MS really tried to win Japan in the beginning of this gen and seeing how horrible the results were I doubt they'll bother again.
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Media Create Sales: Week 40, 2012 (Oct 01 - Oct 07)
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Microsoft has decided not to invest anymore in Japan after their efforts to get exclusive RPGs failed to create meaningful success for the console.
Next gen it all depends on their priorities. Considering how the market has changed during these years, I doubt that they'll focus on Japan anymore, they have a much more important battle in Europe.
Btw the RE6 success in Japan is depressing, the game is shit, it was made with american gamers in mind, yet japanese gamers have picked it up for the brand name.
At least Vita has passed a million
Yay?alfredofroylan
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And it only took 42 weeks to break the number, Do we have a chart to compare it with other handhelds??
I agree.
I think (we don't have rough numbers) that they invested a lot (in exclusives titles developed for the console, Jrpg especially) to obtain very slim results in terms of HW penetration, so...
The Praiseworthy
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Wow @ RE6 !!!
So, We can know now how RE7 is going to turn out to be, right?
So, We can know now how RE7 is going to turn out to be, right?
mugurumakensei
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If it's half as good as RE6, it'll still be the second best Resident Evil game.
I'm not even entirely sure the legs will be awful honestly.
While the game is a poor attempt, it's still attempting to clone a series of popular games, which when combined with fancy graphics, a powerful brand, and a huge marketing budget, has actually ended up pretty well for other titles' legs like Medal of Honor.
I can't think of too many games that fit this criteria that were also relevant in Japan however, so I'm not sure if we have any local comparison points.
That's a hell of an optimistic way to see things, lol
clay_ghost
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Its still alive, they released a wp7 spinoff last month. Its fun.
Lord_Byron28
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And I think its a great game with some inherrent flaws. Opinions, opinions, opinions.Btw the RE6 success in Japan is depressing, the game is shit, it was made with american gamers in mind, yet japanese gamers have picked it up for the brand name.
At least Vita has passed a million
The drop next week will be huge but not because of the perceived quality. Core franchises which have already had more releases tend to be more frontloaded especially late in a consoles life.
In Australia/NZ yes, pretty sure this is down to RE6.
Spieler Eins
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RE6 sales will probably be equally strong worldwide. This is why we can't have nice things.
SkullplateMurray
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Resi 5 life to date sales lower than 6's opening week? wat
Yes, new 250GB bundle for the same price of 4GB model.
Lord_Byron28
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I think its excluding the rereleases though.
GregLombardi
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The game is not the awful albatross that the reviewing press so desperately wants and needs it to be. At least not from what I've played.
It's certainly not perfect though.
Wait, I -just- checked Grounding's site for any new Crimson Dragon news, and look what I found: http://playxbla.com/crimson-dragon-side-story-for-windows-phone-launching-september-12th/
WTF? Lol? ?!?!?!?!?!?!
Yeah, I just noticed. But that's just weird. If the full game is done, why delay it indefinitely and release a.... WP spinoff instead? ?_?
WTF? Lol? ?!?!?!?!?!?!
Yeah, I just noticed. But that's just weird. If the full game is done, why delay it indefinitely and release a.... WP spinoff instead? ?_?
the game was complete and passed cert too, achievements are out there. They even released a WP7 game based on it, the actual main game is no where to be seen yet.... no news nothing.
edit: I see you found it already
maybe they retooled the game for wp7, assets in bg are sameBassForever
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RE6 did more then I was expecting, Vita dropped farther too.
I think each time you did it, I probably had to mentally block it again. >_>
Clairvoyance
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Great RE6 sales. Glad some people are trying it out for themselves rather than listening to strangers on the internet to decide whether they like it or not.
Sammy Samusu
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Praise Resigod Evilsus!
And Vita might hit an all-time low next week (no new releases).
Media Create:
2012-05-07 - 6,340
2012-05-14 - 6,347
2012-05-21 - 6,675
2012-05-28 - 7,551
2012-01-10 - 7,957
And Vita might hit an all-time low next week (no new releases).
Media Create:
2012-05-07 - 6,340
2012-05-14 - 6,347
2012-05-21 - 6,675
2012-05-28 - 7,551
2012-01-10 - 7,957
tamaster92
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Vita is slowly rising but not at all significantly. Hopefully some bigger games later in the month will give it a push.
You are very wrong at both
I Stalk Alone
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not sure....
Fire sale already being put out preemptively.
lunchwithyuzo
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MS used to have a Tokyo R&D studio in the mid 2000s, with a lot of ex-Sega and Square people. They made Magatama and Phantom Dust on Xbox 1, and I believe started work on Lost Odyssey with Mistwalker before being shut down in 2006 (though most of the staff migrated to AQi/feelplus anyway I think).
MS lack of continued investment in Japan is one of the main reasons I lost interest in my 360. These days they only seem interested in pushing for Kinect stuff there.
LOOOL
Btw, they cut the price to 19.800 Yen (Elite version), in a bundle that give you also Skyrim and Forza4
AranhaHunter
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I don't either, and as long as they get the franchises that sell in the west (RE, MGS, FF, etc) I don't think they care to be honest.
Sony is gonna be destroyed this holiday season. Vita either needs to be cancelled or relaunched.
I guess this "at least it's not selling negative numbers" point of view is one way of looking at the charts.
Sho_Nuff82
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There is a difference between moneyhatting and actually building your own talent pool to make the games you want/need.
MS Japan has no talent pool. They don't make games. As much as people lament MS' first party situation in the West, they still manage to put out a few hit games every year. If Japan is a priority for MS, they have to start hiring Japanese devs.
clay_ghost
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I hope they continue , the rpgs were why i brought my xbox360.
AdventureRacing
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Big drop for vita, it's going to be interesting to see how low it goes. It's combined US and Japan sales are just downright scary and this thing must be on life support. Europe looks a little better but not all that much.
Massive sales for RE6, can't say i think it deserved it but still very impressive. Looks like the RE brand is as strong as ever.
I'm not sure it's doing that well at all. It's well down on last year and even with 2 big releases this week and the new slim it didn't even beat the corresponding week from last year all that much. If sony think they can ride out the PS3 till 2014 they are in for a big shock imo.
The performance of the wii and 360 only add to this. Right now there is pretty much no competition for the PS3 in the home console market. Soon it will have the wii U to contend with at a similar price point. I'm not sure PS3 sales are going to look good for next year.
I don't think it is a priority and i don't think it should be. The western markets are far bigger and MS is in a much better position to do well there. They are better off focusing on making gaming studios to focus on those markets.
Massive sales for RE6, can't say i think it deserved it but still very impressive. Looks like the RE brand is as strong as ever.
I'm not sure it's doing that well at all. It's well down on last year and even with 2 big releases this week and the new slim it didn't even beat the corresponding week from last year all that much. If sony think they can ride out the PS3 till 2014 they are in for a big shock imo.
The performance of the wii and 360 only add to this. Right now there is pretty much no competition for the PS3 in the home console market. Soon it will have the wii U to contend with at a similar price point. I'm not sure PS3 sales are going to look good for next year.
I don't think it is a priority and i don't think it should be. The western markets are far bigger and MS is in a much better position to do well there. They are better off focusing on making gaming studios to focus on those markets.
pieatorium
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He said releatively so it depends on how those did compared to the rest of the world or previous releases, both of those (ME3 and BL2) had better openings than their previous entries iirc.
It wasn't mentioned how RE6 stacked up to 5 other than a lowere debut spot on the chart.
I don't really see that helping much at all. Unless you mean invest in buying Capcom, S-E or Nintendo.
They'd need several massive studios to be able to outtput more than one noteworthy title per year. Without any big IPs, a few japanese games won't lure people away from Dragon Quest or Monster Hunter or Final Fantasy. And Microsoft wll never be able to get those games exclusive so they're better of just making sure that every game possible is cross platform and focus on the people interested in what they can offer. The market for western games is increasing, though it's still quite small; Call of Duty is becoming pretty big seller in japan. That demographic should be much easier for them to go after as they already have a bunch of similiar exclusives.