big-will 7 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 I had a go on one of these things the other day in an eleccy shop. It wasn't popular, the PS2 next to it was getting more attention. The racing game looked pretty but nothing that screamed much different from what I've seen before. Yawn. Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 One game that looks awesome on the 360 is King Kong. Playing as Kong absolutely rocks big rocks. I've seen some in shops though and as others have said it is largely been ignored. Any sales figures for the Japan market? Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 how much do they cost in Japan ? Link to post Share on other sites
peterson 0 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Officially about 38000 yen I think, but you can get them a few thou cheaper than that. Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Even less popular then the original box here so it seems. Is that possible? http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0110/p04s01-woap.html Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Quote: Is that possible? It must be difficult, thats for sure. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 120,000 xboxes in 4 months. It's not doing well. ------------------------------- April 10, 2006 - Anyone who pays attention to the weekly Japanese game charts could've probably told you this, but Nintendo's Animal Crossing was the biggest game in Japan throughout the fiscal year 2005. Japanese game site Mainichi Interactive, passing along final figures for the year covering 3/28/2005 to 3/26/2006 from publisher and part-time retail tracker Enterbrain, reports that the DS game sold 2.34 million copies, placing it a few hundred thousand units over the second highest game, Final Fantasy XII (2.05 million units). The DS dominated the top 10 software chart. The third biggest game of the year was Nintendo's DS brain training game, Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training at 1.85 million units. That title's sequel, Motto Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training, following in fourth with 1.7 million. Mario Kart DS placed fifth at 1.21 million units. Nintendo's portable was tops in the hardware scene as well. The DS won the hardware sales race with 4.32 million units sold, destroying the PlayStation Portable, which took 2nd place at 2.07 million units. PS2 managed 1.77 million units, followed by Game Boy Advance SP (600,000), Game Boy Micro (460,000), the extremely sold-out DS Lite (380,000), GameCube (240,000) and Xbox 360 (120,000). In all, 2005 saw eight games reach million seller status -- higher than usual for the Japanese market. Overall software unit sales increased by 7.9%, but due to budget releases, overall sales stood at 3.09 billion yen, a 0.8% increase over the previous year. The hardware market saw a total of 10.02 million units, an increase of 23.2% over the last year. Overall revenues for hardware reached 1.635 trillion yen, 28.7% up from the previous year. Enterbrain predicts that the DS will top the 10 million mark this year, as promised by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, and will go on to reach 14.5 million by the end of 2007. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 the ds is more of a kids system though right? japanese are picky i think that they are waiting for the new sony system and the 360 wont do well after is launches Link to post Share on other sites
NutteyCubey 0 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I see salarymen on the train with their DSs... quite a few of them. So I wouldn't say its just for kids. One of the most popular games is some IQ training thing. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 ok better question when you break down the units sold how many were sold to the 5 to 15 year old market? I understand the gaming market is tipping has tipped over to the adult gamers but im not asking about that. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 it also seems like retailers are reluctant to carry many games for Xbox and the 360 as well. Ive found F'all games for my Xbox here but there are soooo many games back in the States for it. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Theres rumours that True Fantasy Live Online is being made for xbox2, that might tempt me to buy one. Else Ill wait for PS2 because it has the next generation of DVD player in it. Jesus M$ are so stupid, why didnt they bundle something like that with the xbox2? They are just repeating the same mistakes they made with the first xbox, except this time being first to market which will (and has) counted for nothing. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 They're going for a "relaunch" of the 360 in Japan in June. Still not giving up it seems. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I don't know where you can even get one round here. Embarrassing numbers there you'd think they might want to quietly skulk off... Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 And you haven't been able to get your hands on one in the US for ages due to shortages. They should ship them off from Japan over there where people actually seem to want them. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Talking about consoles, I heard that 2nd hand Nintendo DSs are currently being sold for MORE than a new one here - they are so hard to get a hold of. Can't see the appeal myself, the PSP looks much cooler. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Awesome game for the PSP - "Daxter" Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 You can get some Asian/US versions of games, lots of which work on a Japanese x360, from play-asia.com. Lots of them cost less than 5000 yen and they ship free to Japan as well! Link to post Share on other sites
NutteyCubey 0 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Good service that - and cheap too. cheaper than buying here. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 I didn't know so many of the overseas games could be played on a Japanese machine, that is interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
doubledragon 0 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 I have a Japanese 360 and get my discs from play-asia. All the "Asian" titles work and they're mostly in English as well. They usually cost around 5000 yen with free shipping, so cheaper than in Japan as well. So it is possible to enjoy the 360 here. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Has anyone got the 360 chipped and cracked yet? I had a lot of fun with the first Xbox doing that stuff, putting in a new hard drive etc. Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Hearing that I'm actually a bit interested in one of these now. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by bobby12: Has anyone got the 360 chipped and cracked yet? I had a lot of fun with the first Xbox doing that stuff, putting in a new hard drive etc. is it easy to do that Bobby? Id be worried that Id just F'up my Xbox and then Ive got a 3man paper weight instead of playing games/watching dvds. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Simon just ordered one CB. Will let you know how it goes... Link to post Share on other sites
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