Entries in 'Japan' (374)
Deathsmiles nears 100,000 sales
The Xbox 360 version of cult arcade shooter Deathsmiles is approaching 100,000 sales in Japan and the US.
Professor Layton ships 11m
Developer Level-5 has announced that more than 11.4m Professor Layton games have been shipped worldwide.
JAPAN: Silver PS3 Slim due March
Sony is launching a limited edition Satin Silver PlayStation 3 Slim in Japan on March 10th.
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Nintendo sees hardware sales spike
The Red Wii helped Nintendo hardware sales boom during the Christmas period, despite a year-on-year drop in profit.
'Mature' 3DS games get different packaging
Nintendo has revealed that 3DS games aimed at adult or mature markets will have slightly different packaging to other titles in Japan.
NPD: US market down 5.7% in 2010
The latest numbers from US games tracker NPD have shown that the US video games market declined 5.7 per cent year-on-year in 2010.
More 3DS games dated
Following confirmation earlier this week that eight games will launch alongside the 3DS in Japan on February 26th, Nintendo has now dated a further 16 games that will be out ...
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Japanese market declines 9% in 2010
Andriasang has got hold of Enterbrain's annual Japanese video games market report, and it reveals another year of decline in the region.
Sega launches urinal console
It's new hardware, but possibly not as you expected it. Former platform holder Sega has launched a new range of machines in Japan… that attach to male urinals.
JAPAN: PSP sales quadruple
PSP sales rose by more than 400 per cent in Japan this week after Capcom’s Monster Hunter Portable 3rd hit shelves.
Monster Hunter storms Japan
The commercial popularity of Capcom’s Monster Hunter series shows no sign of abating with news that the latest release in the series has got off to a tremendous start in ...
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JAPAN: GT5 sees PS3 sales double
Sony’s Gran Turismo 5 has enjoyed a powerful debut in Japan, racing to the top of the weekly software charts and significantly propelling PS3 console sales.
JAPAN: Mario Bros Wii sells 4m units
New Super Mario Bros Wii has become the first Wii game to sell 4m copies in Japan.
Black Ops tops Japanese charts
The growing aspirations of Western games in key Japanese markets have received another shot in the arm with confirmation that Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has claimed the top ...
Kinect sells 26k in Japan
Having hit Japanese retail last weekend, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect reportedly sold around 26k units in its first two days on sale.
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Japanese dev industry 'like a zombie'
One of Japan’s most popular game developers has launched an imaginative and damning analysis of his native development nation.
JAPAN: Wii sales rise 300%
Nintendo’s 25th Anniversary Mario Wii has gone down a storm in Japan during its first week on sale.
JAPAN: PS2 remains most popular console
The world’s most successful home console still holds a commanding position in Japanese homes, according to a survey conducted by CESA on the last day of this year’s Tokyo Game ...
Sony confirms PSPgo price cut
Platform holder Sony has at last moved to cut the price of the digital-only PSPgo.
No Europe for Layton Vs Wright
Exciting 3DS crossover Professor Layton Vs Ace Attorney is currently only scheduled to be released in the Japanese market, co-developer Capcom has revealed.
Big name devs head to Grasshopper
Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio owned by cult developer Goichi Suda, has snared two of Japan’s leading developers from fellow studio Marvelous Entertainment.
Red Dead shines in Japan
It’s hard enough for a Western developed game to proper in the stereotypically xenophobic Japanese market – does that means it’s all the more special when a Western developed Western ...
2010 could be PSP’s ‘best year yet’
While the West continues to dwell on the behind-closed-doors development of the PSP2 and shelf space for the current PSP continues to tighten, the CEO of Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has ...
JAPAN: WiiMote Plus dated
Nintendo has confirmed that it will launch the WiiMote Plus at Japanese retail on November 11th.
