Japanese Halo 3 finishes the foreign fight in first place

Well, the Pokémon releases have minor differences in the games themselves, so they're considered separately. Special editions still present exactly the same game. It's a fairly minor distinction, but one considered by Media Create and even the NPD.

Aha.

If I recall correctly, GTA: SA was #1 in Japan for a few weeks. It's not impossible.


Still, it's a notable achievement for Microsoft. Maybe 360 sales will have picked up this week.

i think this is huge news for MS, not just bungie.
just watch, they are going to hold a press conference soon.

"Good news everyone, our original estimates on the japanese market were originally wrong. We are actually a roaring success and have sold at very least 59,000 consoles in japan!"

Nah, Western Console + Western Game = 2 * Western. That's big news, GTA being #1 for a few weeks on a Japanese console (PS2) isn't really that big...

Actually the Japanese Wii isn't bundled with Wii Sports if I remember correctly, so it means nothing about Wii sales itself.

No, what he meant was that usually when people buy Wiis in Japan, they do buy Wii Sports. They buy it because it doesn't come with their Wiis, so looking at Wii Sports sales would be a fairly accurate way of measuring actual Wii sales in Japan. (No, I don't actually think it's accurate, but based on what Konny was saying, it should be accurate)

They play good games like the rest of us? Doesn't exactly explain the fanatical obsession with Dynasty Warriors over there...

Why your avatar is a Cactaceae plant?

That's the cactus enemy thingy from Final Fantasy

I love them!

It's a cactuar! Wewt! I love them, one of the quirkiest and coolest enemies in Final Fantasy.

Cactuar FTW!

Japan already had a hundred holidays this year. Maybe they're broke.

Its a little early in the century to be calling this the biggest game of the century, isn't it.

Thats like calling the 1920's dracula the movie of the century last century. Do you expect there to be no games better than Halo 3 between now and 2100 AD?

Crono,

I'm with you man...but all this hype. I'm starting to believe the hype. I almost bought a 360 and a copy of teh haloz. Phew! That was a close one.

Overall, BioShock is a better game than Halo 3. It mya be the most hypeg game of the century, but certainly not the best game.

Whoa...even Fernando thinks it's overhyped. I'm getting a screenshot of his comments. He's the biggest 360 fanboy on this website. I mean that in a good way Ferrrrrrrrrnando!

Wii60 fanboy, actually (But Nintendo fanboy mostly)

And yes, I have the Legendary Edition, and its a good game, but not great. Bioshock is a lot better.

Fernando,

You are my arch enemy as I am a PSWii owner. But I agree with you about Bioshock, I have the PC version...it's a great game. Tons of atmosphere...great graphics...and the whole spook factor.

Game on!

I'm reasonably sure that Mario Galaxy and Bioshock will do their part to put Halo 3 in it's place come Nomination Season.

Actually Fernando Halo 3 is the best overall game for the XB360.Let me explain that.

Bioshock is the Best story wise game for the XB360 with Darkness in close second

Halo 3 is the Best overall game in the XB360,why? Well Halo 3 doesn’t excels in any area in fact is a game that combines a bit of everything while again it doesn’t excel in any area everything it does is well executed if not greatly executed in other words is a game that is easy to pick and play basically is a system starter another overall game would be the less popular PDZ which combines many elements except that PDZ is a little more harder to pick up.

Forza 2 is the Best racing game on the XB360 with PGR ¾ in close second

The best action game for the XB360 is Gears of War. Gears is almost an overall game except that Gears of war is more Action based in fact Gears of war is a game that excels in Action more than any element including multiplayer since well IMO the best of Gears of war is the campaign especially in Co-op.

The best RPG for the XB306 is Oblivion for obvious reasons.

The best horror game in the XB360 is well there is a tie between condemned, FEAR and Dead rising. I would say Dead rising is the best but I would be lying because after you hit LVL 50 is more a Zombie GTA, Condemned is awesome but is not much about horror in fact it could be up there in the Story wise section.

Best multiplayer game well I’m probably being hasty about this one but Call of Duty 4 with Halo 3 and Team fortress behind it.

@Word on The Street
Actually I would say Halo 3 is more than a jack of all trades. It excels in the online area. Online multiplayer is perfect and 4 player co-op is godly. Everything else is a matter of opinion.

Have you considered a photoshop class? Most community colleges have them these days...

What's your point dick? I used PhotoShop to make my badass avatar. Jealous of my moustache much?

Do a barrel roll!

But yeah, that was the first thing I thought too when I read those words..why on Earth..would there be reason to create a sequel to possibly the worst game in one of the better (if only slightly) franchises out there.

Don't get me wrong, I played Blue, Red, and Yellow, took a break, but got back on the Poketrain for Diamond/Pearl, but that Dungeon game looked whack.

It was a dungeon crawler, which most people either love or hate.

Though I ended up trading my Red Rescue Team in to get some money off Diamond. I'm in the "hate" category as far as escort missions go.

That's how I feel about the Japanese sales charts every week!
:)

yeah they all need some humble pie

but those proud bastards never eat it

But Japan (err, Miyamoto) invented platformers, which is kinda what got the industry booming. What the hell is your point? Japan kicks ass.

My point is:

While I have a full appreciation for all of the advances in gaming that Japan has given us, they didn't invent videogames. Literally.

I think you're right about platformers, but almost every other genre was minted in the US of A. Remember, I'm not bashing Japanese games, culture, or gamers (I'm not even American. I'm Canadian, and we haven't done crap all for games). I'm just tweaking the notion that the "supeiority" of Japanese games or gaming opinion lies in them having created the form.

P.S.

Did you know that SEGA was co-founded by an American? Discuss amongst yourselves.

"supeiority" = "superiority"

Damn Canadian proof-reading skills.

Name 5 developers that aren't in Japan right now swimming in your money.

I can't argue that Japanese developers are A) making lots of money, and B) making lots of awesome games. But I never said they weren't, did I :)

True, but I still hate nationalism and generalizations about entire countries.

japanese are generally (heh, generalization!) more nationalist than americans

we're the melting pot