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09-17-2009, 06:20 PM
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With the recent announcement that Japan’s top selling Xbox 360 title Star Ocean 4 is set to get a “complete” release on the reinvigorated PS3 (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/08/ps3-slim-sales-best-ever-150000-in-4-days/), observers can’t help but notice something very disturbing about the top 5 Japanese Xbox 360 titles…
The titles, their sales to date, and their release dates:
1. Star Ocean 4 (208,521 – 09/02/19) > PS3 Complete Edition (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/15/star-ocean-4-ps3-confirmed-xbox-betrayed-sold-lost/)
2. Blue Dragon (203,740 – 06/12/07) > DS Sequels
3. Tales of Vesperia (194,714 – 08/08/07) > PS3 Complete Edition (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/07/xbox-users-petition-over-vesperia-beta-it-isnt-fair/)
4. Last Remnant (154,493 – 08/11/20) > PC Complete Edition
5. Biohazard 5 (121,515 – 09/03/05) > Multiplatform
6. Ace Combat 6 (115,899 – 08/11/06)
7. Infinite Undiscovery (113,195 – 08/09/11)
8. Beautiful Katamari Damashi (112,803 – 08/11/06)
9. Lost Odyssey (109,517 – 07/12/06)
10. Dead or Alive 4 (108,618 – 05/12/29)
One of the most famous (or possibly notorious) Japanese Xbox 360 titles, IdolMaster (http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/index?tags=idol_master), only managed 50,000 copies for each version, so how long Microsoft will be willing to pay to keep these exclusive is open to question.
With Japanese developers apparently using the system as little more than a source of development subsidies (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-funds-ps3-game-development/), it seems Microsoft’s largesse may have backfired…
Courtesy: Sankaku Complex, Hachimaki
With the recent announcement that Japan’s top selling Xbox 360 title Star Ocean 4 is set to get a “complete” release on the reinvigorated PS3 (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/08/ps3-slim-sales-best-ever-150000-in-4-days/), observers can’t help but notice something very disturbing about the top 5 Japanese Xbox 360 titles…
The titles, their sales to date, and their release dates:
1. Star Ocean 4 (208,521 – 09/02/19) > PS3 Complete Edition (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/15/star-ocean-4-ps3-confirmed-xbox-betrayed-sold-lost/)
2. Blue Dragon (203,740 – 06/12/07) > DS Sequels
3. Tales of Vesperia (194,714 – 08/08/07) > PS3 Complete Edition (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/07/xbox-users-petition-over-vesperia-beta-it-isnt-fair/)
4. Last Remnant (154,493 – 08/11/20) > PC Complete Edition
5. Biohazard 5 (121,515 – 09/03/05) > Multiplatform
6. Ace Combat 6 (115,899 – 08/11/06)
7. Infinite Undiscovery (113,195 – 08/09/11)
8. Beautiful Katamari Damashi (112,803 – 08/11/06)
9. Lost Odyssey (109,517 – 07/12/06)
10. Dead or Alive 4 (108,618 – 05/12/29)
One of the most famous (or possibly notorious) Japanese Xbox 360 titles, IdolMaster (http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/index?tags=idol_master), only managed 50,000 copies for each version, so how long Microsoft will be willing to pay to keep these exclusive is open to question.
With Japanese developers apparently using the system as little more than a source of development subsidies (http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-funds-ps3-game-development/), it seems Microsoft’s largesse may have backfired…
Courtesy: Sankaku Complex, Hachimaki