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As suggested by MCV yesterday, Microsoft has replicated its recent moves in both Europe and the US by dropping the price of Xbox 360 hardware in Japan. And, like in North America, the platform holder has not increased the price of its Arcade SKU – a move that seems to …

Another Japanese firm is looking to Europe in a bid to grow its sales. Zen United, a new consortium representing developers from Asia have signed a co-publishing deal with UK logistics firm PQube to bring a number of Japanese games to the European market. The initial line-up covers anime-styled titles, …

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter told VG247 that Japanese retailers are unable to order in new PS3 hardware after August 8th. This follows news that UK stores are unable to re-stock on PlayStation3 consoles, suggesting a price cut and new model is imminent. We heard Japanese retail a few weeks …

The bad news continues for the troubled Japanese games industry with new stats from Famitsu-owning Enterbrain showing that the total value of the region’s games market is down 24.4 per cent year-on-year for the period between December 29th and June 28th. A slump in hardware sales of 27.6 per cent …

The UK still has a few weeks left before what could potentially be the biggest ever Wii title arrives at retail, but Wii Sports Resort is out in Japan right now and has already been selling in big numbers. Kotaku reports that Nintendo’s Motion Plus enhanced title sold 353,827 copies …

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. Reuters reports that Sony sold 108,530 PS3 console in April. That’s down on the 146,948 sold in March but still ahead …

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. The organisation polled over 1,000 individuals aged between three and 79. The number that claimed to be gamers had dropped by …

Ahead of the release of its official figures next week, Famitsu publisher Enterbrain is predicting a significant decline in the value of the Japanese video games market in 2008. Enterbrain states that in 2007 the market was worth YEN 687.95 billion, whereas it expects the 2008 figure to be around …

Rising Star Games has revealed a new marketing push set to make it as iconic for Japanese content as the likes of graphic novel and animation specialists Tokyopop and Manga. At its recent trade conference in London, the company presented plans for 2009, including an initial product line-up and the …

Nintendo is surely spending another day in cash-fuelled party mode today following another sales milestone for the firm – its massively successful Wii home console has now surpassed the seven million sales mark in Japan. The success mirrors that enjoyed by Nintendo’s console in the US. To read more, click …