Need every bit of God of War merchandise ever? Well, this one's going to be hard to get. That is, unless you live in Japan. A special event in Akihabara later this month (June 20th) will promote the still-unreleased God of War: Chains of Olympus, and those in attendance will be able to get this special keychain. In addition, artist YOU THE ROCK will make an appearance.
Although the God of War franchise is incredibly successful in America and Europe, it hasn't managed to break through in Japan. God of War II managed to sell about 40k units total on PS2. While PSP is quite the hot system in Japan right now, it's unclear how the Japanese populace will respond to this incredible, but American-developed, game.
[Via PSPHyper]
Reader Comments (11)
Posted: Jun 6th 2008 10:21AM (Unverified) said
I hope the Japanese enjoy the game as much as I did.
Posted: Jun 6th 2008 11:12AM (Unverified) said
I hope the japanese enjoy the key chain, because we cant.
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Posted: Jun 6th 2008 11:19AM (Unverified) said
There's always Ebay!
Posted: Jun 6th 2008 1:11PM flameofdoom666 said
I love all of the God of War games- but that keychain is ugly.
Posted: Jun 6th 2008 1:23PM (Unverified) said
Well I adored the game ... so yeah , those few lucky Japanese guys , whom will buy it will shurely adore it to ;)
Oh , and that keychain is freakin' awesome IMO :D
Oh , and that keychain is freakin' awesome IMO :D
Posted: Jun 6th 2008 3:11PM (Unverified) said
I hope the strong surge in PSP love in Japan will result in big sales for this awesome game. Thanks to scum sucking pirate thieves here in the west it sold like turd sandwiches at clean-freak convention.
Maybe Ready At Dawn will come back to PSP development if it's a hit. I hope so, nobody does better work for it than they do.
Maybe Ready At Dawn will come back to PSP development if it's a hit. I hope so, nobody does better work for it than they do.
Posted: Jun 6th 2008 4:32PM (Unverified) said
It's a two color screen imprint. That's crap! Still, why does Japan get all the cool preorder and event stuff?!
Posted: Jun 6th 2008 9:11PM (Unverified) said
a god of war keychain would be nice since america basically paid for making god of war 2, but this keychain is ugly. They couldnt even afford to put his legs on it.
Posted: Jun 8th 2008 10:15PM (Unverified) said
His legs are there. It's just that it looks weird because his whole body is a silhouette except for his tattoos.
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Posted: Jun 7th 2008 8:05PM Haohmaru said
There's a very simple reason God of War games never sell well in Japan; Devil May Cry has similar gameplay but with a Japanese aesthetic, and they've had it long before Jaffe and company rolled out the first GoW. I don't think CoO is going to buck the trend, but we'll see if I'm proven wrong.
Posted: Jun 18th 2008 7:46AM (Unverified) said
ارجوطم رجاء خاص ممكن ان تعطوني جهاز psp الا ليس لدينا مطان يباع فيه
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