Tales of Vesperia cracks top ten in Japan software sales

It takes a special kind of game to crack the Top Ten in Japan ... if that game is for the Xbox 360, that is. Luckily for Microsoft a special kind of game recently hit the market in the Far East that has exploded in popularity. Tales of Vesperia, part of the classic Tales series, cracked the Top Ten titles sold for the week ending August 10 in Japan at number four. Could this spell a significant change for Microsoft's efforts in the Land of the Rising Run?

Ha! Good one. No, seriously. This will sell a few more units before people remember they don't care about the Xbox 360 ... you know, until another RPG exclusive drops in their lap. At 108,000 units sold in its debut week, Tales of Vesperia is the fastest selling title in the history of the Xbox 360.

Jump in for the Top Ten Sales chart from Japan.

01. Phantasy Star Universe Portable (Sega, PSP) 148,000 / 490,000
02. Fire Emblem (Nintendo, DS) 145,000 / NEW
03. Rhythm Heaven Gold (Nintendo, DS) - 130,000 / 343,000
04. Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai, Xbox 360) - 108,000 / NEW
05. Dragon Quest V (Square Enix, DS) - 73,000 / 1,019,000
06. Sangokushi Taisen Ten (Sega, DS) - 33,000 / NEW
07. Summon Night 2 (Namco Bandai, DS) - 30,000 / NEW
08. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) - 27,000 / 2,470,000
09. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) 23,000 / 1,656,000
10. Soul Calibur 4 (Namco Bandai, PS3) 23,000 / 97,000