Entries in 'japanese' (61)
Japanese Wii U sales fall behind PlayStation Vita
Nintendo’s Wii U failed to outsell Sony’s struggling PlayStation Vita in Japan last week.
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.
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.
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.
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Resident Evil 6 tops Japanese charts
The PS3 version of resident Evil 6 has debuted at the top of the Japanese charts.
Andriasang has ceased updating
The creator of leading Japanese news portal Andriasang has announced the termination of the site.
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.
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.
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Tesco abandons Japanese dream
The significant Japanese aspirations of retail giant Tesco appear to be over.
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.
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.
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Final Fantasy XIII-2
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 is the first big RPG of 2012. If sales of the original are anything to go by, it should be the first top-seller of the year.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
