell.

I'm proud that you guys are selling your systems in Japan now. That's great and all, but shouldn't a different game be doing this? I mean, we're living in a world where a game that took 5 minutes to make on photoshop (Wii Sports) can outsell a masterpiece that took years of work and creativity. (Bioshock, Shadow of the Colossus, MGS4, etc.)

[GOTY 2007]

Why sadly? It's a great game, seriously. Not my favorite JRPG series, but defiantely one of the better ones.

[foodbox]

@4.1 Leon

" Yeah. It will....sadly."

Right. Because MGS4, Resistance and Motorstorm were genre-breaking innovations.

*rolls eyes*.

Tales of Vesperia is a much anticipated title, and the sales in Japan were excellent for both the Xbox 360 and the title. Deal with it.

[Snukadaman]

I will be picking this up as well.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Well...

This is just plain crazy.

"Fair and square" won't be used after this is all over...I can guarantee that.

Microsoft fans; you know exactly what I'm talking about. If you don't, you obviously don't know the history of your company.

[foodbox]

Shut. Up.

Do you know how many *hundreds* of millions of dollars Sony spent to get their MPAA friends to dump HD-DVD?

"fair and square"? Yeah, BR is an anti-user technology designed from the ground-up to enable the MPAA to destroy your fair-use rights, and you're here arguing about MS bringing top tier games from all markets to the Xbox 360?

Get a grip, bringing Japanese games to the American console is **FAR** less "Dirty" than the CORRUPTION that Sony undertook to destroy HD-DVD.

Get some perspective pal.

[silverchode]

where do you get all this info.

[deno]

Nice too see 360 doing well in japan. Now back to my uncharted trophy hunt and grave danger game!!! Buying an xbox 360 in september 60gb model.

[heroman711]

i too will be buying xbox this september

[ICUP]

vgchartz FTW?

[Silogon]

Do you think Sony needs to maybe, I dunno... do something for once? Nahhhhhhhh, of course not. Bring on those cookie cutter FPS, Sony! You know how much Japan loves those.

Shakes head and walks away.

[Mr Fancy Pants]

i think sony's bringing a lot of FPS to its console because they want to reach more of the american audience because they know this sales of the x360 are just because of one game and the ps3's going to rise soon again. the same happened with the psp and monster hunter. the psp kicked for a few weeks the ds ass.

but if MS keeps bringing JRPG Sony's gonna lose japan and they are not in a good position to loose more territory.

[foodbox]

"because they know this sales of the x360 are just because of one game"

Hardly.

PS3's top exclusives Resistance 2.99m (shooter), MGS4 2.75m (shooter) and Uncharted 1.70m (shooter), Motorstorm (pack-in, driving) and GT5P (1/2price, driving).

Xbox 360's top exclusives Halo 3 8.12m (shooter), Gears of War 5.19m (shooter), Forza 2 2.97 (pack-in, driving), Oblivion 2.93 (Fantasy WRPG) and Mass Effect 1.96 (Sci-Fi WRPG).

Notice the Xbox 360 has more diversity in its Top 5 Exclusive Sellers?

Clearly the PS3 has less diversity in it's game library.

You can go and spend some time looking at what sells on both machines, you'll find vastly more diversity in "What the Xbox 360 owner is buying" than you will on PS3. Without a doubt.

[lodossrage]

Just like Eternal Sonata, Blue Dragon, and Ace Combat 6.

After about two weeks the ps3 will outsell the 360 again in Japan. Same thing happened with the three games I mentioned above.

[Eiffel]

Blue Dragon was sh!t in the Us, but a success in Japan.

[lodossrage]

What I'm saying is when that game came out in Japan, 360 sales shot up just like they did for this game. Then tailed off

[Transformer]

good job Microsoft now lets see how Sony does with the FFXiii series (PS3, PSP)

[Aclay]

The 360 may outsell the PS3 in Japan for a week or two, but after the hype for Tales of Vasperia is over with, it will be back to normal with the PS3 outselling the 360 again like always.

It's a pretty good boost to the 360 in Japan, but it's not enough. When MGS4 came out on the PS3 in Japan, PS3 console units skyrocketed to 80,000+ units sold in a week and I don't see impressive 360 numbers like that in Japan.

The PS3 will always have Japan on lock and the reason why is FFXIII and FF Versus XIII. As far as I'm concerned, FFXIII on the PS3 is the Xbox 360 killer in Japan, enough said.

[deno]

Japanese are not huge fans of metal gear, like us americans and europeans. I don't understand all the fighting. Just buy both consoles and you are well set!!

[Kleptic]

japanese are not big fans of metal gear?...it ranks up there with the FF series and Gran Turismo as one of the highest selling franchises in the nation...its true that MG sells more in the US...but there are way more people here too...as far as market size to sales ratios...both territories love Metal Gear...

[Skadoosh]

MGS4 doesn't have long legs. It went from 1st on the list to almost the bottom of the chart the next week. It hovers around 3 million sold and wont see much increase.

[Baba1906]

i would buy this if i had a ps3. well lets hope they bring us some rpgs soon.

[soul899er]

Disgaea 3 is coming out in like 2 weeks :D

[DarkSniper]

This news should be deleted. Microsoft has no chance to surpass the Sony Haven in their homeland of Japan. When it comes to quality, PLAYSTATION®3 is unrivaled in all territories and in all regions. Expect all Sony consoles and handhelds to demolish XBox 360 by 50,000-100,000 units in all territories.

$niper

[Bangladesh]

I agree. I don't expect the 360 to ever outsell the ps3 in it's home country of Japan. Just like I don't expect the ps3 to ever outsell the 360 in it's home country of the U.S..

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Then why do you sound scared, and wish this to be burried?

[theKiller]

ps3 already did outsell 360 in its homeland for months now and in june it outsold it 2 to 1 in its home land! ps2 outsold the xbox in its home land too!!! so what r u talking about??

bot

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

The PS3 outselling the 360 has endedin the US and EU, like weeks ago. Havn't you been keeping up?

[Bangladesh]

TheKiller 360 is over 5mil ahead of ps3 and rising. If you would wipe Kaz Hirai's nutsack out of your eyes you would know this.

[Eiffel]

Sales in US.
Ps3 - 14.3 million.
Xbox360 - 21.7 million.
Wii - 29.6 million.

Yeaaaah...Sony sure is winning.

[theKiller]

can all please confirm ur source of information about the 360 sales??

Sales in US.
Ps3 - 14.3 million.
Xbox360 - 21.7 million.
Wii - 29.6 million.
LOL

first WRONG thats world wides sales and USA sales!!!!!!

and second Xbox360 - 21.7 million shipped or sold?? because i havent saw any news to confirm Xbox360 - 21.7 million, and if u r taking it from VGchartz then thats shows how reliable ur numbers r!
sony numbers were confirms by sony! and about the current sales ps3 still ahead for july!

[Meus Renaissance]

I think the bigger story here, and what has been for almost a year, is not really the 360 sales because they'll plummet again eventually (only the immature here will be expecting it to sell more and more all of a sudden based on one game), but the low sales of the PS3. It is anything but a major player right now in Japan. People had assumed it would dominate there along with the Wii but its not really an issue with Sony as much as it is the lack of JRPG's for the machine.

Games sell consoles. Proven fact. We're seeing it here with the 360, and we saw it with MGS4 (and its bundle in the US).

Slow stream of high quality AAA content is holding back the console. Ultimately, though, consoles will be remembered for amount of top quality games and Sony's machine is behind on that front.

[N4g_null]

WOW that is a good observation. I would say part of the problem is the PS3 sharing major games with the 360 with a few titles being hit for the PS3. I was looking at the 360 line up and I counted about 5 sleeper RPGs of this caliber coming to the 360. Then on the PS3 fan side all I here about is the same games over and over again. The PS3 is trying to hard for the western hardcore market which is really a PC western market right now. The 360 has established this and are now moving on to other things. Man it's like they are going one hardcore type at a time. It's really scary when you think about it.

[pornflakes]

The PS3 is dead in Japn, not the 360. MGS4 jumped from 1st to 14th place in sales after the first week, thats poor.

The PS3 has only 25% of the sales the PS2 had... and thats for 2 years now.

So which console is dead in Japan?

owned

[Hot_tea]

OWNED

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Lets see how long it takes you to get to two.

[zapass]

lol

bubbles++

[doshey]

wth are u talking about jason 360 u abuse the bubble system, no way in hell ur xbot ass has 6 bubbles both u and pp should not have no 6 bubbles

[solideagle1]

can someone tell me what is the reason for the boost of xbox in america? its selling double there as counter part of ps3.
thanx

[GOTY 2007]

Check the Best buy and Circuit city papers from Sunday.

Xbox 360 got a 50$ price drop on the 20gb until it sells out and now you get a 60gb 360 for 299$. There is also a real Xbox 360 price-cut coming in September.

[Skadoosh]

Not surprised. The 360 is just doing a better job as a gaming console this gen. One thing is for sure, buying exclusives works!

[foodbox]

MS has said time and again that it is **NOT** paying for these exclusives.

Why do you people **CONTINUE** to just pull that FUD out of your arse? There is **NO** evidence that it is the case.

Here are the (some) reasons that Devs/Publishers want to sell on Xbox 360:

A) The exposure to existing gamers via the "New Releases" and "Demo" on the Dashboard helps them market their game.
B) Bigger install base.
C) Xbox 360 gamers buy more games (in per-console) than Wii or PS3 owners.
D) Better development environment (less costly dev == more profit).
E) Less costly game-mastering (DVDs less $ than BR)

And...?

The fact is that Devs/Pubs *make more money* making Xbox 360 games, for many reasons. THAT is the reason that they are bringing the games to Xbox 360 owners.

Sony put all its marbles in the PS3 to push blu-ray for their MPAA division; and spent HUNDREDS of MILLIONS to make it happen ($400M to it's MPAA partner Universal alone..). Overall, Sony is more committed to the PS3 making money via BR movies than games. That is a fact. And, the marketplace knows it.

Sorry, but if you're a game player, the place to be is CLEARLY the Xbox 360.

And, frankly, as a Multi-media machine, it outshines the PS3 as well (I'm watching all my Olypmics coverage via my Xbox 360 as the Windows Media Center Extender and using NBC Olympics On The Go http://www.nbcolympics.com/... and will be getting a NetFlix sub when the New Xbox Experience is released this fall)

[Jake1111]

The PS3 is all that I need. The exclusives are amazing and the 3rd party devs are learning the hardware.

I cant play the 360 anymore after playing games like Warhawk, MGS4, Ratchet, RFOM, Heavenly, etc.

There just isnt enough space on a DVD to even come close to the depth of MGS4.

I was actually thinking of keeping the 360 for GOW2 and Fable but they will be short. Also, I am in no way getting up and swapping DVDs this generation to play larger games. That is just plain pathetic.

I am actually thinking of selling it. I cant believe Microsoft didnt invest in a larger storage medium. . . . Jeez...

[heroman711]

jake111

"I cant play the 360 anymore after playing games like Warhawk, MGS4, Ratchet, RFOM, Heavenly, etc."

Besides Mgs4(which was epic btw), those games were nothing special compared to the likes of oblivion, halo 3, Gears of war, Bioshock, Mass Effect which sold over million copies. i do have to admit tho that playing warhawk with some friends gets pretty fun sometimes but its kind of boring now since no1 plays it anymore

[TheDude2dot0]

@heroman711

I'm sorry but I HAVE to call you out on that one. Two you just mentioned are on the PS3, and one million is considered less than average for a good exclusive. Mass Effect might even go to the PS3 too.

[kingfury]

What's wrong Xbox 3rd60? Who's third place in Japan country b*tch?

[Baba1906]

i guess sony has to go down with the price. that seems to be the biggest issue in my opinion. and well some more rpgs sure.

[ReBurn]

Price is a factor, I agree. But I think the biggest factor is the game library. Microsoft's had a year jump on Sony and it shows. Sony is starting to gain ground, but it's been slow considering their problem this gen with hanging on to exclusives.

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

lol this site is bullsh1t wait for Media create numbers. but it is funny to see the damage control in this article.

[gambare]

Microsoft is gaining Japan but is losing the rest of the world

[GOTY 2007]

lol Xbox 360 just smoked the PS3 in the U.S the last 3 weeks. beat the PS3 by more than 2 to 1. Xbox 360 also won in worldwide sales.

Price drop coming in September : )

[gambare]

Yeah, that's a claim of the 360 sales but the PS3 is gaining ground every month against the 360, if the 360 sales were really 2:1 the difference between the PS3 and the 360 would be astronomical, not the reports of the PS3 almost matching the global sales of the 360.

yeah many people expect the 360 price drop but many others are expecting the huge PS3 titles, of course in japan everybody are expecting the 3 huge RPGs for the 360, but that's in japan :)

[butterfinger]

You really believe VGC numbers don't you? That's hilarious.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Sorry gambare but your almost two months behind, or you been in total denial lately.

[Kyur4ThePain]

Just remember, you have now cemented your name with that of VGC. Whatever VGC says is what you say.
There's no going back now and saying VGC is cr@p once the one console overtakes the other again. Agreed?

[PS3rd the Turd]

Man PS3rd is such a pathetic failure this generation.

That's all there is to say.

PS3rd just has too much against it this generation. Wait until the 360 drops price soon. And all the games XBox 360 keeps getting.

PS3rd just can't keep up. And it a half-as$ed crap console BTW.

PS3rd!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahhha

[Hot_tea]

Typical 360 user.
Sigh.

[GUNS N SWORDS]

but even still "12,000 to 20,000" still seems a bit small, i really do like hearing this news, it sounds like their willing to keep on going, but considering how much 360 makes over here in the US,( 80,000 to 100,000) it still sounds like 360 has more of a larger success over here. (that's also why a considerable amount of japanese developers are considering making games or ports for 360)

wether or not anyone here believes 360 is or isn't doing well, there are companies that believe that it IS doing well.

[highps3]

Really Really sad. Gaming media is horrible.

[Skadoosh]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww somebody is a lil mad.

[butterfinger]

still dominate in Japan. VGC should seriously be banned from N4G like it is on many other sites. There is no reason for a preview of sales numbers that are almost entirely made up.

[green]

Everyone is saying that that the 360 sales will go back down to say 3,000 units again.Well you guys seem to forget that another highly anticipated JRPG called INFINITE UNDISCOVERY launches on the 360 in just 2 weeks.

[GUNS N SWORDS]

and then last remnant, with the 360 version coming out first.

[green]

Yeah.. forgot about the Last Remnant.Also Microsoft announced that Mass Effect and Fable 2 will see the light of day in japan before the year runs out.I know they are western RPG's an all but those games could give the 360 a HALO effect, were by they don't sell but at least could let the Japaneses be aware of the fact that the 360 is a good home for RPG's.

Also i hope that Microsoft would be smart enough to have Blue Dragoon 2 far into development by now because TGS would be a good venue to showcase BD2 and CRY ON.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

In VGChartz wet dreams... MAYBE!

Ok, I'm just being an @ss... I would wait for Media Create much more credible numbers before stating anything.

[Counter_ACT]

"360 tops Ps3"

In VGChartz PREDICTED totals.

I predict that PS3 will sell 34223 million by next week. Is that news too?

[Bangladesh]

I personally could care less about Japanese numbers.

[PirateThom]

VGChartz.... ffs, stop posting this crap.

If that's all an exclusive JRPG can do in such a highly acclaimed series, then 360 has no chance in Japan.

12,000 - 20,000 is a victory for Microsoft, but it's not a victory overall.

That said, I predicted about 15,000-20,000

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

LOL if MS released a new JRPG each month they could take Japan. Is it me or had there been alot of PS3 fanboy spin with all the numbers lately?......:)

[PirateThom]

Next month may not be too bad either.

Infinite Undiscovery is out, then Last Remnant in November.

[La Chance]

Youre right the ps3 is so weak there right now if by some kinda magic MSFT could get a jrpg of at least ok-ish quality they would actually take Japan.

[Says you]

You XBox 360 fans would believe anything from VGcharts and I could have sworn that XBox 360 fans don't believe anything that's VGcharts and Jason 360 if PS3 is dead in Japan how come its already 2 million over there and XBox 360 is still 600k? its been three years and it has yet to manage to break a million and we all know that VGcharts deflates PS3 and inflates XBox 360

and GOTY how did XBox 360 smoke PS3 when VGcharst reported it they are just inflating the numbers if there was a real site that actually had the numbers you guys would be singing a different tune and I thought XBox 360 fans don't care for Japan? and as I recall VGcharts has been caught by inflating XBox 360 and deflating PS3 numbers.

[HardcoreGamer]

im giving some credit to 360, heck i love rpgs n i will be picking this up. but playin it on a 360 seems odd asual, it dont think 360 is for jrpgs at all but thats juts me, im just used to japanese all over ps3 n wii

[DFresh]

This is a shocker.
Well just wait until Disgea 3 comes out on the PS3 when we'll see major results for the PS3 same w/ FFXIII, Kingdom Hearts 3, and monster Hunter 3.
This is gonna be a sign that PS3 needs to work harder and bring out more RPGs.

[pshizle]

once in japan

and that was when blue dragon was out

[power of Green]

good news

[silverchode]

why do people still trust vgcharts?

[himdeel]

...and could be a bit unnerving is this may be a sign of sales to come for PS3 units when FFXIII drops. This shows that Japanese gamers enjoy and are willing to purchase JPRPGS regardless of which system those games resides which shows more loyalty to a genre of game then it does any system.

It also ensure that other JPRGS could see similar sales. I just wonder how these sales figures would look if/when these type of games were release on PS3 knowing there are physically more units there. This could be the equivalent of the proverbial foot in the water to test the temperature for other developers wanting to create JPRGS.

EDIT:
VGCHartz are crapola and flamebait...but I commented on the anyway :/

[doshey]

oh wow 360 outsells ps3 in japan xbots are going crazy, omg ps3 is being phased out right now and doesnt that mean less of numbers of systems oh wait i forgot 360 was the only one that could have a shortage of systems cuz it cant sell at all. please this is sad if u think that u are going to win japan and ps3 is done, its one week and its coming from vgchartz for gods sake it is vgcharts u guys are dumb to belive this sh!t ps3 most likely still sold out 360 f**king xbot tards

[PS3thedestroyer]

Isin't like the 1 and only time they have ever outsold PS3 is Japan, proof that the 360 sucks and has no good games, the Japs prove that because they don't buy the piece of sh!t, they make quality and they buy quality, the Japs are used to Quality, that's why they have PS3.

[Wasim]

hahahahaha

[doshey]

mods can we ban vgcharts stories from being posted, this aint even a story its just some dude saying system sold this much bla bla bla, i guess i can predict a good holiday season for the video game market and it is a news story please get this dumb trash website out of here