Blue Dragon’s Shu outsells Link in Japan
Is Japan warming up to the Xbox 360? Well, from the latest report from Japanese company Japan videogame market watcher”>Media Create, it seems as if the Xbox 360 is on their way to capture the hearts of the Japanese thanks to a boy named Shu. The Blue Dragon gamble seems to pay off as Media Create reports that the Xbox 360 RPG has outsold The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in Japan.
The Media Create data for the December 4-10 week shows that the Sakaguchi-Toriyama-Uematsu creation is occupying the fourth spot with 80,000 copies sold. In a shocking turn of developments, the latest Zelda game for the Wii dropped to number 17 in Japan. It’s not that Japanese gamers are not loving the game, there are some speculations saying that the reason for Zelda‘s performance is due to the fact that quantities of the game – and especially the Wii hardware – have become near-impossible to secure in Japan.
Yes, that could be a good reason. But for now, Blue Dragon is basking in its new-found glory. We could only wonder if the game sales would stay this way, dwindle, or improve. We’ll hook you up with info when more data comes out.
Is Japan warming up to the Xbox 360? Well, from the latest report from Japanese company Japan videogame market watcher”>Media Create, it seems as if the Xbox 360 is on their way to capture the hearts of the Japanese thanks to a boy named Shu. The Blue Dragon gamble seems to pay off as Media Create reports that the Xbox 360 RPG has outsold The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in Japan.
The Media Create data for the December 4-10 week shows that the Sakaguchi-Toriyama-Uematsu creation is occupying the fourth spot with 80,000 copies sold. In a shocking turn of developments, the latest Zelda game for the Wii dropped to number 17 in Japan. It’s not that Japanese gamers are not loving the game, there are some speculations saying that the reason for Zelda‘s performance is due to the fact that quantities of the game – and especially the Wii hardware – have become near-impossible to secure in Japan.
Yes, that could be a good reason. But for now, Blue Dragon is basking in its new-found glory. We could only wonder if the game sales would stay this way, dwindle, or improve. We’ll hook you up with info when more data comes out.
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