Entries in 'japanese' (61)

Japanese Wii U sales fall behind PlayStation Vita

Japanese Wii U sales fall behind PlayStation Vita

Nintendo’s Wii U failed to outsell Sony’s struggling PlayStation Vita in Japan last week.

Billy Langsworthy
by Billy Langsworthy
on Feb 27th 2013 at 2:55PM in News
Animal Crossing helps push 3DS sales past 10m in Japan

Animal Crossing helps push 3DS sales past 10m in Japan

The popularity of Nintendo’s 3DS in Japan shows no signs of abating with the device having now sold over 10m units in the territory.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 10th 2013 at 12:33PM in News
Wii U sold 307k in its first week in Japan - report

Wii U sold 307k in its first week in Japan - report

Unconfirmed reports suggest that the Wii U sold 307,471 units in its first week on sale in Japan.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 11th 2012 at 9:27AM in News
Black Ops II debuts at No.2 in the Japanese charts

Black Ops II debuts at No.2 in the Japanese charts

Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II has debuted in second place in the weekly Japanese software chart.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 28th 2012 at 3:43PM in News

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Resident Evil 6 tops Japanese charts

Resident Evil 6 tops Japanese charts

The PS3 version of resident Evil 6 has debuted at the top of the Japanese charts.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 11th 2012 at 11:57AM in News
Andriasang has ceased updating

Andriasang has ceased updating

The creator of leading Japanese news portal Andriasang has announced the termination of the site.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 11th 2012 at 9:49AM in News
3DS passes 7m in Japan, claims entire software Top Ten

3DS passes 7m in Japan, claims entire software Top Ten

The established Nintendo narrative amongst European journalists seems to be quite negative at the moment, but the story in Japan could hardly be better.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 23rd 2012 at 11:51AM in News
F2P expected to drive Japanese social games market up 30.7% in 2012

F2P expected to drive Japanese social games market up 30.7% in 2012

The Japanese market for social network games is expected to soar over the course of the current year.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 15th 2012 at 1:51PM in News

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Tesco abandons Japanese dream

Tesco abandons Japanese dream

The significant Japanese aspirations of retail giant Tesco appear to be over.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 18th 2012 at 9:35AM in News
Dragon's Dogma storms Japanese charts, breaks records

Dragon's Dogma storms Japanese charts, breaks records

Capcom’s open-world Dragon’s Dogma has debuted at the top of the Japanese software charts.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 31st 2012 at 12:44PM in News
Vita climbs above PSP in Japan

Vita climbs above PSP in Japan

Sony’s PlayStation Vita has overtaken its predecessor the PSp for the first time since its launch week in Japan.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 2nd 2012 at 1:19PM in News

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Japanese market declines 8% in 2011

Japanese market declines 8% in 2011

The Japanese video games market suffered an overall decline of eight per cent year-on-year in 2011, according to the latest Famitsu data.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 5th 2012 at 10:19AM in News
Modern Warfare 3 tops Japanese charts

Modern Warfare 3 tops Japanese charts

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has achieved a rare feat for a Western-developed FPS by debuting at the top of the Japanese software charts.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 24th 2011 at 2:29PM in News
Dark Souls debuts at No.1 in Japan

Dark Souls debuts at No.1 in Japan

Ahead of its release in the UK this Friday (October 7th) Namco Bandai’s famously hard RPG Dark Souls has debuted at No.1 in the weekly Japanese software charts.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 3rd 2011 at 1:14PM in News

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Japanese Vita launch line-up confirmed

Japanese Vita launch line-up confirmed

The PlayStation Vita will launch with 20 boxed retail games and six digital PSN games when it arrives in Japan on December 17th.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 14th 2011 at 9:19AM in News
Tesco to sell Japanese business

Tesco to sell Japanese business

It may have conquered the UK High Street, but Tesco has said enough is enough and called time on its Japanese ambitions.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 31st 2011 at 8:30AM in News
Japanese appetite for Xbox 360 on the wane

Japanese appetite for Xbox 360 on the wane

Though Xbox 360 continues to perform astonishingly well for its age in the West, its fortunes in Japan are looking increasingly grim.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 18th 2011 at 12:02PM in News
3DS back on top in Japan

3DS back on top in Japan

Having very much taken the back seat to PSP in the weeks that have followed its debut in Japan, Nintendo 3DS is finally back at the top of Media Create's ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:34AM in News
Square Enix: Japanese decline is 'almost humiliating'

Square Enix: Japanese decline is 'almost humiliating'

Despite grabbing lots of the E3 headlines with its impressive showing of the new Tomb Raider game, a senior Square Enix exec has said that this year's show has painted ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 10th 2011 at 3:59PM in News
Euro PS3 gamers raise £466k for Red Cross

Euro PS3 gamers raise £466k for Red Cross

The British Red Cross has published an open letter to the European PlayStation community to give thanks for the support it offered following March's Japanese earthquake.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 6th 2011 at 2:30PM in News
Japanese government blocks PSN reboot

Japanese government blocks PSN reboot

PSN may be back in key terrories such as the UK and US, but authorities in Japan have blocked public access to the service until further security assurances can ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 16th 2011 at 10:09AM in News
Inafune: Japan's making awful games

Inafune: Japan's making awful games

Keiji Inafune, Capcom’s global head of R&D, has in a new interview made it clear his “Japan is finished” statement from Tokyo Game Show 2009 made one year ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 20th 2010 at 4:38PM in News
MS confirms Kinect voice lockout

MS confirms Kinect voice lockout

Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has finally admitted that many countries will not enjoy voice recognition support for Kinect when the device arrives in Europe in November.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 1st 2010 at 12:00PM in News