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Top-Selling Japanese Games In 2003 Reveal Trends

Posted by simoniker on from the xbox-not-so-much dept.

Thanks to The Magic Box for their chart showing the top-selling videogames in Japan during 2003. Square Enix's Final Fantasy X-2 for PS2 tops the chart, selling a little less than 2 million copies, despite Japanese consumer discontent with the title, and Nintendo's Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire for GBA places second, with almost 1.5 million copies sold in 2003, and nearly 5 million in total. A surprise hit in third place is the PlayStation 2 action title Dynasty Warriors 4 from Koei, and further down the chart, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles for GameCube can only manage a disappointing 26th place, with 310,000 copies sold, and an Xbox title of any kind is, sadly, nowhere to be seen in the Top 30.

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  1. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    an Xbox title of any kind is, sadly, nowhere to be seen in the Top 30.

    Who cares?

    1. Re:Who cares? by BigKato · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I think it is easy to bash Microsoft over this but really, what American electronics companies sell well in Japan? It's not just the XBox that doesn't sell well there. What about American made cars? Do you think they sell well in Japan?

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  2. Doesn't anyone read Gaming Trade Papers any more? by Dolemite_the_Wiz · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The one Glaring Error in the title is that, unlike most if not all the games in this list, Dynasty Warriors 4 is a multi-console game so X-Box is included in this list.

    The trend noted is not wether or not the article is an anti-microsoft statement but it's a trend noting that game makers are making Games exclusively for specific platforms.

    Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy (for the most part), Grand Turismo, and SOCOM have always been known for being Playstation 1 and/or 2 games.

    Secondly, the next trend should note that Sony has such a foothold in the Japaneese market that it will take sometime for other console makers, including Xbox, to even make a dent in the Japaneese markets.

    If any other console makers are to even try to make a dent in the Japaneese console markets, then these console companies are going to have to go to the Developers of the Games I mentioned above or games mentioned in the top Japaneese Game lies and either port or create new games for non-Sony consoles.

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