Video games in Japan
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Japan is the one of the largest video game markets in the world.
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[edit] Popular games and franchises
- RPGs particularly Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Pokemon
- Casual gaming - Brain Training, Wii Fit, Wii minigames
- Square-Enix, Capcom
- World Soccer Winning Eleven (Pro Evolution Soccer)
- Dynasty Warriors
- Hot Shots Golf - arguably Sony's biggest internal Japanese-developed franchise for the domestic market[1]
- Derby Stallion, a horse racing simulation game series dating back at least 14 years.
- Bandai Namco games
Notably, Microsoft products and non-Japanese games don't sell well in Japan. The Xbox 360, at one point, was outsold by the Nintendo GameCube and is consistently outsold by the PS2. The Xbox and 360 sells a meager couple of thousand units a week, compared to several tens of thousands with competing consoles. Microsoft had originally targeted a goal of 1 million 360s in Japan by Q2 2006[2], a milestone the Xbox never accomplished. As of June 2008, the 360 has only ~565K units sold. Other American publishers such as EA have had trouble penetrating this market.
First person shooters are also not a big hit in Japan. The country accounted for only 100k (1%) of blockbuster Halo 3's 8 million units in worldwide sales. Japanese players don't play as many online multiplayer games as their western counterparts do.
[edit] Best selling games
- Famitsu Best selling video games
- Famitsu Fastest selling video games (highest debut week)
[edit] Favorite video games
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Graphing tools for Japanese sales and Japanese weekly sales
- Analysis: Trends in the Japanese Game Market (September 28, 2008)
- TGS: Square Enix's Wada: Japanese Industry Has 'Lost Its Position'
- Analysis: On the Death of Next-Gen in Japan
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