Entries in 'Japan' (374)
Sony to halve its 2,500 suppliers
Sony is set to terminate partnerships with more than half of its parts and materials suppliers by 2011 in a new extraordinary effort to save the company around 500 billion ...
Microsoft: We’re happy with 360 in Japan
Xbox 360 may have fallen back to the bottom of the Japanese weekly hardware charts after spells of superiority throughout 2008, but Microsoft has stated that it is pleased with ...
JAPAN: PS3 betters Wii for second successive month
PS3’s Japanese resurgence is showing no signs of abating with news that Sony’s console has successfully outsold Nintendo’s Wii for the second month on the trot in the territory.
Nintendo planning Wii TV beyond Japan
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata claims that the Wii’s new video service – the Wii-no-Ma Channel – is being considered for overseas countries.
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JAPAN: Killzone 2 debuts in third
Guerrilla’s PS3-only first person shooter Killzone 2 has enjoyed a strong debut in the Japanese charts, with only the combined forces of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and Monster Hunter G keeping ...
Square: Japan’s game industry ‘almost xenophobic’
As Square Enix expands its presence in the west with the £84.3 million acquisition of Eidos, global president Yoichi Wada has criticised Japan's development culture for being too inwardly-focused.
JAPAN: PS3 sales surge 274%
Never doubt the appetite for all things Final Fantasy in Japan – sales of PS3 rocketed last week after the arrival of a playable demo of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy ...
JAPAN: Wii VOD arriving May 1st
Nintendo’s entry into the video on demand service will hit Japan on May 1st, though in typical Nintendo style the ‘Wii no Ma’ channel is set to be far more ...
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JAPAN: Microsoft planning fresh 360 offensive
With the Xbox 360 having passed the one million unit sales barrier in Japan last month, Microsoft has announced a fresh offensive for its console in the Far East.
JAPAN: Xbox 360 sells 1m
After its well-documented slow and troubled start in Japan, the increasing momentum of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has seen the console break the one million unit sales barrier in the region.
Japanese interest in gaming on the decline
New research from Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association suggests that the number of people in Japan who consider themselves to be gamers has reduced significantly in the last year.
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JAPAN: DSi sales pass 2m
Ahead of the release of the DSi in Europe and America early next month, Nintendo’s rejigged dual screen handheld has now passed the 2m unit sales barrier in its homeland ...
JAPAN: PS3 tops hardware charts
The arrival (and, indeed, solid success) of Sega’s next-gen RPG brawler Yakuza 3 in Japan has seen Sony’s PS3 recapture the top spot in the Japanese hardware sales charts.
JAPAN: Yakuza 3 sells 300,000
The lead developer of Sega’s underground gangster romp Yakuza 3 has stated that since its Japanese release on February 26th the game has sold 300,000 copies.
JAPAN: R4 cards banned
The infamous R4 card, a device that allows DS owners to play pirated games and homebrew applications, has been successfully banned from sale in Japan.Kotaku reports that the Tokyo ...
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JAPAN: Star Ocean puts Xbox top
Microsoft and Square Enix are both celebrating the success of Xbox 360 exclusive RPG Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope, which has entered the Japanese software charts in top spot.
Pokémon Platinum dated for May
Nintendo has announced that Pokémon Platinum is to arrive in Europe on May 22nd.
Iwata: “Something is wrong” with the Japanese market
Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata has expressed concern about the state of the Japanese games market, citing the fact that the US market is has now grown ten times its size.
JAPAN: Square Enix to publish Quantum of Solace
Publisher and developer Square Enix is to publish Activision Blizzard’s James Bond: Quantum of Solace on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PS2 in Japan, Andriasang reports.
UK games market to overtake Japan in ‘09
With the Japanese market suffering a significant decline in value in 2008 and the UK enjoying record sales, MCV is predicting that the UK games market will by the end ...
JAPAN: FFXIII demo to ship with Advent Children
Publisher Square Enix has confirmed that a demo of Final Fantasy XIII will be included with the Blu-ray release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children in Japan.
JAPAN: Market shrinks by 15 per cent in 2008
Enterbrain, the publisher behind Japanese games bible Famitsu and the leading authority on the Japanese games market, has released its 2008 report – and it shows that despite the gains ...
Square to help Ubisoft conquer Japan
Square Enix has announced a new partnership with Ubisoft Japan which will see the Final Fantasy publisher distributing Ubisoft titles exclusively in the territory. This arrangement is due to begin ...
JAPAN: Resident Evil 5 PS3 bundle unveiled
Sony has unveiled a special Resident Evil 5 branded PS3 console bundle, which is set to include a copy of the game and two controllers.
