...I expected a boost in sales, but not for them to actually sell out. Mind you, Microsoft probably wern't expecting this in the slightest.

That's great news for everyone except Sony... Are we getting this game on the 29th?

Is definately good news for Microsoft and the fact they have sold out is significant, however although they outsold Sony I would doubt there were significant levels of stock held on hand in the first place due to the historic low demand (although they may have boosted it in anticipation of increased sales of Versperia). Will be interesting to see what sales are like going forward although I am sure that this will just be a sales spike to coincide with the release of Vesperia and is unlikely to drive further software sales for MS although the installed base is now larger. It does show that the Japanese do not avoid MS because it is not a Japanese company, but because it hasn't previously offered games to their liking....if MS can continue to tap into such a different market compared to the Western markets as they have done with Vesperia then there might actually be a legitimate third competitor in the Japanese market place. We shall see...

Incredible. How Microsoft did not see this coming ?

How many units did M$ sell to sell out?, considering they typically average around 2-3K sales per week in Japan. They probally sold 5K.

@ crazyeighty8

If you read MCV's previous article

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/31542/Xbox-360-outsells-PS3-in-Japan-for-first-time" onclick="window.open ( this.href ); return false;" class="comment_url" >http://www.mcvuk.c...-time

You'll see that they sold over 28,000 xbox's, and usually it's around 5,000 - 7,000 mark.

Please make sensible comments, and when is this "M$" thing going to stop. It's quite tedious.

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