Bad Company 2 in good company on Japanese sales chart

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has cracked the Japanese sales chart in its first week of release -- the only Western title to appear in the top ten -- having amassed 28,353 unit in sales of the PS3 version to reach #7 in the weekly rankings. In addition to being the only Western game in the top ten, it's also the only PS3 game!

The Media Create chart is heavy on new games this week. In addition to Battlefield, the third game in what used to be the Badman series debuted at #4, Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce 2 on PSP entered the chart at #5, and NIS's Absolute Hero Modding Project gave the publisher a much-needed source of income at #6. RPG Maker DS is the other new title on the chart, at #8. See the full top ten after the break.
Japanese Top 10 Software Sales (March 8–14):

Pokemon Ranger: Path of Light (DS) - 65,355 units
Tomodachi Collection (DS) - 35,993 units
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) - 34,785 units
What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord!? 3D (PSP) - 33,920 units
Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce 2 (PSP) - 31,674 units
Absolute Hero Modding Project (PSP) - 31,447 units
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PS3) - 28,353 units
RPG Maker DS (DS) - 23,766 units
Dragon Quest IX (Ultimate Hits) - 22,013 units
Wii Fit Plus (Wii) - 21,085 units

Reader Comments (47)

How come? I thought they get motion sick with FPSs.

/badjoke

It's likely sales from all the foreigner consumers. Or maybe the US army in Okinawa made a bulk purchase.

Ha ha I got negatived.

When I was playing Bad Company 1 on Xbox (yes, it might not be as popular as PS3 but it still exists!), there were loads of Japanese players when I was online which was likely due to a similar time difference with me in Australia.

Sure, Western games generally traditionally tend not to do too well in Japan, but given a population of over a hundred million, the fact that a good game is a good game, and how popular the PS3 is, hopefully this means that more games from the West will enjoy greater sales in the future.

They were really good at it too, I think playing against a Japanese gamer is one of the most challenging tests around in gaming. Generalisation of course =)

And that's good to see a Japanese gamer. Helps break the bad stereotyping.

"And that's good to see a Japanese gamer. Helps break the bad stereotyping."

Huh? Did you mean Japanese gamer or Japanese FPS gamer? Because there's PLENTY of Japanese gamers!

Japanese gamer playing an FPS. :)

It's ok guys don't listen to Internet Explorer he can't help himself he was designed and created by Microsoft...... It's ok if your mad IE it's not your fault everyone seems to prefer Firefox.

I'm glad to hear that Bad Company 2 is selling well.

We meet gain!

again*

YOUR MOTHER!

By the way, Fox, you suck at acting. You and Shia f*cking ruined Transformers for me

Amen, Michael. Amen.

Don't forget Michael Bay.

and you are dead Michael Jackson.

Of course, how could I forget that motherf*cker, Michael Bay.

@Scooter

NO I'M NOT!

MJ ain't dead, he just went home!

this can only mean one thing. ZOMBIE MJ!!! but its all good, plants vs zombies players have experience fighting him.

This may be a terrible thing to say, but I was really just hoping MJ would rise out of the coffin and start singing Thriller.

Great. The Bay has announced he's going to ruin the Ferrari name next. At least GM couldn't get any lower...

Shouldn't Michael Jackson be proud of the presence in the list of not only Bad Company 2 but also the Badman game? The whole world has to answer right now.

Huh. Of all the games, that's the last I would have expected.

MW2 is killing most games on the 360. Even Perfect Dark isn't that populated, and it just came out!

I assume you are having some sort of connection issues because the game is very well populated for me.

I don't have any issues playing in any game mode.

I play Bad Company 2 everyday and I always find it very populated.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk19/Threddd/13may3-what-the-hell.jpg

That's exactly what I'm thinking about that pic...

Holy crap, that's gonna give me nightmares... thanks.

Got to remember 50,000 American soldiers are based in Japan, MW2 also has simular sales there.

So even US soldiers buy the PS3, eh? ;)

True, but would those U.S servicemen buy Japanese copies of a game or import American copies of the game?

Probably be cheaper to import, right?

Actually, the Armed forces have their own stores, called exchanges. (PX or BX are nic names, depending if the store is on an air base or an army post). Those sales are likely not counted in Japanese sales figures, as the stores don't get their stock locally.
When I was stationed in Europe, I never bought games on the local economy, they were far too expensive.

I keep getting full servers

I had RPG maker XP, I wonder if it's similar. I loved that program.

Hope Japanese publishers notice this selling and update their decades old, stale-ass gameplay.

They have. It's called Valkyria Chronicles, and it was a sales flop.

I guess players of Japanese games don't want innovation after all. I guess that makes sense to some extent. No need for nostalgia when you're frozen in time.

When you look at that list. All I can think is, wow the Japanese are boring people.

Glad to see some NIS titles on the list. Hope they can work their way out of their financial issues, 'cause I love me some NIS titles!

Its packed on the PS3... Seems like it would be for you guys too...

hey, im a japanese gamer.. & i love this game better than COD:MW2

Does the Japanese Limited Addition come with a code to get a scalar weapon delivered to your home?

No, they all got a code to get Pikachu free. Hence the abundance of sales.

You mean you people weren't aware that Modern Warfare 2 sold like 100,000 in Japan on it's first day making it the first Western game to sold that high on it's first day.

http://kotaku.com/5424064/how-did-modern-warfare-2-do-on-its-first-day-in-japan

Also what about Call of Duty 4 getting the PS3 the best (Japanese equivalent of Greatest Hits in US)

http://kotaku.com/5437121/what-budget-games-did-japan-flock-to-in-2009

and don;t forget that Battlefield 1943 was the most downloaded Xbox live game (and probably PS3 PSN game) in Japan.

http://kotaku.com/5441323/japans-2009-xbox-live-download-stats

So I have a question for you all...

I'm debating getting this game on PC or on PS3. I'll tell you my situation:

I play most of my games on my PS3, but right now it's being occupied by a certain girl playing MW2 (I know, wtf? And she's both good at it AND attractive, it's weird). I have a PC capable of running BC2.

So here are the pros/cons that I can see:

PC pros:
More play time
Better control (as far as I know)
Cheaper

PC cons:
Not on my 50"
Not through my surround sound
Other players are probably going to destroy me

PS3 pros:
On 50"/surround sound
I play most of my games on PS3
I'd probably be able to compare to the other players better

PS3 cons:
Girl has taken over the console
More expensive
Worse control (as far as I know)

Which does everyone recommend? Friends aren't an issue, because none of them are buying this game :(

Bad Company 2 in good company on Japanese sales chart

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